Introducing the new Director of Culinary Operations at Sea World of San Diego

That's right! We're staying put...for awhile at least. After the layoff with Home Depot, Kevin landed his "dream job" back at Sea World as the Director of Culinary Operations. A big step and a great opportunity for him. He loves Sea World and has been a loyal employee for years now! Pretty much since he was 16 years old!

So thanks to the new job, we won't have to relocate anywhere else. Although he has a longer commute now, he's going to do GREAT!

Congratulations Sweetie!

Father's Day 2008

We spent the day at our friends Dorothy and Alfredo's house in Romoland, 15 minutes from our home. It was a hot day so we took the kids to the splash park and pool. This was Kameron's first experience in the pool and splash park. He LOVED it! Konnor of course, the water baby he is...enjoyed every bit of it too.




After swimming and being in sun for a few hours, we were all hungry! Dorothy and Alfredo cooked up a good dinner! We also had a small friendly game of poker afterwards. It's been years since we've played poker with friends in Arizona. Someone else was interested in poker too!

Kameron is 6 Months old!!!

At his 6 month appointment he weighed in at 22lbs, 27 1/2 inches. He's in the 75percentile for his height and 97percentile for his weight. His head is also big! His head is the same size as big brother Konnor's!

Kameron had to get 3 shots at this appointment. He's a trooper when it comes to getting shots though. Maybe it's the thick legs he has which gives extra cushion.

Dr. Boyatt had no other advice or tricks for me to get him to sleep better and through the night. She's very surprised that he's still eating as much as he's eating, but not sleeping through the night. The most he does is 4 hours. After that he's up every hour or two. I'm slowly starting to wean him for the nursing, but it seems to be the only thing that allows him to fall asleep. He does not self soothe. Basically I've become a "human pacifier". I've never had that problem with Konnor so I didn't know how to go about it all.

He's still a little piggie. He can drink 8oz every 2 hours and when he eats baby foods, he eats a whole jar! He never really liked the rice cereal, which I don't blame him. Konnor didn't enjoy it either.

He's still teething, though the two bottom teeth have been surfacing for months now. They should be breaking gum any day now. He's been very irritable and cranky with the teething. He's rolling over and trying to crawl more and more everyday. Poor kid...I think he's just so heavy for his own strength.

Disneyland 2008

Before Kevin started his new job at Sea World we wanted to do some quality family time. We had been talking about taking Konnor and Kameron to Disneyland so this seemed to be the perfect time!
We drove up the night before and got some well needed rest. We woke up bright and early and tried to make it to Disneyland when they opened at 8am. We ended up getting there at 8:30am. It was a good day. Not too hot, not too crowded.

Em & Steve's Baby Shower

My good friends Em & Steve are finally pregnant! I am so happy for them. I've had a great friendship with them both and they mean so much to me. They have both been a big part of my life since I came back to San Diego, after leaving The Bay Area.

This weekend was their baby shower. It was great to see old friends and to see how we've all changed! We're really all "growing up"!!!!

Congratulations Em & Steve!!!

A Day at the Beach

While Daddy worked, the boys and I spent the day at Mission Bay for a few hours. Our friends Eve and Shay came to hang out with us too. It was a beautiful sunny San Diego day as usual.

Here's one of those "stolen moments" shots that are great for scrapbooks!

Potty Training has officially begun!

Konnor goes pee pee in the potty for the first time! I came home from the grocery store lastnight and Konnor was eager to tell me the news! I could barely understand what he was saying...but he just kept pointing to the potty in the bathroom! Then Kevin had to explain to me what he did! Kevin was so excited that for once, he was home to see Konnor do something for the first time. I was so proud of Konnor! I actually didn't believe it.

So the next morning I wanted to see if he'd comfortably go in the potty again on his own. As we were getting ready to head to San Diego to go to Sea World, he stopped me and said, "Go potty Mommy." And ran to the bathroom. Sure enough...he did it! I got to see it this time with my own eyes! YAY....potty training has officially begun! :-) I am so proud! It's one step closer to being a BIG BOY! Good job Konnor!!!