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
permalinkNew Video
February 16, 2010
permalinkBig Birthday!
November 15, 2009
permalinkPre-School!
September 14, 2009
