When you listen to this CD, it makes you want to visit Brazil.
JonP likes track 1. He sings along..."
ooooooh
ooooooh de oh de oooooh
oooh-baaah
oooh-baaah
oooh-baaah

Great Birthday Weekend!
Other than, working regular days, as well as overtime @ night last week, it was a great birthday week.

We went to our "Birthday Restaurant" on Thursday with the fam. Pasta, Pasta, and Creme Brulee. JonP had potty training success at that restaurant!

On Saturday, we took JonP to Little Gym for his makeup class in the morning, then went shopping at U Village for a birthday present. We attended Maya's 1st Birthday Luau, then headed to Fremont so Philip could get a cake from Simply Desserts. He got the standard speeach, "Next time, please order a whole cake at least 1 day in advance." They sold him a strawberry, white chocalate cake anyway.

We got home, with enough time to clean up our house. Thank you to our boys for falling asleep in the car and taking simulataneous naps!

We had a great birthday get together at Samba Brazilian Restaurant. It was nice to have an adult evening. My Cousins came up to Seattle, Amie came over from Goldbar, Gab's dad watched the girls for a little bit...Even Jojo, fel & Janet showed up. We missed everyone else that couldn't make it...

Junne and Sarah talked us into a road trip to see the Tulips on Sunday. It's always beautiful, but getting stuck in traffic in Mt. Vernon is never fun. We stopped by the Outlets, 1/2 hour before closing. We need to go back for a full day trip of shopping...but we did hit up the Puma store and got 3 pairs. 2 for phil, 1 for me.

Fun Weekend! Pictures of Tulips to follow....

32 Years Young
I worked 4 hours overtime on Tuesday night, so I flexed today and took myself to the spa for a facial.

When I arrived home, JonP went and got my presents from Mom & Jayme from their hiding places and started opening them for me.

I feel loved with e-mails, messages on MySpace, phone calls, hugs, kisses, written words, happy birthday wishes and even a pot of flowers left by my car from a terrific co-worker. Thanks everybody!

Philip had to examine a cadaver in anatomy lab tonight, so we'll have my birthday dinner Thursday night.

Celebrations will continue all week. Yay! Birthdays are great, even if the number is getting higher...

Belated Happy Easter
We had a small family gathering yesterday. JonP and Jacob were dressed in their new Easter clothes. After church only JonP still had his complete outfit and Jacob was wearing a mismatched version of his Easter outfit.

It was sad...he had a diaper blowout, right before we prayed "Our Father". I had to stip him down and clean him up. Good thing I had extra clean clothes in his backpack. But he was only supposed to wear that outfit one day out of his life and he pooped on it the very first hour he wore it. We had him wear his little striped jacket over his spare clothes and he still looked festive.

Later, we had a little easter egg hunt in Mom's backyard and ate lots and lots. I think I may have cured my sugar adiction by giving up sweets for Lent. Yesterday, I ate some chocolate in the morning and it made me feel a little sick. Hopefully, my reduced sugar intake will stick...

Escaping Overtime
feels great! It wasn't great timing anyway, since it's Holy Week and Easter Weekend.
I had a crazy productive virtual day. I forgot I was sitting at home. My company cell phone was burning up, since I was in meeting after meeting. Mute is the invention of the day today.

Jonny is slowly getting well...His appetite is slowly coming back. It's so sad that we spent a month trying to fatten him up, because the Dr. said he is a very healthy "little" person. Now all that fattening up was almost lost.

I'm looking forward to coloring eggs on Saturday for our Easter egg hunt.

Have a happy Good Friday tomorrow.

Getting well
Jacob passed his sickness on to his kuya, who got it twice as bad as the little one.
On Friday night the birthday boy looked and felt terrible. His daddy tried pumping lots of meds into him to try to cure him for his birthday party the next day at 4pm.

At 3am, we checked JonP's temp and it was up to 103. The consulting nurse told us to take him in to the clinic first thing in the morning. He came home with some antibiotics for an ear infection.

He missed his own birthday party. All the other kids had fun playing at the Little Gym. JonP made a sickly appearance, just to sing Happy Birthday and pass out his favors. So Sad! We'll have the have a make up birthday party in the summer...

Pray healing thoughts for my Jonny. He slept all day yesterday and had no appetite at all.

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Just the FAM B-day celebration

Jacob, wishing he could eat that cake too
Originally uploaded by jmpfel.

3 candles
Originally uploaded by jmpfel.

I see you!
Originally uploaded by jmpfel.

He learned this at the Little Gym!


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