Emily, Paige, & Jack: April 2006

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Kuwait

Chris has just left Kuwait and will be floating around in the ocean for a while. Here are some of the pictures he sent me.

This is Chris & Randy (for those of you who don't know, Randy is the husband of my high school friend, Jessica...he was first a Marine, then several years later, a National Guardsman) They just happened to be on the same base in Kuwait at the same time!

Chris' email: "The Marines did a convoy course. I worked as the Range Safety Officer. There wasn't much to the job, basically I watched out for people straying onto the range. I had to watch out for Camel and Sheep Herders. Took a photo with a Bedouin Camel Herder. He let me sit on the camel. I later learned that he would have given me a ride if I had asked. That was the highlight of my day. Those people are tough, it was 100 degrees plus all day today and they walk around in the dessert with no shade and little water. I gave the Bedouin a bottle of water for being nice."

"One of the pictures is of a wrecked ship at the port. Apparently this is somewhat of a memorial from the original gulf war. Apparently Saddam Hussein put some high ranking Kuwaiti's aboard the ship, took it out to sea and then sunk the ship while the Kuwaiti's families watched in obvious horror. Not sure how true the story is, some KBR personnel told some of the Marines the significance of the ship."

Jack's 11 Month Update

Sorry, no photos...I will get a new camera soon. Jack is doing well...he's just over 10 kilos (or 22 pounds). He is still recovering from his eye surgery. The doctor said it would take a week to ten days for the swelling of his ducts to go down and then we should see a real difference then. He still has 7 teeth (the fourth on the bottom just won't come through). Jack will probably start walking soon. He can consistently take 4-5 unassisted steps before falling (his upper body likes to get ahead of his legs). That's all for now...stay tuned... :)

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Jack's Surgery

(borrowed Sarah's camera) Jack had his tear ducts probed yesterday at Children's Hospital in San Diego. The Dr. said that the right one was not as bad as the left one, but it needed to be opened a little more too. He was in and out of the anesthesia induced sleep within 30 min. He seemed a bit upset afterward, but with a little Tylenol and a lot of love he recovered just fine (not to mention a lot of juice too, as he was starving from not being able to eat all day). The only thing I wasn't prepared for was the blood-tinged tears. :( But he's all better now...just needs eye drops twice a day for a couple weeks...hopefully they will stay open and he won't have any more problems.

Georgia's First Birthday Party

We had lots of fun at the beach with Georgia. (I had lots more cute photos of the babies frolicking in the sand and waves, but somebody stole my camera and I had to borrow these photos from Georgia's mom.) As you can see, the babies really enjoyed the cake! Jack thought he'd try some wet sand too!

Saturday, April 22, 2006

Playtime with Mia

Mia and Jack were fighting over the stroller, so they took turns pushing each other.

Dinner at Grandpa's

Resident dog, Lexi.

Jack's First Drawing

Drool-Boy

This is why the front of his shirts are always sopping wet,

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Happy Easter and April B-days!

Easter Egg Hunt at the Japanese Cultural Center...the usual small turn out was even smaller due to the wet weather... needless to say, we came home with dozens of hard boiled eggs, lots of candy and a few prizes. We had lots of deviled eggs at Chrissy's afterwards!