Bryan, Lily and Mom in front of the Shirley house--the family refused to leave for much of the battle, but finally did when their home got hit. They fled to a nearby cave, where they lived for several days! It's pretty amazing that the house is still here!
Lily loved the Illinois monument and ran around it yelling to hear her own echo!
We enjoyed looking around the battlefields and monuments. Then we went to see the USS Cairo, a warship sunk during the civil war and recovered from the Yazoo River--Lily thought this giant boat was very cool!
Bryan and Lily on the USS Cairo.We then headed back to Madison. When we were almost home, we were passed by a 500 series Mercedes (an $80,000 car, according to Bryan) which was flying down the road--Mom even commented on how fast they were going. Right after that, we witnessed a wreck caused by that Mercedes--we were the car immediately behind the 2 cars involved. We were all on a bridge over another road. Thanks to Bryan's great driving, we didn't get hit and thank goodness the car behind us was also able to stop. We pulled over to call 911 and to check on the people involved. We saw the door of the Mercedes open and a young guy in a wife beater got out and started walking away from the car. He sat down on the cement side of the bridge, turned around and jumped about 20 feet to the road below and ran away!! A lady got out of the other car and limped across the highway to the side of the road. Then we noticed that the license plate on the Mercedes said "Retired Navy" and figured out that the guy had probably stolen the car. The police arrived and opened the trunk and there were several canes in it. Bryan gave a statement to them. While doing so, the police officer noticed a car slowly driving by on the road underneath the bridge we were on. Bryan confirmed to him that the driver of the Mercedes was in the passenger seat and so the police officer put an APB out on that car. Crooks really are stupid!! We felt so sorry for the person whose car was stolen and for the poor lady who know has to deal with having a totaled car and all of the hassel that comes with that. Hopefully it didn't ruin their Thanksgiving.
Our Thanksgiving was quite interesting because little Lily was sooo sick!! She had a horrible night the night before Thanksgiving and was clingy and whiney all day on Thanksgiving. She didn't eat a thing all day, had a low fever, was coughing like crazy and breathing fast. We decided to take her to an urgent care clinic, but apparently there aren't any in this town! So we just dealt with it through last night, which was awful again, and took her to the doctor this morning. She has a case of bronchiolitis and had to go on an inhaler. We haven't had to do that since she's been out of daycare, but it's not hard, and I know it will make her feel better. Unfortunately, we have the AeroChamber at our house, but because my parents were on their way out of town and were giving Bryan and Lily a ride, we couldn't go back for it. So we had to buy another $65 one because the doctor hadn't written a prescription for it and I was trying to hurry so we didn't call back for a prescription. I've been saying that's Lily's Christmas present this year!! Despite Lily's sickness, we had a great Thanksgiving because my parents were here and the food was FABULOUS!!
Anyhow, Bryan and Lily have arrived safely in Acworth and my parents are finally on their way to Greenville. We are so appreciative of their visit and their help moving back!
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