Dallas fun in the sun

PLAYING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD POOL
WE LOVE THE POOL
SISSY AND AUNTIE KARA
SISSY AND AUNTIE ANGELA
SISSY POOH

THOSE ARE A FEW PICS FROM OUR FIRST WEEK HERE. SINCE I SENT OUT A BULLETIN E-MAIL I AM NOT GOING TO DO A LONG POST. I WILL TAKE MORE PICS THIS WEEKEND AND DO ANOTHER BLOG THIS WEEK. LOVE YOU ALL.

OH YEAH, ON A TOTALLY DIFFERENT NOTE, DOES ANYONE ELSE WATCH TORI AND DEAN- HOME SWEET HOLLYWOOD??? I AM TOTALLY OBSESSED!!!! I LOVE TORI!

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FLORIDA FUN

ENJOYING THE BOAT
SISSY PLAYING
SMILING SISSY
GRIFFIN AT THE ZOO
MORE ZOO

SO WE HAVE BEEN IN FLORIDA FOR A LITTLE OVER ONE WEEK AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SO MUCH FUN WITH NONA AND PAPA. THE KIDS HAVE BEEN TO THE BEACH, THE POOL, BOAT, LOTS OF WALKING AND GOING OUT AND OF COURSE THE ZOO. THE KIDDOS LOVE COMING TO FLORIDA AND ARE HAVING A BLAST. THEY ARE GETTING SO BIG AND I LOVE TO WATCH THEM GROW. WE GO TO DALLAS IN ONE WEEK AND I AM SURE IT WILL TAKE GRIFFIN SOME TIME TO GET ADJUSTED BUT HOPEFULLY HE WILL BE FINE. EVERYDAY HE ASKS ABOUT HIS OLD NEIGHBORS, HE MISSES THEM SO MUCH. SO I PLAN ON GETTING HIM INVOLVED IN NEW ACTIVITES SO HE WILL MAKE NEW FRIENDS ASAP. WELL, I AM SURE I WILL UPDATE YOU WITH MORE LATER FROM FLORIDA. UNTIL NEXT TIME..........

GOOD BYE PARTY

ALLY AND PEYTEN
THE CREW
DINNER TIME
THE KIDS PLAYING
MORE PLAY TIME





SO OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS HAD A GOING AWAY PARTY FOR US TONITE AND IT WAS SO NICE. EVERYONE ON OUR STREET WAS THERE WITH ALL THEIR KIDS. GRIFFIN HAD A GOOD TIME WITH ALL HIS BUDDIES AND SO DID ME AND JASON. I AM TRULY GOING TO MISS EVERYONE ON OUR STREET, THEY HAVE ALL BEEN GREAT. ENJOY THE PICS.



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IT'S ALL ABOUT ME!

SO, WHEN I STARTED THIS BLOG IT WAS MEANT TO BE ABOUT ME, THE KIDS, EVERYTHING, AND IT SEEMS I HAVE TURNED IN TO ONE OF "THOSE" MOMS. YEP EVERY POST SEEMS TO BE ABOUT MY KIDS. I LOVE MY KIDS, DON'T GET ME WRONG, BUT IT SEEMS LATELY THEY A RE ALL I TALK ABOUT OR DO SO I DECIDED TO DO A POST ABOUT ME (SORRY MOM, I KNOW YOU LOVE BABY BLOGS). I FEEL AS THOUGH PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW ARIELE, GRIFFIN AND PEYTEN'S MOM. YES, I AM A MOM, BUT I AM ALSO A WIFE, A DAUGHTER AND SO MUCH MORE AND I THINK SOMETIMES I FORGET ABOUT ME. IN THE PAST 2 1/2 YEARS I HAVE ONLY BEEN AWAY FROM MY KIDS 3 NIGHTS. YEP IN 2 1/2 YEARS I HAVE ONLY BEEN AWAY 3 NIGHTS, AND THAT'S NOT EVEN 3 CONSECUTIVE NIGHTS. I AM IN MUCH NEED OF SOME ME TIME. SO HOPEFULLY ONCE WE GET TO D-TOWN, I WILL HAVE A SOCIAL LIVE AGAIN. I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE MY HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS, COLLEGE FRIENDS AND FRIENDS FROM MY ADULT LIFE. I AM EVEN EXCITED TO SEE SOME OF JASON'S FRIENDS :) NOW, IF ONLY MY PARENTS LIVED THERE IT WOULD BE PERFECT. NOW I JUST NEED TO FIND A GREAT BABYSITTER CLOSE BY AND WE ARE ALL SET. SO EVERYBODY, START THINKING OF THINGS FOR US TO GET TOGETHER DO :)

WELL, GOTTA GET BACK TO PACKING SO HOPEFULLY I WILL GET ONE MORE BLOG DONE BEFORE WE MOVE. THIS WEEKEND, WE ARE GOING TO A GOODBYE PARTY ON OUR STREET AND THEM WE MOVE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. TUESDAY NIGHT WE ARE GOING TO BE STAYING IN DOWNTOWN BOSTON AND WEDNESDAY WE ARE GOING TO SPEND THE DAY DOWNTOWN AND THEN THURSDAY WE LEAVE FOR FLORIDA. SO HOPEFULLY I WILL GET A BLOG DONE IN ALL THAT TIME. IF NOT I PROMISE TO POST FROM FLORIDA BEFORE DALLAS.

LOVE YOU ALL!

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BYE BYE BOSTON, HELLO DALLAS!

SO MY MOM HAS BEEN ASKING ME WHEN I AM GOING TO DO ANOTHER BLOG SO HERE IT IS, BUT I NEED TO MAKE IT QUICK B/C BOTH KIDS ARE NAPPING AT THE SAME TIME!!!!!! SO I NEED TO GET TO PACKING.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING ME ARE YOU GOING TO MISS BOSTON AT ALL. WELL.....

OF COURSE I AM GOING TO MISS BOSTON. I WOULD BE CRAZY NOT TO MISS THIS PLACE. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. NEW ENGLAND HAS SO MUCH TO OFFER. DOWNTOWN BOSTON IS GREAT, THE TOWN THAT WE LIVE IN IS GREAT, AND WE ARE SO CLOSE TO NEW HAMPSHIRE AND MAINE. I AM GOING TO MISS THE GREAT FOOD. I AM NOW A LOBSTER LOVER FOR LIFE! I AM GOING TO MISS OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS- GRIFFIN LOVES THOSE KIDS AND THEY LOVE GRIFFIN. I AM REALLY GOING TO MISS OUR FRIENDS BRIAN AND STEPHANIE. I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!! YOU MADE LIVING HERE SO MUCH BETTER. I REALLY HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE OUR FRIENDSHIP! YOU GUYS ROCK!

THIS IS A GREAT PLACE TO RAISE A FAMILY.....BUT THAT IS JUST IT, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY FRIENDS HERE AND WE HAVE 0 FAMILY. DALLAS HAS ALL OUR FRIENDS THERE AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE EVERYBODY. AT THIS POINT IN OUR LIFE, I THINK IT IS GREAT TO HAVE A SUPPORT SYSTEM AND DALLAS HAS THAT....AND...THEY HAVE GREAT MEXICAN FOOD AND BBQ!!!!!

IT IS BITTERSWEET. I WILL MISS BOSTON, NO DOUBT, BUT I AM ALSO EAGER TO GET BACK TO DALLAS!

I LOVE YOU ALL!

DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS

WELL, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DON'T ALREADY KNOW...................

WE ARE MOVING BACK TO DALLAS. THAT'S RIGHT!!!!! JASON HAS TAKEN A NEW JOB IN DALLAS AND STARTS IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY SO WE WILL BE BACK ASAP! WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL OF OUR FRIENDS AGAIN! CAN'T WAIT! IT WILL BE TOUGH AT FIRST BUT ONCE WE SELL OUR HOUSE HERE, WE PLAN ON BUYING A HOUSE THERE. SO THOSE OF YOU IN DALLAS, ANY INFO ON GOOD LOCATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. GOOD THING I KEPT MY DALLAS CELL PHONE NUMBER!

SO NANA AND PAPA, LOOKS LIKE YOU WILL BE COMING TO THE BIG D NOW INSTEAD OF BOSTON.

WE WILL MISS THE FRIENDS THAT WE MADE HERE(STEPH AND BRIAN). WE HAD A GREAT 3 YEARS BUT NOW IT IS TIME FOR US TO GET TO DALLAS AND RAISE OUR FAMILY!

LOVE YOU ALL!

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GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND

BIRTHDAY LUNCH AT LOBSTER SHACK
BIRTHDAY BOY IN PAPA'S GLASSES
GRANDPA MUNDO AND SISSY GIRL
GRIFFIN GIVING SISSY A LIFT
THE BIRTHDAY BOY

WE HAD A FABULOUS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND THIS PAST WEEK. MY MOM AND DAD ARRIVED LAST THURSDAY AND WE ENJOYED THEIR COMPANY AND GOT THINGS READY FOR THE BIG WEEKEND. ON SATURDAY, GRIFFIN HAS SWIMMING AND A BIRTHDAY PARTY TO GO TO THEN THAT AFTERNOON GRANDPA MUNDO AND AUNTIE NINA CAME FOR A VISIT ALL THE WAY FROM CALIFORNIA. GRIFFIN WAS SO EXCITED TO SEE EVERYONE. ON SUNDAY, WE WENT INTO BOSTON WITH THE ENTIRE GANG AND DID THE TOURIST THING AND MONDAY WE HUNG AROUND THE AREA AND CELEBRATED GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY. ON TUESDAY WE ALL WENT TO NEWBURYPORT AND HAD LUNCH AND WALKED AROUND. WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME AND I AM SO HAPPY THAT MY FAMILY CAME TO SEE GRIFFIN AND SISSY, IT WAS SUCH A SPECIAL TIME. THEN EVERYONE LEFT ON WEDNESDAY EXCEPT MY MOM. SHE STAYED UNTIL THIS MORNING B/C WE HAD LOTS OF APPOINTMENTS THE PAST 2 DAYS. GRIFFIN ENJOYED HIS COMPANY SO MUCH HE KEEPS SAYING NINA EVERY DAY FOR MY AUNT AND TODAY HE KEEPS LOOKING FOR HIS NONA AND PAPA. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE WE ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING FOR THEIR NEXT VISIT IN JULY. WE HAD A GREAT BIRTHDAY AND FOR ALL OF YOU THAT SENT GIFTS AND BIRTHDAY WISHES- THANKS SO MUCH! WE MISS YOU ALL AND LOVE YOU!

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GRIFFIN REEL

THOSE ARE JUST A FEW PICS FROM THE FIRST YEAR OF GRIFFIN'S LIFE. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT HE IS GOING TO BE 2 YEARS OLD ON MONDAY! I AM EXCITED BUT AT THE SAME TIME, MY LITTLE BABY MEATLOAF IS TURNING INTO A TODDLER AND GROWING UP SO FAST. PRETTY SOON HE WILL BE GOING OFF TO SCHOOL, DATING AND SO ON. JUST TODAY THE COUGAR NEXT DOOR WHO IS 4 YEARS OLD ASKED ME IF GRIFFIN COULD COME OVER AND SPEND THE NIGHT WITH HER FOR A SLEEP OVER. IT'S HAPPENING ALREADY- THE GIRLS ARE HOT FOR MY LITTLE MAN!!! ANYWAY, I PROMISE TO POST NEW PICS AFTER THIS WEEKEND. I HAVE BEEN BAD ABOUT BLOGGING LATELY B/C I HAVE BEEN SO TIRED. I AM ACTUALLY WATCHING THE CELTICS GAME AS WE SPEAK AND THEN GOING TO GO TO BED, SINCE I WILL BE UP 3 TIMES TONIGHT WITH SISSY :)

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PEYTEN'S BAPTISM

NONA AND PAPA WITH SISSY

THE WHOLE FAMILY

ME AND SISSY
ME AND JASON WITH SISSY
THE GOD PARENTS


SO AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, WE HAD SISSY'S BAPTISM THIS PAST WEEKEND. MY MOM AND DAD CAME IN FOR THE EVENT AS WELL AS PEYTEN'S GODPARENTS, KIM AND MATT. IT WAS A QUICK WEEKEND BUT LOTS OF FUN. EVERYONE ARRIVED SATURDAY SO WE HUNG OUT THAT AFTERNOON WITH THE KIDDOS THEN MOM AND DAD BABYSAT THAT NIGHT WHILE WE WENT TO DINNER AND HAVE SOME DRINKS. THEN GRIFFIN GOT A LITTLE SICK SO WE HAD TO COME HOME. THEN THE BIG DAY WAS SUNDAY SO WE WENT TO THE BAPTISM, AND SISSY WAS PERFECT. SHE LOOKED LIKE A LITTLE ANGEL! GRIFFIN WAS GOOD TOO. MY DAD WATCHED HIM IN THE CHURCH B/C HE DIDN'T WANT TO SIT STILL. AT ONE POINT HE RAN UP TO THE ALTER- WHAT A CUTIE! THEN WE CAME HOME AND CHILLED AND PLAYED OUTSIDE AND JUST RELAXED. SO ALL IN ALL IT WAS A GOOD WEEKEND. GRIFFIN AND PEYTEN WERE SO HAPPY TO SEE THEIR NONA AND PAPA, AND THEY CAN'T WAIT TILL NEXT WEEK WHEN THEY COME BACK FOR GRIFFIN'S 2ND BIRTHDAY! GRIFFIN ALSO REALLY LIKED MATT ALOT TOO! BOTH KIDS WERE GOOD WITH KIM AND MATT,SO MAYBE WE WILL DROP THEM OFF IN DALLAS SOMETIME AND THEY CAN BABYSIT FOR US- JUST KIDDING!!!

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THE SWING SET IS FINALLY DONE!!!!

GETTING READY TO SLIDE
GOING TO DO IT AGAIN
BACK VIEW

HGHER DAD, HIGHER


SO AS MY FRIEND "M" STATED IN ONE OF HER POSTS IT TOOK THEM 2 DAYS WITH 3 PEOPLE TO GET THIS PUT TOGETHER. THAT WAS NO EXAGGERATION. FOR OUR SWING SET FIRST WE HAD TO HIRE EXCAVATORS TO COME LEVEL OUT THE AREA SINCE THERE IS A SLOPE IN OUR BACKYARD. THEN WE HAD TO REARRANGE THE SPRINKLER SYSTEM, THAT MY DAD AND JASON PUT IN, YEP MY DAD AND JASON PUT IN A SPRINKLER SYSTEM BY HAND. THEN WE HAD TO BRING IN DIRT TO LEVEL IT OFF AGAIN. THEN THEY HAD TO PUT THE THING TOGETHER. THAT TOOK 3 DAYS WITH 2 GUYS WORKING ON IT. THAT'S NOT ALL. THEN THEY HAD TO BRING IN THE SAND FOR THE PLAY AREA AND RAKE IT OUT, THEN THEY HAD TO FILL THE HOLES IN THE GRASS WITH DIRT AND GRASS SEED SINCE THEY DROVE THEIR HUGE TRACTORS THROUGH OUT FRONT YARD. I BET MY DAD WILL HAVE A FIELD DAY WITH THAT THIS WEEKEND, BUT IT WAS SOOOOOOOOOO WORTH IT. THEY FINISHED UP YESTERDAY AROUND 5:30, AND GRIFFIN WAS OUT THERE UNTIL 8PM. TOO BAD IT IS RAINING TODAY, BUT WE ALREADY HAVE A PLAYDATE SET UP FOR FRIDAY OVER HERE IF IT DOESN'T RAIN. SO MOM AND DAD, THANKS FOR THE GREAT BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR GRIFFIN!!!! HE LOVES IT, AND SISSY CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY ON IT TOO!

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BUSY MAY

SO REALLY QUICK I JUST WANTED TO POST A PIC OF GRIFFIN LOVING ON SISSY. HE HAS GOTTEN SO GOOD WITH HER. WE HAD THOSE ROUGH WEEKS IN THE BEGINNING BUT IT HAS GOTTEN SO MUCH BETTER- THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!

SO ANYWAY, MAY IS FINALLY UPON US, AND I AM SO GLAD!!!! WARM WEATHER IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND LOTS OF FUN STUFF THIS MONTH. PEYTEN'S BAPTISM IS THIS UPCOMING WEEKEND SO GOT TO GET THE HOUSE READY AND FOOD READY FOR OUR WEEKEND. MOM AND DAD WILL WILL BE HERE AND SO WILL KIM AND MATT. I FORESEE LOTS OF BEER DRINKING THIS WEEKEND. THEN WE HAVE MOTHERS DAY- I CAN'T BELIEVE I AM A MOM OF TWO- WOW- I MUST BE GETTING OLD!! THEN WE HAVE MY FABULOUS BIRTHDAY- THE BIG 29!!!!! SO THEN WE HAVE A FREE WEEKEND TO GET EVERYTHING READY FOR GRIFFIN'S BIRTHDAY WEEKEND, IT IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN. WE AREN'T HAVING A BIG PARTY OR ANYTHING THIS YEAR B/C HE WON'T REMEMBER BUT NEXT YEAR WE WILL- SO MARK YOUR CALENDARS. THIS YEAR MY MOM AND DAD WILL BE HERE (OF COURSE) AND MY GRANDPA AND MY AUNT NINA ARE COMING. I THINK GRIFFIN WILL REALLY GET A KICK OUT OF THAT. MY DAD HAS A BIRTHDAY TOO THIS MONTH SO WE WILL CELEBRATE HIM AS WELL. ALSO, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DANIELLE AND HEATHER!!!! WELL, HOPE ALL IS WELL WITH EVERYONE, AND I WILL POST PICS THIS WEEKEND FROM THE BAPTISM.

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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.

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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...

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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!!!!!

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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!!!!!!!!!

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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...............