Roseville and Jackie's wedding

We had a wonderful time visiting friends in northern California. We stayed with the fabulous Pray family, helped steam clothes and wash windows at the super hip Bellybou' store, said hi to the governator and attended a gorgeous wedding for my college roommate, Jackie. Although it's hard to imagine having a relaxing vacation with an 8 month old, we truly felt rested and refreshed.

Disneyland...again

Some kids get freaked out when approached by huge Disney characters. AJ LOVED them. It was so cute to see him pet their faces and just stare at them.



A highlight of mine was test-driving a Segway. It is a little awkward at first but once you figure out your center of gravity, it's really fun.

Hesseltine Wedding

Coach Becky finally got married! I have coached lacrosse with Becky for the last 3 years, 2 of which she was engaged to sweet Jake. They are absolutely perfect for each other and it has been a joy to watch their relationship blossom from dating to engaged to married! They were actually high school sweethearts but broke up when they went away to college. What are the odds of high school sweethearts actually marrying each other these days?

Their wedding was beautiful and so much fun. Becky's family is Jewish so they incorporated many Jewish traditions throughout the ceremony and reception. My favorite was when they floated around on chairs held up by some of the guests. Congratulations you two!





Me, Coach Becky, Coach Lv

Cowboy Crawl

AJ is no longer content with sitting in one spot for more than a couple minutes. Although he hasn't quite mastered crawling, he will somehow get from point A to point B. I call it the cowboy crawl. He will do a couple normal crawls and then he falls on his face and scoots on his tummy like a dehydrated cowboy barely surviving in the desert. See for yourself...



Here's AJ dressed in some of his Texas garb. Thank you Texan friends for your fun gifts. We hope to visit you soon.

Little Fish

AJ gets gitty everytime he sees or hears water. His eyes get really wide, his arms stick out and his hands start turning in circles. It's hilarious. If he is acting cranky, I can give him a bath and he instantly turns into smiley baby. And the pool makes him go absolutely insane. He loves everything about it. Here's a cute video of him and daddy splashing around.

Facebook

Sorry for the lag in posts. We have been traveling almost every weekend and my new favorite computer pastime (stupid facebook) have taken up my few spare minutes. I promise to post a gazillion pictures soon, very soon. Stay tuned...all 5 of you.

A sad, sad day

Last Friday was supposed to be a fun family day at the beach. Alex finished teaching his last day of summer school on Thursday so we decided to celebrate by lounging at sunny Carlsbad beach and then meeting up with good friends for a bonfire. We packed up the car with TONS of beach gear, a slab of marinating tri-tip for dinner, and all the baby essentials and headed out.

On the way there I noticed that AJ was not feeling good again. Before leaving we had to wake him up from a 2.5 hour nap and he fell right back asleep in the car. I tried feeding him but he couldn't even keep his eyes open. Kinda like what happened on Wednesday although he was not nearly as warm. I called the pediatrician and she recommended we take him to Children's hospital since it was a Friday and the test results at Children's are almost instantaneous. Before hanging up the phone I held AJ's limp hand and started to sob. I was terrified. Are we really taking him to the hospital? Does she think it's that serious or is she playing the safe card?

We prayed as we drove to downtown San Diego (PTL that the Comic-Con traffic wasn't bad) and the powerful peace of God helped get us through the next 5 hours of waiting, paperwork, blood work, x-rays, and an IV. Poor Alex took a HUGE one for the team and had to endure the whole process in a soaking wet shirt filled with SMELLY formula throw-up. Gross.

















Test after test came back negative and after he finished getting pumped with fluid, his coloring came back and his fever went away. Because he was such a trooper, we rewarded him with a Happy Meal. Having a McDonald's in the emergancy waiting room was a brilliant idea. Ronald McDonald can brighten up any ill child.


Dr. Simpson and the nursing staff at Rady’s were comforting, helpful and very efficient. Thanks to all who made our visit as best as it could be. We hope to never see you again.