True Friendships

It amazes me how you have these friends, best friends for so long and you know you love them but when something terrible happens to them there is that reminded of just how much you love them. To see my friend in pain I just wanted to take the pain away and put it on me. It broke my heart to see you hurting and know there was nothing I could do. Its sad that something terrible has to happen for you to remind yourself just how much you can loves someone that is not apart of your family. But then you realize he is, and will always be apart of your family.

Lent

What to give up for lent? I've been racking my brain for the last few days trying to figure this out. Here are some things I came up with:
nightly treat (this occurs after the kids go to bed)
coffee (really kate? REALLY?)
Dunkin donuts (I have a small panic attack when that thought entered my head)
Starbucks (again another panic attack)
sugar
cooking ;-)
facebook and YYY
chips
soda

Well, Chips and soda, I really don't have often enough to consider not having them a sacrifice. No sugar, I think my bodied go into shock my friend gave this up for a month a few months ago, you never realized how much refined sugar is in EVERYTHING. Nightly treat..I could do it probably should do it, but no. Facebook/YYY, again could do it, but really not worth it, its one of my only saving graces during the day. Now we come to coffee, giving up all coffee, not an option. Giving up both DD and Starbucks..again I get a panic attack just thinking about it (esp, since I think about how much I'll be in NY over the next 2 months) and I have free coffee coupons for DD, I can't do DD..So Starbucks it is. I went off with a bang yesterday, I had a steaming hot venti White chocolate mocha. num num num...so good. See you in 40 days Starbucks

Pressure

So in the last 24 hours We've gotten word of 2 set dates for weddings and one impending date for a wedding (the only got engaged on Thursday night Congrats Brookie!!). But holy moly I've never felt so much pressure to start planning our wedding. Funny how being pregnant..twice..while not married and not even really technically engaged. Try and figure that one out. Anyway with an impending move (probably) to Waterloo, I feel even more pressure to start our new life in Canada married. But I wanted to lost the baby weight, and we would be leaving soon..like within the next 6 months...not enough time to plan a real wedding..Sigh, Hopefully we'll figure it out soon.

When Luka goes to college..

This is what I'm going to give him
and nothing else. The child will NOT stop eating cat food. We have to close the cabinet (where the cats food and water is) when he is awake so he doesn't go have a snack. Just now I heard a rustling. I thought he was in his room playing..except it got a little too quite. And if your a mom you know thats not a good sign. So I get up and look..he had opened the closet were we keep the bag of cat food..he had spilled a little out and was sitting eating it.. now the first 300 times I caught him eating cat food I'd gag and nearly puke..this time I just laughed and got a bowl for him. He was quite happy that instead of me yelling at him and forcing him to get it out of his mouth I let him have it. Because really, if that's all he wants to eat then so be it.

Yes I'm mother of the year.

My Movie Star

So with in the past year I've been told my many people that Kevin looks like James Franco...You tell me what do you think? (and PLEASE PLEASE excuse my i'm in labor, panic attack, why are you making me take a picture smile ..this was just minutes before my c/s with Charlie)

Snow Day

We had our first real snow store yesterday. We received 10 inches..here's some pictures of the boys in the snow:
Luka wasn't feeling well so he only lasted a few minutes outside before the tears started
Note: bubble jackets + snow pants = not flattering, but I was super warm.

When we got inside we snuggled on the couch and watched UP. Nice way to start the afternoon.

UFK

Ultimate Fighting Kitty

The contenders:

Keegan V Willie

The other night I heard the fight going on between these two. Not sure who won but I know one of them has a nail(a piece of the claw not a real nail) stuck in his side. Lets go to the photographs..


while Keegan is the one that has the nail in his side, I think the pictures speak for themselves.
WINNER!

Chatty Cathy

Luka has become a regular chatty Cathy these days. Over the last week or two, instead of talking AT Charlie he talks TO Charlie ie: "Charlie!! Charlie!! What are you doing Charlie?"

Luka also has a nack for waking up just as I'm shutting down the house and getting ready for bed. This was the case last night. He woke up around 11pm. I peaked in on him and he was fine so I ignored him, got in bed and just listened to him talk. Here is the conversation he has with himself "Llena (his girlfriend from the 1st floor, her real name is Ellena she's a month older then him) Llenaaaa Llena? Wheres Llena? Mommy? mooommmmyyy mooommmmmyy Where are you Mommy...Charlie! Charlie! CHARLIE guess what(or maybe it was get up) Charlie! Daddy? Daaddyy.." That went on for a few more minutes until Kev finally went in there (he came home midway through Luka chatting away). He stayed awake until after 2:30am. He woke me up twice during that time (kev was up doing work so he was dealing with him) once to cuddle and the other time I just gave him a bottle. While he was up with Kevin, he asked to "watch a show", "play with trucks", "turn on the lights"..he asked for many things until Kev just gave him some toys and put him back in his bed.

I don't know how he does it but its like he has a sensor that goes off when i'm about to go to bed and when i'm trying to get up early in the morning before the kids get up. So I just give up, I was trying to change my schedule so I would go to bed earlier and wake up around 6 every morning. Luka won, I'll try again in a few months.

WANTED

Has anyone see this boy?



He went missing about 3-4 weeks ago. He has been replaced by a 16yr old hormonal teenage girl. He talks back, he test his limits with authority, he also laughs in your face when being punished. The last part is nothing new (he's done it since he started getting time outs), it has tapered off over the last few months but is back with a vengeance.

I'd like him back ASAP!

Easter in NY

So I don't really remember much about Easter, guess I should have blogged sooner. We spent most of the day at Aunt Debs then went to Kev's parents for dinner. Oh ya, and Shaun also told us that he was moving to South Africa, not for good just for now. So here's some pictures:
Charlie w/ Aunt Erin

The egg hunt

Luka found his first egg

Charlie holding on to Luka's egg


The egg hung was on for the adults...you might think I'm kidding, but it gets pretty competitive, look at Erin in the background

The Easter bunny left the baskets in the back room..so the boys didn't get them until I remembered half way through breakfast

Uncle Shaun and Charlie

Uncle Shaun and Luka

Later that evening at Kev's parents house

Enjoying their toy phones

not sure if he's excited or crying

The Fam

Hope you had a Happy Easter!!

Spring Brunch and Egg Hunt

The event went off great, we had plenty of food and lots of help. I was super stressed about running such a large event (it was for the 2 family dorms on campus). We had over 250 people show up. While the egg hunt was fun it was wicked windy. I also forgot to tell people that the golden eggs were prize eggs. I got most of the people who found them but some were left out. Someone also stole the 3 eggs Luka had, one of which was a prize egg..I was ticked. Next year I think its best to do the egg hunt BEFORE the brunch. Thanks to Anna for all her help planning the event, and to Andrew for helping out the night before. Now some picture:

Food Table..lots and lots of yummy stuff


Craft Table

Actually enjoying some of the food

Egg Hunt: can you find Luka?

Prize table

How I spent the rest of the day

Dinner

Catch up

So a lot has happened over the last 2 months.
-We had the spring bunch and egg hunt
-Easter in NY
-Did a Triathlon
-Aunt Deb and Barb came up to see Charlie play T-ball
-Ran a 5k
-Met Aunt Deb and Barb down at the wharf for lunch and had a terrible trip home

June 10th?

Are we sure its June 10th and not October 10th? While 59* is still considered warm here, its not a warm 59*, it feels more like the lower 50's..sigh, will summer ever come?

What's your store?

So I think everyone has a store that they ALWAYS run into people. When I was living in Rockville Centre it was Roosevelt Field, and I think anyone that I grew up with would agree with me that every time they went to the Mall they ran into someone from school or someones parents.

Well since living here its been our grocery store Market Basket. Every time I'm there I run into the same person. Terese Plant. Now I've hung out with her at different events over the past year and half or so. But I think I've seen her more at Market Basket then anything else. It doesn't matter what day I go I always run into her.

So whats your store?

some things just work out

So no new pictures. Once Kev gets the picture from Philly off of our camera I will share some.

This is about the upcoming spring brunch and egg hunt Anna and I are planning. As of right now things look great. Of course I'm probably jinxing myself by posting this. The eggs are ordered, Catering is planned just needs to be put together, prize table is planned and will be bought tomorrow or Tuesday..and the weather well as of right now its supposed to be 58* and sunny. I hope that if nothing else it doesn't rain. So right now I have a great outlook for the event on Saturday..but ask me again on Friday

A boy and his Blankie

Luka loves his blankie. Charlie and him have the same one just in different colors, while Charlie loves his blankie..Luka has a different kind of love. He loves to rub it with his fingers when he's having a bottle or going to bed at night. He likes to drag it around with him. If its laying on the floor like it is in the picture, he loves to rub his face all over it. He also has been know to smack his head on it..and will do so until he hurts himself and starts cryings, he's a head banger just like his mommy :-). Also more often then not he bites it.

Party Time

So we had Luka's Party this past Saturday. We had most family here and it really was more fun then I thought it would be. Everyone was civil and got along just fine. Christine made the cake, and let me just say she blew it out of the water. To see more of her cakes check out her new cake blog: Sweetie Babe She also made Elijah and Charlie's Thomas the Train cake for there joint party nearly 2 yrs ago (oh my has it been that long?). Oh and I feel the need to add the Christine is 9 months pregnant with her third child (a boy) and still did a ROCKIN job!Okay okay now for the pictures:

Luka arrived fashionable late to his party..due to his nap, this was his reaction

I LOVE Elizabeths face in this picture

The last two times I've seen Ivy has been dying for me to hold her.

Notice the death grip shes got on my arm

Shaun and Andrew, I think they'd really hit it off (in an non-homosexual kind of way) if there hadn't been 100 kids running around.


Barb and Anna

Thats Christine on the far right in the black shirt

The Cake:

It matched the invitation beautifully!



I love Luka in the background of this one: