Rough weekend...

Brooks was an angel- and that was the only saving grace for this weekend. If he was fussy I don't know how I would have made it through

Friday we had to rush Ming to the vet because I came home to vomit everywhere- which included corn cob, so she had to get xrays to make sure there was no obstruction. Thank God there wasn't- but we are not out of the woods yet because any cob left in her system could still get stuck as it travels through, so the vet said we have to watch her for a couple of weeks (weeks!).
Then later Friday night we took Brooks down the shore for the first time. We got down around 9pm and stayed over, because Saturday was shell day- a tradition in Eric's family that his parents started. They paint shells every summer with their grandchildren, then frame one shell by each person in a shadowbox and write their age next to their shell. This is the 7th year of them doing it, and we participated so that B would make the wall. They went all out this year and had "shell day 2009" t-shirts made for everyone- it was like a major holiday that only we knew about LOL
meeting his cousins for the first time- all in their shell day tshirts (yes the adults had shirts too)

B in the onesie I made him so he wasn't left out of the shell day spirit

So on Saturday- as the shell day festivities were about to begin I broke out into the worst allergic reaction I have ever had- we still don't know what caused it. My eye swelled so much it bruised my cheek and the white was oozing out of the socket- I never knew the white of the eye could swell. So we frantically called places to find an opthamologist and went to an emergency appt. They flushed my eyes and gave me drops and I am fine now- but it was very scary and gross.

our shells (B's footprint, my sparkly shell, and Eric's depiction of me having my allergic reaction)


In other news- tomorrow is the first day of school for teachers- and I would normally be back to work. It is finally hitting me that I am not working anymore- that I am taking this school year off. Before it just felt like the normal summer, but now that my friends are talking about going back and I realize I am staying home- it is hitting me. It is so weird, but I could not be happier about this decision. I feel so fortunate to be able to not go back this year and be home with B
He suddenly is growing leaps and bounds. He seems to have discovered his hands- not in the rooting reflex way like when he was first born, but in a 'i want to suck on these babies' all day long sort of way. He also is smiling and cooing more and more- he is getting SOO fun.

We also hit the 2 month mark- My baby boy is 2 months old?? WOW He got his shots and did pretty well with them- I think it was worse for me then him. And we did our monthly shot with the monkey and chair





Of course here are some pictures

playing with the dog


mr. big eyes