Saturday, May 2, 2009

Date Night!

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This past week Kelly and I celebrated our four year anniversary with an activity packed week! It is so nice to live so close to family and have them offer to babysit! It was a much needed well deserved week of fun! Unfortunately, Kelly and I get SO excited to have a night of adult conversation and time to us that we often times forget to take any pictures. The only night we really attempted the camera was game day!

After leaving the kids we headed off to the baseball game for dollar dog night. Great weather eh?

Right as we got off the shuttle in front of the ballpark a thundercloud let loose and drenched us...Kelly may be smiling here but he is battling his largest tactile nemesis in this picture- wet blue jeans. I advised him to put the poncho on in the car though...
We sort of knew that it was going to be a rain out but took advantage of the time to walk in a giant circle and visit, drink beers, eat hot dogs, and catch a few smooches while waiting for our garlic fries----we had to get the lovin' in before the garlic.

We had a great night of baseball atmosphere and a rainout date to look forward to in two weeks! Hooray Anniversary fun!
The rest of the week was spent with love lunches, movie nights, a wonderful gifted dinner at Terilli's and much more! We love our family so much and are so grateful for the time they spent with the kids so that we could focus a little on ourselves! Such a great week!

Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Big 4!

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Reason 6,925 that I married the most amazing man...

When I ask for a glass of water--- I get this:

It is so amazing to be married to someone that continues to make you feel like the most important person in the world to them every day.

Happy 4th Anniversary to us!!!

Monday, April 27, 2009

Rainy Day Play

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Danced in the rain recently?


You should!





It is a BUNCH of fun! Lots of rainy play today.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Sweeps!

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Look! Our trees are almost all the way back... which means that they dropped about a million sticks on our back patio last week.
This weekend we put the crew to work. I continue to be amazed by what an effective cleaning crew they can be. Strange since they can also be an ample force of destruction.

Molly was our serious sweeper. This girl is intense when it comes to sweeping.
Gabe not so much.
He just really likes to push around the biggest brooms and then play in his sister's piles.
which then drove her to the back of the yard to sweep the grass (aka dirt patches) in efforts to escape Gabriel. All this time I thought that our grass was patchy because of grubworms when perhaps it is just because of our little Jasmine.
Without Molly to annoy, Gabriel quickly lost interest. He did however discover that the broom handle is an excellent teether for new molars.

It was really nice to come home from work today to a stick free patio...such a nice surprise from Kelly--- even if the rain might negate the whole process I feel it was worth it for the few hours of pretty.

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Seeing Green

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I don't know Kermit... it sure seems easy being green!


Happy Earth Day to you! Go hug a tree :) Molly has hugged several and Gabe has already recycled some trash through his digestive tract this morning... in the spirit of giving to the planet and all.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Abandonment

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Gabriel has been dealing with little separation issues recently which we are working through. I have been using the child care at the gym as an opportunity for him to practice. The first time he did fine mainly because he was so distracted by the toys and didn't know what to expect. His second visit he cried for 22 minutes. Today was the third attempt.

I had talked with Molly about how much Gabriel loves her and how she really does a great job of making him smile *** insert in here what I really mean---mommy could really benefit from a workout please help your brother so they don't call me out of the gym*** we were on the same page. Molly told me all the sweet things that she was going to say to Gabe if he cried and how she was going to play with him the whole time.

Drop off: Gabe predictably starts crying. Molly takes off her shoes...runs past Gabe to play and yells back without turning around : "You are fine Gabey---don't cry." Her work was done and he looked at me with this look of abandonment. Apparently today he only cried for 6 minutes after I left and then again when I picked him up so I would know that he was really still upset---even if it had looked like he was maybe having a little fun for a minute. But shhh...don't let on.

Work in progress.

Tag!

So I am going to take a break from normal blogging (have I obtained normal blogging?) to respond to my friend Heather's tag.

Here you go:

8 Things I’m Looking Forward To:

My 4th anniversary next week
My friend Jenna's wedding in May (long weekend at the beach sans children - first ever!)
The Ranger Game next Wednesday---dollar dog night!
Taste of Addison
Swimming
My friend Heather's happy hour at Chuy's
Working out at the gym today
The shower that is to follow the gym (feelin' a little dirty...)

8 Things I Did Yesterday:
Playdate with the Roger's Triplets and Travis Wakefield
took rocks out of Gabe's mouth
drank a cherry limeade from Sonic
listened to Molly have a meltdown
belted "A whole new world" in the car with Molly and Gabe
quick trip to Walmart
Ate cereal for dinner
Worked at the hospital

8 Things I Wish I Could Do:
Have homes in all parts of the world
Write for Real Simple
Own a sailboat
roll my Rs
Go out of town with no time/financial constraints
Wake Up not sleepy
Eat gelato every day
be at the beach right now

8 Shows I Watch: hmm. I don't know that I watch 8. Let's see.
Brothers and Sisters
Grey's Anatomy
Desperate Housewives (sad I know- hate the writing)
Private Practice
Family Guy
The Office
Handy Manny
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse

8 People I Tag (No pressure):

Caroline of http://weekendatbennies.blogspot.com/
Heather of http://jandhanderson.blogspot.com/
Janet of http://theabernathyfamily.blogspot.com/
Melissa of http://itsmillertimenow.blogspot.com/
Julie of
http://www.breeandbauer.com/
Rebekah of http://thebenjamites.blogspot.com/
Laura of http://precioushours.blogspot.com/
Raul of http://www.bluedukeraul.blogspot.com/