It started off with us returning home from Tucson feeling a little under the weather. James had a fever for a few days and a pretty gnarly cold. Sure enough, Brendan caught it. Turns out it was RSV which laded poor little Brendan in the hospital over night. Luckily he is doing great now! I am so ready to be done with our "quarantine" though. RSV is very contagious and we didn't want any of our friends to catch it (especially the other newborns in our playgroup) so we haven't seen anyone in weeks. All of their symptoms are gone, so we go back to the doctor next week to have a final follow up and get the blessing to hang out with other kiddos again (before we all go insane!)
On a happier note, we had some visitors last week. My brother and his wife came to visit from California. Baby Brendan was named after my brother Brendan, so it was very special for them to meet.
We had a great time with them. We went to a hockey game. James had so much fun. Every time they would have a fight James would say "go time out!" He helped himself to some popcorn that belonged to a lady sitting in front of us. Luckily, in Texas, people are far more forgiving of other people (especially at a hockey game), and she thought it was hilarious. He stayed up way past his bed time, and was such a trooper. He even walked through the crowds on our way out.
We took Baby Brendan with us. I thought he might just fall asleep (what was I thinking?) But he lasted about as long as the introductions of the players and the first blow horn. He got scared and my mom took him downstairs where he charmed the passers by and fell asleep for the rest of the game.
On Saturday night my parents watched the boys after they went to bed and the "kids" (Jimmy, my brother, my sister-in-law, my sister and I) went down to Sixth Street and went bar hopping. Now, I thought I might make it until 11:30 or maybe midnight. You see, being a new mom takes a bit of a toll on your ability to party all night. Nope, we stayed out all night! We spent a majority of our time at a dueling piano bar. That was so much fun! I would definitely go back just for the entertainment. We went on to a few others after, but that was by far the most fun. I did pay for it the next day, but it was worth it to go out with my siblings and have so much fun.
I was sad to drop Brendan and Sam off at the air port, but hopefully I'll get to visit them sometime this year.
We did get a family picture in before they left =)
So, happy 2010! Here's to another year in the Mooney House =)
