Karl and Angela Rees

Well, this week, besides the Olympics (which we watched less of once Gymnastics ended) and a Wednesday Teppen-yaki lunch with Becky and Wayne, was pretty much the usual.  That is until Saturday.  It was actually rather ironic, because we were talking about food allergies and how they were likely behind us right before lunch.  Then we gave Thomas a piece of an orange, and what does he have?  Yes, an allergic reaction (at least we are 95% sure that is what it triggered the problem.  The eggs in his egg salad sandwich are also suspect, not to mention more allergenic, so we haven’t ruled  read more »

This week went pretty much the same, except that Thomas decided to grow up some more.   Thursday Angela tricked him into walking after his push cart which caused him to take 10 steps in a row.  We knew he could do this for some time, he was taking little walks here and there (from furniture to furniture for about a month ).  Friday Angela set remotes and blocks as bate for Thomas on stools around the living room at a comfortable enough distance that he decided it would be easier to walk to them.  This helped him to feel a little more comfortable, and his walking distances have been inc  read more »

So another week has gone by.  Angela had book club on Tuesday.  After moving the date a few times, the group was f  read more »

Thomas has figured out how to scooch (army crawl) forward.  He did it once or twice last weekend, but Monday is when we realized he actally knew what he was doing.  At first, he just scooched to get from one parent to another.  Then he started following parents out of his bedroom.  And now, in less than a week he’s gone from being unable to move forward to being scooching machine.  He’s even got some favorite trouble spots—the shoe corner, the fireplace, the plants when he’s out on the patio.  He’s also increased the number of places in which he can pull himself up from sitt  read more »

So, we realize we skipped a week.  But don’t worry, you didn’t miss much.  We spent most of the week after Germany trying to get over jet lag.  Actually, it wasn’t that big of a problem for us adults, but Thomas had major jet lag issues.  And since our bodies had adjusted back to California very quickly, Thomas’ jet lag became very miserable for us.   read more »

How will Thomas handle the trip to Germany?  Will the Rees' ever travel again?

Well, it seems like these journal entries are becoming more about Thomas than us. It’s probably because our lives are so focused on him right now. He had his first veggies on Saturday—sweet potatoes.  read more »

We watched it rain a lot this week.  Karl’s weekly Frisbee game and mid season tournament were canceled because of the rain (well, actually because the ground was so wet and the city parks departments doesn’t like lots cleats tearing into the wet fields).  read more »

We fed Thomas “solid” food yesterday.  He’s been reaching for our plates and food a lot lately, so we were stating to wonder if he wanted some.  Sure enough, he was all kicks and giggles when he realized that we were actually letting him put a spoon full of something in his mouth.  We’re not sure how muc  read more »

We took Thomas (and Wayne and Becky took Paela) camping for the first time this weekend. We all drove up to Lehi Park, a suprisingly isolted church-owned campground in the Santa Cruz Mountains. We were afraid it'd be rough, especially with how cold things were, but both Thomas and Paela slept much better than than usually do. Exclaimed Wayne, "We should go camping all the time!" Update (5/4/08): Added video.