Sunday Stroll

Well, let's get that bloody tooth picture off the top of the page!  Wow, we had a wonderful and busy weekend here in the OC.   Friday night out with Eric, beach on Saturday, and yesterday we took the kids on a hike in Laguna Beach.  We trekked 3.5 miles and Eric and I endured only smidge of cranky backtalk about how this was the worst idea ever.   (Note to self: next time bring more snacks). 

The kids really were champs.  Andrew and Owen were often left in the dust by little Miss Sarah. That girl has some stamina (and a better attitude I must say).  The boys melted a bit at the end, but when we finished they were proud of themselves.   

Our Navigator Andrew:

Exploring Caves:

Taking a break:

Are we lost?

So happy to be at the turn around point:

Good times:

Milestone

Sunday Morning Andrew lost his first tooth.  You might remember that his loose tooth created a lot of anxiety for Andrew a few weeks ago.   Amazingly, Andrew pulled out his tooth without a tear Sunday morning.   He held true to his original wishes and wanted to keep the tooth.   He wrote the Toothfairy a note to make sure she didn't take it with her.  

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When Andrew was a baby, I anxiously watched his gums for signs of teeth.  At three months, I would run my fingers on his gums and see if I could feel a little tooth trying to push through.  Nothing.  "Well" I thought, "there's lots of time for teeth to come in."  Every month I would check to see if a little tooth was poking through.  And every month nothing.   I would casually ask my friends about their baby's teeth and yes, every other child seemed to be able to grow teeth - lots of them!  At 13 months I finally took Andrew to our dentist so she could check to make sure those little teeth were in there.  She was so patient with me and reassured me that yes, my son would have teeth and was not destined to a life of rice cereal (although quite frankly, Andrew would be just fine with that).  At about 14 months, right around the time Andrew started walking, teeth finally appeared.  Such relief!

 

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Lately, I mirrored those early months of Andrew life as I again, anxiously watched for signs of Andrew's teeth now trying to make their exit as I saw his friends loosing teeth last year.  

I am reminded again how Andrew will do and achieve things in his own time, right on time.  

Health update

I continue my summer of surgery!  In July, I had a small benign tumor removed from my neck and yesterday I had one of these implanted in my chest.  



It's a small heart monitor that will continuously record my heart rate and hopefully help my doctors diagnose my wacky heart beats.  Yesterday was awful.  I am not one that tolerates anesthesia or strong antibotics well.  But today, I am MUCH better.  

As usual Eric was a champ taking care of the family.  He did the kid drop off, Andrew early pick up, Leslie pick up from hospital, Andrew homework, pick up Sarah and Owen, home, more homework, dinner, TaekwonDo, home, reading, and bed.  Phew.  I think he's glad to be back at work today! : )

What?

Today is the day. All three kiddos are in school. Sarah was a champ at drop off. I knew she'd be fine. She's tough and excited by new things. My tears? That, I did not expect.

Labor Day Weekend

I'm loving the Shake It app. Here are a few shots from the weekend. Hope you had a great one!

First hair cut

It was finally time to get Sarah's hair cut. I'd been wanting to just let it grow, but after a summer in the pool the ends were just too crunchy for me to ignore. Since I usually get the boys hair cut at Sport Clips, and they don't do girl's hair, we took the whole crew to First Cut. It's the kind of place with movies, airplane seats and an entire candy store. The kids loved it. This will be the last time I take all three there though, they got us for $80! Hello Supercuts!


Sarah was not sure of the whole thing. She cried when we tried to put her in the seat by herself, so she opted to sit on Dad's lap.

Where did my baby go? She's getting to be a big girl!



Andrew loved it.



Owen loves the spiky hair. He calls it his Mohawk.



Looking good kids!

Uh oh

I can't even blame the kids on this one - I dropped it. I would be totally sad about it if I wasn't holding my new iPhone 4 right now.