ok, lets be honest i am not going to finish the 30 days of truth challenge. i am sorry i just don't have time to be "deep" right now (keep the jokes to yourself, please (-: ). so lets just call a peach a peach, i'm out. so long challenge. nice knowin' ya. don't let the door hit you on the way out.
anyway how about a little, "gracie says!"
gracie: we need to get rid of noah.
me: what!?!?! no we don't we love noey baby.
gracie: yeah i know but he poops in his pants.
happy monday!
Showing posts with label Grace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grace. Show all posts
Monday, October 25, 2010
Saturday, June 19, 2010
fathers day
dear corey,
can you believe this is your third fathers day? it seems like just yesterday we became parents for the first time early that july morning.
i knew when i married you that you would be an amazing father.
but never in my wildest dreams could i have ever imagined this amazing.
the way you love our babies brings tears to my eyes.
and the way they love you is so very sweet. you are the smartest, strongest, bravest person in the whole world to them.
thank you for making these beautiful babies with me and for being such a great daddy to them.
no one loves you like we do.
can you believe this is your third fathers day? it seems like just yesterday we became parents for the first time early that july morning.
i knew when i married you that you would be an amazing father.
but never in my wildest dreams could i have ever imagined this amazing.
the way you love our babies brings tears to my eyes.
and the way they love you is so very sweet. you are the smartest, strongest, bravest person in the whole world to them.
thank you for making these beautiful babies with me and for being such a great daddy to them.
no one loves you like we do.
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Fun in the Sun
Saturday's are pretty much the only day I get to spend the entire day with my babies, so I am doing my best to really take advantage of that instead of sitting inside and relaxing which I would normally do after a long work week. This past Saturday, Joanna went shopping with her best friend, so I got the kids all to myself.
We started the day early and were outside by 10am. We love our street and our neighbors, it is such a perfect location. Grace's best friend on the street is Brady, they are about 4 months apart (Brady being older) and they love to play with each other. Brady has a younger sister, Carly (Carley? Not sure), and she is walking now, so hopefully by next summer, her and Noah will be playing together.
Grace and Brady pretty much entertain themselves now-a-days which makes my life easier. While Noah hangs out in the stroller without even making a peep usually, Grace and Brady wonder around the circle playing with their many toys.
On this day, they were mainly playing with Brady's new lawnmower which makes bubbles.
They even did a relatively good job of sharing.
We came inside for some lunch and then Grace and Noah took naps after being warn out. When they woke up they were being very cute with each other on the couch downstairs. usually Grace just bugs him, but he was actually enjoying her without pulling her hair out.
After they were done waking up and being cute, we headed right back outside. This time we headed to the back to jump on the trampoline and play on the swingset.
They played till they couldn't jump anymore.
It was a fun Saturday and hopefully they will all start being as nice out as last Saturday was so we can have some more fun.
We started the day early and were outside by 10am. We love our street and our neighbors, it is such a perfect location. Grace's best friend on the street is Brady, they are about 4 months apart (Brady being older) and they love to play with each other. Brady has a younger sister, Carly (Carley? Not sure), and she is walking now, so hopefully by next summer, her and Noah will be playing together.
Grace and Brady pretty much entertain themselves now-a-days which makes my life easier. While Noah hangs out in the stroller without even making a peep usually, Grace and Brady wonder around the circle playing with their many toys.
On this day, they were mainly playing with Brady's new lawnmower which makes bubbles.
They even did a relatively good job of sharing.
We came inside for some lunch and then Grace and Noah took naps after being warn out. When they woke up they were being very cute with each other on the couch downstairs. usually Grace just bugs him, but he was actually enjoying her without pulling her hair out.
After they were done waking up and being cute, we headed right back outside. This time we headed to the back to jump on the trampoline and play on the swingset.
They played till they couldn't jump anymore.
It was a fun Saturday and hopefully they will all start being as nice out as last Saturday was so we can have some more fun.
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Chuck E Cheese's
We had a very fun weekend. It started off with Joanna getting to finally go out with her friend Andrea. I will let her tell you how much fun she had and what they did. I stayed home with the kids that night and we had a pretty quiet night.
The fun started on Saturday. We started the day by heading to my childhood fantasy world, Chuck E Cheese's. We went to the same one I use to go to as a child, the one out on Colerain. Even though it is the same location, they have definitely change the layout since I use to go. It is now completely open and all one room, you can see from wall to wall. Grace's eyes lit up when walked in the door and she kept saying, "I am at Chuck E Cheese, I am at Chuck E Cheese!" I was sad that for some reason the "show" that supposedly runs all day now, was not running at all. I remember having to wait till it came on at certain times when I was young, but I was told that it runs all day now. The hostess thought someone forgot to turn it on, but it was off the entire time we were there, which could have been a good or bad thing. I could see Grace being terrified of those machines.
We had a coupon that I got form signing up for their online newsletters. It was a $20 coupon for a large pizza, 4 drinks and 40 tokens, perfect for our family. We spend a similar amount when we eat at Chipotle and we don't even get to play any games! I think it is a great deal and will look to go back there more often.
One thing that I was very disappointed in was the lack of games that Grace could really play on her own. There was a TINY area with 2 or 3 games for her age and a small slide, but the majority of the games were for much older kids. There were a lot of driving games which she has no chance at playing, guitar hero, ski ball which she can't get the ball up the ramp or throws it 3 lanes over when trying to throw it like a baseball and of course there were games just to win tickets without any skill, just putting a coin in and watching it roll down the machine. We did find one game she liked, it was a bowling game. It was pretty fun and you could bowl 10 frames for 2 coins, so it was a lot of fun for not a lot of money. Luckily they have the tubes they can crawl in on the ceiling with the slide that she could do all day. It did give Joanna a little of an anxiety attack when she was up there since it is hard to see what is going on in those things.
The pizza was pretty much exactly how I remember it. Nothing great, but I think it is good, but I have never turned any pizza down. Joanna didn't seem to like it and Grace just wanted to get done eating so she could play some more.
The Dunaway's did meet up with us for the last half hour we were there. They gave us the idea of going as a reward for potty training. When Grace got home and pooped on the potty again, she said, "I guess we get to go to Chuck E Cheese's again!"
All-in-all it was a very successful trip and it was good to have a Grace day since most of the attention goes to Noah now-a-days. We will definitely be going back, even if it is just Grace and me going. I am sure Jeff would love to come with us :D
The fun started on Saturday. We started the day by heading to my childhood fantasy world, Chuck E Cheese's. We went to the same one I use to go to as a child, the one out on Colerain. Even though it is the same location, they have definitely change the layout since I use to go. It is now completely open and all one room, you can see from wall to wall. Grace's eyes lit up when walked in the door and she kept saying, "I am at Chuck E Cheese, I am at Chuck E Cheese!" I was sad that for some reason the "show" that supposedly runs all day now, was not running at all. I remember having to wait till it came on at certain times when I was young, but I was told that it runs all day now. The hostess thought someone forgot to turn it on, but it was off the entire time we were there, which could have been a good or bad thing. I could see Grace being terrified of those machines.
We had a coupon that I got form signing up for their online newsletters. It was a $20 coupon for a large pizza, 4 drinks and 40 tokens, perfect for our family. We spend a similar amount when we eat at Chipotle and we don't even get to play any games! I think it is a great deal and will look to go back there more often.
One thing that I was very disappointed in was the lack of games that Grace could really play on her own. There was a TINY area with 2 or 3 games for her age and a small slide, but the majority of the games were for much older kids. There were a lot of driving games which she has no chance at playing, guitar hero, ski ball which she can't get the ball up the ramp or throws it 3 lanes over when trying to throw it like a baseball and of course there were games just to win tickets without any skill, just putting a coin in and watching it roll down the machine. We did find one game she liked, it was a bowling game. It was pretty fun and you could bowl 10 frames for 2 coins, so it was a lot of fun for not a lot of money. Luckily they have the tubes they can crawl in on the ceiling with the slide that she could do all day. It did give Joanna a little of an anxiety attack when she was up there since it is hard to see what is going on in those things.
The pizza was pretty much exactly how I remember it. Nothing great, but I think it is good, but I have never turned any pizza down. Joanna didn't seem to like it and Grace just wanted to get done eating so she could play some more.
The Dunaway's did meet up with us for the last half hour we were there. They gave us the idea of going as a reward for potty training. When Grace got home and pooped on the potty again, she said, "I guess we get to go to Chuck E Cheese's again!"
All-in-all it was a very successful trip and it was good to have a Grace day since most of the attention goes to Noah now-a-days. We will definitely be going back, even if it is just Grace and me going. I am sure Jeff would love to come with us :D
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Sunday, December 20, 2009
Mr. Mom
Some Saturday's Joanna goes to work as a hairdresser at Lasting Image Salon. It has been off and on since she graduated. She started in 2006 and then got pregnant with Grace and became very sick, so she stopped shortly after graduating. Then she tried starting back up a few months after Grace was born. She mainly does friends and family. She doesn't do much promoting and is fine with the clients she has (I always give her a hard time about this, even though I don't mean it). When she started back up working, she was only working one day a week on Saturday's. So this day became my one day alone with Grace. As a first time Dad, it was a little scary. I think most dads can understand me when I say this. It isn't that I didn't love spending time with Grace, it was the fact that all the other times, I could have fun with her and then when she cried or needed to eat, I could give her back to Joanna.
Well this is what led me to my blog post. As you already know, we now have two kids. And yes, Joanna is back working again. Although it has seemed to slow down a little, some Saturday's are packed with people. Obviously since the Holidays are here, everyone needed something done this past Saturday. So this left me home alone now with TWO kids! I have been home alone before with them both, but it is usually for only 2 or 3 hours. Joanna was gone for 6 hours yesterday! Having nothing planned and the weather as cold as it was, we were pretty much stranded. I think I did a great job entertaining them, feeding them, playing with them and keeping the house in order. But I definitely got a look into what Joanna goes through (and all stay at home moms or single parents) on a day to day basis. Even though I had a blast and it was nothing like my work, it still was a tough job.
Out of the three of us, I think it was hardest on Noah though. He hasn't been away from his mom for that long ever (no exaggeration). When Joanna came back after being gone for those 6 hours, he couldn't help himself but smile and laugh. It obviously made him so excited to see her again, but I think it made Joanna even happier to be home.
Luckily she doesn't have to do that everyday or even once a week. I think we are both glad we have each other and very thankful that we have the two best kids.
Well this is what led me to my blog post. As you already know, we now have two kids. And yes, Joanna is back working again. Although it has seemed to slow down a little, some Saturday's are packed with people. Obviously since the Holidays are here, everyone needed something done this past Saturday. So this left me home alone now with TWO kids! I have been home alone before with them both, but it is usually for only 2 or 3 hours. Joanna was gone for 6 hours yesterday! Having nothing planned and the weather as cold as it was, we were pretty much stranded. I think I did a great job entertaining them, feeding them, playing with them and keeping the house in order. But I definitely got a look into what Joanna goes through (and all stay at home moms or single parents) on a day to day basis. Even though I had a blast and it was nothing like my work, it still was a tough job.
Out of the three of us, I think it was hardest on Noah though. He hasn't been away from his mom for that long ever (no exaggeration). When Joanna came back after being gone for those 6 hours, he couldn't help himself but smile and laugh. It obviously made him so excited to see her again, but I think it made Joanna even happier to be home.
Luckily she doesn't have to do that everyday or even once a week. I think we are both glad we have each other and very thankful that we have the two best kids.
Friday, December 18, 2009
MY life in sweats
Hey its me, Joanna!
I guess I will tell the story behind the title of the blog, since my co-blogger told his. It really isn't that interesting or funny like Corey's,but here goes...
Basically I rarely wear anything but sweatpants. In fact I am wearing my faves right now. If you are a mom you will understand that is is pointless to wear anything that has any value when you have young children. For the simple fact that, by the end of the day you are covered in snot, spit up, droll etc.... One day when my kids are in school(makes me sad just to type that) and I sleep through the night and get to drink my coffee in the morning, I will maybe put on jeans or heaven forbid a DRESS! As for right now, $5.00 sweats from the Gap Outlet is about as fancy as it gets.
Speaking of my kids, this is my daughter Gracie
or shall i say "Sportacus."
Gracie is really into this show on Nickjr called Lazy Town. The star of the show is Sportacus and Gracie thinks he is the coolest thing since sliced bread. So she has subsequently changed her name until further notice to Sportacus. Every time I say, "hey Gracie...." she replies I said my name is SPORTACUS!! Oh well I guess it could be worse she could have changed her name to Hannah Montana. That would have been fitting though since she does do a mean rendition of Party in the USA!!
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