AVisit to Michigan

We are in Michigan for the Memorial Day weekend. This was our first trip to Michigan as a family of six and it went surprisingly well! We stopped three times before we got to Grand Haven....once to nurse Shane and feed the boys snacks, once to visit my parents, and one more potty and nursing break. Unfortunately, Wyatt and I are suffering big time from hay fever from all of the pollen in Michigan right now. I can actually see yellow pollen on the surfaces of the cars and patio furniture. Yesterday Wyatt's eyes were almost swollen shut! He is taking Zyrtec around the clock now and seems to be a little better. I can't take any allergy medicine since I am still nursing so I am taking a lot of showers and complaining a lot! Today I ran in a 5K run in a neighboring town. It was my first 5K since the Turkey Trot my sophomore year in college at Michigan State (16 years ago...gasp!!!!) and I finished 190th place out of 400 runners! I beat most of the children under age 8 and the people pushing strollers and finished in about 30 minutes so I was thrilled. I'd like to thank Kathie and Mari for watching the boys and my ipod for keeping me motivated...without them this wouldn't have been possible! In hindsight, I think that I actually could have done the 10K, but I wasn't sure how well I would do on "real roads" since I am usually running on the treadmill. Next time I might get brave and try the 10K as long as I can find somebody to watch the kids! Any volunteers?