The Terrifically Terrible Two

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The Moe-ster

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

If I Had One Wish Then It Would Be

A Happy, happy birthday Daddy!On the 7th, Pete celebrated his undisclosed number birthday while Myna turned 7 months old! What a fun day we had together. The best gift given was a total surprise - Myna started crawling!


Myna, of course, had to document the month's growth next to Howard.
It didn't take her long to find all the cool things within reach.
Our good friends told us about the Angel Oak. It's supposedly the oldest tree East of the Ole Miss - estimated at 1500 years old. Now that's a birthday to celebrate. The longest branch is 89 feet long! It was beautiful.

The day sure tuckered out some of the Bontornos. Luckily, the picture of me snoring in the car won't be posted.One of Myna's new toys is her favorite - Paradise Island - a place of joy, serenity and relaxation (for mom).This is Myna being brave and taking her inhaler. Poor thing has bronchiolitis and has taken up wheezing for the past few days :(But, she sure seems pretty contented to me!
Another of Charleston's beautiful trees.For those who are interested, Myna still speaks in almost all vowel sounds - and, she thinks it's pretty funny when we show her what consonants sound like. She's definitely our little independent lady.

Also, most of you know that I have some mysterious health issues such as unexplained food allergies and recurring hair loss. For years, I've done tests and gone to doctors and homeopathic specialists and anyone I can think of. I finally decided that it was stress. And, after years of searching, I finally found some information that says that all my symptoms can be attributed to Adrenal Fatigue/Exhaustion, or massive Adrenal Stress!! Now, I'm not talking simply being busy. My entire being's been stressed out since having Mononucleosis in high school. It's my body's inability to handle too much of anything. So, this is no official diagnosis nor is there a cure-all for whacked out adrenal glands, but it is an answer and a name to put with what is going on to my body. If you're interested read here http://www.mcvitamins.com/adrenal-exhaustion.htm.

Sunday, August 1, 2010

What's Up?
My mom says that I've overrun the blog and that perhaps this Bontorno Tale needs some tale to go along with the pictures.

So, I decided to take a family poll about what our favorite things are about South Carolina.

Myna: So, Dad, what do you like most about South Carolina?
Pete: What, huh? We're not in New York?

Myna: So, Mom, what are your top favorite things about South Carolina?
Ash: #10. The beach
#9. The beach
#8. The beach
*7. The beach
#6. The beach
#5. The beach
#4. The beach
#3. The beach
#2. The beach
#1. Banana-split Thursdays!

Here are my SC favs: swimming, the beautiful Oak and Crepe Myrtle trees, lizards on the porch, hammocks, really sweet old southern ladies who call me precious, learning that there's more to South Carolina than that it was the first state to succeed during the Civil War, ocean waves, warm cars (okay, that might be my mom's favorite thing), having neighbors who have great faith in Jesus Christ, alligators in our pond, feeding the turtles, going barefoot! And so many other things. I glad that everywhere I've been has interesting history and people - there's so much to see and learn.
Fort Sumpter

Colonel Moultrie
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Moultrie

Hee hee hee
This is fun
I've almost got it!

Dancing with Dad - My #1 favorite thing in all the world!!