This was Jaxon's first time on an airplane. On the way there things went pretty well. It was a middle of the night flight so Jaxon slept most of the way. It was the most uncomfortable flight ever though. Small little seats. Big giant husband. Long sleeping baby on my lap. Window seat. I felt trapped. It was awful but I made it through. Overall it went better than we thought.
The beach house had a great pool with a little wading area attached. We were very close to the beach. Jaxon loved both the pool and the ocean which doesn't shock me as he loves his baths. We even dunked him in the pool a few times and he loved it. He actually tried over and over to put his face in the water himself. Goofball. At the beach he wanted to play in the water and kept asking us to take him further and further in...until Mommy became uncomfortable. :)
On our second night there Jaxon developed a high fever, about 103 degrees. We ended taking him to the emergency room to see what was wrong at midnight. After 3 hours in the ER, Jaxon had had 2 rectal temperature readings, blood drawn from his arm by the worst phlebotomist ever, and a giant shot of antibiotics in his thigh. Needless to say my sick baby was miserable by the time we left. Any one who wasn't mommy or daddy made him cry upon entering the room. So sad. The doctor saw him for about 5 minutes total and decided he "might" have an ear infection. Jaxon was prescribed antibiotics on top of the shot in his leg. We left around 3:30 a.m. and went home.
It took him a couple of days to lose the temperature but he continued to be a happy baby most of the time. That is, as long as I was in the room with him. He had severe mommy clinginess on this trip. Even daddy wouldn't do. It was tiring but understandable since he was sick, in a new place, and with lots of new strange people (his family but still strange and new to him).
On the trip we went to a Go Kart place. Jaxon fell off of a statue alligator, which was the scariest thing I have experienced as a mom but he seemed fine once we all calmed down. He fell head first off the side and did a little roll. He ended up with a scrape and bump on his head. :(
We also went out for my birthday and my baby boy was so big and so handsome in his button down beach outfit. I can't believe how big he is now.
On the trip Jaxon got to hang out with his second cousin Will who is one month younger than him. He also got to meet many of Drew's cousins who were very interactive and loving to him. Jaxon is very fortunate to have a large extended family who care about him very much. He had a great time even though he was sick. :)
We traveled during the middle of the day on the trip home, which didn't go as well. Jaxon took a nap for the first shorter flight (about an hour) but on the second longer flight (4 hours) he was only asleep for about 45 minutes. Let me tell you, keeping a one year old occupied for 3 hours is not an easy task. The worst part of the whole vacation was the last 10 minutes of the last flight. Jaxon screamed the whole way down. I believe his ears hurt due to the air pressure changing on the descent. Once on the ground he returned to normal. I felt so bad for him and for all the passengers on the plane.
All in all it was a good trip. It is always good to see family.
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