Wordless Wednesday - 1 year ago today...

Weekend!

Hi! I'm sneaking in a post this morning. Everyone woke up at 6:30 this morning and when I say everyone, I mean you-know-who woke everyone up at 6:30. Anyway, oh course it is 8:30 now and those two are back asleep and I am still awake. Sheesh. I have a million things to do, but decided to play on the internet. Brilliant.

Today we are hosting my MIL's bday party. So I need to clean the house, pick up rice from the Mexican market and make 2 different batches of enchiladas! Well, actually one is made already, I just need to heat it up. I'm making traditional ground beef red enchiladas today, but I made Martha Stewart's chicken in creamy green sauce enchiladas last night. They are fabulous and everyone will think you're a great cook if you make them.

Yesterday was my Grandma's 95th bday party. Can you believe that?! My grandma could barely see as it was, but my mom told me she had a mini stroke last weekend and now has lost all her vision. That just breaks my heart. She was able to feel baby J's leg and could tell how big he was getting. I really hope she is able to get some of her vision back.

Friday we went to movie in the park night with some friends. Everyone could tell I was the newest mom because I agreed to let the kids get inflatable hammers... :)

I'm going to **try* and fit in a trip to Sports Chalet today because I decided my heels hurt so much because I need new workout shoes. I am jumping up and down on stone and my shoes are like 5 years old.

Alright, I'm outta here..... Oh HAPPY BDAY MANDY! (Today is my best friends bday. We have been best friends since we were 9 and now live just a handful of blocks away) :)

Wordless Wednesday - My new, super rad iPhone cover & case!!!!!!!!!

Big boy bed?!?!

Seriously, are we traveling at warp speed? I swear I just gave birth to this beautiful boy and now… Now, he has moved into a toddler bed?!?! What the heck. Maybe you think 17 months is too young, but we had no choice (ps – today is his 17 month bday). He would have a bottle and we would read a book in my bed, snuggle and then once he was asleep I would do the transfer to the crib. (Side note – I know I should have just put him in the crib awake, but truthfully I liked this snuggle time just as much). Well, he would always wake up in the middle of the night and be livid that he was in his crib. Sometimes if he fussed a little we could let it go. But, if he got all crazy mad I’d have to grab him because he can climb out. Now I have only caught him with his leg over the railing, but my fear would be he pulls up on the side and falls on his head (AKA NECK!!). My pediatrician has been putting this fear into my head since he was like 10 months! She said the second you think they can climb out – change it.

SO.. you see, we had no choice.

Last night John was able to figure out how to convert his crib because (surprise, surprise) I lost the instructions. It was like Christmas Super Party Time when the bed was done! J loved it! He ran back and forth, hoping on and off his bed, squealing with delight! It wasn’t cute at all. ;)

Bedtime rolled around, we read two books, had a bottle, laid next to the bed and he was asleep. This is probably a total fluke, in fact he was probably pooped from all the running around in excitement, but it still went pretty well. He woke up a couple of times, but I would definitley call it a success. The best part was at 6:30 (ok 6:30 isn’t the best part) he came tearing out of his room yelling “MA! MOM! MA!”.

I pulled him up in our bed and he snoozed another hour.

I swear I’m going to blink & he is going to be 5, then 10, then AHHHH!!! It’s all too fast.

Birthday Bonanza and a little cold…

So, last Friday was my berf-day! I had planned on working a half day, but our little bambino ended up catching John’s cold and was pretty miserable on Friday, so I stayed home all day with him. He is such a good kid. His nose was running all day and you could tell he was miserable, but he still had a smile on his face. We obviously didn’t do anything Friday because of his cold.

Saturday one of my best friends came from LA. We were worried about the traffic b/c of “CArmageddon” but that ended up being a total joke. She hit no traffic! WIN. My dad came up to hang with the little guy, so HB & I went to lunch and got our nails done. That evening we went out to Thai food with some close friends & family. Then we went to a total dive bar for drinks (Taylors AKA Trailers). Unfortunately, my MIL caught the baby’s cold, but she still said she would take him for the night. So, after dinner she went home with him.

Taylors was a lot of fun and we left in the nick of time b/c I had just had enough beers to sign me & my best girlfriends up for karaoke (sp?). Guess what song I chose for us?? Bohemian Rhapsody. So glad, we left before we got called!!

We got home and played Dance 2 for Wii. Serious competition. It was so fun, but after dinner, Taylors, drinks, dancing and sweating from dancing… I was done. Mandy (my other bestie) had already left, so I pulled a typical Hil and went to bed before everyone else. I was smart enough to chug a bunch of water before bed. Probably one of my first times ever remembering to do that. I think it was all the dancing.

Woke up and felt good. WHEW! No birthday hangover. Picked up my munchkin and John, the baby and I had a nice relaxing fun Sunday.

Oh, and I was totally spoiled on my bday. I got pretty tops, cool make-up, the most awesome iPhone holder & case ever, wine glass & bottle holders, cool socks, tons of rings, gift cards and last, but not least… a .38 special called Pinklady.

That’s right – don’t mess with me.

Oh, and I woke on Monday with a sore throat. NEAT!

Random Post - per usual

Hey! So, this is going to be a completely random post. First, I got a new app for my phone. It tells you which celebrity you look like. Check mine, John's and JV's out. Hilarious.

(p.s. don't mind our beautiful pics!???)

(Do you like how John got Mira Sorvino?!?!) LOL!

I've had a little bit of a rough week. Work has been slow because our major conference is going on in SD, so all the developers I support are down there. When we are slow at work, all I want to do is be with my baby. Also, I have like 4 close friends that are preggers. One of them **may** be miscarrying. This weighs heavy on my heart. I don't know if it is because I have also lost babies or because I am just more emotional since having a baby, but this gave me serious anxiety this week. I start worrying about something and it takes over. It nearly makes me sick. All I want to do is be at home, where I feel safe. I start to panic about it. It is awful. If anyone suffers from anxiety regularly, I feel for you. It is the worst feeling ever. I even googled "natural remedies for anxiety". I tried to follow the advice I found, but it was hard. Anyway, I will know more next week, but I am staying positive for her and her family.

John and the baby are sick. BOO! John swears he is not, but umm.. yeah, he is.

Tomorrow is my bday and a half day of work - whoo-hoo!!!

Here are some random pics from last week. Or maybe the last two weeks? I can't remember. :)

He is shoving his bowl in between the shutters!

John went to some metal festival & met some metal guy. :)

(I forgot what band he said he played with?!)

2 last random things..

I found good low calorie cereal =

Kashi 7 Grain Puffs - 70 calories for 1 cup!! That is unheard of in the cereal world.

Fiber 1 Honey Squares - 80 calories for 3/4 cup

and... I already forgot my last thing. nice.

Here is a vid of our madman. Don't mind the mess!

Happy 4th of July, Happy 3 Day Weekend & other ramblings... :)

Ok, so I haven't been into blogging lately. I'm trying to decide if I want to keep blogging. But, I don't want to delete my blog & then regret it. So, I'm thinking about it. I'm torn about sharing information about my kid with whoever reads this. But, realistically there are millions of blogs and I have like 6 readers?! (Did I spell realistically correct?)

AnyWHO, here are some random things that are going on with us.

1) It has been about a million degrees in Redlands.

2) I have ran or done my Shred video everyday this week, except Friday. I'm on level 2 of the Shred and I'm thinking about buying the Insanity videos, but they are pricey. Workout videos never used to work for me, but they are perfect now.

3) Tomorrow is the 4th and John & I can't wait to see how the baby reacts to the fireworks. We will probably BBQ and swim at our friends in the afternoon. In the morning I'm meeting my SIL for the annual Redlands 4th of July parade. Should be interesting..?

4) I have convinced John to try this energy smoothie with me tomorrow. It is diet red bull and frozen berries. Not an everyday smoothie type thing, but fun for a busy, fun day like tomorrow.

5) Baby J's vocabulary is sort of exploding. He says "thank you" all the time. It's pretty much the cutest thing ever. Oh, and he says "down" when he wants down and "down" when he wants up... hmm...

6) Our sleeping situation is worse. :|

The baby loves our bed. But, I'm sad to say, last night he slept in our bed and fell OFF!! He is totally fine, but that scared the BaJebus outta me. We put him in his crib and he can swing his leg over the railing. Now what?????

7) I'm pretty sure Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is the best workout song ever. It makes me feel like Rocky. Like, I can keep running.

8) I'm loving ombre hair. Which works out pretty good since I missed my last appointment with Chief. Yes, my hairdresser is named Chief.

9) If anyone tells you Haagan Dazs ice cream blueberry crumble or berry cabernet are good - they are lying. The crumble doesn't have enough chunks and the cabernet is straight wine ice cream. I like wine & all, but this is gross.

10) I found an amazing hair tutorial on You Tube. I actually found it on Pinterest, but it led me to You Tube. It is no heat curls: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYxS1ohz4Ao&feature=player_embedded

Here are some pics. Just the babes keeping cool and friends jamming.

Check out that dirty look!

Just reading in the laundry..