February/March/April Recap

We've been keeping ourselves busy so as not to be disappointed by the lack of sunshine that is de rigueur for a proper Seattle springtime. We have learned this much by now. So let's see what everyone has been up to.

Ben - Was awarded the Presidential Airway/Esophageal Foreign Body Award (that's a real thing??) for the poster presentation he did with two colleagues entitled "Novel use of a suction irrigation device for removal of impacted clot from the airway". Fascinating as well as novel, I'm sure.

Avery - Lost one tooth on a Saturday in February, then lost another a few days later while at school. The second one never made it home, so the tooth fairy only had to make one visit that week. Rude, I know.
She also learned how to ride a bike without training wheels.
Miles - Can play Old McDonald Had a Farm on the piano with his eyes closed (literally with his eyes closed).

Cruz - Turned one! And since he is the third child, he got neither a birthday party nor blog entry dedicated to the big day*. Plus I'm too busy trying to think of 33 things about myself for my special day coming up. But we do love our little guy. Even if he doesn't walk (despite standing like a champ and taking multiple steps three months ago). I guess he has to put all his energy towards growing that hair. He also learned to ride a bike this month, and he started wearing shoes on occasion.


Me - I've just been doing the usual: tilling the earth, making butter from cream, successfully curing a kidney infection with a regime of yoga and apple cider vinegar, unsuccessfully representing myself in court**, attending my first ever Chamber of Commerce meeting, making homemade deodorant, selling houses, showing even more houses, testing recipes for a Seattle restaurant's cookbook, fitting 2 years worth of continuing education into one month. Nothing as prestigious as what Ben does, but fulfilling just the same.


*I will get around to it!
**I got a speeding ticket, and I refuse to believe that I was going 40 in a 30. I was just returning a library book for goodness sake. It was overdue, yes, but I had already accrued my fine that day. No rush. There are more details to why I disagree with this but I as I had no evidence what could I do? He agreed to keep it off of my record if I could go without 6 months without getting a ticket. No problem. I haven't been pulled over in 13 YEARS. I didn't even go 4 days. This time 28 in a 20. A full on speedtrap (where the speedlimit changes unexpectedly), which the officer admitted while chuckling. He didn't even ask to see my insurance. He wanted to hurry and get to his next victim ("one after another" he said). So my experience, plus the recent experience of three other gals I know leads me to believe that they are targeting pre-middleaged white women who drive stationwagons or minivans, (my experience in court would lead me to believe that they are targeting uninsured hispanic men in their 20's) all in the name of revenue generation.