Poor James

James has had a hard week. Last Thursday he started coughing, and I, less of the worrier, just blew it off as a cold (which it is). The cough just kept getting worse and his nose started dripping the green goopy stuff. I could tell he was congested, so we started the humidifier. We had spent the weekend at my parents and my sister and her kids came over Monday. She was saying she thought her youngest had pink eye. So, Thursday James wakes up and his eye is all goopy, so I call Sheila and she said Cooper didn't have pink eye but starts telling me the woes of an ear infection. I kind of shrugged it off, but was thinking about it later when Aho calls me to tell me he didn't take James to the babysitter because he kept throwing up that morning (which had been happening all week.) He was throwing up, a bit wobbly, and SUPER fussy. So, knowing he was congested, and it had no where else to drain but down throught the ears, I decided to take him to the Dr. So, he does have two ear infections, on top of having the worse cough I have ever heard. I hurried Thursday and got his two doses of amoxicillin in him. It took til tonight, but he has been behaving so much better. He is sleeping as I type and has been down for over an hour, which he would not do the last week. (His sleeping habits were horrible!)
So, the point of all this is, those of you with kids, it's hard to tell if they have an ear infection, they don't always pull on their ears. It's hard to know sometimes!

Cube Steak

I have a recipe in a cookbook that calls for cube steak. I have just subsituted the cheap steaks when I make it, but I thought this time, I would actually try cube steak. I have not had cube steak before, at least in my adult years that I remember, and wasn't sure what I would get. (Aho thought it was ground beef...thought I was making spaghetti when I pulled it out and told me he wasn't hungry!) It was very good! I was pleasantly surprised. James liked it to, despite his not feeling well (another blog...). I think I will cook it again, and would recommend it to everyone!

Tonga

There is so much to say, but who wants to read it. Basically, we had a great time. We didn't have to lift a finger. Aho's mom said we were on vacation, so we didn't have to do anything. It was fabulous, so relaxing. We got to go see all the sites, go to the beach, have great food, fly 7 flights (in which James was fabulous), enjoy a 10 hour layover in Fiji on the way back (we spent some time driving around, we should have picked up a tour for the day, I think we would have enjoyed it a littl more). We got to spend time with and get to know Aho's family. They are great, and I miss them. We had a wonderful time. A few people have asked me, could I live there? I told Aho I could, as long as I have an air conditioner. It was super hot. Aho said he prefered the cold and snow to that hot and humid! A few pics to show how much we enjoyed ourselves: Pretty beach

What a beautiful background...This is in Fiji somewhere (we got more mosquito bites during these few minutes than the whole two weeks in Tonga!) Fijian cowboy offering James a ride Blowholes...could I be any fatter? Family pictures...could I get a smile for 200 Alex, please?

Beautiful StarfishJames enjoying the sand, although a little hotHa'amonga At the beach, James "swimming"

Family Pictures

We got family pictures about 2 months ago for James' 1 yr pics. Finally updating my blog:

What a hunk!

We are back from our trip and I will blog about that later, when I have more time. While we were there, we were introduced to Filipino soap opera's and mini series dramas. My favorite was "Ysabella" it was a good story and it had a very nice looking man, Derek Ramsey. I know, I know, I am married, it's just a simple little crush. Eat your heart out ladies!

Happy birthday Jamesy!!

Yesterday was James' 1st birthday. We didn't do much special because we are going to have a little shindig for him on Saturday, but this is a milestone since he can now eat pretty much anything, including chocolate. So the first thing we did when we got up yesterday morning was have chocolate chip pancakes. He loved them! Happy Birthday James

James and the Giant Pumpkin

Ok, it's no secret, I am bad at posting (since the last time I posted was James being 9 months, and now he is turning 1 in two days), and just as bad as reading blogs, so I am sure no one checks this anymore, so this is for Kim!
James on Halloween (enjoying his very first succor):Our little polynesian baby:New family pictures (I made Aho go up the canyon to go take pictures with the fall background, we were quite pleased with them):And last, but not least, our money maker-we entered this in the baby gap casting call. How could they not choose this face?!!: