Fun and Adventures

We've enjoyed a great weekend. 

Bubeaner woke up Friday morning crying and kept crying even though we held and cuddled with him.  A week of fussiness, and now this?  We decided to make sure we were not dealing with an ear infection or something else.  So on a cold and wet morning meant to be spent indoors, we ventured out to see Dr. Z.  Bubeaner enjoyed the little field trip.  He walked (holding Momma's hand) into the office and showed off for all the nurses.  He even used the "Big Boy" scale!  He now weighs 24 pounds.  He was fine until RN Sandra opened the door to the consultation room.  Bubeaner hit the brakes and would not budge.  He recognized the room; it's the same one we've had the last couple of times when he's received his vaccines.  Thankfully, Dr. Z said he was in fine, but that it really appeared to be just his molars finally cutting through.  So we are back to BabyOrajel.

We spent the rest of the day relaxing at home.  Bubeaner enjoyed some coloring time.  He's actually getting pretty good at it.  Momma needs to buy frames to display his works of art.  And he's also stopped trying to eat the crayons too.  YAY!

 

And as a rare treat we decided to watch a children's story in Spanish.  We thought Bubeaner had outgrown his facination with the TV cabinet.  However, this is what we found when trying to use the DVD player.  He gets credit for color coordination.

 

And, well, for being so cute too.  How could we get angry at him when he looks this adorable in his chair enjoying his afternoon snack while waiting for the movie to start.

Saturday morning greeted us with news of the earthquake in Chile.  Dad had spent some time in Chile last year, and Sally has several stores/employees in the country.  We were relieved that one of his coworkers had decided to delay his trip there by a day. 

And, of course, we spent the rest of the day anticipating the tsunami headed for Hawaii.  Uncle Tony had called earlier and informed us they were fine, were evacuating, and would call us when they had the all clear.  It was stressful waiting and waiting and waiting.  Thankfully, it turned out that uncle Tony and April just spent a long day "camping" a safe distance/elevation from the ocean.  The tsunami only ended up with some higher than usual surge but nothing too devastating.

After all the days events, we went to sleep quite early making for an even earlier than usual start on Sunday.  And since it promised to be another beautiful sunny day, we headed out for the early mass and then off for a family visit to the zoo.  We've enjoyed watching as Bubeaner shows more interest in the animals and exhibits.  This time we also had the benefit that all the animals were very active probably after having just been fed; we were there as the zoo opened. 

He was really facinated by watching the rhino eating, but even more enthralled by the white bengal tiger.  Although not as interested as the tiger was in us.

We wondered what the tiger was thinking... until he attempted to attack Dad and Bubeaner.  Yeah, we moved on to the next exhibit thankful for the safety of thick glass.

Bubeaner's favorite exhibit is still the aquarium.  We spent a bit of time there just letting him watch all the little fish swimming around.  

After a nice lunch at one of our favorite restaurants, we headed home for a nice relaxing and LONG nap while Dad and uncle Jeff stressed over the USA v Canada hockey game.  Momma specially needed the rest.  As the zoo visit progressed, her walk slowly deteriorated into an unappealing duck waddle.  Yuck!  Bubita approved since she has been quite active since then.  This is good since she had given us a little scare Thursday.  She had not moved all day, and when Momma weighed herself she noticed she had gained 4.5+ pounds in a week and a half.  Not a good thing.  And then Momma started experiencing vertigo and dizziness.  It turned out to only be some inner ear issues.  Although that didn't really explain the weight gain, Dr. T was not too concerned about that since Momma's blood pressure was excellent.  We just need to keep an eye on it, probably lay off the salty foods, and continue hydrating.  

We also think Bubita may have shifted and may be now facing down.  She is now kicking/punching in the upper/lower abdomen rather than to the sides.  She still continues to have quite strong movements.  Momma's entire belly will move and shake as she moves.  Bubita also appears to have more of BisBis "vitamins".  She tends to be more active late at night rather than in the morning like Bubeaner.  We may end up with a night-owl Bubita.