On a typical Santa Barbara Saturday morning with the clouds hanging about us and sea breeze blowing in, we picknicked on the beach…seven girls and two babies! We were there to celebrate Noel’s last week of singleness and to honor her history and love of that beautiful city.
Anna packed a delicious lunch for the whole crowd…and saved a heart shaped loaf for the bride. 🙂
This is the coffee shop where Noel studied for her culinary school finals. Such a cute place!
An antique consignment shop called the Yes Store had this couch for sale upholstered in “my” fabric! I fell in love with this Waverly pattern and for our first Christmas Peter bought me a couple yards of the stuff and I made a skirt out of it. And that’s not the only item of clothing made out of upholstery in my wardrobe. 🙂
We walked to an early dinner at Pascucci’s where Noel had been during her school days and it is her favorite resteraunt in town! It has great food and was very affordable!
But unfortunately that was the end of my adventures with the girls. That evening Brennan came down with the croup, and since my boys have had it before I thought the worst case would be a few hours of sleep lost but it never eased up like it should have in the wee hours. He was still pretty bad and Ian was restless so Donna and I left Santa Barbara and got home by 4am. Ian still didn’t sleep well at home, but Peter took him and let me sleep in til the afternoon! Poor Brennan had to be hospitalized Sunday afternoon and given breathing treaments and steroids, transported to a different hospital for overnight observation and discharged late Monday and he’s better but still feeling bad here three days into it. He’ll be one year old next week!
Since Ian was exposed all day Saturday to Brennan I was watching for any signs of croup and have had to check my fears and trust in our Father to protect him. It is now past the time that the doctors say the germ is in incubation and Ian is still healthy and happy, praise be to Jesus!
My Mama comes in tomorrow for Thanksgiving and Noel’s wedding! It’s been six months since Ian’s birth that she was out here and I’m so thankful that she’s making the trek again. And this will be the first Thanksgiving I’ve had with Mama and Regina in years!