Awesome holiday

Hello my gorgeous little angel pie. 

So we are back from our little trip and all went well - thank goodness.

The morning we left we were pretty much all alone, daddy and the girls had already left the day before. We made our way to the airport and I guess mommy was just so nervous about how you would react with the fllight I didnt even think about taking your birth certificate with for proof of identification ..... what a dilemma ..... now I am stressing cause I have to go home and get it and so worried we will miss the flight and if that had to happen, we would miss the entire holiday :-(    .... not sure why but for some reason I mumbled that I only had your medical certificates with me to say it was safe to travel with you, and thank heavens I did, cause the lady behind the counter then quickly asked if I had a medical aid card with your name on it, which I did, so they allowed us to go through ...... at least that was one disaster avoided :-)

So we made our way to departure. Lets just say that getting on a flight with a special needs baby, two really big bags, a pram and hand luggage all on your own is not quite the easiest of things and the worst is,  the people that are supposed to help you just sort of watch you struggle along and dont really do anything. Thank goodness for strangers that are prepared to help !!

Anyway while we were sitting waiting for the plane to take off, I was just a complete bundle of nerves just hoping and praying that we didnt have any difficulties. In the mean time you were as happy as ever, looking at everything and everyone that walked past. I am proud to say that you were absolutely perfect on the flight, no problems whatsoever. In fact I think it probably felt like one big pram ride for you. There was so much turbulence that the plane was a little shaky for most of the flight, but it didnt seem to bother you. You sat quitely on my lap and never moaned once, even the lady behind me commented when we got off the plane that she never even knew there was a baby on board : ).  So we arrived in Durban and still had a two hour drive to get to daddy and the girls.

By the time we got going, you were completely exhausted and
after a feed passed out, but not for long. All of a sudden we seemed to hit a patch where it was extremely hot and humid and you were NOT happy with that because your body cannot regulate temperature you get hot very quickly, so we had a bit of a crying spell for a while but then as if God heard your cries, it cooled down just as suddenly and you settled. You even had some serious conversations with mommy. All I can say is I have never been so relieved to get to a destination before as what I was that day. Knowing that you were safe and sound and that we could get on with our holiday was just such a relief.

Although we didnt get down to the beach all that often with you, we did once or twice. It was just far too windy most of the time, and as is, you battle to open your eyes outside and with the wind it just litterally makes it impossible for you to open your eyes. We tried taking all the precaution that we could and glad to say that we had some good times. I think some of the people probably thought we were crazy having you dressed the way we did, but we were NOT taking any chances of you getting sunburn (even though we had a factor 50 lotion on you), or getting any earache from the wind. The fact that we were so far from your doctor just scared the living day lights out of me.

Needless to say you didnt really like the sand when we put your feet down for the first time, the first thing you did was lift them up as fast as you could, but after a while you were quite happy to sit in the sand and play ...... yes play !!!!



All in all we had an awesome time and everything seemed to agree with you. clearly the air agreed with mommy cause one night I fell asleep and was pretty much completely out of it. Daddy says they were all sitting out side have a good "kuier" and one of uncle Kev's huskey ..... Rain .... came to them and was making noises trying to get their attention, and after a while daddy realised and told everyone to keep quiet, only to hear that you had been crying and mommy didnt hear a thing ........ (felt so bad), but anyway because I wasnt waking up, Rain's instinct was to go and call daddy so he could come and get you ....... I am still amazed.
Thank you Rain, if it were not for you, my angel boy could have possibly stopped breathing from all the crying and I wouldnt have know any different :-(

This trip has really done us all good, we are all so much more relaxed, especially you. I know I have said before that you have come out of your shell, but now you have Really come out of your shell. 

I cant say it really bothered me, but the one thing I have always wanted was for you to make continous eye contact with me, and you dont normally do that, but since we have been away that has changed too, although at times you still look up, you definately make more eye contact with us and keep it for a while. You have also learnt to pull mom's hair and look at me while you are doing it with a little grin on your face ........ oh the pleasures that most people take for granted ...... I long every day for you to do that and yes my baby angel ...... you can pull as hard as you want to and laugh while you are doing it .... its all more than okay with me !!!

Another thing that is a memory I will forever cherish extremely close to my heart ..... whilst sitting on daddy's lap I was cooing you and encouranging you to come to me and all of a sudden you threw you arm up over my shoulder and pushed your body toward me !!!!!!!!! YOU wanted ME !!! It was the most gratifying and emotional moment of my life .... thank you my precious, nothing can beat that feeling, it was just the best ever !!!

Okay so you have been healthy and I pray every day that it will stay that way, but now unfortunately it has been your sister's turn to go to hospital. While she was playing a hockey match the other day, she doubled over in pain and we landed up taking her to the emergency room. The doctors couldnt find anything wrong, but after mommy insisting that she be admitted and the problem found, the following morning they ran tests and did a sonar and finally discovered that it was her appendix which they have now taken out. Like grampa says, we should be well equiped to be nurses by now ..... and I would most definately agree. At least she is home now and things are back to normal again .... sigh .... all just so tiring, but good to be home and have the family back together.

Love you all so so much