Addiction of the month July 21, 2008

HAIRSPRAY!!!

Nope, not the kind you use on your hair.  The movie and the sound track.  Ask me if I know every word of the movie and every song!  That would be a YES!!  Now ask me if *I* am the one addicted.  That would be a NO!  Jenna is in love with this movie.  She has already decided she is going to be Tracy Turnblad for Halloween!!  No one will know who she is though!  LOL  The MAIN reason she is in love with the movie is because she has a major crush on Link!  She adored him from HSM 1 and 2 and now is so excited that he is in this movie!  What am I in for when she is a teen?  Posters all over!  LOL

She’s a swimmer!! July 21, 2008

After 2 weekend of working with Jenna really well she can now swim!!  She could swim like a fish with the arm floaties on so we knew she could do it without!  I held her up by her belly and back and slowly started letting go and she would swim to daddy.  Then he started backing up into the deep end so she could not put her feet down.  Mind you, she yells or makes some kind of non-protest every time, but she loves it!   She is a little scared, but loves it.  She is also working on going under.  She gets up to her eyes and comes back up!  It’s supposed to be hot the rest of the week so we will see if we can get in the pool some during the week too!  I am so excited because I was 13 before I actually learned to swim due to a bad private swim teacher at the Y when  I was 7!

Long overdue post & update July 11, 2008

At the prodding of my friend Shan (who by the way, has a million pics of her beautiful child but leaves the winter one up!!) who keeps asking me for a trip update I suppose I should do one.

It was pretty uneventful. We stayed at a condo on ASSAWOMAN Drive in OC, MD with our friends. Mason and Jenna are great friends and have been since Jenna was about 14 months old. They met on the playground of the Elementary School where they will both be starting this Fall!

We hit the beach the first two days, but the next two we did not. Carla and I had just about had it with sand all over, in the hair, blah blah. We took all the kids to Pizza Hut on Saturday night so Carla and Kenny could have a night out and then they did the same the next night. On Brian and my night we went to the outlets in Rohobeth and I got some great deals at the Children’s Place and the Gap. $2.99 jeans being one such deal. We then ate at a little place down the road from where we stayed that we love. They have the best hoagie sandwiches!

The first night we walked the Boardwalk, had dinner at an irish pub and spent some time at the amusement park. We accidently traumatized the two older kids. They wanted to ride in the “haunted house” Marlowe wanted to go with me and the 2 bigger kids together- so we did. Marlowe and I were behind them. It did get dark and there was a few things that lit up, but all in all it was just bumpy. I had no clue what we would come out to when we came out of the house. Jenna clinging to Brian, crying hyterically; Mason doing the same to his father. They were terrified in there! I never even thought about them being bothered, especially being together. We only wished we had video taped it for AFHV and won the money!

It was nice to get away. We have another beach trip planned in October for the week of my birthday (yes, I get a whole week!) We are going to Myrtle Beach for 8 days. We booked the biggest room at this place. It’s the Oceanfront Type 14 room. Hopefully I will get to meet a couple of the other mom’s from my 2003 babies group!

For the night of my birthday I am going to make reservations here Mr. Big was pretty shocked that I would be into somewhere like that for a dinner show, but I think it will be fun!

That’s about it for now!! CIAO

My BLOG-iversary!!! June 27, 2008

JUNE 29th marks the ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY of my blog!!

I will not be around that day.  We are leaving tomorrow morning for the shore.  (OC, MD) I will not return until Tuesday night.  I don’t really have any special intentions of celebrating the one year since I think like 3 people read this thing (Well, if more do comments from everyone for my blog’s birthday would be nice!!)  But, I just wanted to recognize the day!!

Enjoy reading some things while I am basking in the sun, listening to the ocean waves, smelling the salty air and RELAXING!!!

I won!! June 27, 2008

I was on Top Momma.com and like to check out the new contenders when they post.  Well, I found a new blog to read that I liked and what do you know, she was having a contest!!  It was my first visit there so I told her how I found her and entered….and I WON!!

Go visit Mindy at her blog:  Mindy Said

Thanks again Mindy!!!!!!

I miss you momma June 27, 2008

October 7, 1936 - June 26, 1989   Continue to R.I.P.  Mom and please keep sending me those dimes just when I need them.  I love you!

In honor of the 19th anniversary of my mother’s passing, please educate yourself and others.  She was only 52 years old and was told in her 30’s when the problems started she was “too young”

The Heart Truth

From Preemie Diapers to Princess Panties! June 25, 2008

So, this Sunday marked the 5th birthday of our little gift from heaven. I cannot even wrap my head around the fact that she is already 5!

June 22, 2003 8:19am 6lbs 14oz 20inches long

Here she is just a few weeks old….

She was such a tiny little thing. She was in preemie diapers for about a month because she had such a little hiney! She came home from the hospital weighing in at under 6 pounds!

I was unable to breastfeed, sadly, but we decided on giving her goat milk (second to mother’s milk in every way) and it really helped her thrive!

Here she is at 6 months old….

You can see she was a happy baby! She kept us laughing and smiling all the time. She has not lost this sense of joy in her either. She is just a happy and bubbly little girl who is full of life and love.

Here she is at 2 years old. She had a severe addiction to her pacifiers. She was 2 months shy of turning 3 years old when that last “gucky” went away. She would sleep with one in each hand most nights! This is her being silly with 2 of them….

She is so smart too. Back when she was almost 2, little Marlowe was born. She used to see Carla feeding Marlowe so she decided that her baby also needed to eat. Please note, this is bedtime baby as she called her, but she finally got named about a year and a half ago. Ariel is her name, she is still bedtime baby and she still goes almost everywhere with us. Here she is feeding bedtime baby…..

Very serious work….

Looking at the photo above reminded me, she used to have a gap her in teeth. I thought she would be known for her gap like Lauren Bacall. But, it closed up once all the teeth were in at around 3 years old.

She is a joy in our lives and in all that know her. She is a camera ham. She is artistic and creative. She is a clown and loves to laugh and make us laugh. She poses for the camera, hams it up with people she just meets, makes a friend everywhere she goes, is social as a butterfly and has a kind heart. She is also stubborn and independent, has a mind of her own and knows how to use it and wants things to be her way or she will negotiate with you until she gets at least part of what she wants. We have no idea what we did before her or what life without her was like.

Happy 5th Birthday to our baby girl. Keep reaching for those stars because they are there for you to grab!

Enjoy some more random pictures of her hamming it up, clowning around and lastly, enjoying her special birthday weekend!!

*Easter eggs stuffed in her tiop

*with her kitty, Ringo

*Preschool graduation day

*With her cake

*Riding her pony at her party

*Full of fun at the Olive Garden on her Birthday

And….there are the Princess Panties

Yes, this is me! June 24, 2008

You Are a Chocolate Shake

You are a total hedonist. You are drawn to pleasure. You are an expressive, over the top person. You’re naturally dramatic. You’re the type of person who always chooses quality over quantity. Life’s too short to not have optimal experiences. You’re proud of being picky.

What Flavor Shake Are You?

June Virus June 13, 2008

Who gets a virus in June, in the midst of a heat wave, a day before her huge dance recital & Father’s Day weekend??

Yep..that would be my child.

Quick visit to the Dr after I arrived home Thursday to find her laid out on daddy feeling horrible.

Fever? 103.3!!

Strep test? Negative.

Rash on her shoulder and chest?  Could be related.

What to do?  Tylenol, lots of rest and liquids for a few days.

Uh, doc…didn’t she tell you she has rehearsal tomorrow and recital on Saturday not to mention her other social engagements that she schedules!

Ay yi yi.

WOOHOO!!!! June 4, 2008

AP tally: Obama clinches Democratic nomination (AP)

This isn’t a link- just an announcement!