The Travels of Vince, Jonalyn, Devin & Grant

permalinkDevin turns 3!
July 12, 2010

Today is Devin's third birthday! He had a great party on Saturday, highlighted with a big jumper house in the back yard, and a piņata. Today we made his favorite breakfast - cinnamon rolls - to bring into school. He got lots of gear of his new favorites "Cars" and "Wall-E" to go along with his still-loved "Thomas" stash of toys.

It's hard to believe it's only been three years. We can't even remember what life was like before Devin. We feel very fortunate to have such a wonderful boy in our lives.

Vince

permalinkE.R.
July 08, 2010

We had our first visit to the ER this Thursday. We noticed some swelling* on Devin, so we called his doctor to see if we should check it out. Normally they tell us to wait a couple days and see if it gets better, but this time said "how about coming in at 10:45". We dropped of Grant at day care on our way to the doctor's office. When we get in, he takes a quick look, pokes around, and says "you should go to the ER right now and have them check this out", not the best words for a parent to hear. Fortunately, it was right across the street, so we got over there and into a bed pretty quickly. But, due to a combination of standard hospital efficiency, and a standard two year-old's tolerance for hospitals and tests, we ended up waiting there for 4 hours before finding out it was harmless. All in all, it made for not the most enjoyable day, but with two boys, I'm sure it's not going to be our last ER trip.

Vince

* you don't want to know

permalinkTaveling with Two
June 02, 2010

Last week we took Grant on his first trip. Jonalyn had some business in New York, and Grant's not ready for day care yet, so we decided we'd all go. How hard could it be?

We survived the plane flight out there without too much difficulty, and made it to our hotel just fine, where we had a suite, so we could put Devin down early in the pull-out bed.

The next two days Devin, Grant & I kept up a busy social schedule in the city, meeting up with a lot of people we haven't seen since our trip to NYC last year. It was great to see all them, and even better to have some help with the boys! We survived the days without much fuss, but the real fun came at night when I tried (and failed) to get either to sleep back in the hotel room at bedtime. It turns out that's impossible with one parent. Thus, the kids stayed on west coast time.

Now, since we're already all the way out there, we've got to get a visit to the cousins in! We opted for Amtrak to Boston, which turned out to be a great move. It took 15 minutes from our hotel room to the train platform, we had twice the space as on a plane, cell phone and Internet the whole way, almost the same door-to-door time as flying, and much cheaper (we took the slow train 30min longer than the Acela, less than half the price). I loved it, and can't wait for an LA-SF train out here to duplicate that experience.

We met up with all the cousins in Seabrook, packing the house with 5 kids! The boys all slept in the newly configured "dorm" room with 2 bunk beds. They did great together. We ran them wild every day at the beach to tire them out, so we could relax a little during nap time.

Finally, to complicate things on the way home, Jonalyn had to reschedule to a day earlier for some meetings, taking Grant and leaving Devin & I for a day. We both found out that flying with one kid back was easier than two kids. Maybe we should split up again for our next flight.

So, in summary, traveling with two kids is exhausting. I'm at least optimistic that it'll only get easier from now on!

Vince
permalinkMarch Madness
March 27, 2010

The real madness has arrived! Grant Edward was born today at 2:03PM at St. John's in Santa Monica. After several days of contractions, including a big round on Wednesday that ended up going nowhere, Jonalyn's water broke last night. She labored in the hospital for a little more than 12 hours, then Grant came! Of course, he already has his own web site (grant.busam.com) with pictures. Now we'll see how Devin handles having a little brother...

VInce
permalinkRedbook
March 17, 2010

Jonalyn has a little feature in this month's Redbook magazine! She's on the last page, "I love my ______ life!", where people write in to "fill in the blank" about a great part of their life. Jonalyn tells about how the flexibility gained by setting out and working on her own has benefitted our family life. That's a good piece of self-PR!

Vince
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jonalynmorris I'm at Father's Office (1018 Montana Ave, btw 10th & 11th, Santa Monica) w/ 3 others. http://4sq.com/6dRDGh

vincebusam @mahall9 Still glad you saved money on a one-stopper?

jonalynmorris Front desk offered me room with a treadmill. If that's not a sign I need to work out, I don't know what is. (@ The Westin San Diego)

jonalynmorris FX's 'Damages' Saved By DirectTV - http://bit.ly/ddubNP THANK GOD!!!!

jonalynmorris Go Mansfield! (@ AVP Hermosa Beach w/ 33 others) http://4sq.com/dtZWC3

jonalynmorris I just unlocked the "Super User" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/c67DGT

jonalynmorris Rooftop deck with the Volleyball Vacations alumni. (@ Hennessey's Tavern) http://4sq.com/5y7P3B

vincebusam I just woke up from a hypnotic trance induced by Steve Jobs, and now I believe there's no problems with my iPhone.

vincebusam I came into work this morning and pronounced I was "taking my talents to South Beach". My co-workers gave me blank stares. Fail.

vincebusam I think I've heard the iPhone to Verizon rumor more often than I've heard how Soccer is going to take off in America.

vincebusam Note to HIT Entertainment: Angelina Ballerina is not a good lead-in to the Thomas movie. If I wanted to see that, I'd have girls.

jonalynmorris People watching while we load in for the BET awards tomorrow. Tune into the post-show at 8 pm. Diddy hosting and Beats/Monster sponsoring.

jonalynmorris ASCAP awards with Dre, Eminem and Prince. (@ Beverly Hilton Hotel w/ 4 others) http://4sq.com/8WMcrx

jonalynmorris I'm at Beverly Hilton Hotel (9876 Wilshire Blvd, at Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills) w/ 4 others. http://4sq.com/8WMcrx

vincebusam It's beer-o-clock at the office. http://tweetphoto.com/29095836

vincebusam Just watched "Rookie Blue". Network TV needs to die.

jonalynmorris First time at the infamous Mr.Chows. Wish it was for dinner and not an event walk thru! (@ Mr Chow Restaurant) http://4sq.com/d4Yu8T

vincebusam I'm at Pink Taco (10250 Santa Monica Blvd., at Century Park West, Los Angeles). http://4sq.com/66kTdT

mattdsandler Asked Emily to marry me...we're engaged!!!
vincebusam @mattdsandler Congradulations!

jonalynmorris Pre-Father's Day date night starts out with a mango mojito. Cheers! (@ Gyenari Korean BBQ & Lounge w/ @vincebusam) http://4sq.com/631mHM

jonalynmorris I'm at La Petite Creperie. http://4sq.com/adHlyz

jonalynmorris Grant experiences first earthquake asleep in vibrating baby seat. For second, we thought the baby seat was moving the couch. Crazy.

jonalynmorris Grant experiences first earthquake asleep in vibrating baby seat. For second, we thought that was moving the couch. Crazy.

vincebusam Congratulations to UCLA - 2005 Pac-10 Football champs!

vincebusam 5 minutes for a co-workers email to reach my Inbox, all within Google Apps? Let's go Google!

jonalynmorris Beats by Dr. Dre (client) - hottest brand in consumer tech - hiring Project Manager for Marketing Dept. 2-3 years exp only. DM for details.

vincebusam Our house is on the market. Come live in Mar Vista! Spread the word. http://bit.ly/aKVmEP

nicdorda @AAirwaves..I thought 737 planes had the electric ports. The 737 I flew on didnt nor had wifi..I was pretty bummed.
vincebusam @nicdorda Go to seatguru.com when picking seats. They have a map of power. Every third row in coach.

vincebusam Flying @AAirwaves home. They moved me to window, didn't charge for bags, fast bag check. Take off on time with this weather, and I give A+.

jonalynmorris I'm at Tripoli Pizza (418 State Route 286, Seabrook). http://4sq.com/abjkxp

jonalynmorris I'm at J. Crew (312-314 U.S. 1, Kittery). http://4sq.com/djPobS

vincebusam I'm at Seabrook beach. http://4sq.com/9AhSI4

vincebusam Hot dates have been replaced with diaper runs... (@ Walmart) http://4sq.com/a8Vujs

vincebusam Devin's on a choo- choo! (@ New York Penn Station w/ 15 others) http://4sq.com/1GoinW

vincebusam Devin owns this place! (@ Children's Museum of Manhattan) http://4sq.com/7uMTLX

vincebusam I just unlocked the "Explorer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9EfdvI

vincebusam And @jonalynmorris! @limjennifer: is at #Diddybeats launch w Diddy, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine

vincebusam NYC with Kids makes for embarrasing check-ins. (@ Toys 'R' Us) http://4sq.com/2MwLdE

jonalynmorris Arrived in NYC safely with the kids. Staying in Times Square and pizza for dinner. How times have changed! (@ Doubletree Times Square)

TDefren Special thanks to @sdgully at Sony Online Entertainment. You da man, Scott. http://bit.ly/c8NjMg
jonalynmorris RT @TDefren: Special thanks to @sdgully at Sony Online Entertainment. You da man, Scott. http://bit.ly/c8NjMg An @gravsum intro???

mitchy72 Nothing worse than a chatty cab driver.
vincebusam @mitchy72 Be sure to bring up how silly it is that the monorail doesn't go to the airport with the cabbies.

mahall9 @vincebusam Dude, I'm gonna be there in 45 minutes!
vincebusam @mahall9 We'll wait!

vincebusam FAIL! A Schneider on tap, but it's all out... (@ The Golden State w/ @jonalynmorris) http://4sq.com/61gkPr

vincebusam I just unlocked the "Adventurer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/db0CcM
jonalynmorris I just unlocked the "Adventurer" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/9d8wXU

vincebusam Mmmm... Burger... (@ Father's Office) http://4sq.com/7UTbld

vincebusam I'm at The Six Restaurant (10688 Pico Blvd, Overland, Los Angeles). http://4sq.com/4VLHjt

vincebusam With 5 kids. Oh boy! (@ Dumbo the Flying Elephant) http://4sq.com/6weS72

vincebusam Enter status update...

vincebusam I'm at Frankie & Johnnie's Pizza w/ @mahall9. http://4sq.com/93WsRS

jonalynmorris I'm at Angelato Cafe (301 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica). http://4sq.com/4ShT1S