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Yesterday we drove to my parents’ house to spend the day.  Papa had the day off since he is leaving this Sunday for stateside training and then off in the next week to the Middle East.  When we arrived Sister kept complaining about how cold she was.  It’s in the 80s, but sure enough she had goose bumps all up and down her whole body.  I checked and she had a temperature.  Well, darn.  We had such a day planned.  She was going in for her first haircut, then a last trip as a family to the bookstore until Papa returns.  It seems she didn’t mind not going to the bookstore.  I told her I would bring her a book and that satisfied her.  I think she just wanted to sleep. 

We had a great time.  After Brother’s haircut, I ordered Pumpkin’s first birthday cake.  Then we went to the bookstore and had as always a fun time.  A couple of hours after our return home, it seems Brother was not feeling well.  He went to lie down for a bit in our room at my parents’ house.  This child does not rest.  He is constant motion so I was concerned.  He didn’t have a fever like his sister did, but something was not quite right.  He fell asleep.  I think the stress of his father’s impending deployment compounded with his OT being hospitalized just did him in.  When a big event is coming up good or bad, he tends to lose sleep and his appetite.  I think he hit a wall yesterday.  It broke my mother’s heart.  I know we will all bounce back.  We will get into the groove of things without Papa.  However, that doesn’t mean we won’t miss his presence.