Isaiah's Exhibition @ the Getty

In Focus - The World According to Ziggy
August 7 - November 1, 2009














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Hot in Indio

The Valtier family celebrated Annie's birthday in Indio as part of a mini vacation with the whole family at my parent's timeshare resort. Sure it was super hot but being with the family was well worth the heat. We did this a few years back in Big Bear and had a blast. Let the fun begin...




Our adventure out to Indio started out with a bang...or should I say explosion. As Annie always does, she sat in the back with Isaiah. Having been tired from her day at work, she fell asleep. It wasn't long before the scent of poo came over me. Annie woke up and I mentioned this scent of poo. It wasn't until her tired eyes glanced over to Isaiah and there she found him with poo on his cheek, arm, pacifier, and teether. Poo had exploded out of his diaper and into his car seat. With everything packed in the back of the truck, our only option was to pull over into a rest area. There we were parked at a rest stop cleaning poo from the car seat and our baby. Never did we think we would be cleaning our naked baby in the restroom at a rest stop. To add to the mess, as Annie is putting on a new diaper, Isaiah decides to pee all over the back seat. A dozen baby wipes and Clorox wipes later, our baby and car seat were clean. It doesn't end there though. Minutes after we get back on the road Isaiah decides he's hungry. Being 20 minutes away from our destination we thought we could make it to the resort before we had to feed him. Again with everything packed in the bed of the trunk I would have had to pull over to get a bottle out of his suitcase. Already being late, Annie told me to push forward and just get to our destination. With every minute that passed, it felt as if his cry got louder and louder. Screaming, gagging, coughing, this boy was acted as if he'd never eaten in his life. What felt like 10 hours later, we finally made it and Isaiah finally had his feeding. What an adventure, what another welcoming into the world of parenthood!




As hot as it was in Indio, we sure could have used another day there. We were not ready to come home on Friday. Really our only full day there was Thursday. Spent the day at the gym, the pool (lazy river), playing card games with the fam, and eating lots of food. Isaiah really enjoyed his time with his cousins, Alexis and Emily. We were sad to leave but we hope my family continues these vacations for years to come.

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Annie's Birthday Round-up

Annie's 31st will go down in history. Great times with the Paraiso family. Birthday morning and afternoon were spent with our little family. Annie decided to stay home after Oscar and Leana scared us with ER news (They're expecting any day now). It was a good enough excuse to take the whole day off. Of course Annie didn't decide to stay home until she was on the train. Got off in Montclair. Realized the next train returning to Rancho didn't come until 3 hours later. So I packed up the boy and picked up Mommy in Montclair. Dropped her off at the Rancho station to pick up her car and Annie went to Mass (Mom and Dad had a birthday Mass for her). She came home and we enjoyed a nice birthday breakfast with McDonalds! Enjoyed Lunch in the Claremont Village at Harvard Square. Waitress fell in love with Isaiah. Isaiah killed her with his charming smile. Came home, rested and gave Mommy her gifts. Isaiah couldn't wait to give Mommy her gifts. He decided to help open them. Did spend the evening with her parents for dinner. Enjoyed some great sushi. Birthday came to an end and Annie seemed to enjoy it.





Ended her birthday week with dinner at Sevilla with the Paraiso fam. Started our evening off with two pitchers of sangria. Ordered tapas as appetizers and thoroughly enjoyed our entrees while continuing to guzzle down sangria. You know Annie's dad is having a good time when he asks us to order more sangria. "More sangria?" Good times! Mom drank more than she should have (thanks to Ate) and felt a little tipsy by the end of the night. A Great time was had by all!

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