Quick Visit

Ry left for his Wasatch shut down in Layton on the 25th of April and will be gone almost an entire month. He's staying in a hotel in Layton so Coop and I went down for a quick visit on Thursday. I had everything ready Wednesday night and set my alarm early so I could be ready before Cooper woke up.

When Coop woke up he started calling me "momma! momma" "moooommmm!" in his tough little voice. I went in and his sheets were wet, he had soaked through his diaper in the night and had pooped in his diaper, something he hasn't done in about four months. So I stripped his bed and threw his wet bedding in the wash and then got his breakfast for him before he got dressed. He then had to go potty so I ran him in, trying to hustle him along. He has had a bit of a cough and been a bit phlegmy; while he was sitting on the potty he started coughing and then stuck his hand down his throat to try to get the phlegm out, and surprise, puked ALL over. I then had to throw him in the bath and try to hold my breakfast down while I cleaned up his two cups of cocoa, oatmeal and cheese vomit, SO so gross! Finally he was dressed and ready to go, we grabbed gas, I started Brave for him and we hit the road, and miraculously only about half an hour later than I had planned.

Coop did great on the way down, had some snacks and watched his movie and we didn't even have to stop once for a potty break! Ry called when we were only about twenty minutes out of town and asked how close we were, oops. He's working nights so his plan was to stay up and hang out with us for a bit and then sleep after we left, so he wasn't too thrilled that we weren't further than we were when he called. We made it down only about forty minutes later than we had planned, not bad considering all the morning events.

When we got there we changed Coop into his bathing suit, I put my top on and unzipped the bag that I thought had another top and bottom that would match the top I brought, and all it had was a top, so I couldn't swim with the boys, so I just took pictures. Coop was a bit apprehensive at first and then once he had been in the water for a bit he was in love. After swimming, (it was not easy to get Coop out of the pool) we gave him a bath and went to wander the mall for a bit. The mall was pretty small and didn't have too much for us to see but Cooper had fun running around and hanging out with his Daddy.

After the mall we headed to Olive Garden for an early lunch so Ry could get back to his hotel and get some sleep before his long night shift. We had so much fun together and it was great to see him, even if it was only for a few hours. We went back to the hotel, let Coop have a potty break and change into sweats and we headed back home. Coop fell asleep about five minutes into our drive, I have been listening to Wicked on cd for a long time now, so I listened to that. Coop woke up about an hour later and we got home about half an hour after that.

The weather was super nice when we got home so we went to the park to stretch our legs and then we came home and played in the sandbox and chalkboard. Took his third bath of the day and then we snuggled up and read some books before bed. Hopefully we will be able to squeak in one more visit before I start working my night shifts here.

 

My little travel buddy...

My boys playing in the pool...

Sleeping beauty on the way home.

Playing at the park.