Thursday, June 07, 2007
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Swimming, Napping, and Skeeters am a Hummin'
We are in the second week of our two week swim class. Leo is doing well, but I'll be glad when it is over. It's at a great time - right in the middle of the day between naps - but it just makes us have to be somewhere for thirty minutes right in the middle of the day. Except for one day where he didn't like diving off the board, Leo is doing really well. He is learning to pick up his head and take a breath as he swims, tread water, and dive in from the side. Expect a video soon!
In Henry news, we are finally finding a schedule! He takes either a very early and midmorning nap or just one long midmorning nap, and he is also taking a consistent afternoon nap with Leo. You know what that means - we're ALL getting a nap! Happy boys...and a happy mommy! He is eating us out of house and home. By this point, I really think Leo was eating every 4 or 5 hours. Not Henry. He still wants to eat a 6-8oz bottle every three hours during the day. He's doing well on solids - as long as they have something sweet in them. I think he's got a sweet tooth! He still won't eat anything green, but he loves meat mixed with fruit or sweet potatoes, and he can polish of a jar of prunes like you wouldn't believe!
The mosquitoes are eating us alive. After several dry years, we have had lots of rain. And now we have huge mosquitoes that have been lying dormant...waiting to hatch...for two years. They are hungry and aggressive! I have about twelve bites and Leo has about six. Todd has several too, so we are slathering on the Benadryl cream and taking the liquid to get to sleep at night. I feel like I'm in LA again! When I run in the morning, I can hear the buzzing all around me. Thank goodness for OFF! Whatever the bad side effects of DEET are - we'll take our chances!
In Henry news, we are finally finding a schedule! He takes either a very early and midmorning nap or just one long midmorning nap, and he is also taking a consistent afternoon nap with Leo. You know what that means - we're ALL getting a nap! Happy boys...and a happy mommy! He is eating us out of house and home. By this point, I really think Leo was eating every 4 or 5 hours. Not Henry. He still wants to eat a 6-8oz bottle every three hours during the day. He's doing well on solids - as long as they have something sweet in them. I think he's got a sweet tooth! He still won't eat anything green, but he loves meat mixed with fruit or sweet potatoes, and he can polish of a jar of prunes like you wouldn't believe!
The mosquitoes are eating us alive. After several dry years, we have had lots of rain. And now we have huge mosquitoes that have been lying dormant...waiting to hatch...for two years. They are hungry and aggressive! I have about twelve bites and Leo has about six. Todd has several too, so we are slathering on the Benadryl cream and taking the liquid to get to sleep at night. I feel like I'm in LA again! When I run in the morning, I can hear the buzzing all around me. Thank goodness for OFF! Whatever the bad side effects of DEET are - we'll take our chances!
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Cozumel!
While Brooksie and Papa kept the boys at our house, Todd and I had a wonderful get-away weekend to Cozumel. This was the view from our hotel room. The weather alternated between sunny and rainy, and the temperature was in the 70s to low 80s. Aaaaaah...
We dove Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I was nervous on Friday - getting my fins under me again - but I was more relaxed by Saturday afternoon. The reefs at Cozumel are just out of this world, and we saw many of the usual suspects. Nurse sharks, lobster, spotted rays, sea turtles, pufferfish, flounder...it is just spectacular. We also did many beautiful swim-throughs - where you swim through huge reefs that tower over you...kind of like swimming under a bridge of coral. It's just majestic. One of the reefs that we did on Saturday seemed to be a nursery - lots of babies of lots of species. Neat-o! I had never seen a baby Drum before, and I think it was my favorite from this trip. It looked just like this, and it was probably a little smaller than my palm.
Linda, a new friend on our boat, got this shot of Todd and me in the water. No one looks great in scuba gear, but I'm glad to have a picture of us together in the water!
Cozumel is very relaxing and has great restaurants, so when we weren't on the boat...we were either eating downtown or napping on the beach after a good margarita. It was very relaxing. I am having a hard time coming back to reality this week.
We dove Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. I was nervous on Friday - getting my fins under me again - but I was more relaxed by Saturday afternoon. The reefs at Cozumel are just out of this world, and we saw many of the usual suspects. Nurse sharks, lobster, spotted rays, sea turtles, pufferfish, flounder...it is just spectacular. We also did many beautiful swim-throughs - where you swim through huge reefs that tower over you...kind of like swimming under a bridge of coral. It's just majestic. One of the reefs that we did on Saturday seemed to be a nursery - lots of babies of lots of species. Neat-o! I had never seen a baby Drum before, and I think it was my favorite from this trip. It looked just like this, and it was probably a little smaller than my palm.
Linda, a new friend on our boat, got this shot of Todd and me in the water. No one looks great in scuba gear, but I'm glad to have a picture of us together in the water!
Cozumel is very relaxing and has great restaurants, so when we weren't on the boat...we were either eating downtown or napping on the beach after a good margarita. It was very relaxing. I am having a hard time coming back to reality this week.
How our garden grows...
Our little container garden is doing well. Thanks to lots of rain and not so much sun as last year, things are coming along.
We have a few jalapeños...
A couple of tomatoes have started to appear...
The morning glories and hummingbird vine are starting to reach for the lattice...
And the moonflowers are really going crazy!
We have already had a bumper crop of basil, so I made a huge batch of pesto! We used some for pizza, and I froze some for later. The pizza was wonderful!
We have a few jalapeños...
A couple of tomatoes have started to appear...
The morning glories and hummingbird vine are starting to reach for the lattice...
And the moonflowers are really going crazy!
We have already had a bumper crop of basil, so I made a huge batch of pesto! We used some for pizza, and I froze some for later. The pizza was wonderful!
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