Yanks Air Museum 7/06/10

This plane wasn't for sale. Isn't it adorable?

Thomas Pigeon Flying Boat

Warhawk

Let's look at the flags

Michael, Tita Carmel and I visited the Yanks Air Museum in Chino. We spent more time in the gift shop than in the actual museum though. Michael couldn't touch the planes in the museum so we let him have some fun with the giftshop items. There were some old military planes from the WWII era and other aircraft from the early 1900s. Another hangar was specifically for restoration aircraft, and we got to see some mechanics restoring old planes. Its amazing how far we've come in the air industry.

More 4th of July Pics

Muscle Muscle Men 7/05/10

Show me your muscles!

4th of July Fun

It was a 4th of July weekend celebration for us! We had a family bbq on Saturday at our house to celebrate mommy's 27th birthday. We feasted on carne and pollo asada, chips and guacamole, ceviche, dip, fruit and ice cream cake. It was our first time hosting a party this size in our new home, and it was so much fun! There was a good amount of drinking, dancing, and singing(?). Jason and I loved getting both sides of our families together and it definitely made a very entertaining night.


On Sunday, we went to the annual 4th of July celebration at the Cook residence. After last years festivities, the car races and illegal fireworks were shut down. Bummer. At least they were still allowed to light legal fireworks in their neighborhood. Michael played in their parksized backyard..and boy was he in heaven! He started off riding on Charlie's rollercoaster, then ventured off to Adelyn's water table and splashed so much water around that we had to refill the table with water! Then this wet baby played in the sandbox and got sand everywhere. He also made sure he sat on all four sides of the box. Up and down he sat. It was a lot of fun.

Zach, Denise, Wiley, Adelyn, Charlie

This year the two new boys of the group showed up - Zach and Wiley. Last year Michael was the baby of the group, and look how much bigger he's gotten. Smile Michael! Don't be so mean to the camera man.

15 month update

Michael is now 15 months old! Time flies when you're having fun. It feels like it was only yesterday that I was holding this little big munchkin in my arms for hours because he couldn't sit up, crawl or walk. He's now older, more playful and even more social. We play all day long, and when I say all day, I mean it...until 11pm, well lately midnight or later. Michael is a party animal. He sleeps sooo late and its getting tough for daddy who has to wake up for work at 5am.

He can understand almost everything you say, and he still uses gestures to communicate what he's trying to say. Here are a few things we'd like to remember about him at this stage:

• Words: He's starting to babble more. His favorite words start with the letters "b" or "d". He says ball, bat, bana(na), bub (boob), duck, dog, dair (there), dat (that). He also says hour (flower) and woah (pillow).
• When he wants to give you something, he will open your hand and place the object in it for you to hold it.
  
• He's so affectionate. He likes to give open mouth kisses.
• Food: He loves eating grapes, blueberry pancakes, anything with ketchup, turkey meatballs, and freeze-dried peas. We now have to hide veggies in other foods like mashed potatoes or coat them with ketchup. Thank goodness for freeze-dried veggies! He loves the crunch-sound they make.
• Teeth: He still has 8 teeth (upper and lower incisors), but the upper cuspids (canines) are poking through. Shouldn't the molars have grown already?
• Body Parts: In addition to the body parts he knew at 12 months, he knows hair, head, eyes, mouth, teeth, chin, fingers, hands, legs, arms, peepee and boobs.
• He has a favorite blanket and doggy that he hugs and holds so tight when he goes to bed.
• Tv: He loves watching Handy Manny and Yo Gabba Gabba. But anything with a catchy tune like the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Elmos World or the Fresh Beat Band, he'll run to the tv and dance.
  
• Hand dominance: We're still not sure. He feeds himself with two hands, but when given a spoon, he'll feed himself with his left. He throws balls with his left, but swings a bat with his right.
  

Diagnosis

A few weeks ago, Michael's MRI came out normal. Thank goodness! And the EEG he had a few days ago showed no seizure activity. The neurologist suspected that Michael's seizures weren't epileptic seizures but those that result from 'the breath holding spell'. The breath holding spell occurs when a child gets hurt and cries incessantly that they hold their breath or forget to breathe. And that is exactly what happened to Michael. He bumped his head both times, cried and cried until his body stiffened and went into seizures. It was such a horrifying experience to see your child turn blue and appear lifeless for a few minutes while you wait for him to come back and regain his breadth. We are so grateful that he hasn't had an episode since.

Michael, we love you very very much. You bring so much joy and happiness to everyone you meet. You're so friendly and kind that you draw attention from everyone everywhere you go. We hope you grow to be even more joyful and humble because you will definitely become someone great one day.

Day of Fun 6/22/10

We went to California Adventures right after breakfast to get fastpasses to watch the World of Color show. It was about 11am, and the line was already super duper long. It turns out that they were already sold out for the 10:15 showing, and we were still 40 minutes away from getting tickets to the 11:15 showing. I suggest that if you really want to see the show that you get passes first thing when the park opens. So we lucked out again...and decided to head to Disneyland and greet a few furry friends.

Never seen this sad squishy guy before

Oh you're still my favorite, Tigger

After naptime, Michael played with his water table. Thank goodness for the umbrella! It was much needed during the hottest time of the day. He had so much fun splashing water everywhere..

Once he dried off, we let him make his own spinach and mozzarella pizza. He rolled the dough and got flour everywhere! I love that he makes a mess with everything that he does. Our little luigi is gonna know his way around the kitchen!

Michaels first pizza