Race for the Cure

Saturday we participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in celebration of my friend LH, who was diagnosed last year. More than 10,000 people participated and it was a sobering reminder that breast cancer affects all of us. Hopefully, this post will remind you to perform your self-exams on a monthly basis and get your regularly scheduled mammograms.

Total Gag

For the past few weeks we've been putting some Gerber Puffs on Evy's high chair tray and encouraging her to try them. She has no interest at all. Everything else she grabs (paper, kleenex, toys, etc) goes straight to her mouth, but she will not put the puffs anywhere near her mouth. When we try to put one in her mouth she clamps down and starts making gagging sounds if the puff touches her lip. Drama Queen.

No Hablo Ingles

In the last few weeks I have toured and researched nearly every daycare center within a 20 mile radius of our home. I've come to the conclusion that they are all pretty much the same and I've decided to stay where we are. Evy has 3 good teachers, she seems to love going to daycare and the facility is excellent. I've been mostly happy, until this week. The center is struggling to find a 4th full time teacher for the nursery. There's been a revolving door of unqualified candidates who have not made it through their "probation" period. But the most recent hire takes the cake. She can't speak English. Yes, you heard me right. WHAT?!? You'd think that speaking English would be a minimum requirement. I've even brought in reinforcements by requesting that Scott (the reserved parent) speak to the director as well.

Scare Bear

Last week, while in Grandma Joan's care, Evy was patting the foot of her bear and caused him to "jump" off the shelf and land on her. It scared the heck out of her and she's been scared of the bear ever since, whimpering when she gets near it. We've been bringing the bear near her to try to get her over the fear. As you can see in the picture she's over it. He's one of her best friends now.

Real World

Back to the real world today. Here's a shot from the 50th floor of the Rio at VooDoo Lounge (it didn't scan very good, the color looks a little off). We had some good pool time, a big night out and I even came out $40 ahead at the roulette table!

Viva Las Vegas

At 9 p.m. tonight I will be on a flight headed for Vegas. Elvis will sing me into the sunset:




12 of us are going to help my friend,JP, celebrate her upcoming marriage. Sin City will never be the same.

Ear Infection # 3

I picked Evy up last night from daycare and noticed she had green mucus in both eyes. My friend, Andrea, recently told me her son had the same mucus eye and he had an ear infection. Andrea is my hero. Based on her story we took Evy to the doctor last night and sure enough....ear infection. Why do I sound so uncharacteristically positive, you might ask? Because I leave for Vegas on Thursday and I am so glad we caught this one early and could get Evy on antibiotics before it turned into the 5 days of diarrhea and vomiting that we had last time.