Feeding the Fish

JJ likes to feed the fish in his new game with Maddie's little Fruit Puff snacks. It tooks us a few days to figure out what he was actually doing!

Christmas 2007

Hello!!! Merry Christmas! We had a wonderful week. One set of my in-laws are in town. They got here Sunday and aren't leaving until next week sometime. The kids have been having fun! I put captions on the pictures, but for some reason I can't get them to show up here. JJ and Maddie love to take baths. They recieved new towels for Christmas, but Maddie just can't seem to figure out what is on JJ's head! JJ gots lots of things with wheels on them! He loves to drive around his cars/trucks/trains. We got a bucket of snow dumped on us last Sat and it is still here! It was nice to have a white Christmas after not having one last year. And you can see JJ is still putting things in rows. We got a box of oranges, grapefruit and lemons and he had a blast with them. I don't have a picture of it up yet, but JJ got a wonderful rocking chair from grandma and grandpa that looks so cute!

Who do I look like?

Peanut Butter Jelly Time

JJ absolutely LOVES PB&J's. It must be some sort of mandatory childhood love. He'll eat it for breakfast, lunch and dinner every single a day! And some days he'll eat two at at time. At least there is some protein in the peanut butter, right? And can't I count the jelly as a fruit????

John says "What time is it?" and JJ's response is "Peanut Butter Jelly Time!" He then runs around the house screaming this over and over.

Pretties

Maddie got a new "pretty" in the mail yesterday! It is the most adorable thing! I wish I could go back to Michigan and shop for some more.

Our New Pet

Well, not really. Apparently we have the most comfortable front porch furniture. This cat is always sleeping on it when I get up in the morning. There seems to be two stray cats wandering the base. The other one is a tabby and tailless and John thought that was very strange.

Maddie

I found this photography studio in town that does special kids photo shoots every month. This month one of the specials appealed to me so I took Maddie in! You don't get to pick which shot they print for you, but I figure they'll do a good job. They want you to come back, don't they?

Random Pictures

Emeregency Room Fun

JJ thought it a good idea to drink the rest of the Benadryl this morning. Luckily there wasn't a whole lot left, but enough to be concerned. I called poison control. She wanted me to call 911 since I didn't know where the nearest hospital was. They preferred to send the troops out. Holy cow. The fire department showed up, the base police, and then the ambulance. They figured he'd be ok, but to be on the safe side we loaded the kids up and drove over to the ER (after they gave us directions--and we still got lost). JJ was so unthrilled to be there. He didn't want the hospital wrist band on and screamed for five minutes because that was on his wrist. Then we had to weigh him and that was another screaming match. As well as getting the thing taped to his toe to measure his vitals. After all that we sat in the room for a while. Luckily there was a TV and it just so happened that his favorite show was on, Little Einstein's. After an hour or so we got the clear to head home.

(The only reason I got this picture was John happened to bring in his cell phone. I looked at JJ and told John this would be a picture perfect moment, belly hanging out, legs spread, eating raisins; too bad I don't have my camera in the diaper bag. At which point whipped out the good ol' cell phone. What would we do without those things?)

Maddie's Crawling!!!

Elfin' Around

Thanks Tanya for your inspiration...here's what the L fam looks like.

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1112568595

Jackpot!

Today John and I decided to head over to the base club for their annual Holiday FREE event. I say this because we literally decided to go 30 minutes before it started. I thought it would be super lame and even had dinner ready for when we got home, which we'll be eating tomorrow. They had h'ordeurves (more like a 5 course meal), bouncy castles for the kids and mommy, Santa, and local vendors to include free chair massages. You know I took advantage of that! They also had free Krispy Kreme donuts. We currently have a dozen and a half of those on the counter. John will be taking those to work or they'll all end up on my hips and thighs. JJ has found that these are his new "Love." He ate two while we were there and asked for one more on the way home. He didn't get that one.

Some of you reading this have been to club functions before. I am use to free meaning a handful of fried foods, which they never have enough of. Not the case here. They had two huge subs lining the tables with, lots of veggies and dip, meatballs, crab rangoons, crab legs, hot dogs, make your own nachos, chili, cheese and crackers(they even had my favorite--brie!), and fresh fruit. They had all this and the place was a ghost town. BUT, I am not complaining. We won a $50 gift card to Babies R Us and $30 to Kid to Kid.

We took the kids over to see Santa and JJ wasn't having any of that. Maddie even gave him a "who are you?" look.

Target Journey

This was my Target journey this evening to try and win a free gift card. Yeah, I was bored...and JJ liked watching the guy push the shopping cart.

Pictures

Here some pictures finally. In the first one Maddie is wearing a dress/sweater set her grandma made her with a matching hat. If you will notice JJ's hair in the first picture he is in, it is cute and little boy like. Then you will notice that it got short, really short, in a later picture. Let's just say, we won't go there...He is really into climbing ladders with daddy.
Maddie is loving her table food. And crawls everywhere. This morning she chased the vaccuum around while John was using it. It was pretty funny. You will see how JJ is obsessed with putting things all in a row. I have only caught the fruit loops on the couch with the camera, but he does it with his cars, the magnets on the fridge and probably lots of other things I can't think of at the moment.

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I am not sick, dying or dead! --Just my computer

I have wanted a few times to get on here and blog about something or another since I last posted, but you see we decided to install Norton 360 on this computer for virus and security protection. I knew it would slow the computer down a tad, but man I didn't expect it to be tis bad. On top of it all, the computer has a nasty virus I have been trying to fight for the past 3 days. How is it that I buy reputable virus software and I get a virus that I just can't seem to get rid of? I am thinking of returning this product and finding something else. Any suggestions would be a great help!

So what have I been up to, you ask? I ventured out to the squadron spouses' meeting on Sat. I have to admit I was a bit nervous on the drive over to the squadron. How were these women going to treat me? Were they going to be as hoighty toighty as the last bunch I tried to hang out with? Nonetheless, I brought my platter of pumpkin bread I had baked and marched up to the second floor of the building. What I had been hoping was true! They were friendly, talkative and a fun bunch! We made baby/toddler blankets for Project Linus. They donate baby/kid blankets to hospitals, women's shelters, etc for kids in need. It's a nice foundation.

I recently found a website sahm.meetup.com. (SAHM = stay at home mom) I was looking for a mom's group where I could meet new people. It is an interesting site. The moderator of the group I joined sets different fun things to do with the kids. We went to the Barnes and Noble story hour on Tuesday. It was fun minus the old lady who wasn't very kid friendly if you can believe that. The moms that came were really nice. One just lives down the road from me. And last night she scheduled a mom's night out at a mexican restaurant and then we splurged and found some ice cream.

The weather is finally cooling down a bit here and I am really enjoying it! On a different note, JJ has figured out that he "lubs" pop. We have gotten him to sit on the potty on several occasions without any luck yet. Maddie just baffles me everyday! She is so completely different than JJ. Two nights ago she pulled herself to standing in the tub and can now pull herslef to standing in her crib! She crawls all over and puts everything in her mouth.

I'll post pictures when I have more time. This computer issue is driving me insane!

Family Pics

We went to Sears tonight to get these done. JJ wasn't very cooperative, but you can't really tell in these pictures!

A Picture of Me at 6 months

So here is a picture of me that my mom just sent me. I thought I would share it!

Another fun present that came today!

And some yummy minty body scrub, lotion, lipstuff and body wash! So refreshing in the shower!

I do have to say I recieve a dozen beautiful red roses last night too!

We tried to go out last night, but when we tried to drop off the kids at the daycare, they weren't home. So we ended getting food and going home. We were pooped anyway so it wasn't a big deal.

I also signed up with The Angel Company and received all of my start up supplies yesterday! What a treat! I can't wait to get all of my stamps put together.

Birthday Wishes

I couldn't pass this one up! I had to share!
Hi Everyone! Thanks for all the well wishes! Here is one of my favorite things I recieved today!