August and September 2008

We had an eventful August celebrating daddy's birthday, visiting Busch Gardens and going to the Ullian's! We road on their new boat and Bo lost his wedding ring in the ocean while tubing! The funny scary part was when he fell off going way way way too fast for my comfort zone, Brinson started crying and Bo was yelling help and swimming for his life. My heart sank in my tummy because as a diver, I assumed it was something horrific. We realized he was fine and got him in the boat quickly to discover he had landed in the middle of a huge pod of dolphins and jellyfish! I was sea sick...just has happened as I have gotten older. I'm fine as long as the boat is moving or I'm under the water...so some lunch and meds, I was good to go without illness!

In September, Brinson officially started "play school" and had a hard transition off and on the entire month. My first time back to work was just as hard because I miss spending my days with Brinson. I feel sad that someone else gets to enjoy him and teach him new things. We went to see George Washington's boyhood home excavation site Ferry Farm near Fredricksburg VA. While there we took part in a scavenger hunt and won Brinson a button! This month was not without incident...yep, another trip to the ER. This time a chin laceration when Brinson decided to jump in the bath tub. It was aweful for him. I had to lay over his body hold his hands/arms down while 2 doctors did jaw thrust and leg holds to keep him still enough for the other doc to glue his chin in a straight line. He got a purple popcicle after the procedure and all was well with the world. He kept his bandaid on until the glue and steristrips wore off. He would cry for a new bandaid if he spilled his drink down his chin...too sweet! We took him to see the airplanes at the National Air and Space Museum near Dulles Airport out near where we used to live. He really had a great time. We ended the month going to Temple Hall Farm. We were invited out to see some friends for a family play date! Brinson had a great time. This farm was so wonderful. They are part of the parks and recreation funding since they raise unusual breed of long eared pigs and black n white turkeys etc. Brinson rode a cow train ride where the seat cars were painted like cows and each cow had a name. The ride took the kids through some sort of maze. At first I thought it would be a short harmless ride. So we encouraged B to ride it...but when it started to go further away from me and out of sight, I was panicking a bit. As the train drove back around and circled to a stop, Brinson had his eyes closed and he was hanging on for dear life...white knuckles and all...too funny for words! He loved the pumpkin patch and riding back to the car in the red wagon with his chosen pumpkin. More to come in October!