Monday, February 01, 2010

while i was out...

...it's been entertaining at our house! i've been caring for my mom at a ucla facility-type hotel for the past couple of days. so, mark has been in charge of all things. )gav, the dogs, my mom's dog and her bootcamp follow-up training and maintenance, the house, the groceries, making the dog food, the laundry and oh yeah, going to work. so, he's been sending me pix to keep me in the loop. take a look!

 hanging out with aunt sandy last weekend at the lake

playing at the apple store... one of our FAV places!

roxie, my mom's doggie after a month at training
on her nightly walk on the treadmill. don't worry, 
she goes on real walks too but she has LOTS of energy! 
(and, this helps so much when it's MONSOONING outside.)

last night my mom and i drove to orange county to meet mark, gav and erika. 
(mark had just picked erika up at the airport so that she could start her shift as jojo's nurse)
we were able to have a fun time at dinner before we swapped nurses and i went home to my boys!


 

the end to a good night.

this morning,  little stop for breakfast and some 
quality hang-out time before work and babysitter.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

lemon-lime...

had my "advanced maternal age" ultra-sound yesterday...
here are a couple of peeks at "lemon-lime'...

12.5 weeks 
we got to see lotsa waving fingers and toes...
even some swallowing here and there.


the next chapter...

a couple of quick peeks into jojo's progress in the last couple of days...

after her new hair-cut...
































we were able to bring her home saturday morning.
(january 9th). at this point, we're unsure of the
time frame for her next treatment. we are hoping
that it will start in the next week and a half.

...ahhh the fresh air!!!



















home sweet home!
gav enjoying some lunch with grandma jojo at her house.



helping out with yard work...
some tree-climbing, lotsa tangerine-picking,
and of course, mud-making...





Sunday, January 03, 2010

happy new year...

we welcome you, 2010!

we rang in the new year with our
good friends and neighbors, the Christiansens.




...and, one more thing...


this was taken on 12/14. (at about 8 wks.)

today i am 11 wks along...
eta is july 26... if a bit earlier, maybe on Grandma JoJo's birthday!

hmmm... summing up december 2009...

a month of change, hope and new beginnings...


while we were all so excited to start the holiday season,
an event shortly after my last post turned the
last 4 weeks into a frenzied blur.
as most of you know, my mother was diagnosed
with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. (AML). since the
morning of december 11, everything has been upside down and sideways.
BUT, the constant ray of sunshine has been our lil' GAVIN.

here's a couple of shots to recap the past couple of weeks....


checking out shrek in 3d...


the day after Christmas:
relaxing at one of our fav spots...


sigh, happiness.



sneaking a moment with Aunt Erika











i think that ALL of us needed this day...










Our Christmas day visit to see
Grandma JoJo in her hospital room

showing Grandma JoJo his new camera


quality moments, even in the hospital.

entering the christmas room in the famous tunnel from santa!



release the hounds!
our yearly tradition.... so many tennis balls on the stairs!
where to start?!?




getting the shot with his cool new camera from AE.


hanging with his kenchie


testing out his new lightning mcqueen shaving kit

heaven-heaven-heaven with his new
thomas set from grandma jojo.
(we had to remind him of all of the other presents!)











testing out his new toys on Christmas Eve



hanging with Cousin Anna while wishing
Grandpa Marvin a happy birthday on Christmas Eve

the winter-wonderland express after seeing santa

awwww. at peace with santa...
(MUCH better than last year!)


Monday, December 07, 2009

catching up...

wow. how easy it is to fall behind!
but here are a few snippets from the past couple of weeks.


yesterday while running errands...

how ODD.
he LOVES the advent calendar!


counting silverware with
grandma jojo after Thanksgiving...


THANKSGIVING!
somehow, i managed to not get ANY
decent pix of Gav on turkey day....

jojo and i.... what would i do without her? :)


mark carving the turkey....


the work-in-progress "MAN ROOM"


we released a zilli0n little lady bugs
into our garden in the back yard.
except for stepping on a few, Gav loved it!



he was excited that he found a little person...


after a hair-cut / meltdown combo...

all is right again!