Happy Hollow with Jordanna and Beth

We have such great friends in san jose and we never get to see them!
So...
Madeline and i took a trip to see beth and jordanna and we all had a great time
at happy hollow zoo and museum.
we saw and pet so many animals, rode the carousel and went on some great slides
and even saw a puppet show during lunch!




we cant wait to go back. these little girls squealed the whole afternoon.
xoxo

Uncle Deedge

We just got a few cute pics from Uncle Deedge's visit.
he spent this week with us and madeline loves him so much.
She wanted to spend every second with him, chasing him around
babbling to him about...anything and generally being buddies.
They got their polos and verizon wireless on together on thursday-

Baby Loves Disco!

we took madeline to a hot nightlcub for...
BABY Dance club fun!

...last week and here is a vid:it is very dark (i mean we were at a nightclub after all! so you might want to turn up the brightness on your screen)!


The deal is, a group takes over the hottest nightclub in town
and babyproofs it! there were egg shakers and scarves and books,
bubbles and hoola hoops, a big kid friendly snack bar and cool
tunes spun by a local hip hop dj. We met up with some
of our favorite friends and we all boggied down.

madeline got picked up as you can see in the video and
she and claire got crazy toward the end of the night.

babylovesdisco.com

Thanksgiving 07

We had a great Thanksgiving here at home. Madeline played all day with "uncle deedge"
We have really been enjoying our time with Dennis this week. He has been a super trooper,dealing with lots of late night wak-ups that last for hours, hospital trips, days all mixed up because of rotten naps etc. Par for the course with a sick baby, but he has been so helpful and generous and Patient - Thanks Den!

We had a small and wonderful t-day at home. Don is sticking to his diet like you would not believe and passed on all the fixins except the steamed veggies. He even went without dessert and wine. he is amazing. ... i ate enough for both of us.




Don made the turkey on our rotisserie and it was outrageous! I put together the mashed potaotes, sauteed green beans with almonds and cranberries, cranberry sauce with nuts and mandarins, steamed veggies and sweet potato. It was a hit.

Here is a little clip to send you running to your fridge for some leftovers!

Croup is the worst!

We had our first emergency room experience last night (or should i say this morning...since we arrived at around 3am).


Madeline is fine now but i wanted to tell you that it is no fun and she was a brave trooper!

We had her on a nebulizer and medicine etc for croup a few weeks ago. it cleared up for a couple of weeks and WHAMO it came back last night with a scary force.

She was Whooping/coughing and it sounded like a barking seal...i kid you not. the sound is so scary to hear. and wheezing and crying...and we were on the phone with the nurse asap. She talked us through calming her throat problem down and said if it came back in the night (this first bout was at 11pm) that we should bring her in.


fast forward to 3am... and we were in the car within 3 minutes. She got the medicine she needed and caught her breath and fell asleep nursing in my arms. She got an hour of sleep and they sent us home.


Today she is not coughing as badly and has been a happy little bee, buzzing around as usual. But at the pediatrician's office we learned she has an Ear infection too!! this is her first, so we had no idea. she hasnt been irritable, nor pulling at her ears or having any symptoms except a cold. Who knew. she is such a tough cookie, she didnt fuss at all.


So she is being treated for both now...and we know she will have a clean bill of health soon
We are not looking forward to the years ahead and the many hospital visits we know we will probably make!

alright, time to catch up on last night's sleep.
Here are some pictures of madeline having happier times so you arent fretting about her for the rest of the day!

(in the wagon with Sachin and on the carousel at Happy Hollow)

xoxo

Boys have cooties!

Okay, so Madeline must take after her mommy....

never been a fan of the Abercrombie boys myself.

I'm more for a geek with a bald head and big beautiful smile!

And besides...she is not ready to be boy crazy yet anyway.

Academy Of Sciences with Daddy~

Madeline wanted to go see the fish in San Francisco so on Saturday we took a field trip to the Academy of Sciences in downtown. She Loved the low tanks where she could see in and kiss the glass on the tanks. She also enjoyed splashing in the touch tanks where she held a hermit crab and pet a starfish. She astutely signed "fish" and "star" during our trip and loved the train trip to and from the aquarium. (We loved the hot cocoa we picked up at Tartine and the treats we snagged at Bi-Rite later in the day in the rainy Mission)

apples

She loves fruit. here is a quick video of madeline having her snack

Train Trip!

This morning Miss Madeline took her first train trip!
We just went one stop up to the next town to the park
but she loved it! She was captivated by the people at the station,
sitting in the train car, the whistles and the things moving by. Here
are some pics of her with her ticket all ready to go!

 

 

 

Time is flying

Check out last year's halloween candy compared
to this year! Same wok, same amount of candy but this
year there is a big toddler sitting in it!