Diego started walking at 9 1/2 months -YIKES

With Lil Ed walking at 13 months we thought we had a while before Diego was going to walk but he has managed to fool us all because he started walking the weekend we were at Buelo's. He was bound and determined to walk and to get up on his own and now he is everywhere and is an expert walker. If you notice in the picture below the bruise-Yup this is from one of his many falls. These are pictures of Diego knocked out because he spends all day at school walking all over and back and forth in their backyard! Daddy takes these pictures at about 5 or so and I had to share.
Here he is again knocked out!
As I have been sharing with many that Diego is very different then Lil Ed. Lil Ed was my quite, cautious kid and Diego well he is our Lil terror. Here he was climbing as always and at one point he looked like Spider man tyring to climb the wall. Thank goodness we've met our deductible for the year because this boy is going to keep us very busy.

Diego's scary moment but he's all better now!

As many of you already know Diego had a very scary ordeal while the Big Boys were out of town camping on July 21st. It all started on Thursday night when Diego and I were home alone and I gave him his nightly bath. When I washed his hair he seemed a bit grumpy in that he cried but then got over it pretty quick. He had been fighting earaches since May 30 and had been on several antibiotics as a matter of fact that same week we went back to the doctor and his earaches were back so on to a different medicine. I had taken Friday off to spend time with my family and we went to visit my grandma (see picture below). It was their that my mother and I noticed that Diego's ear was protruding out and had a tumor like bump behind the ear. My mother and I thought it was a bug bite of some sort and I let it go. The next morning I called my mom and was still concerned about his ear and that is when I decided to take him in and thank GOD I did. It was at that doctors visit that we found out that Diego had Mastoiditis which is very serious and suppose to be extremely painful yet Diego showed no pain at all! That day they gave Diego an injection of a very strong antibiotic and we were told to come back by noon the next day. So nervous I was but stayed as calm as Erika can and of course went home and self diagnosed on the Internet which made things worse but I made it through the night waiting for the next day. All I wanted was to get a hold of Big Ed but new he was somewhere in the mountains with no cell service. The next morning we went to our appointment where they then sent us to check in to Sierra Vista which I wasn't expecting at all. Long story short they did several CAT SCANS photos to check if there was fluid in the brain and then on to emergency surgery and released the fluid from behind the ear and at the same time put tubes in both ears. WOW- it happened so fast and we had absolutely amazing doctors and nurses that took good such good care of Diego. Oh yah Big Ed arrived just in time as they were taking Diego into surgery-THANK GOD again! The doctors ended up growing the bacteria in the lab and it came back with MRSA and another bug so more antibiotics and shots were administered but we just had our last visit last week and everything looks great. Thank you all who were so supportive to us during this trying time we couldn't of done it without YOU!

One more thing: Mastoiditis is very rare and they haven't seen it for over 20 years-crazy huh!

The things that happen at Buelo's! Here we have Diego in the pretty pink stroller sipping on his water while he eats an Oreo. That is definitely a treat for our little guy!
We love going to Tia Rosie's because we get to play with all of our cousins and most of the play is in the pool.

The Boys Annual Camping Trip

This year little Ed and I were invited on the 7th annual all mens camping trip. It was our second year going and we returned to Mineral King to conquer Sawtooth Peak. The peak is at 12,600 feet and we were able to make it up and back down in a day. Little Eddie did a great job and I was very proud that he was able to make it up. If you would like to check out the pictures that I took up there click on our photo below.

Sawtooth 2008

Lopez weekend with one of my bestest friends!

Here is Lauren-Say Hi! My sister has given us her Sea Doo that wasn't working but with Bid Ed's determination and stubbornness he was able to get it running again (why did I ever doubt him). The other weekend one of Mommy's long time friends came down with her two daughter's and we all went to Lake Lopez. We had a great time except there were way too many bees. The kids swam for most of the time to stay away from the bees even though it wasn't that warm.
This is Joshua who was scared to death of the bees poor guy but managed to keep them away!
Here is Delany Lauren's youngest.
Lil Ed
Here is Daddy a alone because he goes way to fast!
Here is Lauren's other daughter Hailey.
And last but not least Diego all covered up in his playpen.

Our 4th of July

Our 4th of July was nice and quite we BBQ'd with family and then we did fireworks at my parent's house. Every year we have the opportunity to work at the CHP firework stand in Oceano, Lil Ed loves taking the orders and bagging them up. This year was very exciting for Lil Ed because he got invited to the biggest 4th of July party in 5 cities at the Hayashi's. He enjoyed his time with his good friend Clay and Kyle and lit all his fireworks.

More fireworks!Ed ready to light more.
Doug and Daddy telling us to be very careful I'm sure.

More Children's Museum

Diego loved the books and puzzles in the toddler room.
Here are my future figherfighter boys.
Outside of the museum their is a spinny chair. Here is Grandpa LeRoy spinning Ed like crazy and he never felt sick. The kids watching were amazed that Lil Ed could spin so fast and not got sick and so was I.

Rock Band and our Children's Musuem Visit

What a nice gift we received from Tia Jackie and Melody-ROCK BAND! Lil Ed rocks at the drums and daddy plays guitar and mommy sings! Luckily we don't have neighbors close by because we are still learning! Thank you Tia Jackie and Melody!
Grandpa LeRoy and Grandma Lee treated me and the boys to the NEW San Luis Children's Museum. Diego had a blast as Lil Ed was a little reserved!
Smile Ed
Diego loved the squishy floor and enjoyed all the different climbing obstacles they had for babies.