Thursday, June 29, 2006
A milestone
Jordan pulled himself up to a stand tonight in his crib (he won't go to sleep, unfortunately). That was one milestone. The second was it became necessary to take down his mobile (since by standing, he can now reach it, and that's just not safe). His University of Texas teddy bear mobile has helped soothe him to sleep every night for the last eight months. I'm going to miss winding it up every night as we put him to bed....
Galveston
We're just back from Galveston Island and a nice four-day respite from life here at home. Thanks to Grammie D for organizing the trip! We had a blast.
Though we didn't plan on it, all three sets of families (Deona and Monica, Grampy and Grammie, and Jordan, Dondi and I) left at about the same time. We met up about 11:30 a.m. at Sam's Restaurant in Fairfield, Texas, for lunch. It was delicious. Picture Cracker Barrel with a buffet and whole loaves of bread.
We arrived in Galveston about 3 p.m. and settled into the condos. Grammie, Grampy, Deona and Monica headed to Randall's supermarket to stock up on breakfast and lunch supplies, and Dondi and I attempted to get Jordan to take a nap. Attempted being the key word. He was wired, and was not happy after spending 6 hours in his car seat.
That evening, we headed to a local restaurant for shrimp and catfish. It was delicious. We traveled down to the west end of the island near our condos and walked along the beach. It was too dark to get out and splash and play, though.
Sunday morning Dondi and I headed to Wal-Mart. While driving to Galveston, I hit a pothole or some road debris and tore a hole in the side of the front right tire. So, since I couldn't find a Discount Tire Store or NTB on the island itself, I had to go to Wal-Mart to purchase two tires (supposedly, it was a better deal than just one tire). Dondi had also forgotten her swimsuit, so she had to buy one while we were there.
Sunday afternoon, we headed down to the condo complex pool where we swam some. Jordan got a little cranky, so Dondi and I swam for about an hour while Grammie took him to their condo for a nap.
We ate at Casey's Seafood Cafe, which shares its kitchen with the more famous Gaido's Restaurant (Casey's is a little cheaper and lot less formal than Gaido's), where we ate yet more shrimp and catfish. Jordan tried some cole slaw, some shrimp and some catfish and seemed to like it all.
Jordan really liked the dessert at Casey's. :-)
After dinner, Jordan had his first trip to the beach across the street from the restaurant. He had a blast. I wish I could post the QuickTime video of him playing that first time, but alas, Blogger doesn't offer that feature, so you'll have to settle for jpegs.
The three of us on the beach, just before we put Jordan down in the surf.
Jordan splashing in the surf.
Jordan still having so much fun.
Monday morning, we rose bright and early (for us, at least) to hit the beach a little after 8 a.m.
Jordan tired pretty quickly, so he took a nap on Grampy while the rest of us jumped in the surf, built a sandcastle or whatever else hit our fancy. About 9:30 or so, Jordan woke up and played for an hour in the surf. After that, it was back to the condo to clean up and eat lunch.
Monday night we ate dinner at Fisherman's Wharf on the north end of the island. We went for a run through the historic Strand shopping area then, too. A run, you ask? Why yes, we were swarmed with thousands of mosquitoes. At last count, I had about 20 bites on my legs. Jordan escaped with about 3 bites. Dondi has about 15 or 20, too. So, if you're heading to Galveston soon, our advice is to pack a lot of Off!
Tuesday was much the same, we ate dinner at a local sports bar called The Spot, which was OK. It was a lot like Fuddruckers, which isn't all bad.
We left Wednesday and had an uneventful drive home to the Metroplex.
Here are some more pics from our Galveston trip:
Though we didn't plan on it, all three sets of families (Deona and Monica, Grampy and Grammie, and Jordan, Dondi and I) left at about the same time. We met up about 11:30 a.m. at Sam's Restaurant in Fairfield, Texas, for lunch. It was delicious. Picture Cracker Barrel with a buffet and whole loaves of bread.
We arrived in Galveston about 3 p.m. and settled into the condos. Grammie, Grampy, Deona and Monica headed to Randall's supermarket to stock up on breakfast and lunch supplies, and Dondi and I attempted to get Jordan to take a nap. Attempted being the key word. He was wired, and was not happy after spending 6 hours in his car seat.
That evening, we headed to a local restaurant for shrimp and catfish. It was delicious. We traveled down to the west end of the island near our condos and walked along the beach. It was too dark to get out and splash and play, though.
Sunday morning Dondi and I headed to Wal-Mart. While driving to Galveston, I hit a pothole or some road debris and tore a hole in the side of the front right tire. So, since I couldn't find a Discount Tire Store or NTB on the island itself, I had to go to Wal-Mart to purchase two tires (supposedly, it was a better deal than just one tire). Dondi had also forgotten her swimsuit, so she had to buy one while we were there.
Sunday afternoon, we headed down to the condo complex pool where we swam some. Jordan got a little cranky, so Dondi and I swam for about an hour while Grammie took him to their condo for a nap.
We ate at Casey's Seafood Cafe, which shares its kitchen with the more famous Gaido's Restaurant (Casey's is a little cheaper and lot less formal than Gaido's), where we ate yet more shrimp and catfish. Jordan tried some cole slaw, some shrimp and some catfish and seemed to like it all.
Jordan really liked the dessert at Casey's. :-)
After dinner, Jordan had his first trip to the beach across the street from the restaurant. He had a blast. I wish I could post the QuickTime video of him playing that first time, but alas, Blogger doesn't offer that feature, so you'll have to settle for jpegs.
The th
Jordan splashing in the surf.
Jordan still having so much fun.
Monday morning, we rose bright and early (for us, at least) to hit the beach a little after 8 a.m.
Jordan tired pretty quickly, so he took a nap on Grampy while the rest of us jumped in the surf, built a sandcastle or whatever else hit our fancy. About 9:30 or so, Jordan woke up and played for an hour in the surf. After that, it was back to the condo to clean up and eat lunch.
Monday night we ate dinner at Fisherman's Wharf on the north end of the island. We went for a run through the historic Strand shopping area then, too. A run, you ask? Why yes, we were swarmed with thousands of mosquitoes. At last count, I had about 20 bites on my legs. Jordan escaped with about 3 bites. Dondi has about 15 or 20, too. So, if you're heading to Galveston soon, our advice is to pack a lot of Off!
Tuesday was much the same, we ate dinner at a local sports bar called The Spot, which was OK. It was a lot like Fuddruckers, which isn't all bad.
We left Wednesday and had an uneventful drive home to the Metroplex.
Here are some more pics from our Galveston trip:
Monday, June 05, 2006
Jordan Starts Swimming Lessons
Jordan had a lot of fun with Grammie's pool (as you can see below), which is good because his swimming lessons started this evening at the YMCA. He had a blast, splashing in the pool. He wasn't too sure about blowing bubbles or kicking, just yet, but he'll get there by the end of next week.
We have a disposable 35 mm waterproof camera we're using, so once we use up the roll of film, we'll get the pictures developed and post some of the best ones (film, it's so 20th century)....
We have a disposable 35 mm waterproof camera we're using, so once we use up the roll of film, we'll get the pictures developed and post some of the best ones (film, it's so 20th century)....
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