Trip to Utah and back

January marks the beginning of busy season at work for Aaron (when isn't it busy season?). So I don't see much point to sitting at home all by ourselves and never seeing him or anyone else, so I decided to pack up Camden in the car for a trip out to see some family in Utah. My mom was nice enough to fly to Reno and drive with me to Salt Lake. It's just way too long of a drive to do by myself with Camden. We first went to Salt Lake and arrived very late one night. We stayed at my sister, Stephanie's in Salt Lake. My mom flew home to St. George and I was on my own in Salt Lake to try to see as many people as possible in the few days that I had.

I love visiting Salt Lake; I have so many friends and family there. That also tends to pose a problem every time I go. Everyone wants to see Camden and I and there are never enough days to do it. During this trip we did get to see Grammy Carol and Uncle Jordan (Aaron's Mom and brother), Aunt Stephanie and the cousins, Uncle Brad's kids who are Camden's cousins, and some of my friends. If only I had enough time to see everyone! I rarely see my half-brothers who live in Salt Lake and I also rarely see any of my own aunts, uncles and cousins. In fact, I think they have all only seen Camden for about 30 minutes at a party last November. That is the drawback of living so far away!

After a couple of short days in Salt Lake, it was off to St. George to visit my parents. As luck would have it, the day after we arrived, Camden woke up with a terrible, croup type cough, fever, and runny nose. He was so fussy and would not go to anyone but Mom. So my few days of anticipated relaxation turned fully into the Mommy show. He wouldn't let anyone else get near him, except occasionally my brother Brad, and if I wasn't around, he would go to Grandma and Grandpa. After a couple of days of that I took him to an Instacare only to discover that he had double ear infections, and fluid in his throat and nose. Amoxicillin was prescribed which immediately led to diarrhea and extreme diaper rash. Not to mention that Camden was teething this whole time. Is it any wonder that he wouldn't allow me to set him down for 2 seconds? Poor kid.

We postponed driving home for a couple of days as the doctor was worried about how all of the elevation changes would affect his ears. We waited until we couldn't wait anymore and then my mom once again drove with us. The drive from St. George to Reno is far more brutal than the one to/from Salt Lake. It takes most people around 8 hours, but with us it took more like 10. There is no freeway to take, so it is a lonely drab highway up through the center of Nevada. A good portion of it is Area 51 along the Extra Terrestrial highway. Man do I hate that drive!

Camden did surprisingly well on the drive and when we got home he was all about his Daddy, much to my relief! I finally caught a break! Aaron was so glad to have us home and asked us to not leave again for a long time.

It was a fortunate thing that my Mom happened to be with us. The next morning I had a doctor's appointment to confirm a pregnancy test that we had taken. We were disappointed to discover that the 10 week old fetus did not have a heartbeat. I was scheduled for a D&C that day. Thank goodness Grandma was around to baby-sit Camden and stick around for a day or two to help out with my recovery. It has been a little tricky because I have been instructed to not lift anything over 15 pounds. Try telling that to a little boy who wants his mommy.

My mom has now gone home, my recovery is well, and Camden is feeling better. We have pretty well fallen back into a normal routine and so you will most likely be hearing from me more often again!