hit the road Jack...

We are taking our first trip as a family of three!!!  We are leaving Thursday morning and driving up to San Jose, California.  Chad was called to speak at a purity conference for youngsters at Calvary Chapel in San Jose.  We have some friends, Jose and CeCe, who live there, so we are making a weekend of it and driving up to stay with them and hang out.  We may even make a trip into San Francisco.  I love San Francisco and we haven't been since our first wedding anniversary in 2006.  It would be neat to take Dylan there.  Either way, I'm super excited to take Dylan to see her Uncle Jose and to meet Aunt CeCe!  We always have so much fun when we stay with them, so I'm sure this trip will be no exception.  You can expect pictures soon!  Also, Dylan's tooth popped in on Sunday, March 8 and she's already got the one next to it coming in today!  I've tried to get pictures, but I'm sure you can all imagine how that went!  She's going strong with the scooting, well, she's practically crawling really!  And still pulling up...the doctor didn't believe us when we told her that!  When we get back from our trip we will be adding to Dylan's food repertoire, which currently consists of breast milk, rice cereal and oatmeal cereal, and moving up to her first foods!  First veggies, then fruits!!  So excited to see the faces she makes when she gets a new taste in her mouth!!!  I will definitely keep you all updated on that one!

news, news, news...

Okay, I promise to do a photo update soon, but I haven't uploaded new pictures to the computer and I just have to share all the new stuff about Dylan...it's happening so fast!!!  She started doing the "commando" crawl a couple of weeks ago and she hasn't stopped.  It's pretty funny because she mostly drags herself with her arms.  Every once in a while she will get her knees up under her, but she can't really figure it out, so she doesn't really get anywhere.  She's definitely enjoying it, even though I think she gets frustrated.  Then, a few days ago, she was sitting in the chair next to Chad while he was playing guitar and she grabbed the arm of the chair with one hand and the guitar with the other and pulled herself up to a standing position!  We couldn't believe it!  We figured it was a fluke though, cause the chair's soft, she had good leverage, etc.  However, two nights ago, the computer (which she's obsessed with) was sitting on the ottoman and she was sitting right next to the ottoman on the floor.  When she saw the computer she grabbed the top of the ottoman and pulled herself up again!  She's done it several times now.  Is she crazy?!?  She's only 6 months old, she can't even crawl yet, and she's standing herself up.  What am I going to do?!  Well, the growing doesn't stop there...today I officially saw it!  She's got a tooth about to pop through on the bottom!!!  My baby's gonna have a tooth!!  I just can't believe it!!

please read...

My friend Holly posted a link on her blog to an article regarding Cystic Fibrosis.  Please take two minutes to read this article.  It's not long.  Please be praying for the scientists and everyone else involved in this research.  This could mean amazing things for Ojaio.  Thank you!