Birthday Fun & Hospital Run in Granbury

Cousin Kaitlyn had her 2nd birthday party at Granbury Lake this past weekend. We're so glad, because we LOVE Granbury Lake!!!

Unfortunately during "Present Time", Deona tripped on a picnic table WHILE carrying Emory and landed completely on top of him. This accident forced us to leave the party abruptly and head to Granbury hospital just to make sure Emory was okay. After a few tests and CAT scans of his head, chest and torso the physician confirmed all tests were negative which translates to the best news we could have received. A true miracle Emory escaped with only scratches, bumps and bruises on the right side of his head.

If you look at the above photos (pre-accident), you can see the design of the picnic table. Deona's foot tripped on the curved pole under the bench part.

Emory waits for CAT scans results and Everett watches Thomas the Tank engine clips on YouTube. Praise be for internet on cell phones!

**For Sal in Australia: in response to your "how do they do CAT scans on infants?" question. Deona went in with Emory. She said she was suited with protective gear and basically had to hold him in place. He did very well.

While at the hospital, we missed several hours of fun at the lake, so after returning back to the condos, Aunt Jackie, Katy, Josh, Courtney, Rebecca & Dixie volunteered to babysit Emory while we took Everett to the beach to play before sunset. Everett had a blast!!!

Ev had a blast collecting and throwing sand in the air; much of it landed on his face and hair.

Look what the sun did to Everett's hair color....I absolutely LOVE it! The sunset was simply gorgeous!

Later that evening, we all had a great time playing cards and eating lots of yummy snacks. Despite our trip to hospital, we had a wonderful time and we're ready to go again soon!

On our way home. Yes, that's all our crap, looks like it might be time to trade in our car for a van. SHUT IT, van haters. ;o)~

Simplification, Sounds and Summer fun!

Starting today we will have blog updates posted to our site once a week. This is my attempt to simplify; spending less time blogging and more time with my loves. This doesnt mean we won't be sharing as much, it just means our events/happenings will be published once a week on one big-o-post. Be sure to visit our blog every Wednesday, you will feel caught up with what's been going on in the Guajardo household. OH and don't forget to leave your comments, we love knowing who's visiting our site. In the meanwhile, a post:

My favorite SOUNDS this summer

• The sounds of giggly, happy children at the pool.
• The sound of Everett laughing.
• The sound of Emory coo-ing.
• The sounds of moving water (the waterpark, fountains and lake).
• The sounds of trees rustling in the wind at night.
• The sounds of frogs, whippoorwills and cicadas at mom and dad's place.
• The sounds of cardinals, finches and doves feasting at our bird feeder.
• The sound of my Everett eating chips and guacamole.
• The sound of refreshing drinks being poured. ahhhhh.
• The sound of silence when I go to bed.

SUMMER FUN!

Everett loves his trips to the pool with Grammy.

The city waterparks are our home away from home during the summer.

Trips to see Gramma and Grampa is always lots of fun during the summer.

Gramma and Grampa bought Everett his very own bed to sleep in when he visits them.

The boys always enjoy seeing Grampy. During the summer it usually means lawnmower rides, popscicles and his usual snuggles.

WE LOVE SUMMER! See you back here next Wednesday!

a doctor's visit for Gramma

We took Emory in to see the pediatrician today, as he had a difficult time with his reflux/colic while we were in Austin/Wimberley this past weekend. Gramma did not like it one bit.

Doc increased his Zantac dosage according to his new weight. :o)
At 14.9 pounds (and 8 weeks old), our little chubster is in the 97th percentile for his weight. What does this mean you ask? It means compared to 100 babies of the same age and gender, Emory is chunkier than 96 of them. :)
Emory has his 2 month appointment on June 15th; hopefully our Emory will be feeling tons better by then.

Swim Lessons

Today was Everett's first day of swim lessons this summer. Thank you Grammy for a wonderful birthday gift, definitely one he will greatly benefit from.

Ms. Debbie, the swim teacher. We really like her style of teaching, in addition to teaching children to swim she teaches valuable techniques to parents. Today children worked on kicking, crawling and going under water.

Ev's favorite part was sliding into the pool.

Ev's least favorite part of class was going under water. :) Even so, he did great.

I'm looking forward to watching Everett become more comfortable in the water. We have 3 more classes this week and 4 classes next week. Stay tuned for more pics.

So Sweet

Dinner at Garcia's Restuarant with uncle Dodo, aunt Tammy and Chad.

Obviously Ev loves his uncle Dodo enough to share his order of guacamole (& chips) with him and Uncle Dodo loves Everett enough to eat Ev's left over guacamole. :)

School's Out for Summer!

We had our first summer playdate with our nephew, Matthew today. It's been a long time since Ev and Matt had an all day playdate. "Schools Out" = Deona gets to join in on the fun!

Septemter 16, 2008

LOVE this picture of them laughing. SO sweet!

Snack Time & watching Elmo's World. Beautiful boys.

Fun at the Pool!

After swimming, the boys bathed (with bubbles, of course) to get all the chlorine and sunscreen off their little bodies. So cute!

Don't let Matt's expressions fool you, he had lots of fun in the tub. :)

An super, fun day. Looking forward to spending more time with Matth AND Jordan this summer