Justin was supposed to head down to california for work sunday afternoon but was not able to fly due to the fact he was puking... dahlia and valen both were a few days before that and were recovering by this point. so justin left tuesday morning and i came to meet him wednesday afternoon. dahlia was sick again tuesday night but i still went. it was hard to be away from the kids especially since dahlia wasnt doing very well.

we stayed with justins boss and family for two nights, which was lovely. they have four year old girl and a boy that is two weeks younger than valen. they were adorable! such great people! we had a little play date with one other wife from the crew and she was great too! thursday night we went to a employee dinner and i met most of the people in the company. they sang happy birthday to me and brought me some cake (:

normally this type of thing would be fine, but i was tired from missing out on sleep with puking kids and then the traveling i guess...and the emotions from the news about our baby... it seemed a little harder than normal for me to engage with others. friday afternoon i met a friend for lunch that i had known when i lived in california in 2003. it was really nice to catch up with her too! and then picked up justin from work. we went to our hotel and had a nice evening downtown. BUT in the middle of the night i felt very nauseas and couldnt sleep. i became sick, but i think it was something that i had eaten. so all day saturday i was worthless and could barely move... watched a lot of HGTV in the hotel (: by about 7pm i felt so much better and was able to enjoy a movie with justin and slept really well!! sunday we met up with some friends from yuma. they came to visit us and we played on the beach with their sweet kids. it was wonderful to see aaron and venessa! we havent seen them for about three years. venessa and justin were really good friends in college. they are like family!

we got home around 11pm and dahlia was sleeping on the couch. i came over to her and snuggled her and smooched her sweet face. she was even more beautiful than when i left her! she still wasnt feeling herself, so she slept with us. the next morning we saw valen and it was so great. they had no hard feelings that we left them for almost a week, they just went right back to their regular selves... i just cant get enough of them!