Quick Trip to Vegas

Hooray for Steve and Emily (John's brother and his wife) who just had a baby boy last Sunday. Tyler Xaing Jonas (Emily is Chinese and his middle name is her maiden name) was born about noon on Sunday Oct. 20th, weighing in at 7lb. 6oz. He is a cute little guy. Hopefully I will get pictures to post soon.
Because of the birth, there was family visiting Steve and Emily in Las Vegas. We had decided to go down and visit too. The night before we were supposed to leave, I was up with Austin who had a 103 fever! We woke up in the morning (Friday) and debated whether to go or not...and debated and debated. Finally we decided to just go and didn't get on the road until 1. We got there just in time for dinner and not long after that, Austin started a fever again and (of course) started throwing up. I, again, was up with him most of the night. So by Saturday morning, I hadn't slept for two nights (one of those not in my own home) and couldn't stand the thought of day. I talked John into driving us home that day. We stayed long enough to have breakfast with friends, lunch with family and visit Kahre's fire house (Kahre, pronounced Karrie, is John's sister's husband. He is a firefighter in Las Vegas, for you slower people). The kids thought it was the neatest place and had such a blast. I would highly recommend just taking your kids to visit your local firehouse (plus it's cool for mom because there are some cute firemen!) It's super cool.
By the time we were finishing up there, Austin said that his head was hot and his eyes were hurting. So we pilled back into the mini V and headed home. The kids actually did great. All three slept the first 4 hours of the drive home and John and I enjoyed listening to a book on the ipod.
Here are pics from the firehouse.