Circs, poop & play

Not much exciting to tell... I've been busy the past 2 weeks taking care of the newborns at the hospital. I've determined that I have the ability to make babies poop and/or pee just by entering the room. How do I know this? Because 9 out of 10 times I will find a dirty diaper on exam, or they will be in the process of making it dirty as I open it up. My favorite of all though is when they pee on me while they're strapped down for circumsision. They're lucky I don't slip... Yes, my life is oh so exciting...

Ismael continues to do well, on the right he is jumping on my stomach (much safer than jumping on the bed or the countertops). He has learned his colors in English & Spanish as well as some of the letters & numbers. In 2 weeks he'll officially be in the terrible twos...

Already Driving & Reading

I don't know where he learned this from, but he's already driving & reading at the same time....

Accidents...a hectic Saturday

The day started out nice...we read books together, went downstairs to make breakfast....but Ismael, curious as he is, wanted to help make pancakes without asking first. So, he grabbed the bowl of flour mix off of the counter & oops!! The picture is actually after a quick attempt to clean him off, so it was worse than the picture shows. I changed his clothes & decided to bath him later, since we were going to a wedding in the afternoon. I decided to sit him on the countertop, as I often do, to have a better view of the cooking & relieve my arm from holding him while I cook. I turned around to get his sippy cup & as I turn back towards him, I see him going head first onto the cement tile floor. He ended up with about a 1.5 cm laceration of the forehead & a visit to the ER for "skin glue" (dermabond). So, he never got the bath he needed to remove all of the pancake mix, because he can't get the glue wet for 2 days. But, thankfully he was okay, & nothing more serious came of it. We now pull over a dining room chair for him to "help cook"...no more monkeys sitting on the counter.

Break-in, Earthquake & Visit

As you can see from the picture, Ismael is asking for someone to play with....besides Mom, that is. She can't keep up, especially post-call.

Ismael is super proud that he figured out how to blow bubbles (instead of sucking on the stick). Other Ismael novelties... he's talking & repeating a lot, still learning the alphabet & colors, jumping all over the place....

So here is a picture of the front door after someone tried to break in the morning of Aug 29th. They weren't successful, but they sure tried. They pried off all of the window screens as well. So, that was the end of leaving the front door open in the evening (it allowed a great breeze) while I'm upstairs putting Ismael to bed.
Sept 2nd I was on call at the hospital & while I was working in my office, I felt everything shake for a few seconds. I went into the hallway & people didn't seem to notice. I figured maybe it was just the marines training a bit too close, since I frequently hear the helicopters & gunfire throughout the day & night. I later learned, however, that it was an earthquake in Lake Elsinore (? about 30 miles NE of the hospital) of 4.7 on the Richter scale. So, I experienced my first CA earthquake.

The next weekend, Sept 6-9, Travis came to visit from AZ. Ismael had lots of fun playing with him, especially after he gave him a little matchbox car. We didn't really do much, but we did go to the beach & Trav actually braved the cold water. That weekend it had cooled down, so the water felt even colder than it already was. Since then we've only been in the mid-80s during the day & it gets in the 60s at night/early morning.

Next week I will be back on my 12+hr days. The worst part, I think, is the fact that I'm 2 hours behind everyone in KS, yet I still am at work before most of you even wake up. Yes, boo who, poor me, whatever. What this really means is that I won't likely be updating this for quite a while...we'll see.