We flew down to Florida again this year for a warm-weather Thanksgiving with Lori’s parents. As always, it was a lot of fun. We spent some time in the sand at Clearwater Beach, got plenty of vacation reading, movies and crossword puzzles in, and stuffed ourselves at Thanksgiving.
Sitting down for dinner
The only downside to the trip was that Mathias managed to come down with croup on Thanksgiving! He spent most of the day feverish and sleeping, and we thought he just had a good cold. But toward evening his voice started getting raspy, and after a call to our doctor back home, we heard the barking cough the clinched it as croup.
We ended taking him to the emergency that night just to make sure everything was ok. The nurses and doctors confirmed it was croup, reassured us it wasn’t as bad as it sounded, and gave the little guy some steroids for treatment. By the next day, he was doing much better, and now he’s back to fun and mischief!
Besides that, it was a great trip. Thanks to Oma and Opa for the hospitality, and thanks to Bobe and Uncle Dave for some good games of bean-bag toss. You can see all the photos here.
Mathias and mom enjoy a drink on the couch.
Rocking out on the roll-out keyboard
Learning proper bean-bag technique.
James, Lori and Mathias pose for their last coatless outdoor photo for a while.
Love the family picture.
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