August Molly

August Zoo Day with Nana and Nona

Kisso the doll (or was it Daulshun the doll?) even joined us on this trip!

August with Nona

dandi-lion

More pictures from way back when... these are from Nona's last visit in August (I'm thinking I should get all those up before she comes to visit again... on Wednesday!).

Birthday Pictures

Tissues

Clara's back at it, after a long weekend with lots and lots of puking. Actually, Zach and I think she's back and better than ever. Is that possible? Maybe it's the contrast with how sick she was over the weekend. Or maybe she just grew up while she was sick?

It all started with an innocent drive down to see the grandparents on Saturday night. What's usually a 2 hour drive (I had the brilliant idea of driving after bedtime) ended up taking 14.

14 hours, really? Yes. An hour into the drive little Miss Clara started puking.

We pulled over several times to clean up (stopping at that ATM was not a brilliant idea, and that, um, group of young men marching through an intersection was a little sketchy). Finally, we stopped at a friendly local In'N'Out Burger and called the Kaiser Advice Nurse (thank EBRPD for great health insurance!). Verdict: classic stomach flu (it's going around y'all!) and the puking would likely continue for a while longer.

Feeling rather stuck, we decided to stay put at the not at all sketchy hotel nearby. Good thing, too, because the puking did continue through the night. I feel a little bad for the piles of pukey towels we left, but mostly I feel thankful that we are in a position that we could afford to stay at a hotel an hour away from home.

We did get down to Nana & Pa's house and enjoyed a lovely weekend with them (and really appreciated their help cleaning up a couple more rounds of vomit). The nice part was how much fun Molly had with them while Zach and I tended to Clara.

And it was amazing to see what a great attitude Clara had through this all. At night she was clearly just tired and wanted to go to sleep. And during the day she was really cheerful between rounds of vomit. It was a little disconcerting, but nice.

Of course, it was a stomach flu, and on the ride home Molly started her own round of vomiting, and that night I joined in. But we're mostly better now. Especially Clara.

Tedachment

Knick-Nock
scabetti (spagetti)
property (properly)
tedatch (attach)
Te-Rock Oh Bama (Barak Obama)

Is it terrible that I don't correct Molly when she says funny, precious mixed up words like this? There are so many more... if only I could remember!

Pictures from a trip to the park in late August: Clara's foot; Molly builds, Clara smooshes; Clara crawls; Hands-In-The-Air!; Molly found a place to build without Clara; Molly; Molly tries to stop Clara from crawling away (a big concern of hers - she used to just lay down on top of Clara to stop her, but now she tries to hold her back); I convinced Molly that Clara could go and I'd pick her up if she got too far; Molly lets her go, but is still nervous; Molly & Clara back with mama; Clara.