Delvaux Life: CRABS!!!!

Sick, sick, sick. Poor Abby just cannot catch a break. In the past month we have dealt with a high fever for 5 days straight, a stomach bug, and now another ear infection. I'm actually pretty sure that her poor little body is just used to her running a 102 fever, because it does not seem to bother her much anymore. So, we are on another round of antibiotics for her ear infection. Hopefully it clears up before we head off to San Diego this Thursday, so she can enjoy seeing all the animals at the San Diego zoo.

In preparation for our 4 hour flight, I hit up the dollar store and have prepared a whole mass of new toys to keep her distracted on the plane, so she isn't such a nuisance to other passengers. I am hoping this will work, as well as letting her run all around the airport prior to our departure, so she gets worn out and sleeps the entire way. I either see the plane ride going really well, or being the worst 4 hours of my life. Lucky for us Andrew got on the same flight back, so at least there will be 2 of us.

I meandered my way down Coastal Seafood the other day to pick up some salmon and tuna for sushi when I was suckered into buying some fresh oysters too. (Alright I wasn't suckered into it, I love eating raw oysters and the price was right.) I brought 6 oysters home, with absolutely no clue on how to shuck them. After Andrew got home from work, we quickly Googled a video on how to shuck oysters, and then found the sturdiest knife in our house and got to shucking. It wasn't actually that difficult once you got the hang of it. As I was shucking the last oyster and got it open, I saw a black/pink round looking thing inside. I thought I had struck gold and found myself a black pearl!!!! (I am actually pretty sure Blue Oysters don't have pearls, but you never know.) Anyways, I took out my treasured black thing and put it on the cutting boards. It had legs....pearls don't have legs....It looked exactly like this....DISGUSTING.

We quickly Googled this disgusting looking creature as I was positive that my oysters were ruined. Turns out these pea crabs are actually quite common in oysters and considered a delicacy. I, however, did not see them as such and squished it with a knife and threw it down the garbage disposable. I was, at least, happy to know that my oysters weren't ruined and tasted delicious!!!

Since Abby has been sick most of this month, we have spent most of the time at home. She has been working on learning her colors. Most days everything is green. She has also learned to count to 3. She loves counting and then saying go and running across the living room. She also LOVES bubbles!!!