It's started...

I remember my dear friend telling me a story where her son asked her a tough question, gave her a couple seconds and then said, "never mind I'll ask dad".

Well, my first tough question happened. We were driving on my street and John was pointing and telling me, "Mama cow" "Mama doggy" "Mama tree" and then all of sudden...

"Mama where dinosaur??"

My response: "well buddy, that's kind of a long story..."

Mom fail. :)

Worst Blogger

I'm hoping I'll blog more after the 1st trimester is over. That is officially in 1 week. So, don't hold your breath. ;) ;)

Here's some stuff we've been doing...

We have gone camping

We all had colds

Gone on our first field trip to the pumpkin patch

We turned 20 months old and are over 3 feet tall (hello NBA)

We went to J's school carnival

We missed Halloween due to an ear infection

We hate ear infections

We had another ultrasound :)

Went to a Halloween party

and

Agreed to host Thanksgiving again (gasp!)

Random as usual

I haven't blogged in a long time. Right now it seems like there is too much life happening and this little ole blog can't keep up! Here are a few pics from the last weeks... We had the 7th Annual Rock-A-Thon (John played the drums with the Tornadoes and did awesome), Little J started school, we got a new dog, a new elliptical, going to the river this weekend, baby has a little cold, a couple weeks ago I thought I was dying (never google 'left arm sore/numb'), fun shopping dates, Chuck-E-Cheese for the 1st time (ghetto, but kids loved it!), I reading The Help (like it so far), all sorts of stuff has been going on around here.

Quotes

Quotes from Pinterest that I'm loving right now. I really love that website. Let me know if you need an invite. I must warn you - it is a major time suckage site. It's a good site to go to when your house is clean, the laundry is done, the babies are asleep and you have time to kill. AHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Like that EVER happens?!!!

Update!

Oh the randomness… So much going on. I know I'm forgetting some stuff, but here are a few things.

• Found a mystery note in the ladies room at work. It was in the seat covers. It was like 3 back and the box was not tampered with. See here:

Ok weird, right? Luckily I work somewhere that you can find someone who can read, speak, write code to any language. So… we find out that this is traditional Chinese and it is explaining how horrible the prison conditions are and that they are forced to eat spoiled food. WHAT!?!? Now, I’m concerned. Everyone we asked said that there isn’t a location on it. We have some suspicions so we are getting a 3^rd opinion. I’ll keep you posted.

• The baby starts school in 3 weeks. AGHAAGHAGHAHG!! He will go 3 days a week starting August 29^th. I’m not gonna lie – I’m a nervous wreck.

• We need a new bed. It has hit an all time low. We wake up every single morning hurting. It is miserable. Any suggestions on a good bed?

• John has wanted to become friends with a hawk forever. Yes, you read that right. My husband is like Ace Ventura. He installed a “Hawk House”. He went to a bird auction and got pigeons for hawks to eat. He built a pigeon coop for them to live. This has been going on for a long time. Finally, last Friday he made friends with a hawk. He is so happy.

(Yes, he of course let it go after the photo sesh).

• I have been reading about how wonderful coconut oil is lately. I got some earlier this week and so far, so good. The guy at Clarks (our local health food storel) told me how great it was and that he has been eating some everyday for a long time. He looked about 45. He was 60. You can eat it, rub it on your skin, it’s pretty great. I’ve been making John eat some with me every day. He's a good sport.

• While at Clark’s I got some Kumbucha. It's... interesting.

• Last week I thought the baby had a ear infection. He woke up screaming and pulling both ears all night. I call the Ped first thing in the morning. We get in. No ear infection, he is getting molars. They were “erupting” she said. One was even bleeding. Poor dude. Since we were there, we ended up giving him his 4^th vaccine of the Dtap & HIB. He should be all set for school now. She had him stand on the big boy scale. THE BIG BOY scale. Can you believe that? My little (29.6lbs) 17 month old on the big boy scale????

• We also went to San Diego for the weekend... Had a great time.

I know I'm forgetting a lot of other stuff. We have had playdates, concerts, friends over and the baby is growing up at an alarming rate. His vocabulary is growing all the time, he has molars now and a full on mullet. :) Oh, and Lando ran away again....

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..

Sun Safe

I read a great post about sunscreen the other day & have to share. Here is the original post:

http://sewcurly.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-personal-sunscreen-psa.html

I can't believe that the majority of sunscreen on the market only protects you from burning and not from skin cancer. That is horrible. Right after I read this post I checked the babies sunscreen, which is a brand I normally trust, and it failed! So here are the main points:

• The active ingredients need to be either Zinc Oxide or Titanium Dioxide

• No sunscreen is water-proof or sweat-proof

• Use SPF 15 or 30 anything higher does more damage because of the chemicals needed to make it that high

• Apply every 2 hours

Thought this was worth sharing!

Last Weekend

I forgot to blog about Memorial Day weekend. We should always have 3 day weekends. It allows you enough time to get stuff done, have fun and relax. All in agreement for permanent 3 day weekends raise your hand? :::raising both hands & jumping up and down:::

We had friends over, bbq'd, washed are cars, played in the sprinklers, tried out Five Guys Burgers, got frozen yogurt, hung out with Papa, went to Target, visited with Grams and a couple Aunties, made brownies, got to see Mandy, Jonas, Tias, Heather, Hugh and the usual gang. It was a GREAT 3 day weekend! Here are some pics...

My new toy! I love, love, love it. It is from Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. It makes one cup of coffee, tea or espresso. Delish!

We pointed out all the "burds" and "planes" in the sky.

Freddy the raven has become very social. He runs through the sprinklers.

We hung out with Papa!

We snuggled with Grams.

We did broom martial arts in the front yard.

We had friends over and "worked" on the track.

We played outside in the water every chance we got!