Snow Adventures and Sickness

We had the opportunity to enjoy some snow time during a little stint of time off work. It was so fun to get to have some family time between Christmas and New Year. We tried to make the most of it and took a little trip up the mountain to find snow. 

It was Jack's first time playing in snow and he had a blast:)

It was the most beautiful day!

 Having some fun at Trillium Lake!

Sadly we didn't make it around the lake, not prepared this time, but we'd LOVE to return to make the hike.

 I mean, gorgeous. SO PRETTY.

 Then after we went to find the snow, a little snow came to us!

Jack loved to look out the window at it all

 He took a little adventure over to Grammy and Papa's house

 It's so impossible to get clear pictures. 

SO busy, but SO fun.

 Working on picking all the ice off Daddy's car.

 He really liked hearing all the crunching sounds under his feet.

 Jack's next adventure was graduating to a big boy bed! 

Well, a toddler bed at least.

 

 This is the cute set up I made for him, but of course he still prefers no pillow and just his baby blanket.

 The switch hasn't been horrific, but it's had it's bumps. During the initial switch, he went 3 days with no nap at home, but we started "quiet time". If he doesn't nap, he doesn't nap, but he is in his room gosh darn it so Mama can get stuff done!

He is content to play in there until we come get him, but he has learned to play a bit and then take himself to bed for a nap after a few minutes alone too. 

We're learning about this new normal together.

 Showing off his drill he was using to "help" daddy put his new bed together.

 And lastly, Jack took another turn suffering through croup. 

He went to bed a seemingly happy boy, and woke up 2 hours later looking and sounding TERRIBLE.

 

 With a slight suspicion of having swallowed something and having that get stuck, we drove to the ER, waited for a bit, decided he was recovering and left the ER without being seen. 

That's what he gets for having a nurse mama who was questioning the necessity of the trip the whole time after the advice nurse told us we should go. 

We could monitor him just fine at home.

Needless to say, monitoring at home translates to almost no sleep for anyone that night.

 While Mama trekked to work the next day, Daddy took Jack to the doctor for a little steroid treatment, which really did help.

 Trying to hydrate with Popsicles!

Peeking out during nap time. 

 Finally a sweet little smile at the end of a long week. 

So long croup, see you next time. Hopefully not for a long time. 

So that is it for now:) Lots of little adventures!