Enzo woke up very early, but without a big messin his diaper, so we were very optimistic about him getting better today. Mommy had to work, so I took Enzo to Long Beach to the aquarium. He slept on the way down, and was ready to go when we arrived.

Even though we've only been there twice, he has the place memorized and knew what was waiting around every turn. He was really anxious to get to the baby shark and ray touch tanks. He must have touched a dozen sharks and rays before he was ready to move on.

About halfway through our visit we had a very unfortunate diaper experience that was so beyond belief and terrible that I can't write about it. We went out to the car for a change of clothes, and went back and finished our visit. We saw the turtle eating sardines, the scuba man feeding squid to the big rays, and so many other interesting fish and critters. And we went back around and did the whole thing again from the start.

Enzo fell asleep on the way home, and then we played in the backyard until mommy came home. When Zoe walked in the door, we all went straight back out the backyard park and ate snacks.

We had a nice ichat with A-ma, then another ichat with cousin Sophie and aunty Mimi and uncle JP. Sophie is extremely cute. Enzo said A-ma! A-ma! after we stopped i chatting.

Enzo had GI problems for the rest of the day, even though he started out so well. Progressively worse throughout the day. He is still very sick, although he is trying so hard to stay upbeat and happy. It is breaking our hearts. Every time he has a terrible poop, and we tell him we need to change his diaper, he breakdown and cries and says "no, no, no". He just sounds so defeated and exhausted of the whole thing. After each time it happens throughout the day, 5 or 6 times, it gets harder and harder to get his spirits back up.

Now his intestinal lining is so irritated that he basically has an allergy-like reaction whenever he drinks milk. Which is very hard because he doesn't feel like eating, and constantly wants milk because he's hungry. Each time he drinks it, he has terrible bloating and diarrhea almost right away. If we refuse to give him milk, he cries. It will most likely be another week of serious GI issues and then a month or longer before his intestinal lining is completely healed.

I picked up some lactose-free milk which I'm hoping will help him tomorrow. Even though we know what we'll hear if we go in, we're thinking about taking him into the hospital tomorrow. Won't that be a Merry Christmas.