Easter, Sky Diving and other Randomness

Easter egg "hunting"

Walking around in his new Nike sandals, an Easter gift from Tita and Grandpa

Easter Peep Basket - so cute!

Sky diving!!

My plane!

Does this harness make my butt look big?

Strapped in and ready to go!

Sigh....In to everything!!

Chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' all cool....

Yay trains!

Hello all!

Last Saturday I went skydiving! It was a part of Mikel's birthday present to me. We went with a friend who had always wanted to do it and her husband arranged it as a part of her birthday present too! We were supposed to have gone on the 4th, but it was way to windy, so they asked us to come back the following Saturday. Well, apparently they don't "schedule" your jump, per se, it's more of a first come first serve type of thing. Unfortunately, a big group of college kids beat us to it and it took over 5 hours for us to be able to jump. But it was worth the wait and it wasn't like we had anything else pressing to do that day. It was sunshiney all day, so we just chilled out and enjoyed the good weather while watching everyone else jump out of a perfectly good airplane! When it came time for me to jump, the only thing I was nervous about was actually getting out of the airplane door. It's a bit nerve racking to step outside of a moving object almost two miles above the ground, but I did it! The free fall took my breath away, literally. The canopy ride was amazing! I'd definitely do it again, as long as I can still have an instructor who knows what they are doing strapped to my back!

The next day was Easter. It was a yucky day, so the Easter egg "hunt" had to be inside. We had a pretty laid back day. We went to church, let D have a quick nap and then went over to Jim and Bridget's for lunch. Tita and Grandpa brought over eggs with Puffs in them and the kids loved them. They also got them cute little Peeps Easter baskets with Nike sandals and summertime PJs. Thanks Tita and Grandpa!

I've also uploaded some random pics of my little guy. He's really walking A LOT and in to EVERYTHING. He finally got over his last double ear infection, although he still has some fluid on the ears. He get tubes on May 7th! Yay!!!!

Weekend Adventures

Mischief is my middle name.

Snap peas and tomatoes for the "deck garden."

Mommy! The wind is gonna blow me away!!

Walking in his father's shoes.

The only pic I got of Mikel, pre-race. It was super early, about 6:45 a.m.

Hello all in blogland! This weekend was full of adventure - or at least it was supposed to be. Saturday was supposed to be my big day to go sky diving - Mikel's present to me for my birthday. It's something I've always wanted to do. My friend Shara, had her birthday on Saturday and her husband conspired with Mikel and got us a reservation to jump at the same time. However, it was waaaaaay too windy and the Sky Ranch cancelled the jump. Big time bummer since the weather was so pretty and we knew it was going to get really cold this week. But hopefully we'll be able to do it this Saturday instead.

Sunday, Mikel ran his first 1/2 marathon! He did so good - just over 2 hours. Shara also ran her first 5k! I was so proud of them and got them to pose for a picture with our new camera (because D destroyed our last one)....and the camera wouldn't work. Turns out I forgot to plug it in and charge it. Ooooops.

All weekend long, D was in a really fussy mood and wouldn't nap. So this morning I was able to get us the first appt the doctor's office had to re-check his ears. He had a double ear infection before I left for Tahoe and one week later at his 15 months, doc said they were still a little red. Sure enough, he's still got a double ear infection, so the nurse practitioner gave him an antibiotic cocktail shot in the office, another script for a nice $50 antibiotic and a referral to an ENT for tubes. Thank God! She said they would just discuss it on the first visit and may be hesitant to do it because it was the end of the cold season. We've had something like 4-5 double ear infections in 6 months. There will be no "discussion." We are getting tubes dang it!!

Garden update - so I killed all my seeds the first time around. I seem to do that every year. I start them too early, have to keep them inside for too long and fungus flies attack and kill all my seedlings. Booo. So I replanted them and so far so good. I went ahead and bought a tomato, basil and bell pepper plant from Wal-Mart garden center because I wanted to go ahead and get those started. Plus I wanted them to be patio plants so I could have enough room in the garden for my squash and cucumbers. More on that as the season progresses.

Last but not least, my friend, Danielle, found out she has grade 3 cervical cancer, which is aggressive. Danielle is around my age and has two young children - her youngest only 3 months old. Please keep her in your prayers. She has a great attitude!!