Honolulu Marathon

Gingerbread house

Making gingerbread house with Enya. Dad got into it more than Isaac and Jed.

Isaac's 3rd birthday

Cancun

Now to more fun things, we were in Cancun for 6 days with my side of the family and had a great time eating, swiming, lounging, and doing it all over again. Other than Dan's accident, we had a great time catching up and just doing nothing. Isaac had a great time hanging out in the pool for hours just self-entertaining! Jed, the daredevil, really had not fear and jumped right in with Isaac in the pool!

Dan's Surgery

This is a picture of Dan's eye after the initial injury---if you were me, you would think it's just a blackeye!

as some of you might of know, Dan went into surgery yesterday for repair of his facial fracture...I haven't had a chance to catch people up, but here is the story.

We were on a family vacation with my side in Cancun, Mexico last week. Second day into the vacation, Dan was playing water polo and within 5 minutes into the game he ran out and told me someone had hit him in the eye with an elbow. He got really concerned because he couldn't really see out of that right eye very well. I checked it out and to me it was just a black eye coming to form. Dan was more concerned for fractures and permanent damage of double vision. I kept telling him he is just paranoid because he knows too much being an eye surgeon. I think I talked him out of it until the descend on the way him. Dan started having more double vision and eye pain. He went into work and got a CT scan and had shown that he had fractured two parts in the eye bone that houses the eyeball. Monday, his boss looked at his scan and said he needed repaired.

Tuesday- we went in around 10 in the morning and Maureen had flown out the night before to help me with the kids. Dan was in surgery by 1pm for an hour and a half. The whole surgery was done really well. The scary part is that the fracture had pushed his bone further back closer to his brain and some of the fractures were shattered. They had to go in and put in a plate to stabilize the fractures. Dan is now home and doing well. He has a black eye and some bleeding, but overall he is okay. Please continue to pray for his recovery. It was quite a scare, but God is faithful for giving Dan the wisdom to know that something is wrong and providing great care to get the surgery done. Dan is probably feel almost back to normal as in that he is not sleeping half of the day or feeling just spent. Mo left this morning, she was a great help for me and helping out with the kids.

Jed's Surgery

Jed has had issues with his tear ducts since he was born..basically, they don't drain and whenever he get sick, his eyes are just full of greenish discharge and crap...after talking with Dan, we both decided that it would be best to go ahead and operate now rather than later. This morning was surgery day. I had a hard time sleeping last night..something about knowing that your son is going to be intubated even for the smallest procedure or even with the best doctor.

Our morning started at 5:30am with Dan taking Isaac to daycare. Isaac surprisingly was already up and was ready for school. Then I had to wake up Jed and went down to surgical check-in. There is one thing cool about being a doctor's wife, son..boy, did we get the royal treatment. Dan's boss came out, his co-worker went over the surgery with me again (no, I am not a snotty doctors wife). It was nice to know that Jed was in good hands. The surgery was literally 40 minutes from the time he was taken from my arms to me seeing him waking up. He was one mad boy when he got up. He must of thrashed around for at least 10 min. before the nurse came over and gave him some juice. Dan then came by with his case and was able to see Jed post-op. I am very thankful that God was present throughout the procedure. Jed is now happy, well-fed, and playful as if his day wasn't full already. Here is the picture after he woke up from his nap--notice that gash on his face, he gave that to himself when the oxygen mask was still on him, he freaked out.

Its still sunny!

Its at the end of October here in the supposed cold and rainy northwest. Yet, we had at least a full week of sunshine and warm weather to the 60s! This weekend, Dan dropped me off in Gig Harbor, just at the end of the Narrows bridge and I ran home from there as part of my training for the marathon. For the first couple miles, I felt like I was a runner---run Jo, run..but by like the 9th mile I was thinking of what I was going to gorge on for lunch. Unfortunately, my stomach didn't agree with my brain, I had to stop eating because I ate too fast!

Kiddie update...Jed is officially walking. He is walking all over the place today. You can tell the little man is just so much happier being free.

On another note...It seems like everyone around me is pregnant. Within my blog stalk, I know at least 7 people that are pregnant! The babies are coming! Congrats ladies!

Our cute kids

Portland AGAIN

Yes, we love Portland, OR. Since we found this cool town, we've been back three times since July. This time we went with our friends, Kristin, Michael, and Enya. They use to live there..so it was nice to go to the local joint and hang out. We went to this little pub that had a children's play area, it was so nice to let the kids play and allow us to catch up. Jed had the most fun when we went swimming at our hotel. He kept putting his face in the water without any fear. Isaac had a lot of fun at the Portland Zoo. It was like walking through a forest.

Its been awhile....

I can't believe we haven't even blogged for almost a month now...well, time sure has gone and pass...We celebrated Jed's birthday at least three times, once with our small get together, one on his actual birthday (Dan, Isaac, and I ate the cake), and again in Chicago with the Solve's as Grandma and Grandpa got some serious cupcakes. At one year
Jed has:
6 teeth
21# 4 oz
29.5 inches (moved him up to closer to 50th%)
bedtime from 7pm to about 5 am with an 8 oz bottle and then will go back to bed till 7am
enjoys feeding himself
can walk freely about 5 steps (this just happened this week)
hate stuff that are weird in texture
oh, he likes to grab whatever Isaac's got..
Yesterday, I had to leave work because Jed had a low grade fever..as we were home together just the two of us, he was cuddling and smiling..we went grocery shopping, he was delight. I sometimes feel back that I don't have enough of me to go around my kids, I pray and hope that in the midst of busy life..that our kids will still feel loved and treasured.

Isaac is one happy, energetic boy..sometimes I think he is misunderstood for being happy and excited..instead people may view him as hyper or misbehaving, he is a toddler!. He is such a sweet boy and always looking out for others. We were at the mall the other day and Dan had accidentally ran the stroller into my leg. I said "ouch" and moved on, but Isaac ran up to me and said "mom, let me look at it" he examined me and lifted up my foot and make sure it was all okay and then looked up at Dan and goes "dan, you need to say sorry."

Two weekends ago, we took a short trip home for "brother from another mother's" wedding. Lester and Jen Pineda got married in their romantic backyard 10/4th. It was one short weekend, I"m glad we got to see my parents, hang out at my sister and brother in laws pad in Chicago and chill with the Solve's. Kat was so great, she treated me to high tea at the Ritz in Chicago for my 30th birthday..it was yummy!

So, what else is going on? It is official...Dan and I are running the Honolulu Marathon for my girlfriend, Joy, who has rheumatoid arthritis. She is a mom, teacher, and a great friend. We are running with her husband, Chris this Dec. 14, 2008. We are raising fund for the arthritis foundation, please pray that my legs don't fall of..and if you would like to donate for this cause...http://2008jointsinmotionchicago.kintera.org/disney/

We had a small get together for Jed's b-day! But as you can see the food, half of it was made by my friend Mimi and her sister Kyoung Hee. Thanks ladies!

Lester & Jen Wedding

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwi11X684cg

Hello!

We are still here! I feel like this past month has just gone by in a flash! We celebrated Dan's 30th birthday with the solv's and our friends. He should feel super special while the kids really cared about the balloons and cake.

Jed is inching to 1 year old! I can't believe it! I am still only half way done with his baby book@ He is just a sweet child. Loves and adores his brother...they love wrestling and playing rough. I was cleaning their room one day and those two chased each other crawling back and forth. Jed was laughing so hard I had to tell Isaac to give him a break so he can breath! Jed now has 6 teeth and is one stubborn child. When he doesn't want something, there is NOTHING you can do to make him, especially with eating. When he is done and give you the sign, his lips are sealed tight! I wish he would cuddle a bit more, he doesn't like to be still and is constantly on the move otherwise, I would find him pulling down on my pots of eating my phonebook.

Isaac on the other hand is going through some potty training. I send him home with my mom and she basically had him trained!. He is doing okay since we've been home not close to 100%, but now he can pee in the toilet standing up and is wearing a pull-up. Probably about 50% wet and 50% going to the pot. He still loves his story time and after pre-bedtime chats. The other day, I had a rough day with him and was finding myself yelling more than usual. At our nightly talks, I apologize and told him that his behavior for not listening makes Mommy sad. I knew he understood because he told dan what we talked about when dan came down. At the end of Isaac telling dan about our conversation he goes, "mommy is a good mommy." That really warmed my heart, because I knew he understood.

So what have we been up to? I'm putting up some of our half marathon photos and our trip to DC without kids. I had a hard time. I missed them a lot, but Dan and I also had a great time reconnecting and hanging out. I think he was kinds of sick of me going "I wonder what the kids are doing?" I got to visit my girlfriend, Ditty...my oldest as in she is one of the few people who knows me the longest since Jr. high. My parent and sister, brother-in-law visited. It was a great time hanging out and chilling. I would trust my sister with my kids any day!

Ahh

"Stop it Jed"

"Stop it, Jed!" is a common phrase from Isaac to his dear brother. Jed has been trying to be a part of everything Isaac is doing ever since he started crawling and pulling himself up. Sometimes he pulls on him so hard, Isaac's pants end up coming down. The other day, Jed's teacher at daycare asked me if Jed wrestles at home. I was like, yeah, being the little guy, he's usually the one that gets "beat up" at home. So, Miss Tiffany tells me that, Jed was playing with one of the other infants when he decided to jump on the poor girl and start pushing his hand on her face and wrestling with her. Hilarious, but I guess not so funny for the baby girl. They now call him the "WWF baby" at daycare.

Isaac is talking a ton, not the best listener though, I am going through some similar stuff as Sally. Now, he has freedom of speech, he speaks up a lot more and disagrees. But overall, he is a pretty good kid. He loves being my helper around the house and with Jed. Our favorite say before we leave the house is--I say "ready to go?" Isaac replies "rock n' roll." He is so sweet and dear to my heart.