the boardwalk!

Wow! We had a really really really great weekend in Capitola. The weather was PERFECT. We went to the boardwalk on Saturday and rode the carousel and other rides, played skee ball, ate salt water taffy and ice cream. Nobody got a sunburn or headache. What could be better?!
I think there will be a lot more Capitola in our future this summer. Yay!

from bad to AWFUL

Poor Owen go SO much sicker last week! Think coughing coughing coughing, crying, not sleeping, doctors, chest x-rays, inhalers, more coughing coughing coughing, fever, crying, not sleeping, doctors, steroids, coughing coughing coughing. Yuck! I was sick with the same thing and I can testify that my lungs have never had so much goo in them before.
It was really an awful week.
I want to give a heartfelt thanks to Germa and Silas for playing with Eloise while Owen and I went to doctors appointments, to Kate for helping us regroup (and clean the house) when the worst was over, and of course to Eloise for being such a trooper and to Matt for holding everything together all week.

To end on a happy note - we're all feeling so much better now.... and happy half-birthday to Owen! You're 6 months old today. Yay!

sad times

We're all sick over here. Cough, cough, sneeze, cough. Look at Owen - he's turned into a stuffy nosed mouth breather. He had one of those nights when his nose was too stuffy to sleep laying down. He needed to be held upright to be able to sleep for a good chunk of the night.
I can't wait for this one to be over!

still teeny

Sometimes Owen seems like he's already such a big dude. Then something like this picture catches my eye and I see that he's still pretty teeny! Eloise too! At their recent checkups I think Owen weighed in at about 15 lbs. Eloise was just over 25 lbs and 35 1/4 inches tall. That means she has to wear high heels if she wants to go on any fun rides at the boardwalk.

sleep in day

What a week! Again! It all started out with an awesome sleep in day for me and Owen (while Matt and Eloise went out and did whatever they do). Then we were off to an awesome gymnastics birthday party. I couldn't tell who had more fun jumping around - Matt or Eloise. Later in the week, Eloise brought this cool tiger mask home from school. Then things went down hill - Matt got a cold and I tweaked my back. Sad times! But only for a couple of days. We're back to having lots of fun again.