Blue skies are almost here.....

Zach and I have been hanging out indoors the last two days but it is certainly looking a little bit better out there. Just to give you an idea I took another picture from our balcony and you can see what the skies look like now (and what they normally look like). The winds appear to be shifting as we speak and the skies are getting more gray looking again, so we are clearly not out of the woods yet.

Today




Normal Skies


The winds are still pretty fierce, with gusts up to 39 mph, and oddly enough the air that is blowing is really warm, almost hot. It is bizarre. It also still smells really smokey out there. Good news though is that my eyes weren't burning today, as they were yesterday and it doesn't appear we are being snowed on by ashes anymore either. I don't think we are ready for car washes yet, but maybe a few more days we can assume the ashes have stopped falling.

Some people have been asking us lately, Where exactly is Oxnard (such a lovely name for a town)? So I have included a map of Southern California. We are on the coast 60 mile North West of Los Angeles and 30 miles southeast of Santa Barbara. We live in Ventura County essentially where the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) and the 101 meet. It is a beautiful area that includes both great beaches and beautiful mountains.


So what are Zachary and I doing while trapped indoors?

Lots of tummy time, practicing sitting, singing and sleeping.


here is zach singing.....and sleeping (please note the firemen pajamas, in honor of the fire fighters)

As you can see we have been working on Zach's neck strength and rolling over. Here he is working very hard.

On a side note, Doug is feeling much better. We still aren't sure if he had food poisoning or a 24 hour flu, either way he was able to not only attend the Sysco Roadeo and Picnic on Saturday, but he also entered the Hot Wing Eating Contest. I was shocked that he allowed himself to be pressured to enter but happy to report he came in last place.