And The Winner Is....

Okay, so I tried a little trivia and the answer is: Picture number one was the Month and day Adam and I found out that we are expecting our second child! The second picture was the time of night/day it was. I will spare you most of the details, but the best part of the story was that I forgot about the test and Adam actually found out before I did. What a surprise that was. Needless to say it was 12:25 am and we did not get a whole lot of sleep that night because we were so excited!

Picture Number One

Picture Number Two

And about the fish.... Well, we were finally able to "calibrate" the water for the tank and found four beautiful fish. Until a few days past and now we have three. I didn't know that fish were so sensitive. I guess Little Man and I will have to pet them more often... or we will have to keep Java away from the tank....

That's not really Little Man's fish it was just a cool picture, Little Man's fish are below....

Cranium Anyone???

A friend of mine asked me to update more than once a week, so I am easing into that trend with posting in 6 days versus 7...... Hopefully that will help a little. Well, for this post I thought I would make everyone think a little bit and look at the cropped pictures below and identify what the entire picture is. It's kinda like Turbo Cranium... so put on your Cranium Caps and let me know what your guess is......

You may have to squint a little for this one... it is definately an item that we are way too familiar with....anyone need another hint?

Swims Like A Fish.....

We have struggled for months with Little Man to wear floaties or a swimsuit with floaties and he has refused, torn them off, and screamed; so we felt we would table this issue for another time. Out of the blue this week I thought, let's try floaties again.... To our surprise, Little Man watched intensely as Big Man put on the floaties... no screaming... no fuss....just watched....

Adam and I were a bit in shock and didn't say much as Little Man climbed into the pool... still no fuss.... And seriously within minutes, Little Man was swimming, jumping off the side, and having the time of his life :) Then he started holding his breath and chasing rockets in the pool and smiling the whole time. Adam and I still looked at each other in amazement and I had to take lots of pictures and videos of the blessed event, in case this was a one and only anomoly.....
Check out the video....

http://uncutvideo.aol.com/videos/df3def9651f1da489644d24890806694?index=0

And while we are on the topic of fish, we have decided to add another pet to the household. And since Adam and I couldn't agree on a dog or cat, we settled for a fish or two or three or four. We ventured to Petco over the weekend for the big purchase and apparently we have been out of the fish owning world for awhile because we have to let the water "calibrate" for three to seven days before adding fish.... So here's our new pet ......

OUCH!!!

Little Man has a evening routine for getting ready for bed - I know the structured schedule is hard to imagine - which consists of brushing his teeth, grabbing his "hammers", and curling up with MaMa for a bedtime story. And since he entered into the toddler age of opinions he chooses the book. For the past several weeks, probably months, the book of choice has been Stanley Stinkbug Goes to Camp.

It all started as a normal night until Little Man started turning the pages super fast and ripped one. That's when the emotional connection with "OUCH" began..... He first started saying OUCH and then started crying and saying "OUCH BUG" "OUCH BUG"..... It took all my self control not to laugh and console him. I told him Stanley Stinkbug would be fixed tomorrow and everything would be okay. He continued to say "OUCH BUG" but cuddled up with Mom and finished the story.

Below is a small clip with Little Man saying "OUCH" (minus the tears)... it's priceless :)http://uncutvideo.aol.com/videos/d0dc830f0287abaf8eacd47e3848e930

28 Hours And Counting...

In about 28 hours, I will be on my way home from the office and starting a new chapter - Stay at Home Mom, Part I. I am excited and nervous. The first few weeks will be the hardest, but I am confident that sleeping in and several trips to the mall will cure any longing for the corporate world that might creep up. In fact as part of my first duty (after taking Colin to his play dates and cuddle time) I will be planning a retirement / celebration party .....couple of cheese tables, appletini station, poker tables in the backyard.....hmmm

In order to get prepared for the big day, the family went to my office and helped me pack boxes. I love watching the movie Office Space because cubicle ville is where I have spent 40 hours a week for the past 11 years and we have a lot of "stapler" people who should be relocated to the basement. Especially the one that sits in this cube....

I will miss the view that I see while standing on a chair peering over my cubicle wall.... However, I will not miss the traffic or saying Bye-Bye to Little Man every morning.
The biggest thing I am looking forward to is spending more time with my team and putting together some strategic action plans (had to use that corporate jargon somewhere)....

SURPRISE!!

It happens to be my birthday weekend and honestly I almost forgot. Adam and I were having a relaxing weekend and didn't have much planned..... so I thought. The only thing on the agenda was cleaning the garage, I know everyone wishes they could clean their garage when the temperature is 105 degrees with 150% humidity. Well, I should've suspected something else was planned when I found a chocolate cake big enough to feed 5,000 in the closet (hmmm), Adam ignoring his cell phone when it kept beeping (hmmm), and the fact that Adam kept reminding me that we were going to Costco at 3:30 (why 3:30 - is there a big giveaway that we need to go to??). But I was just oblivious and unknowing complied with his entire plan.... We went to Costco and came back to find a house full of guests waiting to SURPRISE me. I was completely caught off guard and hopefully didn't say anything that I will regret later :)

Needless to say, I was in shock and after that wore off, I was thankful that my husband was so thoughtful and my friends were there to wish me a happy birthday. I am truly blessed to have great friends around, it was a very special afternoon.

And what would a surprise party be without a little swimming pool fun?

And a little Hersey's Kiss snack..... Miles liked sampling the morsels, but was a little confused what the yummy brown center was..... But I assure you that he was more than happy to continue taste testing, right Robyn?

How could we capture the excitement without a group picture of the little tikes? Next time I will be a bit more fancy and create a collage, but I haven't finished my Blogging 101 class yet. Who do you think has been practicing their game faces???

Alas, we were able to gather the tikes and thanks to Jen's Portrait Innovation skills, we were able to get the majority of the kids to look at the camera.

Also, in attendance at the party were a few celebrities..... The Hammer Twins. Okay, I should explain the Hammer twins a little bit.... Little Man and Brother love their blankies, but of course it isn't manly to have a blankie, so Adam calls the blankies "hammers".

I know, they may be a little lost on construction sites.... but we are totally okay with that.

Thanks everyone for coming over to celebrate me turning another year older. It meant a lot to me. And of course, thanks to my husband for being so thoughtful. Stay tuned for the next King Surprise......

Who Said Cheaters Never Win???

A friend of ours is moving to Minnesota, so the "family" crowd headed to Peter Piper Pizza for the going away party.

During the first part of the evening, I was making sure that Little Man was minding his manners, taking turns, and being respectful of the games....then the competitive Feather came out and things drastically changed.

Little Man had more fun putting the balls in the "zero" slot because of the funny sounds, but Feather helped him to get the high score of.....


And of course Little Man started a trend for all the kids to play the game with these new rules. The manager is so happy with Feather!