The Seven Days of Thanksgiving

A lot can happen in 7 days. Here's our last 7 days in a nutshell.
My parents set out to our house for Thanksgiving. Despite all the weather reports and huge nasty storms that are coming through Utah and New Mexico. They arrive a little before midnight, With stories of blizzards, black ice, and hitch hikers. While waiting for my parents, my baby who HAD been sleeping through the night was waking up every 20 minutes or so screaming her head off. I feel inside her mouth and sure enough her gums are swollen with not one, but two bumps. That explains the pain and the sleeplessness.
 Grandpa and Little Man built a snowman.

Said snowman melted a few hours later. Mom and I went grocery shopping for the big Thanksgiving dinner.  Grandpa stayed home with the kids. Grandpa found a cool car building t.v. show on Netflix. He will watch the entire season before he leaves. Little Man got mad at grandpa because he said he couldn't have an orange soda.
All the snow from our storm melts away and after 3 days of Idaho-like winds, they finally cease. Grandpa's allergies finally turn into a cold and he is up a lot at night coughing. Almost as much as I am with my poor teething baby. I am fighting off a cold with breathe, on-guard and anti-plague. I win the fight but spend one night with extreme chills that turn into extreme sweats, followed by a day of body aches. Then, I'm good. Little Lou refuses to take her afternoon nap unless she is being held in a certain position by grandpa. No one else will do. If he tries to lay her down she will wake up in a matter of minutes.
Little Man decides to get sick and throws up his breakfast. Grandma almost follows suit, but makes grandpa clean up the mess. (Yes, I was sleeping while this happened)
Little Man gets a much needed haircut. Little Lou gets her mullet trimmed. I get my hair trimmed, just a little. Okay 12 inches, isn't a little. I donated it to locks of love. I forgot to take a picture of my pony, sorry. This is the 3rd time I have donated to Locks of Love, that makes 3' of my hair that has gone to help those adorable little kids.
Two bumps turn into one and a tooth emerges. We go to the park in one car. We see two cops on the way there and surprisingly don't get pulled over. We play at the park until dark. (grandma has all these pictures)
We cook our Thanksgiving dinner (ok grandma did most of the work but I did help) We eat said dinner and as always it is delicious! We watch some more t.v. (a lot of t.v. is watched when the household doesn't feel extremely well.)
Mike and I travel to Walmart to indulge in some Black Friday shopping. He gets his movies, I get some things for my mom that are on her list.  About 20 movies later we head home. We eat dessert and watch more t.v.
 My mom helps me make some crafts she brought up for me.

My mom and dad get things packed and ready to go. They are leaving the next day.  Parents wake up early to leave for Idaho. I am already up, having had to feed the baby. We say goodbye. They leave. I go back to bed. Kids wake up. Little Man is sad that Grandma and Grandpa with the horses have left. He gets over it.
 I start cleaning up and wish they were still here. (I don't know how I could have survived the week without them) Mike goes to the ammo store to buy a box of .22 shells. Then he sends me because you can only buy one box per customer. I return,
Little Lou still only has one tooth, but you can see the second one right there at the surface just dying to break through. She takes her afternoon nap! I am in shock. Little Man still complains that his tummy hurts. We watch more T.V.  And to finish up the week the second tooth has emerged! Little Lou is doing much better, still not back to sleeping through the night, but I am hopeful. There you have it Quite and eventful week for the Smith's in ABQ!
Our seven days in a nutshell. I wish I could say I took my parents out and showed them all the cool things of ABQ. But I guess that will have to wait for another visit, when we are all feeling a little bit better.  Mike had school through Wednesday, so we never really saw him. He did take all of Thursday off from studying, which really surprised me, but I don't blame him. He got back to the books on Friday and we haven't seen much of him since. We are looking forward to the Christmas break which will be longer, and although he will have to do some studying, not nearly as much as he is right now. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.
I am so grateful for my family and friends. As I said before my parents couldn't have come at a better time and I really don't know how I could have survived the week without them. My mom came down for a little vacation, but yet spent her days cooking and cleaning up after us. I am so grateful for all her help!
I have had a great time here in ABQ meeting new people and learning new things every day. It's been challenging being away from all our family and friends, but I am grateful for these new experiences. Mostly being able to stay home with the kids. They are truly a blessing in my life and teach me everyday. I hope everyone was able to spend time with their loved ones this holiday season!