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A Few Highlights From My Week

Sunday, July 29, 2007 by Joy

I got to play with my friend Blythe 2 days in a row this week! I get to go to her house every Monday afternoon to play while Mommy is at work, and then she came to my house to play this past Tuesday morning. We had a fun time.

I pushed her around on my train...

And we watched some of my Baby Einstein dvd - it's called "Discovering Water," and I really love it! I can sit through the whole thing and just watch and laugh. Blythe and I were very into it at this moment...

This is my new friend, baby McKenzie. We took over some dinner and met her for the first time on Thursday. She is a very pretty baby, and Mr. Bryan and Mrs. Robin looked great! They're doing a good job figuring out all this "new baby" stuff. Mommy said she and Dad went through the same thing a year ago when I was born. I guess it can be hard being a new parent.

Beautiful baby.

I was "very gentle" touching baby McKenzie's hair; I did a good job!

And here is baby Alex! We went over to play with Uncle Tim and Auntie Sarah and Alex on Friday night (along with Uncle Tim's parents and sister) and had so much fun. Up until this night I had only been saying my favorite word "esth" constantly. Well, Mommy was showing me pictures of Alex and saying "Alex" to me, making sure to enunciate. Then Mrs. Vicki (Alex's Grammy) brought Alex down, and I looked up and pointed at him and said "Alex." Everyone was shocked and excited. So now, I say "esth" and "alex" (kind-of, minus the "l").

Auntie Sarah and Uncle Tim are figuring out this "new parent" thing nicely as well. They seem to be doing great! It was so fun to see them again and play.

Peanut Butter

Sunday, July 29, 2007 by Joy

Well, I guess this is what happens to me when I eat peanut butter... (click on the picture to enlarge)

I didn't really even swallow much, if any. You see, these days I dislike the texture of bread, so I refuse to eat it. Mommy thinks that I would really like what's on the bread if I would just give it a try, but I don't want to give it a try. Today, Mommy put a little bite of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in my mouth, despite my protesting, and I ended up spitting it out. A few minutes later, I began rubbing my eyes. Mommy knew I was tired, as I was at church all morning and decided not to take my nap there, so she thought I was rubbing them out of tiredness. But she very soon realized that my eyes were puffy, and then realized there were bumps all around them, as well as above my lip, and more were appearing. Then she looked at my arms and saw little red bumps appearing on them as well - she checked the rest of my body out, and everything else was fine - just my face and my arms.
My Doctor goes to our church, so Dad called his cell phone to see what we should do. He said it was most likely the peanut butter, and that it was a common reaction for those with a sensitivity. He told Dad what to do and said I should be fine. So, after a teaspoon of Benadryl, I was feeling much better and not as itchy. I took my nap, and now I look much better.
"Whew," Mommy and Dad said. "That wasn't very much fun." I guess it's stressful for parents when out-of-the-norm things happen to their kids. All I know is I'm glad my eyes don't itch anymore.

The Beach, Part 5

Saturday, July 28, 2007 by Joy

Here is our final post on our beach trip - what a great trip it was! This past week we have missed being at the beach and are thankful for our great memories.

My 4 cousins and me - Alyssa, Payton, Lauren, and Holland.

This is a picture of our cottage we stayed in for the week. The room on the left-side of the very top floor was our room. It was a great cottage with plenty of room for all of our big family.

And this picture is standing on the balcony right outside of our bedroom - you can see how close the pool was! If you turn right down that road in front of our cottage and walk down the road just a little tiny bit, you'll run right onto the boardwalk and onto the beach! It was a great place.

I sure liked M'laine's necklace that night - it had shells on it and was fun to play with!

Papa and me - probably looking at birds :)

My little feet in the sand.

M'laine got some neat bubble-wands, so we got to blow bubbles in the pool. You might be shocked at this, but it was my first time ever blowing bubbles! I thought it was really cool - M'laine sent the bubble-wands home with me, so we'll be doing more bubble-blowing soon!

More playing in the sand...

Mommy and me at the beach.

Our sweet family. As stated in previous posts, I wasn't a super happy-camper on this night, and we didn't really get a great picture of this pose on our camera. Mommy thinks we might have gotten a decent one from someone else's, but this is the best we could do with ours. When parents have plans, it's always fun to shake it up a little :)

What a great trip this was! Thank you to Papa and M'laine for organizing such a fun trip and to the whole family for the fun time there! We will always remember my first trip to the beach.

The Beach, Part 4

Wednesday, July 25, 2007 by Joy

It's so bright out!

Mommy and me watching the waves.

My footprint inside Dad's footprint.

Mommy and Dad (by the way, "Dad" is my official first word! I "say" a lot of things, but now I say "Dad" and mean it! Mommy's trying really hard to get me to say "ma-ma"...I know who she is, but I don't really feel like saying it quite yet)

Walking in the sand...
I didn't really like the sand for the first 4 or so days we were there. But I finally warmed up to it and decided it was okay to play in. It's a little hard to walk on, though!

Jammin' with my cousin Payton.

I loved the birds at the beach! I pointed at them all the time, and when they weren't around, I'd just point up to the sky where I knew they should be. I point and say "esth" (my main word for everything) over and over again.

Here I am with the girls again - this time in the back of Papa's truck right before we left Gulf Shores.

Here I am in my pack 'n' play, where I slept all week long. Mommy caught me at the end of my nap and was taking a picture of how long I looked in my bed, and when I heard the picture click, I whipped my head up to see who was there. Mommy caught my "just woke up" look :)

And here I am with Dad out in the ocean in my raft. I love that raft - it was perfect for our trip!

The Beach, Part 3

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 by Joy

Mommy says that we need to start posting more pictures on each post, or we'll be here forever!

These first three pictures are from the car trip down. I was a pretty good boy in the car - only some fussiness, but mostly snacks kept me happy :) I sure enjoyed playing my drum on the way down to El Dorado!

Do you like my "cool guy" sunglasses? I'm not just a huge fan of wearing them just any old time, but when M'laine put them on me at the beach, I realized they really helped make the sunshine not so bright, so I left them on!

This is what it looked like outside the entire way down to Gulf Shores. The drivers weren't the happiest campers in the whole world, but we all kept good attitudes, despite the rain. It rained the first 2 days we were there, but after that, it was a sunny week!

Mommy and Dad went riding in go-karts and had lots of fun. I couldn't go because I was too little, so I got to watch from my stroller. The loud noise of the karts was a little bit alarming right at first, but I got used to it. Then I watched the karts go round and round that track. Looked like fun!

We went to a yummy seafood place called Mikee's on our second night there, and Mommy thought it was "oh-so-good." Fresh steamed shrimp is one of her very favorites. I didn't want to eat any of that stuff, so I stuck with my usual.

The only bad part about the ocean was that there were jellyfish there. Here is a dead one that Daddy and M'laine found washed up on the shore. It's probably hard to tell the scale of this - it was about the size of Dad's fist. Lucky for me, there weren't any major mishaps with the jellyfish.

Here Mommy and I are lounging out in the ocean on a raft. For the most part, I really liked being out there in the water.

Here are all the grandkids with Papa and M'laine. I wasn't very cooperative when it came to "picture night"...I was pretty tired, plus I hadn't warmed up to the sand at this point yet, so I wasn't really a happy kid during the photo session. Mommy was trying her hardest to get me to smile - between the 4 cameras we had there, we think someone got good pictures of all the poses, but this was the best one Mommy could find on our camera of this particular pose. My "half-whiney/half-smiley" face will have to do.