Cindy, Jason and Tyler headed down to Santa Cruz because it was such a gorgeous day and Dylan was finally well enough to hang out with folks.
It was a great opportunity for Dylan to wear his little sun romper! Sure, he looked like he came straight out of a spaceship, but hey, he was protected with SPF 50+!
He was so tuckered out already — he’s still recuperating from croup and some pretty tough, restless nights — but he had so much fun playing with his cousins, he was cheery up until bed time!
Tom came home all set to play with little D. and WHAM! Dylan flailed his little arm with his little thumb with his not-yet-clipped thumbnail and, with great random aim, he raked his little thumb with his NYCT right across Tom’s cornea!
Luckily, Tom’s no stranger to torn corneas (thanks to that black belt dude whose long toenails got the better of Tom’s eyes way back when…), so he knew straight away that this burning and itching he was feeling in his eyeball was a job for the Urgent Care doctor.
Yeeeesh…
What a week we’ve been having. So far, I’m the only one who has not had to see a doctor (not for myself, anyway).
Dylan now says “hi”…often and loudly! This evening, he spontaneously picked up the phone and held it to his ear! Luckily, I happened to have my camera out and somehow managed to capture the fleeting moment!
Dylan now also signs doggy, he meows when he sees cats, and tries to say “light” (sounds more like “aiiii”)…and he sure does say “no” a whole lot.
Father’s Day was a day with a lot of eating out and a lot of work being done. After brunch at Dharma’s and Tom’s 2-hour nap, we took a short walk along West Cliff, had dinner at Thai House, and then headed home to do work. Tom prepped for his classes and that about wrapped up Dad’s day festivities up here….
Hope the celebratin’ was grand down south!
Tom on a zipline in Mexico. He didn’t make it all the way to the platform, so he had to reel himself in….
Dylan’s stats as of today:
height: 30″ (72nd percentile)
weight: 20 pounds (10th percentile)
His weight is trending nicely, but he shot up in height (last time, he was in the 50th percentile)!
Poor fella also got vaccinations today…and a finger prick to test for anemia (negative on the anemia!)!
Still, he had plenty of energy for a good long post-doctor’s-appointment play session at the park and he only sacked out for the night around 10pm.
Hoping his reactions to the vaccinations will be mild if any…
Dylan had soo much fun in Puerto Vallarta! It made the whole passport madness totally worth it (in a nutshell, Dylan’s passport wasn’t processed in time and we burned 2 days on countless phone calls to the passport agency and on an eleventh hour appointment at the Passport Agency in SF! We missed our original flight and thus paid a premium for the days we were in Mexico!).
He had so much fun playing in the ocean and in the sand, swimming in the pool, drinking strawberry daquiries, playing with his cousins, and so much more!
As for the shades, he didn’t actually want to wear them (so sad for me)…but he did want to try on grandpa’s and lola’s. Go figger!
Tom and I had our fun, too. We kayaked and did another canopy tour (much like the one we did in Costa Rica) with Rob and Chris, and I got my swanky, swanky massage on the spa terrace (where I could listen to the ocean)!
We took a million photos, a few of which are posted on flickr….
…catching up on Dylan’s baby signs….Here, he’s signing “light.” And, he knows he’s cute, too!
Dylan had another fun-filled day at yesterday’s Memorial Day Bon Voyage BBQ at Cindy’s house. He loved being in the water, and he’s always thrilled to bits hanging out with Jason and Tyler so, naturally, he had a good day!
His walking has also progressed rapidly since Mother’s Day! Where at first he’d only be able stay upright for maybe a max of 15-20 steps, after yesterday, he now seems a lot steadier and is definitely more capable of going farther! I think playing with Tyler may have been a big motivator for him to stay on his feet.
Dylan also just loved Jason’s Little Tikes coupe. He did the walk-around thing with it, then checked out the interior, then he finally climbed in for a test drive!
How well he sleeps is always a good measure of how much fun he’s had, and last night, he slept like a log (ok, a slightly rolly log, but he was a lot less restless than usual!).
I’m just now finding time to blog about little D.’s bday and party!! It was a very hectic week at work and now we’re in the midst of preparations for next week, so we have had lots to preoccupy us!
In any case, Dylan had fun at his party — he didn’t nap one iota during the day, but amazingly (and impressively!), he was remarkably chipper and affable for the entire party! At one point, he took a quickie nap right there on my shoulder…but, he popped back into action to open his gifts.
It was a beautiful day, and we really thoroughly enjoyed being able to celebrate this big milestone with such great friends and family…!
I put together a slideshow with some nice (to my ears, anyway) Sundanese gamelan music in the background (some year, maybe we can have my old gamelan gang perform for us), but you can view or browse some bday photos through flickr as well (I haven’t decided yet whether I like the jumpcut or flickr solution better…).
