Holiday Weekend

Happy Belated Independence Day all!! I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend as much as I did!!! I love long weekends.... even though I probably work even harder on my days off then when I'm in the office! haha

So, we had a great holiday weekend... parades, impromptu bbq, a little rest, ice cream galore.. just fun times.

I had Friday off (woo hoo!), so Ty & I took the boys down to Penn's Landing for the annual All You Can Eat ice cream fundraiser. It was so hot and there were soooooo many people! This is the 9th or 10th year they're doing this, and this is the most people I've ever seen there. It is for a good cause, so I didn't mind the wait. Well, we get in there and I am in ice cream heaven! Y'all know I have a sweet tooth... I almost fell out from all the ice cream I ate. I tried a few flavors of water ice (I'm not the biggest water ice fan though), I had my fave, Haagen Dasz strawberry.. I also had chocolate, cookies and cream, this strawberry lemonade popcicle thing, vanilla, more cookies and cream.. YUM!!!

GG & her Pook waiting for their ice cream

It was hot as blazes out, but we were just getting started!!

On the 4th, we set up our chairs to watch the town parade. Did I mention that it starts in front of our house?? Yep, it does! So the boys get to watch them line up the fire trucks and the bands and all the other revelers. We've also gotten used to our town "neighbors"setting up their chairs in front of our house as well.. *neighborly side eye*

The firemen are always so nice and let the boys sit inside the trucks. They just LOVE it!! I can't blame them - I secretly wish they'd let Mom in one of those trucks! Ha Ha

After all those festivities, we actually found some time to rest. Mom was pooped!!! (but in a good way) I had to get ready for our next series of adventures - might we actually make it to the beach this year??? One can hope!!!

My Day

So, today was Mother's Day. Supposedly, it was myyyy day (whatever that means). I had a really nice Mom's Day. The weather was agreeable, church service was nice, I got to see my god-daughter (& her parents), I ate apple pie... what more could I ask for.

To start this special day, Jordie really wanted to give me flowers which I thought was a very nice gesture. He came up to me with a little flower in a plastic cup (that he made in school) and said HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY MOMMY!!! and gave me the flower. It really was the cutest thing. Aaron scampered up with a card in hand and uttered what I have to believe was happy mother's day. Again, too cute.
Ty then gave me even more flowers (all pink! woo hoo) and I gave them all a big THANK YOU!

Little did I know that wouldn't be the end of the gift giving. (By force) I had to give my cute little plastic cup flower back to Jordan. He REFUSED to let me keep it. I'm not sure why, but he reaaaalllly wanted it back. So, I gave it back to him. He didn't even look back with any second thoughts before he took it back downstairs. Uhhhhh, thanks Jordan.

Maybe he was confused since this is also his birthday weekend. He must've thought that all gifts were his this weekend. Yeah, that must be it!

HA!

We were out all day today and got home around 7:30. I then proceeded to make Jordan's birthday cupcakes for school tomorrow. I made 48. Think that'll be enough? I think there are only 12 kids in his class. 4 cupcakes per 3 year old child should make for a fun afternoon for the teachers!! Oh, to be a fly on that wall!! At least they are the mini cupcakes.

Well, I'm off to bed. Finally.
More on Jordan's birthday tomorrow.


p.s. I wish I took pics today. I took some yesterday and I'll take some tomorrow. I guess that's the life of a mom. I take pics everyday except for My Day! There's always next year..

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOMS OUT THERE!!!

The 12th Month

EvenfasterthanmyUsainBolt3monthrecap will be my Dec08 recap.
We got a tree... not the tree I wanted, but a nice tree nonetheless.
Blue reigned supreme in the decision making process.

I decorated it.... alone *insert sad face*
Each year we (I) pick 2 colors for the tree. In 2005, it was red and gold. In 2006, it was green and gold. In 2007, it was red and green (how original). And this year, we chose silver and gold. The tree was beautful and elegant... if I do say so myself.
Check out a few pics...

Every year, the church puts on its annual Sunday School Christmas program. All the children participate. Well, guess who made his debut this year???? Whyyyyy, Jordie of course!!! His poem reads:
Twinkle twinkle little star
Shine on manger bed
Where the baby Jesus child
Rests His kingly head

All in all, not very difficult - but quite a feat for a 2 year old!!! We are soooo proud of him!
Check him out..

Christmas definitely lived up to all the hype this year!! I was so excited for Christmas this year (well, at this point last year) and it met and surpassed every expectation. The boys left me overjoyed and wanting more! I didn't have nary a gift under the tree, and it didn't make one bit of difference. To see their little smiles and them jumping around with such glee... a mother could not ask for more!!!!
We hosted breakfast at our house - and it was just so nice to have everyone over (from both sides) and to have everyone get along and fellowship in love. After breakfast we went to my aunt Kim's house for dinner. Comme d'habitude, we were late!! Everyone had already eaten by the time we got there. You know you're late when Herm beats you to the house!!!! LOL We played Taboo and only had a few intense moments....pretty good for my family. It was a VERY long day and I never wanted it to end!!! This was truly the best Christmas in a VERY VERY VERY long time!! Thank God for Jesus!

Check out my beautiful family.

bright and early Christmas morning

I know 2 little boys who made out like bandits!!!!! (in their oh so cute snowman pajamas)

The Snyders, the Lovetts, The Chavises and the Weekses - I'm Lovin' It!

Right after Christmas I got sick.... like a really bad cold.

Don't I just ooooooze sick!! The boys take good care of me though

I am actually still suffering from a bit of a cough and we are a good 2 weeks past Christmas. Anyway, all that to say is I missed pretty much the whole week of New Year's. Can't say I really documented all that much and I sadly missed Watch Night Service on New Year's Eve. I'm just glad the boys didn't get sick... other than a little runny nose.
New Year's Day we had a little get together....and I cooked!! ummmmm, kinda
The family came over and my parents came back down - a great day sniffles and all.

The best part of the day had to be getting my parents and MIL to play the Wii. They bowled, played tennis, WATCHED boxing and just loved it!!! They could finally understand why I said I was addicted. (Mommy even called me the next day saying she was dragging Daddy out to buy one! lol)
Mooooooorrrreeeeee family!!
Really just Dadu and his 'grandboys' and a little GG in action (playing Wii)

ok...next post - 2009!!! WOOO HOOOOOO!! We're going to a Sixers game tomorrow (all of us), so we'll see how that turns out.

Lonnnnngggggg, but fast!

Soooo, it's about time I catch everyone up with what's been going on with the PinkLady! I had a great Q4 2008 and it's about time to document it. Tonight I'll write about my birthday through Thanksgiving and tomorrow (hopefully) I'll cover the Christmas festivities. At that point, we should be all caught up and ready for 2009!!
I'm soooooo ready for 2009 by the way. 2008 was cool, but 2009 is gonna be the year of PINK!! LOL

Ok, this is gonna be fast...Olympic 100 meter dash fast!! Usain Bolt fast!!
On your mark...
Get set..

G.O.

My birthday was fun. The boys went to the Baltimore Aquarium for the day on a church trip, so Ty and I had a fun and relaxing day to ourselves. We haven't had that in a LONG time. We had lunch in Center City, Ty got some specialty tea, I got some gelato (YUM!!!), we had birthday cake and we went to a movie. We had to pack it all into one day because who knows when we'll get that opporunity again. The next day we went to church and we all went to Applebee's for dinner.
Check us out...

Mi mi mi mi mi miiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!! Of course the waiters sang to me.

Ok, on to October! We went to the orchards to pick pumpkins and go for a hayride. SOOOOOOO MUCH FUN!!! I was surprised how much Aaron enjoyed himself. Like, he REALLY liked it.

Jordie got to ride a pony and just like last time he refused to let me or Ty walk around with him - such a big boy. Check him out...

Ahhhh yes, the carnival! I surprised Jordie with a little trip to the carnival after the orchard. We went at nighttime because I knew he'd eventually get tired and we wouldn't have to stay too long (I couldn't have been more wrong btw). It was just me and him...we haven't had that alone time since the nursing days... it was nice. He had such a good time!!!! I HEART JORDIE!! We had such a good time that I took him back the next day after church (also so I could get a funnel cake - have I mentioned my sweet tooth??? lol). If it doesn't appear that he is enjoying himself..it's just because he's focused!!! LOL He has such a beautiful smile, but just recently has it started to come around more. He's so serious!! lol
Every so often he'll ask to go to the carnival again. When it returns in March, we'll be back out there. I'll have to see if Owwie is up for it. We'll see. In the meantime.. helicopters and boats and cars, OH MY! check my boy out...

The day that changed my life... October 23, 1998
On October 23, 1998, at a little before 3pm (it was a Friday) in my apartment at W806, Ty and I shared our first kiss!! MUUUAAAHHHHHH!!! It was a really nice kiss. We celebrate it every year with a kiss. I know, how corny are we!!! LOL I just can't believe it's been 10 years already. That's a looonnnnngggggg time! I feel old.
Check us out...

For some reason Jordie and I had quite a few late nights together. Not sure how his sleeping pattern got so off, but I know on more than one occasion he was begging me to put the camera down!! LMBO Check him out...

Dinner and a movie fell on Halloween in October. Jordan was a cowboy and Aaron was a pirate. Jordan truly perfected his "Giddy-up horsey" and Aaron perfected his "Arrrrrggggghhhhhhh" well before the costumes arrived. They were the cutest little cowboy and pirate I have ever seen!! haha The movie we watched was The Great Pumpkin. Jordan actually watched it and Aaron just danced every time music came on. All in all a great day.. and we got to spend it at GG's house. Check us out...

One of the highlights of the fall was becoming godmother to another beautiful babydoll. She is a DOLL!!!! Babydoll Caedee is the daughter of Jordie's godparents. I won't go into the tragedy that was her dedication (still pi$$$$$$$$$ed about that day), but we all had so much fun the day they asked us to be godparents. Check us all out... the whole gang (minus Ty - I think he played photog that night)... Me, the boys, Babydoll Caedee, Uncle Nick and Auntie E Dot...

How sweet are those babydolls????!!!!!?!?!?!?

O.M.G. I almost forgot!!! I think I mentioned it once before but we finally got a new car!!! WOOO HOOOOOO!!!! Timmy served us well for over 6 years, but the day came for us to let him go and upgrade!!! Timmy had no heat, his 'skin' was peeling, the front passenger side window wouldn't open (unless it was raining and then it wouldn't close.. uggghhhh), the engine light stayed on (computer glitch they say), the door to where you put the gas in was jammed and you need a screwdriver to open it, and oh yeah BOTH kelyess entry things were completely broken. That's just the stuff I can remember 2 months later. Not to sound ungrateful though because Timmy was a GREAT gift, but it was definitely time to move on. Well, HELLLOOOOOO Penny!!! Penny is a charcoal gray 2008 Chrysler Aspen. She's a big girl and a bit of a guzzler, but so far so good!! No complaints! And a bonus - free satellite radio until April! HOLLLLLAAAAA! haha
As evidenced by that way too long paragraph, I am quite pleased with our new purchase.

On to Thanksgiving...
I love the holiday season..and Thanksgiving is the start of it all. My mom hosted Thanksgiving so that was cool. Everyone behaved and a good time was had by all. Aaron got soooo sick though and we were 'stuck' nursing him the whole weekend. We had a really great time though. Aaron loves to take pictures (sick or not) and is always ready to say CHEESE if he sees me with my camera. HOWEVER, my dear Owwie performed something terrible when we all got together to take family pictures at an actual studio. It really is a shame how badly he acted. I wish I had some footage of his behavior - you'd never believe such a sweet baby could act so bllleecchhhhhhh (for lack of a better word). Anyway, we also had November's dinner and a movie at MomB and Dadu's. I snapped a few shots of us, then I fell asleep - while the movie was on!! Aaron missed the movie all together, bless his heart, but Jordan watched the whole thing and wanted to watch another movie afterwards!!! LOL What did we watch??? I believe it was called The Barnyard. I didn't really care for it (what I saw of it), but everyone else liked it.
Thanksgiving, dinner and a movie - check us out...

The whole family before everyone left

A few shots after dinner

Before I dozed off

MomB, Dadu, & Jordie quite focused on that movie

Movie over, peace out, good night!

Love this pic!! Good Morning!

Whew!!! I haven't read over this post, so I hope it makes sense and isn't full of grammatical errors. It's late and I'm too tired and lazy to go back over this. Perhaps I'll read it over tomorrow..... perhaps not.

Good night!