I finally have all the vacation pictures edited and some posted on Flickr.
The New Kids on the Block concert was cool. I had fun. They did old songs and new songs. They did the songs off their new album that I liked. Between the fan and music noise, my ears were ringing when we left. They did all the old dance moves along with some newer moves. It was funny at times. And the people......30 dressed like they were 15...15 years ago. I should go out like that more often as it was really fun. I will post some pictures on flickr soon from the concert.
Work is going. Just going. Not too fast, not too slow for me lately.
Joshua has been sickly this week. Not eating and such. I hope he gets to feeling better tomorrow or back to the doctor he will go. Jeff picked him up a leather biker jacket. We looked at them several times on our vacation but never seen one in Joshua's size. On Jeff's trip home from Alabama last week, he found one. Joshua looks super cute in it. We showed it to my mother & David tonight. They thought is was super cute too!
That is it for now...I need to get to bed.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Catching Up
Well, we did make it home from our trip. We did all have a good time.
In the time we have been back, not much else new has been going on. Just work for Jeff & I and school for Joshua.
Joshua has been doing pretty good at school. He did bite his first day back, but I warned them that morning that I was concerned he would. On Wednesday of last week, he was bit at school. A little girl, Chloe, bit him on the arm when they argued over a toy. She went to time-out while Joshua was tended to and got TLC. When she got out of her time-out she stormed right over to him and bit him again, on the same arm. Her mommy had to come pick her up and Joshua still has a mark on his arm from one of the bites. Then the next day at school, he is in the 2 year old room, and he gets whacked on the side of his head with a toy. Whacked. It looked like it hurt. By Friday afternoon the mark was gone.
Last weekend Jeff got home early on Sunday morning. And though I missed church I was very productive that afternoon. We converted Joshua's crib to a toddler bed. He has done great in it. He was so very proud of it being changed. He has yet to fall out of it. And stays in it in the mornings until we go into his room. He scored a monkey from Build-a-Bear on vacation in Hollywood & a giraffe from the San Diego Zoo and they have become his bed mates. They keep his bed safe for him during the day or so that is what I tell him.
Joshua is trying his best to become Mr. Independent. He seems to think that he can do everything that he wants to do by himself. Which is frustrating for me and funny to me, all at the same time! Like with putting pants on. He was to be done when both of his feet are in the legs. Not out the bottom of the leg, just in the leg. But he wants to hold onto Mommy to get his legs in there. We have been working on diaper conditions with him and what he has in his diaper...peepee or poopoo. The other night he kept saying both to me and I was really suprised that he did actually have both. Normally I get a "peepee" but not a "poopoo" from him when I ask. He has learned two songs...5 little monkeys jumping on the bed & pat-a-cake. He tends to like to try to sing both at the same time. Mr. Independent. I know that is the goal but sometimes I wish he could stay little and innocent.
Tomorrow....Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.....is the New Kids On The Block concert. My sister won tickets at work and she and I and her two sister-in-laws are all going to the concert. It is at AAC tomorrow night. They don't take the stage until 8....that is freakin' late on a school night! Should be interesting. My sister dug around in her attic and found the box that has all of our NKOTB stuff from way back when NKOTB was cool. Our dolls were in there...my Joey McIntyre and her Jordan Knight dolls. She had almost all of our posters in sheet protectors...what a dork my sister is. She also found some shoe strings that say Hangin' Tough on them and she put them in her shoes and wore them all day today out running around. Our buttons were in that box, as was a T-shirt. The NKOTB cards and a video that had stuff we had recorded on it. We watched the video last night.....what dorks! The video had degraded some being in her attic. My brother-in-law could stand to watch the video so he went to find something else to do. Today he turned 31 and joined my age group....lol!!!!
Next weekend is the pumpkin patch. Hopefully it will be more fun for Joshua than it was last year. We picked up his pirate costume the other night so he is set to go trickortreating this year. Should be fun.....I can't even explain how excited I am about Christmas this year!!!
In the time we have been back, not much else new has been going on. Just work for Jeff & I and school for Joshua.
Joshua has been doing pretty good at school. He did bite his first day back, but I warned them that morning that I was concerned he would. On Wednesday of last week, he was bit at school. A little girl, Chloe, bit him on the arm when they argued over a toy. She went to time-out while Joshua was tended to and got TLC. When she got out of her time-out she stormed right over to him and bit him again, on the same arm. Her mommy had to come pick her up and Joshua still has a mark on his arm from one of the bites. Then the next day at school, he is in the 2 year old room, and he gets whacked on the side of his head with a toy. Whacked. It looked like it hurt. By Friday afternoon the mark was gone.
Last weekend Jeff got home early on Sunday morning. And though I missed church I was very productive that afternoon. We converted Joshua's crib to a toddler bed. He has done great in it. He was so very proud of it being changed. He has yet to fall out of it. And stays in it in the mornings until we go into his room. He scored a monkey from Build-a-Bear on vacation in Hollywood & a giraffe from the San Diego Zoo and they have become his bed mates. They keep his bed safe for him during the day or so that is what I tell him.
Joshua is trying his best to become Mr. Independent. He seems to think that he can do everything that he wants to do by himself. Which is frustrating for me and funny to me, all at the same time! Like with putting pants on. He was to be done when both of his feet are in the legs. Not out the bottom of the leg, just in the leg. But he wants to hold onto Mommy to get his legs in there. We have been working on diaper conditions with him and what he has in his diaper...peepee or poopoo. The other night he kept saying both to me and I was really suprised that he did actually have both. Normally I get a "peepee" but not a "poopoo" from him when I ask. He has learned two songs...5 little monkeys jumping on the bed & pat-a-cake. He tends to like to try to sing both at the same time. Mr. Independent. I know that is the goal but sometimes I wish he could stay little and innocent.
Tomorrow....Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.....is the New Kids On The Block concert. My sister won tickets at work and she and I and her two sister-in-laws are all going to the concert. It is at AAC tomorrow night. They don't take the stage until 8....that is freakin' late on a school night! Should be interesting. My sister dug around in her attic and found the box that has all of our NKOTB stuff from way back when NKOTB was cool. Our dolls were in there...my Joey McIntyre and her Jordan Knight dolls. She had almost all of our posters in sheet protectors...what a dork my sister is. She also found some shoe strings that say Hangin' Tough on them and she put them in her shoes and wore them all day today out running around. Our buttons were in that box, as was a T-shirt. The NKOTB cards and a video that had stuff we had recorded on it. We watched the video last night.....what dorks! The video had degraded some being in her attic. My brother-in-law could stand to watch the video so he went to find something else to do. Today he turned 31 and joined my age group....lol!!!!
Next weekend is the pumpkin patch. Hopefully it will be more fun for Joshua than it was last year. We picked up his pirate costume the other night so he is set to go trickortreating this year. Should be fun.....I can't even explain how excited I am about Christmas this year!!!
Friday, October 3, 2008
Cailifornia trip
We had a nice visit with Jeff's family.
When we were getting ready to leave Las Vegas, Jeff's sister sent a text message saying that "dad has a lunch date". What?!?!? After 34 years he decided that he needed to have a date! After a year of planning our arrival without his knowledge he picked his birthday to have a lunch date! Major kink in the plans!!! We headed on in to California. It took a little longer than we had planned but was a fun quick trip. When we got to Jeff's parents we got to let the boys run free in the house...the not quite baby proofed house. They enjoyed playing especially with the coffee table....there will be pictures on flikr in a few more days. When Jeff's dad came in, he was said "who's this one?" Not realizing that it was Joshua....why would he....he wasn't thinking that it could be Joshua. When he seen Jeff, he realized that it was Joshua. He was shocked to see us! We visited for a while and had In and Out burgers for lunch. They were tasty! Visited more and then headed down to our hotel to check in. We stayed at a Best Western in Rowland Heights, CA, it was awesome!! Awesome!!!! It was nicer than the Stratosphere room we had. The service at the front desk was great. Parking was good. Cleaning/maid service was great. Towels were great. Comfy bed....I just can't say enough nice things about it. I highly recommend this hotel!
Tuesday night we went to the Pirates Dinner Adventure. It was very cool. A small theater. A big pirate ship. We were on the team for the purple pirate. It was great the villain is the only one who died. Lots of theatrics. Gunshots, cannonballs. They even picked Daniel as a pirate helper. The food was ehh...but then you don't go for the food, you go for the show.
The next day we took our Hollywood Tour. It was cool. We actually never got off the "hop off/hop on" tour. A two hour tour...in the heat on top of the open top double decker. It was cool, we seen a lot of places that we otherwise would not have. I would not recommend this tour though, it wasn't fully what I expected. It was hard to hear the tour guide throughout the tour.
At the Kodak Theatre there are little shops....we browsed around and ate lunch at Johnny Rockets and took the boys to Build A Bear. Joshua got a pirate monkey & Adam got a football dog. Joshua loves his monkey. He calls him mon-nee....Jeff says that is because Joshua knows he cost money. We had dinner with Jeff's parents and met our new brother in law. He wasn't hat I expected, but I just hope he and Steph work everything out.
Thursday morning we headed down to San Diego. After arriving at the hotel early and getting checked in, we headed down to Seaport Village. It was a nice area. It came recommended to us by a couple of my account managers from my last job. It is like a tourist area on the beach. Lot of shops and eateries. We also took a Land & Sea tour. We learned about parts of San Diego & out into the bay to see sea lions. There were tons of sea lions.
Today we went to the World Famous San Diego Zoo. It was a very cool zoo. Much cooler than the zoo's in DFW. They truly research and work towards maintaining a great zoo experience. At the SDZoo, the animals were up close, not far away. The giraffes were right there....the elephants right there...the hippos...right there. And their exhibits were amazing.
Tomorrow we head for home....rather to Las Cruses, NM where we are spending tomorrow night. Then Sunday we will head home from there.
When we were getting ready to leave Las Vegas, Jeff's sister sent a text message saying that "dad has a lunch date". What?!?!? After 34 years he decided that he needed to have a date! After a year of planning our arrival without his knowledge he picked his birthday to have a lunch date! Major kink in the plans!!! We headed on in to California. It took a little longer than we had planned but was a fun quick trip. When we got to Jeff's parents we got to let the boys run free in the house...the not quite baby proofed house. They enjoyed playing especially with the coffee table....there will be pictures on flikr in a few more days. When Jeff's dad came in, he was said "who's this one?" Not realizing that it was Joshua....why would he....he wasn't thinking that it could be Joshua. When he seen Jeff, he realized that it was Joshua. He was shocked to see us! We visited for a while and had In and Out burgers for lunch. They were tasty! Visited more and then headed down to our hotel to check in. We stayed at a Best Western in Rowland Heights, CA, it was awesome!! Awesome!!!! It was nicer than the Stratosphere room we had. The service at the front desk was great. Parking was good. Cleaning/maid service was great. Towels were great. Comfy bed....I just can't say enough nice things about it. I highly recommend this hotel!
Tuesday night we went to the Pirates Dinner Adventure. It was very cool. A small theater. A big pirate ship. We were on the team for the purple pirate. It was great the villain is the only one who died. Lots of theatrics. Gunshots, cannonballs. They even picked Daniel as a pirate helper. The food was ehh...but then you don't go for the food, you go for the show.
The next day we took our Hollywood Tour. It was cool. We actually never got off the "hop off/hop on" tour. A two hour tour...in the heat on top of the open top double decker. It was cool, we seen a lot of places that we otherwise would not have. I would not recommend this tour though, it wasn't fully what I expected. It was hard to hear the tour guide throughout the tour.
At the Kodak Theatre there are little shops....we browsed around and ate lunch at Johnny Rockets and took the boys to Build A Bear. Joshua got a pirate monkey & Adam got a football dog. Joshua loves his monkey. He calls him mon-nee....Jeff says that is because Joshua knows he cost money. We had dinner with Jeff's parents and met our new brother in law. He wasn't hat I expected, but I just hope he and Steph work everything out.
Thursday morning we headed down to San Diego. After arriving at the hotel early and getting checked in, we headed down to Seaport Village. It was a nice area. It came recommended to us by a couple of my account managers from my last job. It is like a tourist area on the beach. Lot of shops and eateries. We also took a Land & Sea tour. We learned about parts of San Diego & out into the bay to see sea lions. There were tons of sea lions.
Today we went to the World Famous San Diego Zoo. It was a very cool zoo. Much cooler than the zoo's in DFW. They truly research and work towards maintaining a great zoo experience. At the SDZoo, the animals were up close, not far away. The giraffes were right there....the elephants right there...the hippos...right there. And their exhibits were amazing.
Tomorrow we head for home....rather to Las Cruses, NM where we are spending tomorrow night. Then Sunday we will head home from there.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Trip to Las Vegas
Ready to leave for our trip on Friday, Jeff's work delayed his home arrival time. He would not get home until 11:30. Also on Friday, Daniel went from feeling fine to feeling sickly in a matter of hours. A trip to the doctor showed that he had the flu & so did Adam. We all decided that we would go ahead with the trip afterall we have been planning for over a year. Daniel & Adam's doctor gave them both Tamiflu, as well as, some for Christina. I called Joshua's doctor and he reluctantly called in a prescription for Tamiflu as a preventative. The pharmacist recommended Jeff & I take Airborne. That stuff is nasty and I am not sure that it worked. I am sickly. I have bought Robitussin in Vegas and am taking that. Jeff is trying to hold out, but he doesn't get sick too often. Joshua is coughing but between the Tamiflu & Mucinex he is hanging in there.
When we went to pick up the rental van, we were basically given our choice of vans. We picked out a Toyota Sienna that was really nice, but where told that it must be serviced before renting again. We are driving a 2009 Dodge Caravan - dark red in color. When Daniel drove it out of the parking spot at the airport it had 72 miles on it. The side doors have windows that roll down which is great for picture taking. The boys are having fun riding in the back. The van is pretty comfy. As of now we have 1,486 miles on this van.
We wound up leaving home at 6am. Made the trip to Claud, TX where we stopped for gas. We fed the boys MacNCheese. Adam fell on the bench and busted his lip. We also made one other little town stop for McDonald's breakfast. Back in the van and off to the New Mexico. We stopped at the Welcome Center which was very nice & clean. There was a room where we could let the boys run around and run off some energy. They were running around and we were ready to go. As I blocking Adam so he could be gotten his Daddy was telling him one more time. Needless to say, he tripped over my foot and went face first into a corner. He has a mark down his nose & upper lip. Great look for vacation pictures. By today the scab that had formed on his upper lip is gone. It never actually bruised which was my great concern.
We drove into Arizona in the dark, so we didn't stop, the boys were already asleep. But is was a Tee Pee visitor center. Also, we stopped in Albuquerque, NM for dinner...at a Shoney's. It was all you can eat steak. Jeff & Daniel had two steaks. Albuquerque was a nice little town. I could live there. In Arizona, we over to Flagstaff, AZ and from there the next 16 hours were horrible. We get to our hotel....motel....and the bar is hopping with people outside, parking is limited as a result. Our room is way away from the bar thankfully. We got in the room and the bathroom floor was sticky, the tub didn't seem clean to me and the sheet on our bed wasn't a fitted sheet, it was a flat sheet so it keeping creeping over exposing the mattress. As we all settle into bed we realize that our room is not getting cool. We have the A/C pushed down to 60 and it is not getting any cooler. Daniel & I walked over the office to complain about it. This guy with a horrible comb over...aka Dorkus Maximus to the nth degree....came to the room to look at it. We moved the sleeping boys on their cots out of the way. He looks at it and says it is running. I don't even think he touched it. He offered a $15 discount if we talked to the manager. He said something about that the temp outside it what is determining the A/C temp. What?!?!? He suggested we sleep with the window open as it was going to get down the 40 that night. He could move us to another room, but it would have been a smoking room. With two 16 months old & a pregnant woman & two people sickly with flu like symptoms, a smoking room is not an option! We managed to sleep through the night in a comfortably cool room thanks to 40 degree outside. It was cool, but not cold to me by any means. The next morning we got up and got ready to head out. I walked over to the office to ask about the $15 I had to speak to the manager about. She advised that the A/C was working so there would not be a discount. If the A/C was working then why the hell did we have to sleep with the window open??? A argument ensued and I advised I would call corporate and take it up with them. Too which she informed me that the A/C units were "top of the line" "newest model" in hotel A/C's. Whatever!!! I started walking off and she wished me a good day to which I turned around looked her in the eye and wished her a shitty day. Walked out the door mumbling expletives loud enough that the cleaning crew was looking my way. By the time I got to the van, I was fully pissed. As was everyone else with my news. But we all agreed to blow this town. We went looking for gas and food and it didn't get any better. We stopped at the historic Galaxy Dinner on Route 66. We ordered breakfast foods. The boys would not sit still or be quiet and then it became a sticky mess. Christina picked up the syrup for her pancake and the lid had not been securely tightened and hot syrup spilled all down her. Her pretty blue top and light khaki capris all the way down the her foot in the sandal. Jeff went to get a wet rag. When the waitress came back to ask how we were doing, she got an earful. She went to get syrup for us again and came back with news that Christina's meal would be comped and offered a free milk shake. Daniel & Jeff had the milkshake with the boys and said it was the best ever. We left there and got gas and blew that town. Never planning to go back to Flagstaff, AZ!! And we don't recommend it to anyone.
Vegas was great, the same as I had remembered it. Lots of lights and crazy drivers. Girls, girls and more girls showing way too much skin. We went to the Fremont Street experience. Joshua seemed to like the show. Stopped in at the Harley Davidson shop and souvenir shops. The next day we wondered around the hotel & down the strip to the M&M store...it was like heaven. 4 floors of M&M stuff. Awesome! Back to the hotel for rest and more tooling around. To bed and we left early this morning to head to Jeff's parents.
Hope y'all are having fun cause we are!!!
When we went to pick up the rental van, we were basically given our choice of vans. We picked out a Toyota Sienna that was really nice, but where told that it must be serviced before renting again. We are driving a 2009 Dodge Caravan - dark red in color. When Daniel drove it out of the parking spot at the airport it had 72 miles on it. The side doors have windows that roll down which is great for picture taking. The boys are having fun riding in the back. The van is pretty comfy. As of now we have 1,486 miles on this van.
We wound up leaving home at 6am. Made the trip to Claud, TX where we stopped for gas. We fed the boys MacNCheese. Adam fell on the bench and busted his lip. We also made one other little town stop for McDonald's breakfast. Back in the van and off to the New Mexico. We stopped at the Welcome Center which was very nice & clean. There was a room where we could let the boys run around and run off some energy. They were running around and we were ready to go. As I blocking Adam so he could be gotten his Daddy was telling him one more time. Needless to say, he tripped over my foot and went face first into a corner. He has a mark down his nose & upper lip. Great look for vacation pictures. By today the scab that had formed on his upper lip is gone. It never actually bruised which was my great concern.
We drove into Arizona in the dark, so we didn't stop, the boys were already asleep. But is was a Tee Pee visitor center. Also, we stopped in Albuquerque, NM for dinner...at a Shoney's. It was all you can eat steak. Jeff & Daniel had two steaks. Albuquerque was a nice little town. I could live there. In Arizona, we over to Flagstaff, AZ and from there the next 16 hours were horrible. We get to our hotel....motel....and the bar is hopping with people outside, parking is limited as a result. Our room is way away from the bar thankfully. We got in the room and the bathroom floor was sticky, the tub didn't seem clean to me and the sheet on our bed wasn't a fitted sheet, it was a flat sheet so it keeping creeping over exposing the mattress. As we all settle into bed we realize that our room is not getting cool. We have the A/C pushed down to 60 and it is not getting any cooler. Daniel & I walked over the office to complain about it. This guy with a horrible comb over...aka Dorkus Maximus to the nth degree....came to the room to look at it. We moved the sleeping boys on their cots out of the way. He looks at it and says it is running. I don't even think he touched it. He offered a $15 discount if we talked to the manager. He said something about that the temp outside it what is determining the A/C temp. What?!?!? He suggested we sleep with the window open as it was going to get down the 40 that night. He could move us to another room, but it would have been a smoking room. With two 16 months old & a pregnant woman & two people sickly with flu like symptoms, a smoking room is not an option! We managed to sleep through the night in a comfortably cool room thanks to 40 degree outside. It was cool, but not cold to me by any means. The next morning we got up and got ready to head out. I walked over to the office to ask about the $15 I had to speak to the manager about. She advised that the A/C was working so there would not be a discount. If the A/C was working then why the hell did we have to sleep with the window open??? A argument ensued and I advised I would call corporate and take it up with them. Too which she informed me that the A/C units were "top of the line" "newest model" in hotel A/C's. Whatever!!! I started walking off and she wished me a good day to which I turned around looked her in the eye and wished her a shitty day. Walked out the door mumbling expletives loud enough that the cleaning crew was looking my way. By the time I got to the van, I was fully pissed. As was everyone else with my news. But we all agreed to blow this town. We went looking for gas and food and it didn't get any better. We stopped at the historic Galaxy Dinner on Route 66. We ordered breakfast foods. The boys would not sit still or be quiet and then it became a sticky mess. Christina picked up the syrup for her pancake and the lid had not been securely tightened and hot syrup spilled all down her. Her pretty blue top and light khaki capris all the way down the her foot in the sandal. Jeff went to get a wet rag. When the waitress came back to ask how we were doing, she got an earful. She went to get syrup for us again and came back with news that Christina's meal would be comped and offered a free milk shake. Daniel & Jeff had the milkshake with the boys and said it was the best ever. We left there and got gas and blew that town. Never planning to go back to Flagstaff, AZ!! And we don't recommend it to anyone.
Vegas was great, the same as I had remembered it. Lots of lights and crazy drivers. Girls, girls and more girls showing way too much skin. We went to the Fremont Street experience. Joshua seemed to like the show. Stopped in at the Harley Davidson shop and souvenir shops. The next day we wondered around the hotel & down the strip to the M&M store...it was like heaven. 4 floors of M&M stuff. Awesome! Back to the hotel for rest and more tooling around. To bed and we left early this morning to head to Jeff's parents.
Hope y'all are having fun cause we are!!!
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