Tune in soon

We're back from our hols...or vacation if you need translation there. A lovely slightly damp week spent in the Whitsunday Islands on the Great Barrier Reef. More to come later, FFM survived the chicken pox but is still a bit scabby. Hopefully there won't be too many scars. We're off for one more cool adventure tomorrow (whale watching) before my mom and Eric head back to Colorado on Sunday and then it'll seem really quiet around here. Photos coming in a few days.

Chip off the Travis Block

Travis at about 17 months.

FFM's hair is still lighter, but boy, he's definitely related to at least one of us. The blue eyes came from some not so long dormant recessive genes, both of us have grandpas with blue eyes. And while he looks heaps and heaps like his dad there are bits of me in there, too :)

Bad Luck

Oh no, it's not a reaction, FFM actually HAS chicken pox. Turns out the incubation time (2 weeks) between the shot and now wasn't long enough so sometime about a week before he got his shot he actually caught the pox, then he got immunized for it, and in the meantime the virus he caught was busy making hay in his little immune system. Poor little man, he's got chicken pox all over. It's his scalp that makes me saddest :( He doesn't seem too bothered, although the ones behind his ears definitely are itchy. Spirits are good, better than I would expect.

It's turning into a stellar (haha) vacation for my Mom and Eric. The weather has been nasty and 'cold' (60s) except for the first day they arrived, it's raining today, and FFM's sick so he and I are stuck at home. They are out trekking about town in the rain today, good for them to make the most of what could be a crummy vacation!

Keep your fingers crossed that all goes well for our little man the next few days.

Pox

Poor FFM seems to be having a reaction to the varicella (chicken pox) vaccine that he had last week (one of many shots - happy birthday!). We're not positive but my mom and I are pretty sure that he's got a few pox. Not enough that he's got an outbreak, but one of the side effects of the vaccine can be a mild rash. Poor little guy's got some itchy red spots. No fever to date, thus our reasoning that he's not sick but simply having a reaction, but he's not the happiest camper. We'll stay home tomorrow and dose up on some Tylenol and see how it goes :(

Busy week

We're still here, it's been a busy week and I just haven't gotten anything posted. My mom and Eric arrived on Thursday so the first half of the week was spent getting the house, pantry, and wine cellar ready (we had an assignment to find some yummy Australian wines that you couldn't get in the US, it was a fun assignment).

Thursday afternoon we had birthday party part deux, which included my official birthday celebration and the continuation of FFM's. We both had a great time opening presents (who doesn't love fun presents?!?!?) and I got a bonus duffle bag full of goodies from home that I'd ordered online and had shipped to my mom's house. Sort of like Christmas around here. Official thank you cards coming soon, my apologies in advance for their tardiness. I want all our very very generous friends and family to know that FFM has played with ALL his new toys with great gusto, each and every one has been incredibly popular. His poor old toys are feeling very lonely and left out.

On tap for tomorrow, some whale watching. Hopefully we'll see one or two. It's the beginning of the migration season and they were on the news last week, so are definitely in the area. We missed any whales in Ireland, even though Dave was determined to find some...and there just aren't many whales to speak of in Colorado so here's my chance.