The day after Christmas we were originally planning on spending the day with my family since my Mawmaw and Pawpaw were coming to visit. We usually do Christmas with them on Christmas Eve, but they decided to come a little later this year.
However, on the 26th when I woke up, I had a few calls from my mom and brother. They told me that Pawpaw had been taken to the hospital that night. It's okay- he's alright! BUT he had some chest pains and they thought he was having a heart attack. He wasnt, but praise Jesus the pain made him go to the hospital (he's never been for himself- ever!). It's really a blessing in disguise. They still dont know what caused the pain, originally they thought it was something called Pleurisy, but they are not sure now. Anyway, they were able to run a bunch of tests on him and found that the bottom two chambers of his heart were collecting blood :( It was irregular and because of that they put him on a blood thinner. He'll have to be on it for the rest of his life, which is awful, BUT at least he is okay. They said if he hadnt had the pain that caused him to go to the hospital it would have been very likely he would have had a heart attack or stroke. Now the blood thinner will help prevent that. SO glad he is okay. I honestly dont know if I could have taken it! And my poor mother! Lets not think about that..
We decided to spend time with my family that day anyway and we went over and played games and ate dinner with them. We had so much fun! I am pretty sure that I made John hate the game scattergories- but I LOVE it! :D
Tuesday we went and played some disc golf with Brad, but it was raining so we just spent some time at his apartment instead. Then we headed back to John's parents house and watched the bowl game with his dad. They let us invite Brad, Jenny (his girlfriend), and my brother over and we all watched the game and had a good time together. YAY for a win!! GO PACK! So glad we represent the ACC! :D John also got to wear his new NC State Jersey he got for Christmas :D
Wednesday we ran some errands and then it was back to my families house to spend some more time with them. Again, we had dinner and played games. I dont think I'll ever get sick of games. We always make Johns family and my family play with us whenever we get a chance!! I think both families were done with games when we left. haha. Anyway, my mom made some homemade lasagna and it was DELICIOUS! I seriously ate WAY too much. After my moms house we went and dropped Carter off at John's parents house and went up to WRAL to check out the new set. Then we went and hung out with Brad at his apartment for awhile. It was nice to catch up with him. Spending time with him is always one of our priorities when we come home because he is really one of mine and Johns best friends :D
Thursday we ran some more errands and started packing. Friday and Saturday were going to be spent with friends so we had to say our goodbyes to our families on Thursday. We stopped by my moms house after errands to bye to my mom but when we were there we found out that Mawmaw and Pawpaw would be coming on New Years Eve and really wanted us to stop by on our way out of town on Sunday morning, so we agreed. So no goodbyes there yet. Then we headed to John's parents house to eat dinner and hang out with them before we had to say goodbye to them too. It's always nice just hanging out and sitting around with them. Very relaxing.
Friday morning we loaded up and said goodbye to his family. It was SO sad. I hated taking Carter away from them. He didnt even know it was coming. I think he still wonders where they are now. As soon as we pulled away, I started crying too. I just miss them so much when we are gone and I knew it would be at least 6 months before we made our way back to visit again. UGH.
Anyway, we had a ton of fun with both of our families. We can never spend enough time with them, but for once I felt we got to spend a decent amount of time with both families on our trip. It was also EXTREMELY nice of Dad Martin and Julie to dogsit so much while we ran errands and such. Carter ADORES them all and really just cant get enough of them and it's really cute watching them all interact with him. They totally spoiled him, but that's what grandparents and aunts are supposed to do right? I cant even imagine what it will be like when we have a human child. lol. I do appreciate all they helped out with, because it was a nice break for Mama!
We love and miss you already families!!
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