Where Business will take You!

As some of you may know recently I made a few business trips to Puerto Rico and Cairo, Egypt. I spent 2 weeks in Puerto Rico in September and then 8 days in Cairo, Egypt during November. They were both great trips. In Puerto Rico I had to stay the weekend, the resort I was staying at had a very nice 27-hole golf course. We got out and played Saturday. On Sunday we drove from Ponce, where we stayed the first week, to San Juan. We toured "Old San Juan" on Sunday. It was a pretty neat area.

Old San Juan Fort Cemetery
Fort in San Juan

Golf Course in Ponce, Puerto Rico

On the golf course

Me and a Colleague from L.A.

Then, on November 7th I left for Cairo, Egypt. Their work week is Sunday - Thursday. So I worked Sunday - Thursday and stayed the day on Friday to do some sight seeing. During the week a few of the people I was working with from the client took us out on the town. It was a lot of fun.

Authentic Egyptian Restaurant

Enjoying a tea after dinner (the musician played 1 "American" song.....She'll be coming around the mountain)

Fresh Fish Restaurant

You walk in select from all the fish, fresh from the Red Sea. Once you select your fish, shrimp, etc, you go upstairs to a table and in 20 - 30 minutes they brought the fish cooked in 6 different Egyptian styles. It was really good.

Enjoying a coffee on the Nile River

Standing at the bottom of a Pyramid

Touching the top of a Pyramid

I definitely missed my family during these trips but technology is amazing these days to keep everyone in touch.

Tough Guy!!

When J.David was born they told us he was tongue tied (meaning his tongue was attached very close to the front of his mouth). Since he was such a champion nurser from the beginning we were told to wait it out before making any decisions. Right after he turned a year we went to see an ENT for a consult, and were advised to go ahead and have it clipped. That is what we did today. My sweet little boy had to have his first dose of anesthesia and have a 10 min. procedure done to clip his tongue. It is so amazing what kind of technology they have now! He left with no stitches or limitations from the procedure, his only side effects were from the drugs. He still hasn't learned that he can stick his tongue out, but I'm sure after a good night's rest it won't take him long tomorrow.

Today i realized how lucky we are to have such a healthy baby. Watching him taken away, knowing i would be getting back a healthy boy in minutes, was still so hard and scary. It made me so thankful but also so sad because I could not stop thinking about the families who watch their babies live in hospitals daily, not knowing what tomorrow holds. My heart went out to those families more than ever today. In a way I almost felt guilty for being so scared to watch my baby being carried away for something so minor. I am so thankful for the gift of prayer so that we can pray for these families, and also to thank God for our blessings each day.

Now i am rambling, sorry, it was quite an emotional day all around! But J.David did amazing!! He is such a little champ! God has truly blessed us with a joyful child! The nurses loved him and he is already showing little signs of being back to his mischievous self. UH-OH!!

This is J.David right after we checked in...it was early and he was still SLEEPY!!

Is the sedative starting to kick in??

Of course not!! The sedative before the anesthsia worked oposite for JD. Instead of making him sleepy, it made him kind of drunkish and hyper! It was so funny watching him do laps in this bed. Then he would stand at the end facing the door shaking the bed and waving to people outside. Super Cute!!

My Baby's got more teeth, Say what?!?

J.David has officially cut his Left and Right top Molars this week!! That means my 12 month old has TEN teeth!! I knew they were coming b/c he gets the same clingy behavior with all his teething, and Morgan is out of town. J.David has cut ALL of his teeth when Morgan is out of town! Not joking, it has become quite the joke. Just wanted to share yet another milestone! Hope everyone is having a GREAT week!

Here is J.David being silly on election night wearing his "Grandma for President" T-shirt.

Monsters, Inc.

This is J.David's new favorite!! He is so active that we quickly learned that the only way to get him to finish a whole bottle was to start watching a cartoon or movie. Toon Disney plays movies during the weekdays and I try to DVR the good ones. The most recent being Monsters Inc. J.D. LOVES it!! He will yell at it, laugh at it, and actually watch it! it is hilarious!! we get through most of the movie at least once a day depending on if we are home for all three bottles or not and how he does on his naps. Today we came home from a crazy day and we sat down to get a little R&R. I am starting to get sick of this movie personally so I thought i would try a recorded Backyardigans (one of my faves!), but he was still fussing...so then i tried finding Nemo....still fussing!! So as a last resort for the tired boy that got another shot today I turned on Monsters...and instant quiet! I love that he is really starting to show his likes and dislikes and really becoming this "little person"!! He is just so much fun to be around!! I LOVE IT!!