Geraldine's Wedding

On August 6th, Eric, Harlow, Skeet and I traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah from San Diego, California for Geraldine and Glen's Wedding. We left Wednesday night and arrived in St. George in the early morning on Thursday. We slept a couple of hours there and then awoke to drive the rest of the way to Salt Lake City. We arrived at Geraldine's home on Thursday around 11:00 a.m. Catalina and Geraldine were so excited to meet Harlow, and Anecia and Anthony loved playing with her. It was so nice to get together with my sisters. I wish we could see each other more often. Catalina and I bought matching purple dresses for the wedding. We looked great! Geraldine's wedding took place on August 8th at a small church in Murray, and her reception took place at a friend's home in West Valley. The trip had its ups and downs. I was in a bad mood for some of the time because of several reasons. I was running on lack of sleep when we got there. Then when we went to go check into our hotel, the bed linens had not been washed let alone changed, so I did not feel very comfortable there. Also, our room smelled of cigarette smoke, so when I woke up in the morning I was very congested. On the day of the wedding I went with my sisters to get my hair done. It is a unspoken cardinal rule that when you do my hair, you do not brush it out, otherwise it will be very pooffy and ugly. However, the girl who did my hair clearly did not know this. To make a long story short, I looked like Medusa but with a fro. I looked awful. The worst part was it took her 3 hours to give me the worst hairdo you can imagine. We were already late for the wedding, so I couldn't go home and fix it. I was embarrassed to be in front of all of my sister's weddings guests looking like I did. After the wedding, I took a shower at Geraldine's house and washed and styled my own hair. Fortunately it looked much better than when the professional did it.

Our last day there, we drove up to Park City to meet up with some friends and eat at our favorite pizza restaurant, Davanza's. The pizza was as good as I remembered it, and it met my expectations. I love dipping my pizza and french fries in Davanza's fry sauce.

Harlow did amazingly well in the car during the 10 hour drive to and from Utah. Although the actual drive to Utah wasn't too awful, I have told Eric we will never drive to Utah again from San Diego, its just to wearing on all of us, and why drive such a long distance in a car, when you could fly for a much smaller duration of time.

2-headed serpent

This is by far the cutest 2-headed serpent I have ever seen.

San Diego Zoo

Going to the San Diego Zoo was so much fun. In fact, after we left we were all happy we went, there had been doubts of going in the morning. Harlow stayed awake for most of the animal exhibits, but did miss the giraffe's and elephants, which we saw at the end. Her favorite exhibit was the flamingos because they were bright pink, and because we got to get really close to them. Their constant movements also helped keep her attention. The animals were so adorable, but some not so much, such as the rhinocerous, who we all witnessed pee in a watering hole, and then drink from the exact same one. It was disgusting
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Wellys (short for Abuelita) and Harlow

Here is Harlow and her Wellys Melissa (Eric's mom). They have so much fun together. Melissa gives Harlow baths, plays with her on the big green frog pad, gives her massages with lotion, spoils her with the latest baby fashions, takes her to the zoo and gives her so much love. Harlow is the first grandchild, so of course she receives alot of attention and endless love. This picture was taken when Harlow was almost 3 months old, on June 2, 2008

Harlow Rose Ervin

Here is our precious baby girl Harlow Rose Ervin when she was just 5 days old, on March 10, 2008. Eric and I think she is the most beautiful baby we have ever seen. She has the most beautiful blue eyes, blonde/gold brown hair, and the cutest small little features. She was born 19 1/2 inches long.

The Birth of Harlow Rose Ervin

On March 5, 2008 at 6:30 p.m., we had a beautiful baby girl at Scripps Memorial Hospital-La Jolla. She was born very healthy weighing in at 6 lbs. 5 oz. I labored for 9 1/2 hours with no success, so we moved onto a c-section. We decided to name her Harlow (after Jean Harlow) Rose (after my mom's middle name) Ervin (family name). She is such a wonderful blessing in our lives. We love her so much, and have so much fun with her.