First Steps

Isaac took his first official steps today! He took 2 steps while we were playing in the basement, with his little chubby outstretched arms reaching for me. Se sweet!! Don't tell Ana this, but he beat her by a week! She was 10 months, 3 weeks when she took her first steps, but Isaac pulled it off in 10 months, 2 weeks!

My poor monkey

We can't catch a break around these parts!  I spent all afternoon at the hospital with Isaac yesterday getting evaluated for his chronic constipation, then today he needed to go to the Dr because he has RSV and an ear infection. He's on albuterol breathing treatments (deja vu) and has spent the afternoon sleeping on his Mama.

A couple of weeks ago we all got a bout of gastroenteritis, and before that we had Isaac's constipation troubles and Ana had pneumonia... Can we please have an uneventful February??

Climbing Mount Everest

Sorry for the lack of updates, I'm busy climbing Mount Everest over here!


"I think parenting young children (and old ones, I've heard) is a little like climbing Mount Everest. Brave, adventurous souls try it because they've heard there's magic in the climb. They try because they believe that finishing, or even attempting the climb are impressive accomplishments. They try because during the climb, if they allow themselves to pause and lift their eyes and minds from the pain and drudgery, the views are breathtaking. They try because even though it hurts and it's hard, there are moments that make it worth the hard. These moments are so intense and unique that many people who reach the top start planning, almost immediately, to climb again. Even though any climber will tell you that most of the climb is treacherous, exhausting, killer. That they literally cried most of the way up."

Sand

sure do have a lot of sand my b*** crack