Monday, October 6, 2008
Zoey's Birthday Party
Here is a slide show from Zoey's party at a Gymnastics Gym!! Lots of fun!! Max and Zoey and all the kids had a great time. They did some parachute time, and then got to have fun on a bunch of the gymnastics equipment...
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Funny Kid Stuff
I apologize in advance if the content offends, but it is just too funny to not be remembered (and thus blogged about):
Ross was getting Max out of the bath, drying him off with a towel, when he farted really loud. Without missing a beat Max says, "Ummm... was that a tuba?" We are all cracking up when he continues (very proudly with his joke), "Nah, that was Daddy's bottom!"
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Zoey was so sleepy this afternoon and we tried to convince her to take a nap. We even told her that she could stay up later if she did. She just looked at us and said, "Well, I can't even take a nap because my eyes CAN NOT close during the day." She just doesn't know what she's missing!
Ross was getting Max out of the bath, drying him off with a towel, when he farted really loud. Without missing a beat Max says, "Ummm... was that a tuba?" We are all cracking up when he continues (very proudly with his joke), "Nah, that was Daddy's bottom!"
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Zoey was so sleepy this afternoon and we tried to convince her to take a nap. We even told her that she could stay up later if she did. She just looked at us and said, "Well, I can't even take a nap because my eyes CAN NOT close during the day." She just doesn't know what she's missing!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
The Playoffs!
This is specially dedicated to my dad and sister... and any other big fans out there (of baseball or Bon Jovi)! Love the playoffs! Go Cubs!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Zoey
September 28, 2008
We are driving home from church, when I realize what day it is...
"Ahh, (I think out loud) September 28th... Do you remember what happened six years ago, Ross?" He just smiles; Zoey perks up because she knows it is about her. I just continue with my thoughts aloud...
"We were overdue for a Zoey, so the doctor told us to call and see if we could come in and have a baby that day! She said to come on in, so we packed up our stuff and excitedly headed off to the hospital!! Today is the day! Today is the day we get to finally meet our Zoey! I remember being so excited, thinking about lots of little things like, finally seeing her face and holding her in my arms and even about her birthday and that today hers would be 9/28 which is neat because mine is 8/29! But Zoey even before she was born, was showing us who was in charge!! She wasn't coming out on September 28... "
Zoey adds from the backseat, "That's right... the Bubba (as she refers to herself) wanted to pick her own birthday and she wanted September 29th!"
Ross and smile. "Yes, Zoey... you picked the day you were born!" We often tell her that, because she didn't want to come when we wanted, but when she wanted. This pleases her, of course.
She is so excited about her last day of being five years old. Ross tells her, "At midnight, you are a big six year old!!" She grins with pride. She has been waiting a long time, probably just shy of a year...
Later that night as we put her to bed, she excitedly tells me that if she wakes up in the middle of the night, she is six!! I smile as I head out of her room, and sigh a little too.
"Ross, how do we have a six year old already?" He just laughs. He's heard it before... my bittersweet thoughts of kids growing up...I am amazed how the days go by slow, but the years... they seem to fly by. I look in the mirror, scrunch up my face and see the image staring back at me, six years older for this girl, too...
September 29, 2008
Max wakes up early. He was having weird dreams, and talking about all kinds of things in his sleep. It is actually a blessing to get up a little earlier today.
Ross heads out to get Zoey her favorite bagel for breakfast. Cinnamon Crunch please, sliced and toasted, with raspberry cream cheese and an apple juice!
I go in to wake Zoey up, "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Zoey, (Max jumps up and joins in) Happy Birthday to you!!" It is still dark, so she peeks out of the blanket with a tired smile, "Is it day? Is it day, already?"
"It is" I tell her, "a very special day!!"
"Yay! My birthday!! I am SIX."
Max adds, "and I am five!"
On her drive to school she is so excited... You can always tell because she talks way more than usual about everything she sees. A good day is planned. Special snacks for school, and dinner out at the Cheesecake Factory (her choice), and home for cake and presents!! She had a party on Saturday, so this day is just for her and for us!! To celebrate our sweet girl, who came into the world when she wanted to, and has been making her own way ever since. We love you so, our sweet Zoey. And although it is a little sad to say goodbye to the baby, the toddler, the little one you once were; there is a sweetness to meeting the young girl that you are now and that you are becoming! We love you and God Bless you always.
September 2003 - Age 1
September 2005 - Age 3
September 2006 - Age 4
September 2007 - Age 5
September 29, 2008 - Age 6
We are driving home from church, when I realize what day it is...
"Ahh, (I think out loud) September 28th... Do you remember what happened six years ago, Ross?" He just smiles; Zoey perks up because she knows it is about her. I just continue with my thoughts aloud...
"We were overdue for a Zoey, so the doctor told us to call and see if we could come in and have a baby that day! She said to come on in, so we packed up our stuff and excitedly headed off to the hospital!! Today is the day! Today is the day we get to finally meet our Zoey! I remember being so excited, thinking about lots of little things like, finally seeing her face and holding her in my arms and even about her birthday and that today hers would be 9/28 which is neat because mine is 8/29! But Zoey even before she was born, was showing us who was in charge!! She wasn't coming out on September 28... "
Zoey adds from the backseat, "That's right... the Bubba (as she refers to herself) wanted to pick her own birthday and she wanted September 29th!"
Ross and smile. "Yes, Zoey... you picked the day you were born!" We often tell her that, because she didn't want to come when we wanted, but when she wanted. This pleases her, of course.
She is so excited about her last day of being five years old. Ross tells her, "At midnight, you are a big six year old!!" She grins with pride. She has been waiting a long time, probably just shy of a year...
Later that night as we put her to bed, she excitedly tells me that if she wakes up in the middle of the night, she is six!! I smile as I head out of her room, and sigh a little too.
"Ross, how do we have a six year old already?" He just laughs. He's heard it before... my bittersweet thoughts of kids growing up...I am amazed how the days go by slow, but the years... they seem to fly by. I look in the mirror, scrunch up my face and see the image staring back at me, six years older for this girl, too...
September 29, 2008
Max wakes up early. He was having weird dreams, and talking about all kinds of things in his sleep. It is actually a blessing to get up a little earlier today.
Ross heads out to get Zoey her favorite bagel for breakfast. Cinnamon Crunch please, sliced and toasted, with raspberry cream cheese and an apple juice!
I go in to wake Zoey up, "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Zoey, (Max jumps up and joins in) Happy Birthday to you!!" It is still dark, so she peeks out of the blanket with a tired smile, "Is it day? Is it day, already?"
"It is" I tell her, "a very special day!!"
"Yay! My birthday!! I am SIX."
Max adds, "and I am five!"
On her drive to school she is so excited... You can always tell because she talks way more than usual about everything she sees. A good day is planned. Special snacks for school, and dinner out at the Cheesecake Factory (her choice), and home for cake and presents!! She had a party on Saturday, so this day is just for her and for us!! To celebrate our sweet girl, who came into the world when she wanted to, and has been making her own way ever since. We love you so, our sweet Zoey. And although it is a little sad to say goodbye to the baby, the toddler, the little one you once were; there is a sweetness to meeting the young girl that you are now and that you are becoming! We love you and God Bless you always.
September 2002 - Age 1 day
September 2003 - Age 1
September 2004 - Age 2
September 2005 - Age 3
September 2006 - Age 4
September 2007 - Age 5
September 29, 2008 - Age 6
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
My Rekindled Love of Modern Conveniences
So I haven't been super busy or anything like that... I have just been without POWER for 11 days!! All due to Hurricane Ike. What? I know, you must be thinking to yourself... I know they moved... but I didn't think it was to Texas... Well, you would be right. You aren't losing it (that would just be me, after 11 days without power), we aren't in Texas. We are in FREAKIN' OHIO, people. That's right... We live here...
Do you see the arrow? And can you see how far away from Texas we live!!! We are practically landlocked! I will zoom in...
We live near the star. So unless a hurricane is coming through Lake Erie, we aren't even near the water!! People tell me this never happens, and this is the worst they have ever seen, but I am not buying it. I suppose I needed a good lesson in patience or something. About 300,000 people went without power. We were the last group to get it back. And actually, I am done being angry (really, I am). I was even mindful of those in Texas who have lost so much more (however, they were told to evacuate and live in a hurricane location, in the first place, but that is a whole other can of worms). But when I got back on-line, I went to find out about a friend in Houston... They lost power of course, even had water inside their house, and yet got power back way before we did!!
So anyway, we have had an interesting 11 days. Just wanted to get back with you to let you know we hadn't dropped off the planet! We are here, chugging along. The good thing is that we actually had pretty awesome weather the whole time, so that made things more bearable!
I will write more later, after a long, hot shower, and cold drink!
Do you see the arrow? And can you see how far away from Texas we live!!! We are practically landlocked! I will zoom in...
We live near the star. So unless a hurricane is coming through Lake Erie, we aren't even near the water!! People tell me this never happens, and this is the worst they have ever seen, but I am not buying it. I suppose I needed a good lesson in patience or something. About 300,000 people went without power. We were the last group to get it back. And actually, I am done being angry (really, I am). I was even mindful of those in Texas who have lost so much more (however, they were told to evacuate and live in a hurricane location, in the first place, but that is a whole other can of worms). But when I got back on-line, I went to find out about a friend in Houston... They lost power of course, even had water inside their house, and yet got power back way before we did!!
So anyway, we have had an interesting 11 days. Just wanted to get back with you to let you know we hadn't dropped off the planet! We are here, chugging along. The good thing is that we actually had pretty awesome weather the whole time, so that made things more bearable!
I will write more later, after a long, hot shower, and cold drink!
Saturday, September 13, 2008
The Countdown
Zoey has been waiting patiently (most of the time)through everybody else's birthday, so that finally, finally she can say that she has the next one!! It isn't fair that mine is one month ahead of hers, so she only gets to be the next birthday for a month, but that's life right? Anyway, here we are... on a countdown to the big day!
Friday, September 12, 2008
Soccer- The Next Generation
I happened to come across this photo because we are unpacking and going through stuff...
That's me!! It reminded me of this picture I took of her the other day. Zoey started playing soccer recently and this is her first game.
Can you see a resemblance?? I didn't think I was too far behind the power curve when signing Zoey up at age almost 6, but it seems she was the only who had never played... So it has been frustrating. But she improves daily. I hope she keeps it up and enjoys it... I think she has great potential to be awesome!! We'll see though. Anyway, here she is at the end of the game. All smiles after the snack... Max is busy eating some of the post game snack.
That's me!! It reminded me of this picture I took of her the other day. Zoey started playing soccer recently and this is her first game.
Can you see a resemblance?? I didn't think I was too far behind the power curve when signing Zoey up at age almost 6, but it seems she was the only who had never played... So it has been frustrating. But she improves daily. I hope she keeps it up and enjoys it... I think she has great potential to be awesome!! We'll see though. Anyway, here she is at the end of the game. All smiles after the snack... Max is busy eating some of the post game snack.
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