Fall Break Part Dos

Here is the conclusion to our Fall Break 2010. I know, I know, it's been over a week since it ended. Well...what can I say, I wanted to put together the perfect video. Fall Break ended without any more scars or bruises. We went to the Queen Emma Festival, up at Koke'e on Saturday. We had the honor of watching the most beautiful Queen Emma sing and dance. If you don't get chicken skin listening to her voice then check your pulse. The Queen Emma Festival (EO E EMALANI I ALAKAI FESTIVAL) commemorates Queen Emma's 1871 trek up to Koke'e from her Lawai home on horseback. I imagine that was an awesome journey and there's no way to imagine the beauty, they must have seen. As beautiful as Kauai is now, it must have been even more amazing before tourism and modern society left it's mark. But I digress. It was a beautiful day and Javy had a great time, rolling down the hill and eating anything he could get his grubby hands on. The rest of the weekend included Salt Pond and 4 wheeling driving on the sand. A great week all together.

Fall Break Part 1

This week is Fall Break for Javy! What's remarkable about this Fall Break is that Javy is exhausting. Like I've said before, Javy has been off his seizure meds since August. His activity level is like a toddler. Remember those days when your child was crawling everywhere and there were gates everywhere and everything had to be hid and out of the reach of little hands. Yep, that's were we're at. The only difference is that Javy is about 63 pounds and over four feet tall and he has wheels. What this also means is a lot more bumps and bruises.... Another words we have a Brendan Williams Jr. on our hands.

Here's a list of this week's events so far:

Sunday was a wash for me because I had to work until 4:30pm, but when I came home there was a huge scratch on his cheek coming from his mouth. Mom is not sure how it got there but we think it was somewhere between the time he got stuck under the table for the fifth time and when he got his head wedged between the shelf on the TV stand and nearly choked (don't worry, mom was right there and got him out of the predicament). Lesson learned, he can no longer be left alone in a room.

Monday we got to go to Salt Pond. It was a great day and Javy swam for a about an hour.

Tuesday my back was so sore from going to Salt Pond, we had to take a day of rest. I have to carry Javy down to the water and it takes a toll on my back and hips for that matter. I'm going to have to come up with something soon. The boy keeps growing. Maybe a jogger stroller is the answer for now, I'm going to research it more. Swimming is the best thing for Javy. My sister bought him a nice swimming pool but since we moved to the new house, we have to put up a fence. Lesson learned: I need to get in better shape.

So we played in the house and that really showed me how active this boy is. It's actually pretty awesome. He was all over the place, and pretty much everywhere he wasn't supposed to be. Climbing up on furniture and trying to stand. Grabbing everything on the tables.

Then later that night, I think he got overheated because he had a crying jag and he hasn't done that in a really long time. I had put him in bed and we heard laughing and then somehow it turned to crying. I took him out of bed and after several attempts to calm him down, he just never calmed down. He finally fell asleep on my bed with the fan blowing directly on him, laying on his belly.

Finally, this morning, we were playing on the floor in the den and Eli the cat decided to get in on the action. Javy pulled himself on his knees and took off for Eli. Eli just laid there and I thought it would be okay because he wasn't scared and Javy can be really loud when he's excited. So Javy gets to Eli and he just lays his head on Eli and Eli takes it for a little while. Then I see the paw come out and smack Javy on the head, above the eye. Javy was kind of shocked but he never cried. Eli got him pretty good and a little blood came out.

The week is only half way over.......

The first half of the video is part of Javy's crying jag last night. The second half is Javy this morning with all his combat wounds.