So I have written a list of all of his loves at 2:
1. Backhoes, Diggers, Bucket Trucks (Motorized Madness)
2. Nemo (Had to teach him Nemo by pointing to his knee to distinguish the difference with #3 and has a plush version a la Aunt Lisa Marie)
3. Elmo
4. Trains
5. Getting his picture taken - but he only laughs and smiles after he hears the click so be really quick
6. Chicken, Bread, and Broccoli
7. Crackers
8. Water (Thinks that all adult beverages are called juice because his parents never let him drink any)
9. His friends: Hayden, Trevor, BingBing, and Cousin Daniel
10. Chuck E Cheese
Monday, September 10, 2007
Tuesday, May 8, 2007
May Newsletter
So I have survived a month with Lisa Marie at her new job. Eventhough I haven't gone out to eat, I have not been able to update my blog nor lose any weight... hmmmm, could it be depression eating....
My latest news: Logan is counting up to 10, he can spell M-O-M just in time for Mother's Day with some prompting, and he has started potty training..and says bye bye to Pampers (even though he wears Huggies)
My latest news: Logan is counting up to 10, he can spell M-O-M just in time for Mother's Day with some prompting, and he has started potty training..and says bye bye to Pampers (even though he wears Huggies)
One of our best purchases ever was the NorTech Security Camera - it comes with two cameras and is a wireless system that you connect to your TV. I can monitor Logan's mischief during naptime and at night. Great if your TV has picture in picture. You can buy it at Sam's for $130.
A definite Never Enought Time to Smell Roses - We recently participated in the Sprint for Life that benefits the fight against Ovarian Cancer. Lisa Marie started this effort due to a family friend Monika who was recently diagnosed and then someone who I know was diagnosed last week.
Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of cancer death from gynecologic tumors in the United States. Early disease causes minimal, nonspecific, or no symptoms. Therefore, most patients are diagnosed in an advanced stage. Overall, prognosis for these patients remains poor, with an overall 50% 5-year survival rate. Approximately 15,000 women die every year in the United States from ovarian cancer. My friend is only 33 years old - and has been complaining to her doctor for over a year. It was not until they performed a hysterectomy that the cancer was found. So listen to your body and keep pressure on your doctor to find the root cause.
Ovarian cancer is the most common cause of cancer death from gynecologic tumors in the United States. Early disease causes minimal, nonspecific, or no symptoms. Therefore, most patients are diagnosed in an advanced stage. Overall, prognosis for these patients remains poor, with an overall 50% 5-year survival rate. Approximately 15,000 women die every year in the United States from ovarian cancer. My friend is only 33 years old - and has been complaining to her doctor for over a year. It was not until they performed a hysterectomy that the cancer was found. So listen to your body and keep pressure on your doctor to find the root cause.
See you next month!
Sunday, April 1, 2007
A New Chapter in my Life
So March past by without a single blog entry. March was a very stressful and hectic month and quite life changing. Today is my 36th birthday and I cannot quite believe it if my friend Lisa Marie had not gotten me number 3 and 6 candles for my birthday cake.
So I have worked with my friend Lisa Marie for the past 10 years for the same company and she is leaving to work for another company. It will be a large change - no more accidental meetings on the Hardy Toll Road in the mornings, McDonald breakfast runs when we were pregnany at the same time, breakfast taco in the company cafeteria, lunches (esp the Indian restaurant), runs to HEB for her refill of sour jelly belly, miscellaneous cake events, vent sessions, and our coordinated journeys back home. This is a picture of our last journey home from work together - probably not the safest thing to do on the road...
So I have worked with my friend Lisa Marie for the past 10 years for the same company and she is leaving to work for another company. It will be a large change - no more accidental meetings on the Hardy Toll Road in the mornings, McDonald breakfast runs when we were pregnany at the same time, breakfast taco in the company cafeteria, lunches (esp the Indian restaurant), runs to HEB for her refill of sour jelly belly, miscellaneous cake events, vent sessions, and our coordinated journeys back home. This is a picture of our last journey home from work together - probably not the safest thing to do on the road...
We will still see each other but just not the convenience of every day. Now I know how my friend Diana felt when myself and two friends all left her at my previous company. I will now have more time to blog now that I will probably be eating in my office Lean Cuisines during lunch. My boy has been growing up. Now fully indoctrined in the toddler bed and doing well except for some nights not staying in the bed when initially going to sleep. He is counting like a champ to 10 - the Bumblebee videos work so well. He loves the counting ones, Opposites, and Motorized Madness. His favorite things right now is Basketball (shoot!), the park, the library, and bulldozers (scoops!). He is in heaven when David takes him to the park (2nd time in one day) and they walk by construction until they leave. The only problem that I have is that I cannot find shoes for his rather large feet - 7 WW. Stride Rite just doesn't keep that much in stock so I guess we will have to start internet shopping.
Great News! In July/August, I will have a niece who I can spoil unmercifully... Little girl clothes are much more fun than boys!
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Final stages of transformation from baby to toddler...
So my boy, 20 months old, this past week has been quite busy. He has flirted with trying to climb out of the crib since last Thanksgiving by putting his foot up on the crib rail like he is doing ballet stretches but never quite having enough upper body strength to pull himself up and over.
Well those days are over. I had put him down for a nap this past Sunday and then 5 minutes later I hear him cry like I rarely hear. I run to his room, but I cannot get in because his closet door is up against his room door and something is up against the closet door. Logan's room has a sunroom connected to it so I go through the sunroom expecting to see him in his crib and he is on the floor with his feet up against the closet door. You just feel like everything is going in slow motion until you can pick him up. I pick him up and after three-four pats, he stops crying. No bruises, nothing broken.
So we now will be transitioning him to the toddler bed. But first we will have to fully baby proof his room. I have to move his bookcase out because I could bolt it to the wall but I think I am more worried that he will fall when he tries to climb it. Of course I am not going to say IF he tries to climb it since he just has the drive to climb EVERYTHING. I thought the first born was suppose to be cautious, more reserve. He also has learned to open doors by turning the knob. Not sure how he figured that one out at the same time so we will be buying door knob covers this weekend too.
On Monday not even 24 hours later, he clocked both the nanny in the morning and daddy in the evening in the mouth with a plastic Chevron car quite hard that both are needing dentist visits possibly. Told him to go to time out. He immediately kissed Vicky on the cheek to say sorry but he would not go to Daddy so he got to go back to time out.
My friend Catherine who already has two girls is about to have her third child which is a boy. I told her to get PLENTY of rest because boys are totally different than girls!
My boy is growing up too fast...
Well those days are over. I had put him down for a nap this past Sunday and then 5 minutes later I hear him cry like I rarely hear. I run to his room, but I cannot get in because his closet door is up against his room door and something is up against the closet door. Logan's room has a sunroom connected to it so I go through the sunroom expecting to see him in his crib and he is on the floor with his feet up against the closet door. You just feel like everything is going in slow motion until you can pick him up. I pick him up and after three-four pats, he stops crying. No bruises, nothing broken.
So we now will be transitioning him to the toddler bed. But first we will have to fully baby proof his room. I have to move his bookcase out because I could bolt it to the wall but I think I am more worried that he will fall when he tries to climb it. Of course I am not going to say IF he tries to climb it since he just has the drive to climb EVERYTHING. I thought the first born was suppose to be cautious, more reserve. He also has learned to open doors by turning the knob. Not sure how he figured that one out at the same time so we will be buying door knob covers this weekend too.
On Monday not even 24 hours later, he clocked both the nanny in the morning and daddy in the evening in the mouth with a plastic Chevron car quite hard that both are needing dentist visits possibly. Told him to go to time out. He immediately kissed Vicky on the cheek to say sorry but he would not go to Daddy so he got to go back to time out.
My friend Catherine who already has two girls is about to have her third child which is a boy. I told her to get PLENTY of rest because boys are totally different than girls!
My boy is growing up too fast...
Friday, January 19, 2007
Some of you may say...Finally!
So I REALLY tried not to continue this blog, but due to EXTERNAL pressure, here I am(especially since my friends LM and Vito decided to put links to my blog to theirs). My first mistake was to mention to LM that I had to start a blog just to comment to hers. Please see their blogs which are now linked to my blog.
What was REALLY bad about this situation was that I totally forgot my logon name and password so it took actually two days to hack back into the system.
So I hope everyone was blessed this holiday season.
I watched an exciting Oprah in December where she gave the studio audience $1000 and told them they could do anything with the money but hoped they could do something good for someone else and in return be touched by it. It was an amazing show that reviewed how people took the $1000 and were able to raise $10,000-40,000 and gave it to charity or someone who was a crime victim. Every holiday season my company's nonprofit organization has a tree so you can pick up a tag and buy a gift for that person or child. This year, they decided to target five families. One of the managers at work gives everyone in his department and others who work closely with the department $50 gift certificate out of his own pocket. So I usually pick two tags so this time, but I decided that I could sponsor a whole family instead and use the gift certificate to better use especially since they all needed necessities like coats, underwear, and socks. It was a family of a mother who had left a violent situation with her four girls and was attending college to better their future. I had so much fun trying to pick out clothes, coats, pajamas, and underwear for them. Old Navy was awesome for buying clothes for five women. I was a mess at the store with David and Logan waiting on me and offering no assistance. I had to ask mothers with daughters who passed by for what sizes would be appropriate especially when deciding between girl, teens, misses (S/M/L). In the end, I REALLY hoped they liked what they got!
I wish there were more opportunities to find ways to help families in need more than during the holidays or just when you are cleaning out your closets or sending a check. I have at times tried to go volunteer but I tend to leave messages that are never returned. Any ideas out there? I do think the largest point of life is to affect or touch as many lives as possible.
Happy New Year - 2007!!!
What was REALLY bad about this situation was that I totally forgot my logon name and password so it took actually two days to hack back into the system.
So I hope everyone was blessed this holiday season.
I watched an exciting Oprah in December where she gave the studio audience $1000 and told them they could do anything with the money but hoped they could do something good for someone else and in return be touched by it. It was an amazing show that reviewed how people took the $1000 and were able to raise $10,000-40,000 and gave it to charity or someone who was a crime victim. Every holiday season my company's nonprofit organization has a tree so you can pick up a tag and buy a gift for that person or child. This year, they decided to target five families. One of the managers at work gives everyone in his department and others who work closely with the department $50 gift certificate out of his own pocket. So I usually pick two tags so this time, but I decided that I could sponsor a whole family instead and use the gift certificate to better use especially since they all needed necessities like coats, underwear, and socks. It was a family of a mother who had left a violent situation with her four girls and was attending college to better their future. I had so much fun trying to pick out clothes, coats, pajamas, and underwear for them. Old Navy was awesome for buying clothes for five women. I was a mess at the store with David and Logan waiting on me and offering no assistance. I had to ask mothers with daughters who passed by for what sizes would be appropriate especially when deciding between girl, teens, misses (S/M/L). In the end, I REALLY hoped they liked what they got!
I wish there were more opportunities to find ways to help families in need more than during the holidays or just when you are cleaning out your closets or sending a check. I have at times tried to go volunteer but I tend to leave messages that are never returned. Any ideas out there? I do think the largest point of life is to affect or touch as many lives as possible.
Happy New Year - 2007!!!
Saturday, December 9, 2006
New Beginnings
So this is my start of a blog. How did I get here - my friend Lisa Marie has a blog and I was just writing a comment to her latest entry and program requests me to sign up. Little did I know that it would require me to set up my own blog. As the title indicates, this will be very interesting.
My only concern is the following:
1. My friend LM who I see at work 3-5 days a week tends to forget to discuss things with me that are in her blog. Some of these things are big milestones. So are our conversations going to be REALLY short or abbreviated now that we both have blogs? Just kidding - I hope!
2. I am not as witty as most bloggers I think. Therefore, I will apologize in advance for the lack of entertainment.
3. Somehow I just loss last two paragraphs and had to retype. There is no undo key - that should be interesting.
A New Adventure.
My only concern is the following:
1. My friend LM who I see at work 3-5 days a week tends to forget to discuss things with me that are in her blog. Some of these things are big milestones. So are our conversations going to be REALLY short or abbreviated now that we both have blogs? Just kidding - I hope!
2. I am not as witty as most bloggers I think. Therefore, I will apologize in advance for the lack of entertainment.
3. Somehow I just loss last two paragraphs and had to retype. There is no undo key - that should be interesting.
A New Adventure.
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