FAMILY TIME

GRIFFIN FEEDING SISSY
MY MOM AND DAD WITH THE KIDDOS

SO MY MOM AND DAD CAME FOR A QUICK VISIT LAST WEEK ON WEDNESDAY AND THEY LEFT MONDAY MORNING. GRIFFIN WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THEM. HE KEPT SAYING NANA NANA BEFORE MY MOM ARRIVED AND WHILE THEY WERE HERE HE PICKED UP A NEW WORD- PAPA FOR MY DAD. HE GOES BY PAPA OZZIE, SO IT WAS GREAT FOR THE KIDS TO BOND WITH MOM AND DAD. OF COURSE MY PARENTS ARE COMING BACK AGAIN NEXT SATURDAY FOR PEYTEN'S BAPTISM AND THEN A WEEK LATER FOR GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY ( I WISH THEY COULD JUST STAY IN BETWEEN- MOM THINK ABOUT IT!) . THEN THEY WILL COME AGAIN IN JULY SOMETIME AS WELL. WE HAD A REALLY NICE TIME WHILE THEY WERE HERE. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT I ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO DINNER WITH SOME FRIENDS AND LEFT JASON AND THE PARENTS TO BABYSIT :) THURSDAY WE TOOK THEM WALKING IN NEWBURYPORT AND TO THE PLAYGROUND. fRIDAY I THINK WE JUST HUNG AROUND HERE AND PLAYED AND SATURDAY WE DID SWIMMING AND PLAYED AND WENT TO HAVE SOME BBQ FOR DINNER AND SUNDAY ME AND MOM WENT SHOPPING. WE HAD A GREAT VISIT. I AM SO GLAD MY DAD WAS ABLE TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH PEYTEN B/C HE HADN'T SEEN HER SINCE SHE WAS BORN. I REALLY AM LUCKY TO HAVE SUCH GREAT PARENTS THAT COME AND VISIT US AND SPEND TIME WITH THE GRANDKIDS. MY MOM IS ALWAYS HERE TO HELP OUT WHENEVER I NEED HER. IT SUCKS TO BE SO FAR AWAY FROM GOOD FRIENDS AND FAMILY BUT MY MOM AND DAD ARE ALWAYS THERE FOR US AND I REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT. THEY ARE THE BEST!!!!! WELL , TO SUM IT UP WE HAD A GREAT TIME. OH YEAH, JASON AND DAD PLANTED FLOWERS FOR ME AND PUT THE CHAIRS AND TABLE TOGETHER FOR THE PATIO TOO :) SO IT WAS ALSO A PRODUCTIVE TRIP AS WELL.

UNTIL NEXT TIME.......

NEW ENGLAND LOVIN'

THE BEACH AT PLUM ISLAND
DOWNTOWN NEWBURYPORT

THE HARBOR AT NEWBURYPORT

THE CLAM BOX IN IPSWICH

I KNOW, I KNOW, I AM ALWAYS BITCHING ABOUT THE SNOW, COLD WEATHER AND COLD PEOPLE. BUT......................................................

NOW IT IS SPRING AND I LOVE LIVING IN NEW ENGLAND DURING THIS TIME OF YEAR. ANGELA AND DANI B, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT. IT IS GREAT WEATHER AND EVERYTHING IS SOOOOOO PRETTY HERE. THIS WHOLE WEEK WE HAVE BEEN PLAYING OUTSIDE AND GOING FOR WALKS. GRIFFIN LOVES TO PLAY OUTSIDE WITH ALL THE COUGARS (OLDER GIRLS :) ) ON OUR STREET- SO CUTE!

I LOVE WALKING AROUND DOWNTOWN NEWBURYPORT WITH THE FAMILY AND EATING OUTSIDE. I LOVE TO GO TO DOWNTOWN BOSTON WITH THE FAMILY AND PLAY IN THE BOSTON COMMON. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OUR BACKYARD ALL DONE UP SO THE BRATS CAN PLAY OUT THERE ALL DAY! I AM SO EXCITED FOR MY FAMILY TO COME VISIT AND FOR SOME OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS THAT ARE COMING HERE AS WELL, I CAN'T WAIT! SO FOR THE NEXT FEW MONTHS I AM SURE MY MOOD WILL BE MUCH BETTER THAN IT HAS BEEN.

THE ABOVE PICTURES ARE OF PLACES RIGHT BY OUR HOUSE. PLUM ISLAND IS THE BEACH RIGHT BY OUR HOUSE AND GRIFFIN LOVES TO DRIVE AROUND OVER THERE, I CAN'T WAIT TO TAKE HIM TO THE BEACH, NOW THAT IT IS WARMING UP. NEWBURYPORT IS ABOUT 10 MINUTES AWAY AND WE ALWAYS GO EAT AND WALK AROUND OVER HERE WITH THE MUNCHKINS. AND THE CLAM BOX IS A FAMOUS NEW ENGLAND RESTAURANT KNOWN FOR SERVING THE BEST FRIED CLAMS- WE ARE GOING TO GO EAT THERE THIS WEEKEND AND SIT OUTSIDE- CAN'T WAIT!!!

WELL, I WILL SEND OUT PICTURES ONCE THE WEEKEND IS OVER...

UNTIL NEXT TIME............

KEEPING UP WITH THE JONES'

SO AS YOU SAW IN MY LAST POST, MY GOAL WAS TO HAVE THE BEST KID BACKYARD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR THOSE OF YOU W/O KIDS YOU ARE PROBABLY THINKING LAME, RIGHT? WELL, ONCE YOU HAVE KIDS YOUR PRIORITIES SHIFT, AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS ARE YOUR KIDDOS. SO, MY THINKING WAS TO GET THE BEST PLAY YARD AND EVERYONE WILL WANT TO COME TO OUR PLACE TO PLAY. OF COURSE WE WOULD NEED TO GET A FEW MISC. OUTDOOR TOYS AS WELL, BUT THAT IS EASY ENOUGH.

WELL, YESTERDAY THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENTION IN OUR CUL DE SAC ( NOSEY MOMS AND THEIR KIDS PLAYING IN OUR STREET) AND I HEARD THAT ONE FAMILY IS PUTTING A $6,000 SWING SET IN THEIR BACKYARD!!!! YES, THAT IS NOT A TYPO $6,0000. tHAT IS A HELL OF A LOT OF MONEY ON A SWING SET. SO I HAVE A FEELING THAT THEIR PLAY YARD MAY BE A BIT BETTER THAN OURS!!!! SO OF COURSE I AM PISSED!!!!! THERE IS A GROUP OF LADIES AND THEIR KIDS THAT HANG OUT IN THE NEXT CUL DE SAC OVER (THIS IS WHERE THE SWING SET WILL BE- $6,000) AND THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE THE COOLEST OF THE COOL. YEP, I KNOW IT SOUNDS LIKE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT!!!! AND MOST OF THESE MOMS ARE 12 YEARS MY SENIOR. THEY ARE ALL AROUND 37+ WITH BABIES. IF I AM 40 WITH A 1 YEAR OLD- SHOOT ME!!!!! SO ANYWAY, WE ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE COOL CREW, SO I WANTED TO START MY OWN COOL CREW. AND ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT I INVITE CAN PLAY IN OUR COOL YARD! BUT NOW MY THEORY IS BLOWN B/C EVERYONE IS GOING TO WANT TO HANG AT THE EXPENSIVE SWING, RIGHT?! WRONG!!!!!!!! I AM WAY COOLER THAN ANY OF THOSE 40 YEAR OLDS AND IF THEY DON'T LIKE ME AND JASON-TOUGH!!!! I CAN'T HELP IT THAT WE ARE ONLY 28 AND 29 AND LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSES THAT THEY ARE AT THEIR AGE. SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME THESE LADIES WERE JEALOUS OF US B/C WE WERE SO YOUNG WITH KIDS AND A NICE HOUSE, ETC... WELL, GET OVER IT! B/C NOT ONLY ARE WE THE YOUNGEST PEEPS IN THE HOOD BUT WE ARE THE COOLEST CATS AND WE'LL SHOW THEM!!!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME..........

BLAH BLAH BLAH

GRIFFIN AND CONNOR
THE BRATS!

HELLO. SO NOT TOO MUCH NEW GOING ON IN THE POST HOUSE. LAST WEEK WE HAD 2 DAYS OF NICE WEATHER SO I DID LOTS OF WALKING WITH THE KIDDOS AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH ANOTHER NEIGHBOR AND HER BABY. I THINK THIS WEEK BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY WE WILL START TO GET NICE WEATHER AND HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE HERE TO STAY B/C I AM SO SICK OF THE COLD!!!!!!

THIS PAST WEEKEND WE DID SWIM LESSONS AND RAN A BUNCH OF ERRANDS. WE ALSO WENT OVER TO A FRIENDS HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT. THESE ARE THE FIRST FRIENDS WE MADE HERE WHEN WE MOVED TO BOSTON, AND THEY ARE JUST GREAT! THEY HAVE 2 BOYS. THEIR OLDEST IS 3 1/2 MONTHS OLDER THAN GRIFFIN SO THEY WILL BE BUDS ONE DAY AND THEIR YOUNGEST BOY IS 6 MONTHS SO HIM AND PEYTEN WILL HANG AROUND TOGETHER :) THAT NIGHT, SATURDAY, WE GOT HOME FROM THEIR PLACE AROUND 10:30 AND GRIFFIN SLEPT ALL NIGHT AND PEYTEN SLEPT FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 10 AM!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS GREAT! AND.....LAST NIGHT SHE SLEPT STRAIGHT FROM 11:30 UNTIL 6 AM!!!! I HOPE WE ARE ON TO SOMETHING HERE :)

ME AND JASON ARE DOING GOOD. JUST GETTING THE BACKYARD READY FOR THE WARM WEATHER AND OUR COMPANY. WE ARE GOING TO BUY SOME PATIO FURNITURE FOR THE DECK SO WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEWHERE TO SIT WHEN WE HAVE COMPANY OVER AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING A SWING SET FOR THE BRATS AND WHATEVER OTHER OUTDOOR TOYS WE CAN FIND. MY GOAL IS TO HAVE KIDS FROM PLAYGROUP OVER TO PLAY AT OUR HOUSE AND ALSO HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS OVER THAT WE LIKE TO PLAY AS WELL.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK WHEN MOM AND DAD COME, THEN THEY COME AGAIN FOR THE BAPTISM AND GRIFFIN'S B-DAY. GRIFFIN ASKS FOR HIS NANA EVERY SINGLE DAY SO HE WILL BE REALLY HAPPY COME NEXT WEDNESDAY. I HAVE ALSO BEEN SHOWING HIM PICTURES OF MY FRIEND KIM, SO HE WILL REMEMBER HER WHEN SHE COMES FOR THE BAPTISM :)

WELL, NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT. OH YEAH, TONIGHT, A NEW ONE TREE HILL. I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE NEW EPISODE!!!!! LET'S HOPE PEYTEN( MY FAVORITE- AS YOU KNOW) CAN SNAG HER MAN LUCAS BACK!!!!!!!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME.............

T-shirts and shorts

SO TODAY IT IS ACTUALLY AROUND 68 DEGREES!!!!! CRAZY! I PUT SOME CAPRI WORKOUT PANTS AND A T-SHIRT ON, GRIFFIN HAD SHORTS ON AND PEYTEN HAD A T-SHIRT AND WE WENT FOR A WALK FOR 1 1/2 HOURS TODAY WITH A NEIGHBOR AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT FELT SO GOOD TO FEEL THE SUN BEATING DOWN ON US! NOW TOMORROW IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE 50'S SO I AM SURE WE WILL ALL GET A COLD, BUT IT WAS SO NICE TO BE OUTSIDE TODAY. THE BRATS ARE DOING GOOD. SISSY IS 2 MONTHS OLD AND TIME JUST KEEPS FLYING BY! GRIFFIN IS DOING GOOD, GIVING HER LOTS OF LOVE AND I THINK HE IS FINALLY GETTING USED TO HER BEING AROUND. I AM JUST READY FOR HER TO SLEEP THROUGH THE NIGHT, BUT I KNOW SOONER THAN LATER IT WILL BE HERE. WELL, JUST WANTED TO DO A QUICK UPDATE ON US. MY MOM AND DAD ARE COMING IN A WEEK IN A HALF FOR A QUICK VISIT B/C ME AND GRIFFIN ARE REALLY MISSING THEM AND THEN THEY COME AGAIN 2 WEEKS LATER AND SO WILL PEYTEN'S GODPARENTS FOR THE BAPTISM. THEN WE HAVE GRIFFIN'S 2ND BIRTHDAY AND OF COURSE MOM AND DAD ARE COMING AND SO IS MY AUNT AND GRANDPA FROM CALIFORNIA- WE ARE SO EXCITED. AND....IN AUGUST WE ARE GOING TO FLORIDA FOR THE MONTH- CAN'T WAIT!!!! WELL, I WILL DO ANOTHER BLOG SOON. UNTIL NEXT TIME......

quick update

Well, can't type long b/c griffin is napping and princess pipsqueak just woke up so i will have to go tend to her. There is never a free moment anymore :) As you can see from the picture above, Griffin is beginning to adjust to pipsqueak. He gives her lots of love and he is always trying to feed her his food.

She is just a little bundle of joy. She smiles so much now and she loves to watch griffin play all the time. she follows him around with her eyes and she is always looking for him. She is cooing alot and even laughing. She is just so precious and we love her to death. She wakes up about 2 times each night to eat and we are hoping that pretty soon she will sleep through the night.

Griffin is also doing really well, aside from being sick. We both have a massive cold! But other than that, he is eating really well, and sleeping too. And is language is really improving. He probably says about 14-16 words now. I need to make a list. Just this past week he has added owl, light and garlic to his list of words, and today it sounded like he was trying to say all done. He really is trying hard with his speech, but it really is getting much better!

I have also discovered that Griffin loves the Beetles, his favorite song is yellow submarine so for his birthday i am going to buy him the DVD of the cartoon. He has a toy submarine and he always uses sign language for us to sing more submarine. and in the car he always wants me to play my Beetles cd, he always signs for that as well- too funny!!!! I always knew he had good music taste :

Well, i will write more later, it sounds as if pipsqueak has gone back to sleep so i am going to go lay down as well.

Until next time...............