The Daly Sisters

My sisters, Jennie and Julie, came to visit me last weekend from Texas. Their assignment, other than spending time with me, was to help me get organized and ready for Westin to come. They were very helpful and I'm so grateful to have the sisters that I do. Other than my husband, they are the people that I trust the most in this world, and anytime they're around me, it's a good thing.

Before they got here, I broke out a lot of our baby gifts that we hadn't put together yet, such as car seats, exersaucer, high chair, pack-n-play, etc. In the past I've had to have to borrow all of these things when anyone with kids came to visit, but now I own them all! Still so weird! Here is how we spent the night before they got here getting ready:

Cooper enjoyed the fruits of our labor:

Our time together started out great, after a nice Chili dinner. We all 3 went to the University of Texas at Austin, so we geared up to watch the Texas Longhorns play Texas Tech in football. (The Longhorns were #1 in the country, in case you didn't know). Here's a pre-game picture of us (left to right: Julie, Joey, Jennie, and Cooper and Landry on laps):


Unfortunately, watching the game together proved to be a mistake, as the Longhorns lost for the first time this season and lost their #1 ranking. We were quite stunned and sad. We concluded that maybe we shouldn't watch games together anymore.

This picture was too cute not to post. 15 month old Landry is on the left, and 10 month old Cooper is on the right. Makes me eager to see Jeremy with our son!

On Sunday we went to church, and then took a nice walk on the greenways by my house. On Sunday evening, I made dinner and Stephanie came over to eat with us and played with my nephews. On Monday, the work began in earnest. We spent time in Westin's room going through all of my clothes and baby supplies, and we made a list of things I still need. Since they are both moms, they were very helpful in taking inventory and making suggestions. For lunch on Monday, my friend Julie Thompson came over with her 2 kids and we all went to Chick-Fil-A. This is where things started to get interesting. Little Landry, my 15 month old nephew, wasn't feeling good this day, and threw up at the restaurant. He was very clingy and unhappy most of the day, poor little guy. In spite of that, we had a nice time with Julie and I'm glad she came over.

On Monday evening, after a little fretting and decision making (because of Landry's sickness), we went ahead with our plans to leave the kids with babysitters so the 3 of us could go out to dinner together. Jeremy was deep into paperwork for clinicals, so he couldn't join us. We had a nice time at Yoho Asian Bistro in Apex (I would not recommend it... just an average restaurant). We talked and laughed and enjoyed just being sisters. Shortly after dinner, however, I started to feel a little "funny". Later that evening, I really felt bad, and that was all she wrote. Apparently I got whatever Landry had, and Jeremy got it too. I woke up in the middle of the night on Tuesday morning with stomach problems (I'll spare you the details) and a 101 degree fever and aches. Jeremy and I both had to basically stay in bed for the next 2 and a half days. It put an unfortunate damper on my sisters' visit, but there's nothing I could do about it. They were so sweet to carry on the mission of going shopping for the things I needed for Westin. In fact, Jeremy and I were so sick that my sister Julie left a day early to give us some rest. I was so sad to have the trip end that way.

Overall, we had a great time and I am so thankful they came. They'll be back after Westin is born - let's hope I stay well next time!

Thank you, sisters. I love you!