Manic Monday

Today was a very busy day. We are continuing to have minor sleeping trouble so after one midnight wake up which lasted about 45 minutes we woke up feeling refreshed in the morning. We both ate our morning cereal packed up the car and immediately ran 4 errands.

Dicks Sporting Goods

Home Expo (I love everything here - are you surprised?)

Home Depot (My second home)

Bed Bath and Beyond



Jack was a champ, quiet the entire time, and asleep for half the stops. I had to buy myself a new water bottle because I had mom-brain and must have left mine somewhere, like the store or the library or something. Jack is very interested in everything that Mommy eats, so this is one of the few things I 'eat' that I can let him play with because A. water is harmless and B. it's completely spill-proof!



Then Daddy got home and got to work on the kitchen again.

He had a little helper.
This was cute at first, and then the utter mayhem ensued. Most of my cabinets were empty; their contents all over my counter tops, table tops and floors. Panic set in....

But in the end we were able to move some cabinets
Just imagine the floors as bamboo, the cabinets painted white with new hardware, the counter tops a dark emerald granite, and the back splash as pale sage subway tile. This is going to be a tremendous amount of work, but in the end our kitchen will look fantastic! I might even start cooking in it ;-)

We have lift-off!

Tonight during bath time Jack decided he would rather sit than lay in the bath. He sat completely unassisted! (Not that tripod type sitting either, this is real bonafide big-boy sitting.) Another milestone, CHECK!

Weekend-o-fun

It was another busy weekend in the world of Jack. Saturday we drove to the land of Jon and Kate (plus 8) a.k.a. E-town to visit Matt's Grandmother. Here is Great-Grandma Newton, Jack, and Grandpa Newton. Our visit was loads of fun and Jack was a good happy boy the whole time!

Then we went to lunch at a local restaurant with Uncle Keith and Aunt Anne. Jack was not bashful about needing a diaper change in the middle of the restaurant (all the other tables were empty). Jack was a little bashful about being a nuddie-bird on camera.

Sunday the demolition began. Goodbye random 1/2 wall, Goodbye useless 'pantry', Goodbye ugly counter tops, Goodbye linoleum and nasty carpet...

Hello giant hole in my kitchen. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea... (I'm kidding of course, I'm just so organized that when I'm in the middle of projects I always experience the anxiety of living in mess until it's done. Which will be about 4/5 weeks this time around.)

2032

I am pleased to announce Jack's engagement to Ria. Archana have decided it is mutually beneficial for our families to enter into this arranged marriage. Because are kids are adorable and they will, therefor, make adorable babies.

We had a great time today planning fake arranged marriages, and coercing two certain moms to participate in Mommy and Me swim class, despite the swimsuit requirement. I will do a special update if we are successful in recruiting them!

Jack practiced his sitting skills today. He feels slightly threatened by Brooks, who is clearly the alpha-male of the group. Brooks is already majoring in sitting and minoring in bongo playing.

Emily and Brooks were kind enough to share their Peeps shades so Jack could play dress-up.

Thank you to Emily, Brooks (and Seth) for hosting another fun-filled yummy Moms' Group.

Teething

Can lead to excessive drool.

Happy Father's Day!

To celebrate Matt's first Father's Day we went to see Indiana Jones. It was certainly more strange than the other Indiana Jones movies, but we both agreed it was great to be able to see an Indiana Jones movie on the big screen! Jack got to try out his umbrella stroller, which is great when you need something light and maneuverable. We love it!!

We took Daddy to DuClaw for lunch. I had been recently with Susan, so I knew there would be a few extra beers in the sampler, Daddy just had to try it for himself.

Jack thought the beers looked baby-sized.

Party Animal

This weekend Jen celebrated her 30th bithday. Jack was there to rock the party.
Party animal.

Happy Birthday Jen, it's good that her son Andrew was there to help blow out the candles.

Jen, Andrew and Mike!