We came, we saw, we barfed!

Wow what a week! Well we're back from Ohio and it quite possibly could have been the worst, yet best week ever. It started with an awful day of travel last Tuesday. Our flight left early morning and we were set to arrive in Dayton at 6pm. Well we sat on the plane for over an hour which then meant that we would miss our connecting flight in Minnestoa. Gavin's ears did good with going up and down but was a little fussy cause he didn't get his morning nap. Luckily once we got to MN they had already re-booked our flight but one problem, it didn't leave for another 4 hours! Since Kelly had dropped off her car seat and stroller with my Mom, we didn't bring anything with us to the airport. So Gavin was in the carrier strapped to me. Bad luck when your stuck in an airport with an infant that has had no sleep! Gavin was ok until about 30 mins before our flight left when he screamed in front of the whole terminal causing me to break down in tears too! I couldn't get him to calm down. Luckily once we got on the plane everyone was really nice to me giving me the reasurance that they understand that babies do cry. When we sat down, the lady behind us plopped her 10 month old baby right in front of Gavin and he immediatly stopped crying and just stared at the little guy! It was amazing! I calmed down too and Gavin finally fell asleep for the rest of the flight. Grandpa Coffman was there to greet us with a huge smile! Needless to say Gavin slept really good that night:)

Then the next day we got a visit from Aunt Kelly and Cousin Faith! Faith loved meeting her only cousin and kept saying "baby" the whole day. We had a day of fun with Faith and Kelly. She learned how to say Mimi that day and was sure to use that word all day. She is so cute and such a big girl now! Later that night was when the horror began. Gavin must have caught a bug on the plane and started throwing up all night. It was awful as this was his first time sick. It lasted for about 36 hours with lots of sleep for him and little sleep for me! I was so excited to go to go to my parents home and get plenty of naps during the week, but that was done away when Gavin got sick. Then don't you know, soon after everyone caught the bug too! First started with my Dad, then me a little, then my Mom, Faith and then Pat! Oh we could have done away with this part of the trip! Poor Mom got it on the day of our "Open House" and Pat got it the morning we flew back home! Little Faith had it just the same as Gavin did. AWFUL! We are home now and recovering well.

Also during the stress of the "plague" my milk supply dropped drasticly causing me to have to give Gavin formula for the first time. I have worked really hard to not have to give him formula and so I found myself walking down the formula isle at CVS. Luckily he didn't have to have much of it and it turns out he wasn't very good on it anyway cause he barfed up what seemed like the whole bottle as I put him in his carseat to go to the airport! Not to mention the smelly formula poop a few days later! It was a very emotional time for me and we did it all without Brian! He was in L.A. this week for work.

However, we made it and it was amazing seeing all my family and introducing them to Gavin for the first time. We also got to see my friends from home and catch up for a bit while eating BW3's! It was an experience to say the least! We are glad to be home and anticipating Brian's arrival later today.