We are finally here!!! It was a fun weekend preparing for our trip. Joe left on Friday for a church retreat. My friends and I had a garage sale on Saturday. Saturday night, my friend Laurel and her two boys spent the night. Chloe was exhausted after a busy day and went to bed at 6pm. She got up at about 5:30am, ready to head to Houston. Laurel was a lifesaver - she fed the kids, loaded the car, cleaned up, etc. It was Quinn's first official "sleepover" with a friend. Everyone had a great time and it made getting ready a whole lot more frantic & fun!
Quinn said he would call me every day but then later informed me that he had conference calls all night tonight, one right after the other. Go figure...
Kiki (Aunt Carrie) took Chloe and I to the airport. I realized last night that this would be the most time Chloe and I have ever spent alone together. The hazards of being a second child, I guess. At any rate, coming the Children's Hospital in Houston wasn't exactly what I had thought would be our first "girl's trip" but we are going to make the best of it!
Chloe was perfect on the flight! We read books, she hid in the pillow case from the airline pillow, ate lots of snacks and opened and closed her window at least 52 times. After our two hour flight, we took a 45 minute cab ride to our hotel. She was a good girl on the cab ride too.
After we checked in, we decided to walk to the park. It was probably almost 1 mile away and Chloe ran the whole way. The Houston Zoo was in the park so we went to the zoo! Chloe loved the birds & the monkeys. We had a great time looking at animals and she devoured a big salty soft pretzel! Do you remember when Dustin Hoffman played "Rainman" and all he talked about Jeopardy all of the time? "It's time for Jeopardy, Jeopardy's on soon, I don't want to miss Jeopardy", etc. That is exactly how Chloe is with babies only times a million. Next time you go to the zoo, check out how many babies you see. Keep in mind that strollers (even when occupied by a 5 year old) also means baby. I bet I heard "baby" over 300 times while at the zoo for two hours. "Baby, see, Baby, Hi, Mommy - baby". Ironically, she didn't care at all about the baby elephant!! I thought he was the cutest baby in the entire zoo.
I forgot to bring my camera to the zoo so the photos aren't that great (phone). When we got back to our room, Chloe kicked back for a while, had some milk and then decided it was immediately time for "nigh nigh". She found her jammies, laid down and demanded I put them on. Once she decides it is time for bed... it is time for bed!!
We have a busy schedule this week as Chloe is being examined from head to toe, inside and out. She will be seeing both Dr. Potocki & Dr. Lupski. Dr. Lupski also has CMT. I cannot wait to talk to him about living with CMT. We are supposed to be at the hospital around 7:30am but the shuttle leaves at 7am so it is time for bed for mommy too.
Please pray that Chloe tolerates all of the testing, that the people we see have good things to say about Chloe's health, behavior and progress and that we aren't too close to the maternity ward (babies)!
I will let you know what we find out as the days progress!
Amy
Quinn said he would call me every day but then later informed me that he had conference calls all night tonight, one right after the other. Go figure...
Kiki (Aunt Carrie) took Chloe and I to the airport. I realized last night that this would be the most time Chloe and I have ever spent alone together. The hazards of being a second child, I guess. At any rate, coming the Children's Hospital in Houston wasn't exactly what I had thought would be our first "girl's trip" but we are going to make the best of it!
Chloe was perfect on the flight! We read books, she hid in the pillow case from the airline pillow, ate lots of snacks and opened and closed her window at least 52 times. After our two hour flight, we took a 45 minute cab ride to our hotel. She was a good girl on the cab ride too.
After we checked in, we decided to walk to the park. It was probably almost 1 mile away and Chloe ran the whole way. The Houston Zoo was in the park so we went to the zoo! Chloe loved the birds & the monkeys. We had a great time looking at animals and she devoured a big salty soft pretzel! Do you remember when Dustin Hoffman played "Rainman" and all he talked about Jeopardy all of the time? "It's time for Jeopardy, Jeopardy's on soon, I don't want to miss Jeopardy", etc. That is exactly how Chloe is with babies only times a million. Next time you go to the zoo, check out how many babies you see. Keep in mind that strollers (even when occupied by a 5 year old) also means baby. I bet I heard "baby" over 300 times while at the zoo for two hours. "Baby, see, Baby, Hi, Mommy - baby". Ironically, she didn't care at all about the baby elephant!! I thought he was the cutest baby in the entire zoo.
I forgot to bring my camera to the zoo so the photos aren't that great (phone). When we got back to our room, Chloe kicked back for a while, had some milk and then decided it was immediately time for "nigh nigh". She found her jammies, laid down and demanded I put them on. Once she decides it is time for bed... it is time for bed!!
We have a busy schedule this week as Chloe is being examined from head to toe, inside and out. She will be seeing both Dr. Potocki & Dr. Lupski. Dr. Lupski also has CMT. I cannot wait to talk to him about living with CMT. We are supposed to be at the hospital around 7:30am but the shuttle leaves at 7am so it is time for bed for mommy too.
Please pray that Chloe tolerates all of the testing, that the people we see have good things to say about Chloe's health, behavior and progress and that we aren't too close to the maternity ward (babies)!
I will let you know what we find out as the days progress!
Amy
2 comments:
My Prayers are with you, thanks for sharing this trip with us.
Sue
Hi Amy and Coco--Thanks for starting this blog. I have been thinking about you all the time and wondering how it is going. Now I know that I will be able to see what is happening, and it will be easier to picture you guys in Tex.
Love to both of you,
Nancy (Gaga)
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