Weekend Ups and Downs

We were all set for a fun weekend...parties, visitors, sports--it would be great. Well things don't always go as planned. Friday afternoon the boys had a checkup, which Matt graciously volunteered to take them to. They survived their vaccination updates, but ended up feeling pretty bad later, which had me a little on edge during our gym party. I just hate not knowing what's wrong and wondering if they will throw up all over our guests, plus not being able to make it better. Joshua was up half the night with aches and pains, but thankfully both boys were all better the next day, albeit exhausted from going to bed at 10 and then getting up in the night.

But overall the party was an 'up.' We had a great turnout, great food, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. In between laying down and feeling sick, Gray managed to become a dad to triplets:) Two little kindergarten girls just loved having a boy to be the daddy/boyfriend/whatever man was needed in their little world.

Then after the party ended, my parents arrived for their weekend visit. Saturday morning we were all pretty tired, but the guys geared up for an NC State basketball game, which we had high hopes of winning. Joshua LOVES the wolfpack and was thrilled to get to go. Gray elected to go to the Duke game this coming weekend, though once he realized the boys were leaving without him he was super sad. But he snapped back quickly and those of us left behind spent the beautiful day outside in the sun, followed by a nice long afternoon nap. (hence the picture of Julia after her nap, hanging out with Mimi who had just been woken up from hers)

But another 'down' as the wolfpack did not nearly pull out a victory, which was quite a letdown for the guys. But they pulled themselves together and we headed over to Matt's parents for a visit and dinner. Well we stuffed our faces with a dinner of basically bread (thick crust pizza, bread sticks) and headed home. And then the major 'down' for me this weekend was discovering that my body no longer welcomes gluten, especially in the amounts I consumed that night, so I was up half the night with major stomach pains and the like. Somehow it subsided enough for me to feel relatively okay to be at church, but it came back with a vengeance soon thereafter and I spent the rest of the day in the bed. Even Julia was complaining of a stomach ache all day and her little face was all swollen that morning. Boo to gluten.

And there you have our weekend. Sometimes fun, sometimes much less than fun.

But here's to one exciting week in our family, as we have a new nephew here and one more to come soon. Julia loved Baby Leighton from the second I mentioned "tiny baby boy" and she can't wait to meet him! Congratulations, Leightons!