My poor little man

woke up at 1:30 Monday morning with vomit all over himself and bed! He continued to throw up 4 more times and is now entering the fever stage. It just breaks my heart to see him so sick. All he wants to do is be in my arms or in this chair watching Word World. Thank goodness for our DVR and the three episodes we have taped which we've watched over and over for the last two days.

More O'Brien Fun

A big THANK YOU to our good friend, Erik, for taking the O'Brien's on a crabbing adventure. They got to see the life of a true Alaskan crab fisherman by pulling the pots themselves. They also got to experience how to cook and shell the crabs. Talk about a good lesson in where your food comes from! I think everyone really appreciated that crab after how much work it was to get all that glorious meat out. We made crab cakes, crab fettucine alfredo, the "Uncle Dan" special, a wonderful crab cold pasta (thanks Grandma Wendy!) and of course, plenty of plain crab while we were shelling it.

Dan and Dane watching the action from the tugboat

Hiking up to the John Muir Cabin

A great O'Brien family picture!

Tim and Zach kayaking on Mendenhall Lake

Bubba & Yaya on the kayaking adventure

We're still very sad....

It's nonstop Yaya, Bubba, Unc and Mmmm at our house (with a few Dada's trickled in too!)

He can't distinguish a lager from an ale, but this is a start...

Storytime!

We're so sad that the O'Brien's are leaving tomorrow morning, but I think that Dane is going to be the saddest! :( He has absolutely LOVED having them all here. We feel so blessed that they were able to visit us and we're already hoping for another visit!

No, we haven't fallen off the face of the earth!

Just been busy finishing the school year, getting ready for Auntie MMMM (Dan's sister Amy), UnK (Tim), Bubba (Zachary) and YaYa (Eliana) to arrive (which has been SUPER fun!!) and being 8 months pregnant and feeling every bit of my 37 years! ;)

Dane's been going through a helmet phase and Ms. Tina let him take home her son's helmet for the weekend a few weeks ago. Dane wore it the ENTIRE weekend!!! I swear the first thing this kid thinks of when he wakes up in the morning is his hel and gike (helmet and bike.) He's riding his little Radio Flyer tricycle around the neighborhood like he's Lance Armstrong. Here are a few shots of Dane's new favorite accessory.

Dane was in HEAVEN hanging out on this gike! I think we are in for some serious trouble!