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Sunday Drive Home

July 23, 2017 No Comments

It was time to drive back to Alameda today so after a quiet morning at Yai and Ta’s house, we headed back up the highway.

Alice gave Janie a big hug when it was time to leave and Janie was in tears as we drove away.

Luckily both kids fell asleep for the first part of the drive.

Peanut also did a good job keeping himself entertained.

He liked this picture that Mama drew of him and Janie.

Halfway through the drive, we stopped at Kettleman City. The kids had fun in the convenience store – mostly because it was air-conditioned and they didn’t have to sit in the car anymore.

After being the car for 3 hours, a convenience store is loads of fun! #monkeyseemonkeydo

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It was over 100 degrees outside so we visited Bravo Farms for a snack. Peanut was checking out the jelly beans and tried so hard to hang one of the bags back onto the display.

This was a nice stop for the family and we made it home smoothly the rest of the trip.

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Ride to Cerritos

July 21, 2017 No Comments

After school, we all got into the new minivan and headed down the freeway to Cerritos. Peanut enjoyed the comfy ride while Janie watched a movie.

We drove through a wind farm on our way to Interstate 5. Weeee!

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fell asleep

July 20, 2017 No Comments

Janie fell asleep on the ferry ride home from school today.

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Sleeping with Go-Go

July 10, 2017 No Comments

Found Go-Go all tucked in next to her this evening. So cute.

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Peanut woke up covered in puke this morning. After a bath, he sat down for breakfast with Janie. He seemed to be acting like his old self so Mama took him to school. Just as she arrived a work, there was an urgent call from the school saying he was shivering, his lips were bluish, and his hands were really cold. So, Mama rushed back to school to pick him up. As we were checking out, Peanut threw up again – all over Mama and then again all over the floor of the school lobby. Yuck.

At home, Peanut got a second bath and seemed to be just fine again.

After the bath, his lips turned blue again and he seemed really tired.

So, he sat down in front of the tv and fell asleep sitting up.

Poor baby was wiped out.

The advice nurse said to keep him on only clear liquids for the day and that’s what we did.

After his nap on the sofa, he perked up and did some coloring.

Then he had some clear chicken broth for lunch and couldn’t get enough. He must have been starving.

Luckily, he didn’t have a fever, didn’t turn blue again, and kept all the water and broth down. He seemed well by bedtime.

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Busy Morning

June 28, 2017 No Comments

While Mama went to an appointment in the morning, Peanut went to school and did quite a lot before lunch/nap time.

He did some gluing with the class.

And there was outside time.

After lunch, he went down for his usual nap and had to be woken by Mama a little early in order to get to Big Sister’s graduation in the city. Initially, he didn’t want to wake up but when he was asked “you wanna go see KK?” he sat up and said “yah”.

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Trinity

June 25, 2017 No Comments

We had a special friend come over this afternoon. Her name is Trinity and she is the therapy dog that works with Mama at the hospital.

Her owner had to go out of town and we agreed to take her overnight. Janie had a wonderful time getting to know her.

She even learned how to walk her on the leash. We took her for an afternoon walk and an evening walk before bed.

Janie had such a good time with her that she wanted to sleep next to her on the floor downstairs. Eventually, we convinced her to go upstairs to her bed.

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Morning Antics

June 24, 2017 No Comments

Mama went out for an early-morning run and watched the two kids playing together in Peanut’s room while Dada was still asleep. If you look at the time stamp, it was only 6:49 in the morning!

For breakfast, they had scrambled eggs and looked extra hungry.

Then they played together with their toys scattered all over the place.

Later in the morning, the neighbor kids came over to play for a bit.

Then we went out for lunch and a Costco trip. They were exhausted by noon and passed out on the car ride home.

sleeping

June 21, 2017 No Comments

They look like such angels when they’re asleep.

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Drive to Monterey

June 16, 2017 No Comments

At the last minute, we booked a hotel room in Monterey and decided to make a quick overnight trip to the aquarium. The drive was a little painful with so much Friday night traffic. Luckily the kids slept part of the way and had enough energy to go out later than normal once we got checked in.