x-mas

merry x-mas!
it was a success thank you everyone for making this the best x-mas ever!

proud mommy moment

there was one point in my life not to long ago......
about three years ago i would be going to bed at 5:00 am
my weekends would consist of finding the best art opening or cheese cube opening in cleveland, going to see some good ole rock and roll, and painting.....
now as a proud mom i was witness to sadie saying words that were like magic to my ears
never ever thought i would become one of those parents that spend much of a year talking poop...but it happens....
just like aaron and i swore we would never allow our house to become one big play room
(i think having sadie though was an excuse to make the house one big playroom....more often than not aaron and i are playing with the toys, sadie is picking up after us.....)
so you must be wondering "what did sadie say?"
she looked me straight in the face and said "poop" lifted her shirt up, walked to the stairs, climbed up the stairs, walked into her room and waited for me to lift her up onto the changing table to change her diaper....
out little girl is growing up
she said "POOP!!!!"
what does this mean.....its time to talk poop and its time to talk potty.....
this also means we might have to only deal with one in diapers while the other is growing out of diapers.....
but i will not count my poops till they hatch (that is a very disturbing thought) and we will not push anything but i am so proud of her
lets see.....
good thing we got the the big ole SUV sooner than later
we have hit -2 degrees here and there....things are falling on our house from 60 mph winds and really its just been gross out but it is winter in cleveland so no surprise there
yet tomorrow it is suppose to be 50 so just when you think your sinuses have adjusted...
#2 is doing great he does a lot of flipping and flopping in there
got to see him and he has some big cheeks just like his sister did....
we are all very very ready to say hello and welcome him into the family...especially me since i think it will be my first day off in almost 2 years
that is sad isn't it?
i want sounds of sympathy
this is all fine and dandy but in a few days we celebrate x-mas
sadie's 2 x-mas and she is aware of all
aaron and bumpa will stay up late putting together her retro red kitchen set
not going to tell you what else she got...you will just have to wait for the update later this week
#2 even got some presents......babylegs
keep those chubbies warm this winter
well that is all for now check back later this week for all the holiday cheer
and we do apologize
no cards from this year....we are slow at getting things together ......but we do send our love and thoughts
ps. we have not been to candyland yet but we do hope to we did go to stan hywet to see the lights
and sadie loved it she just ran and ran saying WOW! it was funny.....
enjoy the pictures

week 32 and x-mas right around the corner

8 weeks or two months to go before omen #2 comes out and says hello
how are you?
and considering the linguistics skills sadie is expressing it would not be a surprise if he does come out saying hello and a manuscript for a short novella
yes sadie is amazing us daily with her ability to speak in three languages including latin
she is currently learning how to spell her name
she can identify most letters in the alphabet when written and is learning to identify the numbers when written
so we are enrolling her into the graduate program at harvard next semester to learn about advance economics....
which by the way omen #2's official name is "buddy bud first bank of koonce" figure it would be a good time to get our feet wet with economic bail out right?
anyways all the silliness aside (b/c we are really a serious crabby bunch here in cleveland)
what has been happening......
the odd thing is we are ALL exhausted but when i look back at our days i come up with little
sadie is preparing for #2
she is learning how to make soup....her favorite is turtle soup she makes with her mimi
it involves running bunnies over with her toy car than stirring them in a pot.....
she is also learning how to put her clothes away, and has figured out how to tickle herself and those around her so watch out she has magical fast tickle fingers
she is also going take her mimi and bumpa to go see ELMO LIVE in downtown cleveland in feb
so she is learning how to drive.....yes her brand new car!
that is our big excitement we bought a new used car
new being a 2008, used being there are already some miles on it.....but it is FUN
it is a big car sorry SUV
(but aaron i both feel like we are driving a tank which means all you little mini cooper style cars out there be very very careful.....we gotsome power now)
yes we have joined the ranks of the gas guzzling people out there trying to figure out how to put two car seats (maybe three), groceries and stroller into any kind of vehicle.....thus we have purchased a ford escape
we are among though the big SUV drivers that is trying to help the economy and the american car industry so before you yell at us......think about all the good we did
now that is off the list now its a matter of sitting and waiting
#2 can get very very active at times to the point where i can not sit down
so i have learned a trick or two
when at work he gets to listen to one of my headphones while i listen to the other
currently he really enjoys 80's pop rock though is not a big fan of belinda carlisle, he LOVES duran duran and pat benatar
not sure if this is going to become a part of his profile when he does emerge but it is interesting either way......
that is all for today and perhaps this week