Pender, Nebraska

Once again, Christine is a little traveler. I needed to go to Cincinnati for training and it was actually cheaper to fly from Cincinnati to Pender, NE to Indianapolis (drive to Cincinnati) and then back to Atlanta, then to fly directly from Atlanta to Cincinnati and back...ridiculous. Anyway, my Grandma Koenig was unable to make it to Kansas City for Thanksgiving, so we decided to go see her in Nebraska. We were supposed to leave on Weds, January 28th but both Cincinnati and Indiana were hit by a winter storm so we were unable to fly out, so at the last minute on Thursday night, I found flights for Friday morning...it was quite the adventure!

Christine and I left Friday morning and met my mom in Chicago, we then boarded a plane in Chicago with my mom and flew out to Omaha...an hour and a half later we were in Pender, NE. We went straight to the nursing home to see my grandma. Christine was the hit of the nursing home! :) We spend Friday evening and all day Saturday at the nursing home with my grandma. Christine had her first card game with her Great-Grandma Koenig. (see the pic below)


We also took 4 generation pictures.


And of course, Christine had her first meal at PoPos! (sorry, no picture)


Christine also had her first bath in a sink at Great-Grandma Koenig's house. We found a rubber duckie and she hasn't let go of that thing since. It's her favorite toy right now.

So then to add to the adventure, Saturday night/Sunday morning at 2am, I (bethany) got the flu or food poisoning...we aren't sure what it was. I finally had to take Christine to my mom at 3am because I couldn't take care of her. It was horrible! We ended up leaving Pender at 8am, luckily I stopped being sick at 6am. Again, we drove back to Omaha and boarded a plane for Chicago. By the time we got to Chicago I was so weak from being sick that I could barely stand up. Once again, grandma pulled through and took care of Christine for me. We finally made it back to my parents house at 8pm Sunday night. I was still sick and went to bed. Grandma and Grandpa ended up tag-teaming all night to take care of Christine (although I don't think they cared one bit.) :) On Monday, we took Christine to the doctor. She had been fighting a cold since we left for Nebraska and it seemed to be getting worse. Luckily, it was just a cold and it wasn't in her lungs. Monday night I drove to Cincinnati and worked in the office on Tuesday. (I left Christine in Bedford with my parents) On Tuesday afternoon it started snowing in Cincinnati and by 5pm the roads were covered in snow. It took me 2 hours to get out of Cincinnati!! 5 hours later I was back in Bedford. Christine and I then flew out Wednesday afternoon to Atlanta. It was a great trip and I'm glad Christine was able to meet Great-Grandma Koenig, but I was SOOO glad to be home!

Oh - and I forgot to mention the biggest event of the trip. On Tuesday, Feb 2nd Christine rolled from her back to her stomach all by her self!! It was very exciting and I was so happy I got to see it!!!!