Plan Bee

My first piece of candy! Yum! Yum!
Too much fun on my first Halloween!

Well I had the best of intentions to get Jonas a Halloween costume made last weekend. It turns out that I was missing a piece to my sewing machine and I couldn't just replace it at Wal-mart. This week has been really crazy for me at work...staying late everyday for parent/teacher conferences after school. Sooo...I wasn't able to make it to a sewing machine store, sooo...no special mommy-made costume for Jonas. Maybe I will save it and make it next year (I guess I could plan ahead more)...maybe. When I told my sister, Sarah, I was planning on making Jonas' Halloween costume she said, "That's great! Why don't you just take Colin's Halloween costume from last year home with you just in case - you can have Plan B." What can I say? She was right we needed Plan BEE! Home-made or not - I happen to think he is still pretty cute! We had fun at our church's annual Trunk-or-Treat.

a little about me...

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your friends. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to some of your friends including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!

1. What time did you get up this morning?
5:35am

2. Diamonds or pearls?
diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema?

The secret life of bees

4. What is your favorite TV show?

Project Runway, The Office, Grey's Anatomy, Amazing Race

5. What do you usually have for breakfast?

frozen waffles (berry) and juice

6. What is your middle name?

LaRose

7. What food do you dislike?

raw onions, water chestnuts

8. What is your favorite CD at the moment?

I don't really listen to CD's much anymore - I have a bunch of great music on my IPOD and listen to a variety of music stations on pandora.com at work

9. What kind of car do you drive?
Isuzu Axiom

10. Favorite sandwich?
That would be the original chicken sandwich at Chic-fil-a

11. Favorite item of clothing?
hubby's t-shirts to sleep in

12. Where would you retire to?
a house on the lake

13. Furthest place you are sending this?

Hawaii

14. Person you expect to send it back first?

I really have no idea ...

15. When is your birthday?
Feb. 5, 19??

16. Morning person or a night person?
I used to be a night person until I became a mom - now mornings come early and it is the only time I can get anything done at work.

17. What is your shoe size?
8 - before kids...7.5

18. Pets?

Pomeranian - Bailey

19. What did you want to be when you were little?
Definitely a hair dresser and then a marine biologist

20. How are you today?
tired...first day back to work after a nice week long break

21. What is your favorite flower?

so many to choose...I guess gardenias - for their smell - but too many others to name

22. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to?
Dec. 29 - Jonas' first birthday!

23. What are you listening to right now?

Monday night football

24. What was the last thing you ate?

bbq sandwich, coleslaw, tater tots, and apple slices

25. Do you wish on stars?

stars?...hasn't ever occured to me

26. If you were a crayon, what color would you be?

pink

27. How is the weather right now?
cool to cold

28. Last person you spoke to on the phone?
my hubby

29. Favorite soft drink?

diet coke

30. Favorite restaurant?
That is tough...Blue Plate, Sticky Fingers, Chilis, Big River, Southern Star...I don't know I could probably name 5 more

31. Hair color?

blond with highlights

32. What was your favorite toy as a child?
Barbies

33. Summer or winter?

What about spring and fall!

34. Coffee or tea?

coffee in the morning - tea in the evening

35. Do you want your friends to email you back?
they better or that's it on the friendship

36. When was the last time you cried?

When I put Jonas to bed on the last night of my vacation

38. What did you do last night?

Watched TV with my hubby

39. What are you afraid of?
Jonas being kidnapped or hurt by someone

40. Salty or sweet?

not fair...both!

41. How many keys on your key ring?
who knows - 5 or 6

42. Favorite day of the week?
Saturday

43. Do you make friends easily?

not sure

44. How many people will you send this to?
1,000,000,000

45. How many will respond?

999,999,999

46. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends?
yep

47. What song always brings back memories and of what?

Laila by Eric Clapton - Mallory used to call me Laila when we were dating

48. If you could do it all again...what 1 thing would you change?
I wouldn't have jumped over the fence to get our boxer, Scout - that led to tearing 3 ligaments in my knee and reconstructive surgery.

49. Do you like the people you work with?

I have the best team!

50. What are you most concerned about right now?

getting all of my math assessments completed and report cards finished before they are due...and Jonas' diaper rash!

the graduate

Jonas LOVES his new ducky bathtub! He has graduated from his little baby tub to this new toddler tub. I love it because (as you can see) he now likes to stand up in the tub, throw toys over the side, and splash like there is no tomorrow - so when he falls there is a lot more cushion in this tub. Oh, and when I squeeze the beak and it makes the "quack! quack! quack!" sound he gets the biggest grin on his face! So I have to squeeze it at least twice during bath time - just to see him smile.

Fall Break

Aren't they so cute workin' side by side?
Well...dad is working...Jonas thinks he's helping...
it's a good start!

There is something disturbingly cute about this picture!
Maybe perfect for Halloween! :)

Well I have been home this past week on Fall Break! We had such a great week - I am sad to see it end...even though I really am enjoying teaching this year - there is nothing I enjoy more than hanging out with my boys! Here are some highlights from the week...Nana came last weekend to help us with the chaos in our house (it feels a lot better and more manageable! Thanks Nana!). It was a great way to start the week because I actually enjoyed being at home - instead of feeling overwhelmed! We also got to go out on the boat this weekend (could be the last time for a while since it is getting cooler), we walked to the aquarium and visited some of our water friends, we went for a walk and hung out with Aunt Sarah and cousin Colin (oh and played on the big indoor play area at the mall...J's first time), I made breakfast, lunch, and dinner!, tried to teach Jonas to say "Mama!"(he can say "Dad"), picked out a pattern and fabric for J's Halloween costume (keep posted for results!), went to see "The Secret Life of Bees"(SO good! I don't know if I cried more when I read the book or watching the movie) and eat dinner with some good friends, watched the Dawgs beat the Vols and the 'Dores! (sorry Matthew! Maybe next year!), took J to the dr. and found out he is tall (75th percentile) and skinny (35th percentile)(he can thank his dad for those genes), introduced more solid food to Jonas (that is going to be a slow process!), we worked on and FINISHED so many projects, relaxed, played, laughed, and cried! It really has been a great week! Tomorrow is back to reality...

Solids

We are starting to give Jonas more solid food. He is very excited! This is the first time we gave him a solid food. It is called Baby Mum-Mum (basically it is a very light rice cake). He really liked the crunching sound it made when he bit into it...so, he just kept crunching and crunching until he looked like a chipmunk with all the rice cake in his mouth. He is still learning about taking a bite, chewing and swallowing. Now he thinks he can have things like pizza and cheeseburgers!

It's a GIRL!

We had our ultrasound yesterday and found out we are having a little girl! We are very excited! The ultrasound technician said everything looked normal. She said our baby girl has chubby cheeks and she is a wiggle worm! :) I am sure we will be very busy with our 2 wiggle worms...since Jonas is crawling all over the place these days, pulling up on everything, and standing for a second by himself. We are so excited that we will have a boy and a girl! God is so good and we are so thankful for our blessings!
I will try to figure out how to post the dvd of the ultrasound - maybe this weekend when I have more time!