Zoo

Today we went to the Warner Park Zoo, our little zoo here in Chattanooga. It is quite small and quaint but the girls love it. We have a membership so this spring we were going regularly and now that the weather has cooled off for a bit we will start going more again.
It was a beautiful breezy day, high in the low 80's. We ate our lunch at the picnic area and took our time walking around and seeing every animal. We rode the carousel and got a Popsicle before we left. We took MomMom with us. The girls had a blast. Before we went her had to make a stop at the $ store. Ally went potty 2 times yesterday and Daddy promised her a treat for doing so well. She went again today when we got home, while we were at the zoo and her pull up was dry all day till she took her nap. She is watching Arthur and eating a Dora popsicle for going potty today. I try and be creative and get or do different things as a treat for her going potty. As long as I make a big deal and show her how proud I am of her when she goes she is happy =] Seems like we are well on our way to being potty trained.

Knoxville......

We had plans this past weekend to go to a birthday party, then to Shaun's party in Sweetwater, stay in a hotel in knoxville, let the kids go swimming(they LOVE to swim), go to the knoxville zoo and stop somewhere and eat dinner on the way home. I was so excited about our 'mini' vacation! But, Friday night I could barely sleep from the Horrible sinus pressure and sinus headache I had. The worst headache I have ever had(no, I never get migranes so it does not compare I am sure). But my while ead throbbed and my jaw and teeth even hurt! I got up saturday morning and went to Physicians Care at 9am. Of course they were not open. I went back at 10 and there were 8-10 people waiting out front for them to open their doors! I was there for 2 hours, the first party started at 11 and I left there after noon. We then went to that party VERY late. Then to target to fill my prescriptions....which of course the doc prescribed me a Sulfa drug which I am allergic to. Thanfully they were able to call and get it switched to the Z-pack. So then we were off to Sweetwater. Stayed there a few hours(which Blake slept through!) then around 9pm we headed to our hotel near knoxville. We got settled in and went to sleep looking forward to swimming and the zoo. 4:30 am Ally woke up coughing and sounded congested. I turned on a light to find she had thrown up all over the bed. Joe and I cleaned her up to then find Blake had done the same thing. So much for swimming. We went back to sleep, Ally got up 2 more times to throw up. Ate some breakfast, packed up the car and debated if we should head home or if ally was feeling better(had been a couple hours since she was last sick) then she threw up in the car....so home we headed. At home she was fine. took a long nap. ate a little bread and a banana. Then Blake nursed again that evening and threw it up all over me. By bedtime they were both doing better, felt a littlw warm but keeping some food and liquids down. katie, Joe nor I have come down with the bug and I hope we do not. It is awefully hard to take care of 3 kids by yourself while being sick!
So, maybe we will go to the Knoxville Zoo another weekend =/