Luke's pneumonia!

A couple of weeks Luke got Pneumonia. We had to rush him to the hospital. Was so sad to see him hold his throw-up bag in the car. We were sped through the Emergency room as he was diagnosed with Walking Pneumonia. Later that evening with some medicine in him he quickly recovered and we were able to take him home that same evening.

With his mom taking good care of him so he could celebrate his birthday.

Peanut butter day!

Today is peanut butter day. Click-it.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/banana.php

Walking in Neil Armstrong's footsteps

Today I took Luke and Stefan to walk in Neil Armstrong's footsteps as we toured the USS Hornet. This is the US Airplane carrier that picked up Neil Armstrong and crew upon their return from the trip to the moon.

The web-site is interesting.... (USS Hornet Museum). Next some pictorials for your enjoyment.

Face paint

Started the day of with pancakes at IHOP. We then drove over to have a great day at Wild Animal Park. Pretty awesome to see Rhino run acroess a field chased by Giraffe. Or to sit 1 feet away from a lion as they yawn. But the best was to see the kids have fun. How excited Luke was with a Parakeet sitting on his arm or petting a deer. We went home with him having a face painted snake and turned north to sleep at the Marriott in Newport Beach. Next day it took us 7 hrs to drive home. Just arrived in time for me to grab my stuff and put in a hard brick training.

Wild Animal Park San Diego!!

Today Monday 8/8 on Grandpa's birthday we will be visitting Wild Animal Park North of San Diego. We hope to leave San Diego at 10am to arrive at the park around 11am. I hope the kids will like it as it shows the animals in a natural habitat. We have no idea where we will sleep tonight we might end-up in Santa Barbara or we might drive for 7-8 hrs home and go to Santa Cruz tomorrow. Either way we will have fun.

SEAWORLD TRIP!

This weekend we drove off to see Shamu in San Diego at Seaworld. We took the whole family rented a house 50 steps from the beach in La Jolla as our basis. Really nice, for those with kids I can highly recommend renting a house over a hotel as you have access to refridgerator, microwave, crib, etc etc etc.

Seaworld was great, especially the Orca show is unbelievable.

It was so great to see Luke enjoy SeaWorld. When the Killerwhales jumped out of the water Luke was going 'Aaaaawwwww' and then he reluctantly let go of his popcorn to clap for the performance. Really enjoying it. He is deadbeat in his bed and it is 18:25. Nikki enjoyed her ice cream probably as much as anything, she is such a content and gentle baby. Maureen and I took turns between spending time with Nikki or with Luke/Stefan in the attractions. We had fun.

Nikki rises

Once Nikki Deborah was merely able to sit... but today, August 6, 2005 -- 2 days before GrandPa's birthday the girl decided it was time. After looking at the table for 2-3 minutes she pulled herself up. She stood there shaking on her little knees, Maureen and I watched from 3-4 feet away in awe. We then saw what motivated her as she went for the gold -- the cup of thee -- and pulled it over as we were still figuring out what was going on. So much for having it easy.

Just three days ago she started a crawl that would make a marine proud. Her she was purely elbow-elbow and absolutely no butt-up. We are a bit scared of what chaos her new found mobility will bring... to her, to the environment and to Mamma who now has to chase her a bit more... and to Pappa who has to decide to cover Luke or Nikki.