Monday, October 26, 2009

Last Minute!

YAY! I get to fill in (SO Last Minute) at STUDIO 5 on Wednesday, yep, this coming Wednesday! -I'm so excited! Don't forget to watch, 11:00 AM Channel 5

And now...I must prepare! :)

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

BIG APPLE

Now that I can focus, the excitement is taking over!

In exactly 3 weeks, I'll be "Leavin on a Jet Plane"! Just me and MJ, destination? NYC BABY!

I Heart NYC, BIG TIME. It's been Way.Too.Long. since I've visited (6 yrs to be exact).

But this time, I'm doing things a bit different. Instead of staying with the Weinbers in NJ, we'll be planting out butts, smack dab in the middle of the Big Apple for 8 days of pure enjoyment!

Already confirmed:
Wicked!(front and center thanks to my super awesome hubby)
Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular!
Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
Empire State Building
Tavern on the Green
Ground Zero
Pizza
Ice Skating in Rockefeller Plaza
Time Square excitement
South Street Seaport
Max Brenners
China Town
Little Italy
Temple
Central Park

and much much more....

Did I mention the City will be dressed for the Holidays, this warms my heart - there's nothing, and I mean NOTHING like NYC at Christmas time :)

If you had 8 days in NYC, where would you visit??

I'm ALIVE!

And it's about time I update :)

A couple of weeks ago we got a visit from my parents --Laex always loves to see Gramie and Papa! Their purpose for coming was to attend a fashion/hair show put on by Kenzies Cosmetology School --they do it to earn some extra bucks for a trip to Long Beach to a hair show--it was a pretty fun time with the theme "Jungle Fever"! And it turns out my little sis is Rockin at school - she was the BIG GRAND PRIZE WINNER (out of 53 contestants) with her creation of this darling little "cheetah girl" (My cousins daughter) ! -GO KENZ!






































Its been a while since I've Bragged about this handsome little man! My Laex is such a hoot (although I do wish he'd get over his fear of the toilet!) His nickname as of lately has become "Smart Fart" -and he calls himself this proudly! --He really is the smartest 2 year old I know, and truth is, I'm not really sure where it comes from :) I fear for my other children because he's set the bar pretty high! He talks a million miles a minute and I constantly get comments on how well he speaks and what good pronunciation he has! Here are a few of my favorites!:

*I've kind of nicknamed him "bubby" - It just happened- well lately he's been using this nickname for me, I think he sees it as a term of endearment or something, but it's pretty funny when he walks around the house yelling, "bubby, bubby" --I have to remind him, he's bubby :)

*He's become very particular about his manners, it's a good thing but often so comical that I have to leave the room or turn my head so he doesn't see me snicker. He'll say, "Oh, Fart - Scuse Me" or even better his dad will fart (cause I never do :) ) and he'll say, "Scuse you Dad, Fart"

*The other day (while I was seriously DOWN & OUT) my dear friend (pretty much the best friend anyone could ever have) Jen was coming to get Laex for the day. I asked him if he wanted to go play with the boys and after jumping around exclaiming, "Yay, so excited" he proceeded to explain, "Toys upstairs, toys downstairs, games on the TV" (ie video games). He knew exactly what he was in for! (He gets SPOILED at Jen's, and he LOVES it)!

*He's recently taken a serious liking to "cartoons" --and in the meantime I've become a terrible parent because I take some really big advantage of this :) --anyway, he'll ask to watch cartoons and then he'll tell me where he wants to watch them, in this manner, "Cartoons on TV, Elmo, not on Puter (computer)" or "No TV, Mickey on Puter"

*He'll come in, in the morning, dragging his blankie and never fails to say, "Sleep good!"

*After watching football with Daddy one evening, I asked him if he liked watching football and he proceeded to tell me all about it, "run fast, catch ball, wear helmet and gloves, touchdown"

*^*We've been working on colors, numbers and letters he's really good at pointing out "L" and numbers "1, 5, 8, 2" and everything is either "orange, pink or ba-lue" He also LOVES to watch Football with Daddy and can easily identify a "football, basketball, baseball, soccer ball, and golf ball"*^*

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

NOT GOOD


Pregnancy, UTI, Upper Respiratory Infection and now SWINE FLU --too bad it all had to come at once :(


I'm in a BAD way --

This too shall pass :)

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Today

we heard a heart beat!

This is by far one of my favorite times in a pregnancy, on the outside there's not much proof but inside there are magical events taking place and Heavenly Father at work creating yet another masterpiece!
AMAZING! and I love it!

Our new little one ** (which I'm already unofficially convinced will even out the score and bring lots of ruffles and pink to our home)** is due to make an appearance on April 17th! --if "she's" anything like the big brother "she'll" be arriving right on time!

Sunday, October 4, 2009

What we've been up to!

Just catching up on the last few weeks!

Enjoying one of our last "grilled" meals before winter blows in --yummy pizza!





























Laex doing what he loves best, reading --for some reason he thought it was so hilarious when LeGrand would say Hippopotamus!






Cleaned out the garden and once more we're over-taken with veggies--This is only about half of them! And of course LeGrand had to show off his prized TURNIP --it's been growing all season just so he could see how big he could get it!



























Enjoyed a great night out with awesome friends as the Cougs took on the Aggies --GO COUGS!



































Though I hate the cold that's on it's way, I do love all the holidays coming up -we're all ready for Halloween!