All moved in...and a trip to the ER

True story, we moved into our new home the weekend before Thanksgiving. We moved to Hyrum, UT - 15 minutes South of Logan. Sorry I don't have pictures of the house, but I will soon, I promise. Just as soon as we get blinds all hung up. :-) We moved in the morning of the 20th and that afternoon the snow storms started, and they really haven't stopped. We were very lucky to be able to move in when we did. Benjamin loves the new house, but he does miss his buddy Russton. Luckily he still gets to go there often to hang out while mom and dad are at work. Being in a family ward is quite different, but it's been fun. Our first Sunday was the most memorable, but we'll leave that for a later post.

We have almost all of our boxes unpacked and the only casualty in the move was a lamp shade from my cheap-o lamp broke. We have AWESOME friends here that helped us move in and we're SO grateful for them.

We learned one thing that we don't like about living in Hyrum...the distance to the Logan emergency room. Benjamin had been sporting a temperature for the last day or so. He was NOT feeling well and wanted me to rock him to sleep. He rarely gets sick, so anything like this is out of the ordinary. After he fell asleep I put him down for bed. At 10 p.m. he woke up and I could barely hear him crying. I went into his room and he was gasping for air and crying - not a good combination. He calmed down a little bit and still had difficulty breathing. I decided that it would probably be best to take him to the ER. Josh was still at work and didn't have his phone. Luckily he got home 10 minutes later. We got into the car and even the cold night air wasn't helping his croup much. We got him in and they gave him a steroid vapor mist and then an oral steroid medication. They monitored him for a while and then let us go after about 45 minutes. Thank goodness for DVD's - Finding Nemo kept him entertained the entire time. We got home around 1 a.m. and had to stay in the room with him or else he would freak out. None of us got much sleep that night, but the next night we all crashed! Benjamin is doing better, not 100% yet, but much better! We're thankful for prayers.

Needless to say, we've had an exciting go around since we've moved in. Now if only our loan would close so we can put up blinds and a garage door opener, that would be fantastic!