Happy Fourth of July

Traveling with two kids anywhere is an adventure. But I think this weekend takes the cake so far. We started off by leaving Friday morning to come up to the lake. Ansley had been complaining since she woke up that her tummy hurt. Bob and I chalked it up to her being constipated. Not true. We had gotten halfway up here and she decided to christen the car. We stopped at some nasty gas station which had no Lysol wipes or disinfectant. We cleaned everything up as good as we could then got her in some clean clothes...still hoping that she just ate something wrong. Nope!! We pulled into the drive and she puked again. Luckily, Bob was in the process of getting her out of the car. Ansley had the 12 hour stomach bug. So we contained her in a room and carried a bottle of Lysol around. Saturday morning she was feeling much better!! It is amazing how little ones bounce back. I am keeping my fingers crossed that she didn't spread her bug to anyone else. Luckily, James and I already had this virus. This weekend Ansley enjoyed many things. She really liked swimming in the lake with daddy. She would go down the kiddie slide and swim. She was able to get Grandad to buy her a doll a Anchorage that wasn't even for sale.
We had been pumping Ansley up all day on Saturday for fireworks! She still wasn't feeling enough to be around people so Bob and I took her onto the lake to watch the fireworks alone. We parked far enough away so we could make a fast exit if need be. We had only been in the boat for about 5 minutes and she was asleep. Bob woke her up when they started. She wasn't impressed. She went in and out of sleep the rest of the time. At one point she asked when we were going to get the fireworks (they were going off right in front of her). She finally said it was time to go to the cabin and get in her bed.
James has been on the move, except no really. He thinks that whoever holds him is his saucer. He turns around and flings himself to grab things all the while someone is holding him. His favorite thing is to stand. In his world there is no need to sit down he just wants to stand up and jump. Try holding a twenty pound weight for some time. He is at such a cute stage. He will imitate or at least try to imitate noises that you make at him. He can recognize people and gets so excited when they come through the room. He thinks Ansley is the funniest thing and I am pretty sure she enjoys making him laugh. Luckily, he is too heavy for her to attempt to move him. However, biggin has not been sleeping at night. He gets up at 1 am and then is up on the hour for the rest of night. I think it is a combo of teething and formula. I am really thinking of buying a mosquito net and putting his bed outside next time we are at the lake. He relaxes the moment he hits the porch!