Travel part 2!

Well after our last post, Josh unfortunately came down with a pretty high fever (103-104). He didn't have any other symptoms, but his fever was very high for 24h+ so we were considering going to an emergency clinic to make sure he was ok. Fortunately our pediatrician had Saturday hours, so we called and after talking to the pediatrician we decided to wait it out. They thought that since his fever did not suddenly go to 103 (it was a gradual increase), that we didn't need to worry just yet. Fortunately the fever went down the next day. After that he developed a very mild rash, which confirmed that he had a virus called Roseola. It is characterized by unexplained high fever for 2-3 days, and then a rash that does not itch after the fever breaks. Fortunately it made us feel better to know what he had! And our little boy was back to normal :-)

Despite the high fever, we were able to have lots of fun in Colorado. The day of my competition, Julian and Josh went to the Zoo with my cousin, his wife and their daughter. They all had a great time watching the animals. It tuckered Josh out and he took a nice long nap before Julian and Josh headed over to the arena to watch me skate. I got to say hi to them (and some other family) at the arena before I had to head off to get ready to skate. Our team skated well, and we actually won (!!!) which I wasn't expecting! It was really awesome to have so much of my family come watch me skate :-) I even made sure to bring Josh out to the ice for the medal ceremony (although he was not so pleased about it). It has been tough for me (and Julian) to balance being a mom and skating, so it was very special to have Josh to "share" the moment with.

The next day we went to Garden of the Gods in CO springs. It was 7 degrees out, so it was VERY cold. There was a dusting of snow and frost over all of the trees, and apparently it is very rare to see it like that. There were tons of photographers out to capture the moment. It was fun to see it like that, although it would have been nice to have the blue sky and mountains in the background :)

Next we headed to Keystone for some snowy fun! We rented a house that was walking distance to the ski resort, and it was awesome. Thanks to my cousin and his wife and Mark we were able to go skiing with Ellie while they watched Josh. Josh and M played together and are super cute in their matching outfits!  We also took Josh on a gondola ride up the mountain, and he seemed to enjoy the views. He still isn't sure what to think of snow, but he certainly likes ski poles! :)

The flight back was about the same as the flight out, except that it was shorter (yay for going east) and we were more mentally prepared. All in all I would say it was a fun trip!