Balch Family Blog

…a Flu bug that is. We had been keeping Carsten out of the church nursery because every time he went in there this winter, Monday night/afternoon he would get sick. It seemed like he was sick from Nov to Jan. At that time we decided to fore go the nursery and we kept him with us. Well, last week we thought we had passed the critical “sick season” so back to the nursery he went. Wouldn’t you know that at dinner Monday night he puked! Yuck! So he had the stomach flu and ran a low temp through Wed, when who wakes up that night  crying…CAMDEN! Yep, he started puking at 10:30pm and continued off and on through the morning. I joined in the fun starting at midnight. Mark got an upset tummy too, but thankfully, never threw up. He was able to get the afternoon off from work, and some how we made it through Thursday. What a yucky day! We are all feeling much better today, and even ate food with color!

We have a mellow weekend planned. Nothing too exciting. Mark is going to play golf on Sunday and we will just hang out tomorrow. Needless to say, Carsten won’t be back in the nursery anytime soon!

I hope you are all feeling well!

PS: Donna you inspired me to change our theme!

What a weekend! I am still recovering. Carsten turned 1 on Saturday, sharing his birthday with his Great Uncle Daryl. We had his party after his baby dedication at church. Carsten dove face first into his cake! Later he picked it up like a sandwich and shoveled it in. He didn’t care about opening the presents, but his favorite was the lawn mower from his Great Aunt Nonna. We were wiped out that evening and enjoyed having dinner with the Reeds like we used to.

Today I took him in for his Well Child Visit. He is doing great! Weighing in at 23 lbs 6 oz and 31 1/2 inches tall, he is growing just fine!

He will be starting a music class at Rolly Pollies next week. That was a gift from Gamma Tucson and Papa Ken. I think he will like it a lot. He loves to dance when he hears music!

He is such a joy and quite a blessing to our family! Now here are some pictures of all the chaos!

At the dedication:

Playing with balloons:

Head first into the cake:

After:

With Mom and Dad (brother was very busy playing in the backyard!):

We returned to the Valley yesterday.  We had a wonderful time on the cruise!  I am still rocking from the boat ride!  We did some fun things and ate WAY too much!  If you would like to see some pictures from our cruise they are in our gallery under Holidays and Vacation.  It was great to see Dad, Betty, Ann, Jenny and Shelly!  They were our drivers and hosts while in California!  We ate too much with them too!  Many thanks!