Our celebration trip down to Tampa turned out to be a good one, but hard when the kids fell ill.
We arrived Saturday afternoon which allowed us to settle in, do a private birthday celebration for Giselle with just Grandma and Uncle Troy and then all of us go and get some Cuban food.
Sunday was buying and preparing for Mason and Giselle's two year old birthday party. We were keeping an eye on the weather. It eventually didn't rain but was quite windy to the point we didn't hang up any signs at the park and didn't stay longer than an hour or so. The kids had a good time playing on the playground with their cousins and friends and we had the cutest cupcake cake ever so all was good.
Monday was our 18 year wedding anniversary so we had mom watch the kids while we went to Ybor City to dine at Columbia restaurant for lunch. The food was phenomenal and the sangria really made me giggly while sipping on an empty stomach. We felt like tourists taking photos of the block long picturesque building which was established in 1905 and then headed home to pick up the kids to take them to the beach. The wind was still kicking so we only stayed out there for an hour and we headed back Gabriel said he wasn't feeling well. We were going to go out that night, but Gabriel asked us to stay. I knew right then that he really wasn't feeling well because he's never asked that before. We put them down for the night and then we heard someone vomit. Checked in and it was Giselle to our surprise. My mom helped clean the sheets, put new ones down and I laid down with Giselle for a little bit face-to-face and she seemed happy. Once she drifted I went to my own bed and did the same to only wake up to the same vomit sound. She had thrown up again! Repeat the clean up process and back to sleep only to wake up again to say "She's thrown up again!" Repeat one last time. Then, Gabriel began vomiting at 2 am and didn't stop until 10 am the next morning. We kept my mom's washer and dryer going all through the night. Those poor kids! Gabriel didn't move from one spot on my mom's couch the entire day.
Wednesday they seemed like they were getting their energy back and it was looking hopeful to go to Disney. I had secretly planned on taking the kids (I hadn't told them just in case it didn't work out, I didn't want them to be disappointed).
Thursday we packed up the car with the intent to drive back home when Gabriel was having some diarrhea. We got him some absorbent underwear and about 45 minutes into the drive decided we would give Disney a try. I called my friends who could get us into the park for free which really made the trip worth the effort. We got ourselves a hotel on Hotwire.com for only $54, met up with my friend Beth at Hollywood Studios to get our tickets and saw a great parade with Buzz Lightyear, Rattatouille and Shrek, left there since Gabriel doesn't do theaters well (his ears are super sensitive) and we wanted to go to the Magic Kingdom anyway. We fed them well at a restaurant and got into the park by 6:00 pm. We went to Tomorrowland first and rode the People Mover and did the Buzz Lightyear ride. We all loved it! We had some good daylight time and some beautiful nighttime with all the lights. We enjoyed the Electrical Parade and the Fireworks, but Gabriel did NOT like the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad roller coaster -- I did!
We came home Friday morning after a big IHOP breakfast with Giselle having diarrhea! We had to stop every hour or so at rest areas because it was so explosive. We were so happy to see friends and family and get to do what we were able to do, but it was so hard traveling with the kids being sick. Very hard!
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