last day of orientation....longest day sitting on my bottom. 11 straight hours, including the 2 hour drive home! THANK YOU Heavenly Father, this week is almost over...
Oh yes, and the best part of our week.....well, it's a secret, wanna guess???
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
on the road again......
it really stinks to be on the road again......
That was me attempting to sing as I made the 1 1/2 hour trek from Lafayette this evening. I sat in traffic all morning and all evening. Not really complaining though since I will only be doing this this week. I am NOT used to traffic! I work such odd hours as a nurse that everyone is still sleeping when I leave and still working when I come home! I had orientation there today (as well as tomorrow and Thursday) in order to start working some shifts in the next few weeks in their NICU. I can't wait, I miss those darn babies so much!
Last night Jacob, Mike and I were watching the newest Incredible Hulk movie and I swear, the kid asked me every few seconds (literally)...."where's incwedable Houwk at?" Finally he appeared briefly some 40 minutes in to the movie and that was enough for him! He wanted to know why he (Hulk) wasn't wearing any shoes...
so cute!
That was me attempting to sing as I made the 1 1/2 hour trek from Lafayette this evening. I sat in traffic all morning and all evening. Not really complaining though since I will only be doing this this week. I am NOT used to traffic! I work such odd hours as a nurse that everyone is still sleeping when I leave and still working when I come home! I had orientation there today (as well as tomorrow and Thursday) in order to start working some shifts in the next few weeks in their NICU. I can't wait, I miss those darn babies so much!
Last night Jacob, Mike and I were watching the newest Incredible Hulk movie and I swear, the kid asked me every few seconds (literally)...."where's incwedable Houwk at?" Finally he appeared briefly some 40 minutes in to the movie and that was enough for him! He wanted to know why he (Hulk) wasn't wearing any shoes...
so cute!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Not me Monday
Not much going on over our way....
We FINALLY got new neighbors, apparently! There was never a for sale sign out and the house was vacant for months. Last week we noticed people going in and out, as if there were perspective buyers. This weekend a family obviously moved in! We see the couple with their little boy, but they have made no attempt so far at saying hello. I even waved at the lady as she pulled out of the driveway tonight, but either she did not see me or she was avoiding me!
On another note, Jacob had two big accomplishments today at school. A little history first...he is not a 'public pooper', he saves it for his potty at home. This often times leads to accidents at school because he is trying desperately to hold it until he gets home. Well today he did it, all on his own at school. He also refuses to go if anyone is in the restroom with him, which is another dilemma because his teacher send the kids in two at a time (there are two potties in each bathroom). I was SO freaken excited when Ms S. told me he went today!
The kids are always outside playing when I go to pick him up, and more times than not he is playing by himself. I talked with him about making friends and playing games with the other kids. Today when I went to get him, he was right in the middle of a big group of kids interacting and playing with the bunch.
Our little man is getting so big=)
I am also going to (try) something new on Mondays. I got this idea from another blog and I really like it! It is called 'Not me Mondays' and the point is to list all of the things that you did not (did) do this past week....so here goes:
-I did not eat so much on Saturday night that I had to unbuttom my jeans while still sitting in the restaraunt!
-I most certainly did not get very excited about Jacob pooping on the potty at school and jump up and down while is teacher stared at me like I was crazy....I definitely did not!
-I did not overspend on Christmas gifts this week, I would never do that!
We FINALLY got new neighbors, apparently! There was never a for sale sign out and the house was vacant for months. Last week we noticed people going in and out, as if there were perspective buyers. This weekend a family obviously moved in! We see the couple with their little boy, but they have made no attempt so far at saying hello. I even waved at the lady as she pulled out of the driveway tonight, but either she did not see me or she was avoiding me!
On another note, Jacob had two big accomplishments today at school. A little history first...he is not a 'public pooper', he saves it for his potty at home. This often times leads to accidents at school because he is trying desperately to hold it until he gets home. Well today he did it, all on his own at school. He also refuses to go if anyone is in the restroom with him, which is another dilemma because his teacher send the kids in two at a time (there are two potties in each bathroom). I was SO freaken excited when Ms S. told me he went today!
The kids are always outside playing when I go to pick him up, and more times than not he is playing by himself. I talked with him about making friends and playing games with the other kids. Today when I went to get him, he was right in the middle of a big group of kids interacting and playing with the bunch.
Our little man is getting so big=)
I am also going to (try) something new on Mondays. I got this idea from another blog and I really like it! It is called 'Not me Mondays' and the point is to list all of the things that you did not (did) do this past week....so here goes:
-I did not eat so much on Saturday night that I had to unbuttom my jeans while still sitting in the restaraunt!
-I most certainly did not get very excited about Jacob pooping on the potty at school and jump up and down while is teacher stared at me like I was crazy....I definitely did not!
-I did not overspend on Christmas gifts this week, I would never do that!
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Sooooo close...
yet so far away.
LSU almost pulled it off tonight against Bama, they even went in to OT which was a big surprise to us. We honestly thought we would get beat pretty bad. LSU held their own though considering Alabama is #1 in the country! It would have been oh so sweet though to kick Sabans' teams butt!
After the game we went out with some friends for dinner. I ate WAY too much.
Oh oh, and this morning Jacob and I helped a neighbor out with a garage sale. She had a little 'lemonade and brownie' stand set up for the kids to sell. They charged $ 0.25 for each brownie and each cup of lemonade. They made over $25.00!!! I have never seen such an influx of people coming to a garage sale!
LSU almost pulled it off tonight against Bama, they even went in to OT which was a big surprise to us. We honestly thought we would get beat pretty bad. LSU held their own though considering Alabama is #1 in the country! It would have been oh so sweet though to kick Sabans' teams butt!
After the game we went out with some friends for dinner. I ate WAY too much.
Oh oh, and this morning Jacob and I helped a neighbor out with a garage sale. She had a little 'lemonade and brownie' stand set up for the kids to sell. They charged $ 0.25 for each brownie and each cup of lemonade. They made over $25.00!!! I have never seen such an influx of people coming to a garage sale!
Friday, November 7, 2008
There's a monster in my bed!!!!!
Last night, upon getting ready to head downstairs to go to bed, I hear a noise. A very loud, rhythmic noise. I head down to check on Jacob, all is well on his side of the house....
As I creep closer to our bedroom, I realize it is coming from within....
I open the bedroom door slowly.....and the noise is so loud that I must cover my ears! Mike is all sprawled out taking up the whole king size bed, snoring at higher decibels than I have ever heard come from him. Sooooo I violently shake him awake (which is required because he sleeps like a rock) to inform him that he is indeed snoring, and before he knocks the pictures off of the wall could he please roll over. He warily complies and within minutes was snoring again.
and so it went, this was our night...he would roll to a new position, I would shake him awake and tell him to change positions again. We continued on for so long, that by 1am, with a pillow on my head and plugs in my ears, I was growing increasingly frustrated. I had to wake for 445am and I needed sleep. I couldn't be mad at him though, because the poor guy had a cold and it was hard for him to breath.
So off I went to the sofa where I tossed and turned for another full hour before finally drifting off to sleep.
Needless to say, I called work and told them that I would not make it in today, due to lack of sleep. They were OK with that since I agreed to work extra next week.
Next time Jacob says "there might be a monster in there" (which he says whenever a room is dark and he is afraid to go in alone) I will promptly reply, "no baby, it's just daddy"....
As I creep closer to our bedroom, I realize it is coming from within....
I open the bedroom door slowly.....and the noise is so loud that I must cover my ears! Mike is all sprawled out taking up the whole king size bed, snoring at higher decibels than I have ever heard come from him. Sooooo I violently shake him awake (which is required because he sleeps like a rock) to inform him that he is indeed snoring, and before he knocks the pictures off of the wall could he please roll over. He warily complies and within minutes was snoring again.
and so it went, this was our night...he would roll to a new position, I would shake him awake and tell him to change positions again. We continued on for so long, that by 1am, with a pillow on my head and plugs in my ears, I was growing increasingly frustrated. I had to wake for 445am and I needed sleep. I couldn't be mad at him though, because the poor guy had a cold and it was hard for him to breath.
So off I went to the sofa where I tossed and turned for another full hour before finally drifting off to sleep.
Needless to say, I called work and told them that I would not make it in today, due to lack of sleep. They were OK with that since I agreed to work extra next week.
Next time Jacob says "there might be a monster in there" (which he says whenever a room is dark and he is afraid to go in alone) I will promptly reply, "no baby, it's just daddy"....
Thursday, November 6, 2008
An early start
I got an early start (actually pretty late for me) on Christmas shopping today. I got at least 5 1/2 people out of the way....only about 30 more to go!!!!
I LOVE Christmas shopping, and Mike asked me last night if he could shop with me on black Friday. YES I say.....YES!!!! What an awesome man he is=)
I LOVE Christmas shopping, and Mike asked me last night if he could shop with me on black Friday. YES I say.....YES!!!! What an awesome man he is=)
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
a good day=)
A good day was had today, on the day I turned 30.
We baked blueberry muffins this morning and then Jacob and I spent most of the day cleaning the house (or should I say I cleaned while he came behind me creating more mess!).
For lunch we headed out to the clubhouse in the yard and had us a good ole fashioned picnic....bare feet and all.
After his nap, Jake and I headed out to run a few errands and back home we came, in anticipation of daddy's arrival home.
Mike did a pretty darn good job of making me think he had not gotten me a cake, which I must admit left me a little sad. Every girl needs a cake on her birthday!! But low and behold (as always), my man came through and had not only the cake, but two wonderful presents, complete with cards (Jacob signed his own!) and an offer to take us all out to dinner. In fact, Mike had actually purchased my birthday present when we were in Disney and he had it hidden until tonight. Now that's thinking ahead....take some lessons guys, that is how you do it!
We trekked on over to the newest establishment in our ever growing city and had a kick a** dinner! It was wonderful, except for the part where Jacob (accidentally) spilled his entire cup of milk on their carpet. That is going to stink some aweful in a few days.....
We baked blueberry muffins this morning and then Jacob and I spent most of the day cleaning the house (or should I say I cleaned while he came behind me creating more mess!).
For lunch we headed out to the clubhouse in the yard and had us a good ole fashioned picnic....bare feet and all.
After his nap, Jake and I headed out to run a few errands and back home we came, in anticipation of daddy's arrival home.
Mike did a pretty darn good job of making me think he had not gotten me a cake, which I must admit left me a little sad. Every girl needs a cake on her birthday!! But low and behold (as always), my man came through and had not only the cake, but two wonderful presents, complete with cards (Jacob signed his own!) and an offer to take us all out to dinner. In fact, Mike had actually purchased my birthday present when we were in Disney and he had it hidden until tonight. Now that's thinking ahead....take some lessons guys, that is how you do it!
We trekked on over to the newest establishment in our ever growing city and had a kick a** dinner! It was wonderful, except for the part where Jacob (accidentally) spilled his entire cup of milk on their carpet. That is going to stink some aweful in a few days.....
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