Its been almost a year since I updated this blog! I realized that it's something I need to do a lot more often. I was reading through all my entries last week and I couldn't believe all the cute things I had forgotten about the kids!
Some updates...we now live in Pepper Pike. I am back to work part time for my old manager at NCC. Life is very easy out here on the East side, although I really miss the West side. Oh well.
Brayden is doing very well at school, he starts kindergarten next year. He's wearing glasses now. Unfortunately he inherited my terrible eyesight. He even has to wear a patch for 2 hours a day. Poor dude.
Curran has turned into the easiest child ever. Sweet, with some hints of her She-Devil days. I think about how luck I am to have both of them. How lucky I am that they are the ages they are right now. So stinking adorable and cute!
More to come xoxox
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Hi All!
Well I have received a ton of flack for not updating the blog. And I am truly sorry. Things have gotten so busy! I'm sure you're thinking, yeah right, you're at home you have a ton of free time. I know that's what I would have thought. But honestly it's not true. Because I don't have time to myself (even if it is sitting at a desk) the last thing I want to be doing is sitting in front of the computer when that downtime comes! I'd rather drink wine and watch Law and Order.
Here are some recent updates. Curran is now potty trained, so we are done with diapers! Feels awesome to type that. We sold our house in Cleveland and bought a gorgeous house in Pepper Pike that is about as close to my dream house as we could have gotten. Steve is heading to Denver this weekend for a guys weekend, and I am heading to Vegas at the end of March. We are moving out of the Cleveland house at the end of March, then living with Steve's mom and dad in Strongsville for a month, then into our Pepper Pike house at the end of April.
Sorry if my lack of posts has disappointed any of you, but I am planning on picking back up to my weekly schedule once we are settled in Pepper Pike. I may switch from blogger though, it really is a pain to post pictures and not very user friendly. Anyway, I will send out a mass e-mail once I am back to weekly postings! Hope everyone is doing well!
Here are some winter pics:
Here are some recent updates. Curran is now potty trained, so we are done with diapers! Feels awesome to type that. We sold our house in Cleveland and bought a gorgeous house in Pepper Pike that is about as close to my dream house as we could have gotten. Steve is heading to Denver this weekend for a guys weekend, and I am heading to Vegas at the end of March. We are moving out of the Cleveland house at the end of March, then living with Steve's mom and dad in Strongsville for a month, then into our Pepper Pike house at the end of April.
Sorry if my lack of posts has disappointed any of you, but I am planning on picking back up to my weekly schedule once we are settled in Pepper Pike. I may switch from blogger though, it really is a pain to post pictures and not very user friendly. Anyway, I will send out a mass e-mail once I am back to weekly postings! Hope everyone is doing well!
Here are some winter pics:
Friday, November 20, 2009
Lately
So I have now been home with the kids for almost four months. And I have started to find a groove. I am really enjoying myself! So much so that I am not even looking for part time work anymore. They are both such wonderful little kids. Curran is a total fluff chick crossed with a complete maniac. On the mornings that we are home together, I'll take my shower and she'll play makeup in my bathroom. I'll hear her talking to herself, combing her hair, putting on my lip gloss, whatever.
I am so proud of Brayden - he is enjoying school so much. I see so many positive changes in him. He loves his music class at school, loves his teachers and looks forward to going to school everyday.
They are looking forward to Christmas and Brayden has already begun talking about what he wants from Santa. Here are some pictures from the past couple of months. November has been absolutely awesome!
Here's my handsome boy in his favorite school project ever:
My pretty lady:
Running around up at Catawba:
Curran's standard photo smile:
I am so proud of Brayden - he is enjoying school so much. I see so many positive changes in him. He loves his music class at school, loves his teachers and looks forward to going to school everyday.
They are looking forward to Christmas and Brayden has already begun talking about what he wants from Santa. Here are some pictures from the past couple of months. November has been absolutely awesome!
Here's my handsome boy in his favorite school project ever:
My pretty lady:
Running around up at Catawba:
Curran's standard photo smile:
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Bye Bye Binky
Well I finally pulled the rip cord and the Binky Fairy finally paid a visit to our house last Wednesday. When I picked Brayden up from school that day he said to me, "Mommy, I think it will be nice when the Binky Fairy comes and takes my binkies." I figured that this was my opportunity and I had to jump on it. Luckily I had a couple little treats in the car so I left the kids in the car and scrambled to construct some Binky Fairy prize bags. So I did and I put them in the mailbox. Then I unstrapped the kids and they went to the mailbox. They were so excited! That is until naptime.
It took Curran 20 minutes to fall asleep. She was singing and chatting to her self. This continues as I write this on Saturday. Nighttime she goes right to sleep.
Poor Brayden had a VERY HARD TIME at naptime on Wednesday. He cried and cried, screaming "BINKY!!!!". I just laid with him and shushed and held him and he finally calmed down. So I left once he calmed down and listened to him on the baby monitor. He flipped and flopped for probably 20 minutes. I thought - If the end of binkies means the ends of naps, I will be going back to the bink, fo sho. Then he finally fell asleep. Thank God! He had a hard time when he woke from his nap and cried a bit. I think he was used to having the bink transition him from sleeping to waking up. But then that was the end of it. Steve put him down that night and he never even asked for it!
So what did I learn from all this? I think its easier to take it away from a 2 year old than a three and a half year old. And, much like potty training I was pleasantly shocked at how easy this was. I think the last and final step in babyhood is potty training Curran. She is more than ready, and I have just been lazy not to do it.
It took Curran 20 minutes to fall asleep. She was singing and chatting to her self. This continues as I write this on Saturday. Nighttime she goes right to sleep.
Poor Brayden had a VERY HARD TIME at naptime on Wednesday. He cried and cried, screaming "BINKY!!!!". I just laid with him and shushed and held him and he finally calmed down. So I left once he calmed down and listened to him on the baby monitor. He flipped and flopped for probably 20 minutes. I thought - If the end of binkies means the ends of naps, I will be going back to the bink, fo sho. Then he finally fell asleep. Thank God! He had a hard time when he woke from his nap and cried a bit. I think he was used to having the bink transition him from sleeping to waking up. But then that was the end of it. Steve put him down that night and he never even asked for it!
So what did I learn from all this? I think its easier to take it away from a 2 year old than a three and a half year old. And, much like potty training I was pleasantly shocked at how easy this was. I think the last and final step in babyhood is potty training Curran. She is more than ready, and I have just been lazy not to do it.
Sunday, November 1, 2009
The Past Month
Again, sorry for the long delay in posting, but things have been super busy in our house. Shortly after Curran's b-day, Steve dropped the bomb on me that he wanted to move to the east side. Any Clevelander who reads this understands the gravity of such a statement. NO ONE switches sides. You are one, or the other. So as things usually work in our house things go from zero to sixty very fast. We busted ass for about a week in a half to get all the unfinished projects done in the house.
So the house has been on the market for about a week. We haven't even started looking for another house, as we don't want to caught in the death trap of having 2 mortgages. But trust me, the entire process is very annoying. We moved a lot of stuff out of the house into the garage, and hell if I can find anything. Curran put almost an entire roll of toilet paper down the toilet last week and I of course couldn't find the GD plunger because I don't know where anything is in the house. I literally threw, packed everything unnecessary away. I call it the Great Purge of 2009. Although I love it here and have no desire to move, I just want this whole thing over with. I don't like living in limbo.
This weekend Steve and I were in NY for the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll HOF concert at Madison Square Garden. It was super fun and I paid for it the next day. I felt fine in the morning, slight headache, nothing major. I also felt fine on the flight home. Steve was convinced that he could find 480 from Cuyahoga County Airport and we went on a goat rodeo tour of the East side. We never found 480 and the local roads did not agree with me. I ended up barfing all over the the side of 150th. Not pretty. It was right by a church where the congregation was pulling in for a service. I think Steve was more embarrassed than I was. This has only happened once before to me, after a long night in C-bus followed by a morning ride home to C-town. Colleen will know what I am talking about.
Here are the pics from Halloween. I am the most deadbeat mother when it comes to Halloween. This was B's 4th Halloween. His first and his fourth Halloween were costumes that my friend Dawn handed down to me. His second and third, I dressed him in the same outfit both years. I go for the easiest costumes possible. Curran's costume was a b-day present from Aunt Sue. Please Note, Brayden is on another photo strike. Enjoy!!
Curran with her friend Sydney - a lady bug and a bumblebee!
Curran is WAY into her Daddy these days. I go into her room to get her in the morning and when she realizes it's me and not Steve she says - "Go Mommy, Go" and points to the door. Nice.
Only decent group photo! Braydo was a dragon, not a dinasour.
Tongues out, for whatever reason. I was just pumped to get a pic where they were both looking.
So the house has been on the market for about a week. We haven't even started looking for another house, as we don't want to caught in the death trap of having 2 mortgages. But trust me, the entire process is very annoying. We moved a lot of stuff out of the house into the garage, and hell if I can find anything. Curran put almost an entire roll of toilet paper down the toilet last week and I of course couldn't find the GD plunger because I don't know where anything is in the house. I literally threw, packed everything unnecessary away. I call it the Great Purge of 2009. Although I love it here and have no desire to move, I just want this whole thing over with. I don't like living in limbo.
This weekend Steve and I were in NY for the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll HOF concert at Madison Square Garden. It was super fun and I paid for it the next day. I felt fine in the morning, slight headache, nothing major. I also felt fine on the flight home. Steve was convinced that he could find 480 from Cuyahoga County Airport and we went on a goat rodeo tour of the East side. We never found 480 and the local roads did not agree with me. I ended up barfing all over the the side of 150th. Not pretty. It was right by a church where the congregation was pulling in for a service. I think Steve was more embarrassed than I was. This has only happened once before to me, after a long night in C-bus followed by a morning ride home to C-town. Colleen will know what I am talking about.
Here are the pics from Halloween. I am the most deadbeat mother when it comes to Halloween. This was B's 4th Halloween. His first and his fourth Halloween were costumes that my friend Dawn handed down to me. His second and third, I dressed him in the same outfit both years. I go for the easiest costumes possible. Curran's costume was a b-day present from Aunt Sue. Please Note, Brayden is on another photo strike. Enjoy!!
Curran with her friend Sydney - a lady bug and a bumblebee!
Curran is WAY into her Daddy these days. I go into her room to get her in the morning and when she realizes it's me and not Steve she says - "Go Mommy, Go" and points to the door. Nice.
Only decent group photo! Braydo was a dragon, not a dinasour.
Tongues out, for whatever reason. I was just pumped to get a pic where they were both looking.
Friday, October 23, 2009
To My Blog Readers....
I am very sorry for not updating in so long. I have a longer post coming, but in the mean time I wanted to clue you in on what I am so busy with - we've put our house on the market. It's hard to even type these words but....we're moving to the East side. Here's our MLS listing.
http://mls.neohrex.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=neohrex&PRGNAME=MLSLogin&ARGUMENT=DqisfUgjlCyll7reIpW0%2BK7JaoOZ2KlJ1KwSYIMOkeg%3D&KeyRid=1&Include_Search_Criteria=on
Longer post to come, but all is fine. Brayden is still the sweetest child ever and Curran continues to be a very cute little shit.
http://mls.neohrex.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=neohrex&PRGNAME=MLSLogin&ARGUMENT=DqisfUgjlCyll7reIpW0%2BK7JaoOZ2KlJ1KwSYIMOkeg%3D&KeyRid=1&Include_Search_Criteria=on
Longer post to come, but all is fine. Brayden is still the sweetest child ever and Curran continues to be a very cute little shit.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Baby Giganto
So I just came from Curran's 2 Year Well Check and she still remains a big girl. With a REALLY big head. She got 2 shots too, which she wasn't very happy about. Here stats are as follows:
Head: Off the charts. Which means her head is not on the growth curve. Which means she has a bigger head than 100% of babies her age.
Weight: 29 lbs, 1oz. That's the 75th percentile.
Height: 95th percentile. Cant remember the exact length, but loooooong.
Since one child being in pain at the pediatrician's office is never enough fun, I decided to double my fun and get Brayden's stitches taken out too. Nothing says a good time like 2 toddlers screaming bloody murder in front of strangers.
Her birthday clambake was lots of fun, although she was MISERABLE that day. As I have mentioned before she seems like she is eternally constipated. After she hadn't shat in 2 days I decided to start her on Miralax last week. My niece Em is on it for similar issues. Well I gave her too much. Instead of turning her pebbles into mush, I turned her pebbles into the water shits. So she had a red little tweet and butt that day. Instead of playing outside with everyone else she wanted to stay inside and watch Em's Barbie movie.
She continues to be absolutely hilarious. On Sunday I was changing her diaper and her little tweet was all red. She was crying and screaming, so I blew on her little red patch for her. She immediately stopped crying and looked like she was in a trance. When I stopped blowing and started to put on her diaper she said - "Thank you, Mommy!"
Pics from the partay below:
Having a mental breakdown when we sang her happy birthday:
My sweet boy who just cannot understand why April 7th is 6 months after Curran's birthday:
Brayden ate her "2":
Pissed as she's opening presents with Aunt Meg:
Head: Off the charts. Which means her head is not on the growth curve. Which means she has a bigger head than 100% of babies her age.
Weight: 29 lbs, 1oz. That's the 75th percentile.
Height: 95th percentile. Cant remember the exact length, but loooooong.
Since one child being in pain at the pediatrician's office is never enough fun, I decided to double my fun and get Brayden's stitches taken out too. Nothing says a good time like 2 toddlers screaming bloody murder in front of strangers.
Her birthday clambake was lots of fun, although she was MISERABLE that day. As I have mentioned before she seems like she is eternally constipated. After she hadn't shat in 2 days I decided to start her on Miralax last week. My niece Em is on it for similar issues. Well I gave her too much. Instead of turning her pebbles into mush, I turned her pebbles into the water shits. So she had a red little tweet and butt that day. Instead of playing outside with everyone else she wanted to stay inside and watch Em's Barbie movie.
She continues to be absolutely hilarious. On Sunday I was changing her diaper and her little tweet was all red. She was crying and screaming, so I blew on her little red patch for her. She immediately stopped crying and looked like she was in a trance. When I stopped blowing and started to put on her diaper she said - "Thank you, Mommy!"
Pics from the partay below:
Having a mental breakdown when we sang her happy birthday:
My sweet boy who just cannot understand why April 7th is 6 months after Curran's birthday:
Brayden ate her "2":
Pissed as she's opening presents with Aunt Meg:
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