life etc.

Well not much has been going on in our small corner of the world. Jack has been the coolest son parents could ever wish for. We have found a lovely temporary home for Lucy with my parents. That has been a HUGE blessing. She is such a good dog and I would miss her tremendously if she had gone too far. But this way I get to see her at least once a week, without poor Murphy living in fear for his life.

We got to rock out on the Rock Band. It's very awesome. I was most surprised with the drums. I mean, I knew they would be cool but they were sooo much more then that. It's the most fun I've had with a video game in years, and it was all b/c of the drums. That and you get to play with other people. I mean, really interact with other people. It's not like other games where it's one, maybe two people sitting around a tv pushing buttons and maybe a directional pad of some sort. This was four adults truly rocking out!

I think when we get it well get it for the Wii. We could probably get it cheaper if we bought a PlayStation 2 and the game. But if we get the game on Wii, then we will also have all the yummy goodness of a Wii as well. And a Wii would get a lot more attention at my house then a PS2.

Also De Nova Dahl has a new album out. You should go here and check it out. They have some videos and songs on the left hand side. You can buy the new album here as well as the old album which is waaayyy awesome. They are also in a contest to have one of their videos played on MTVU. So go here and vote for them, even if you never have heard them. Take my word, it's worth it.

Well that about wraps it up for now.
Valholla!

Longest blog EVER.

After a brief teething break--I do believe Jack is now cutting molars. He has been sleeping A LOT the last 2 days and tonight he was SUPER fussy. After eliminating every other possible cause for the "I hurt" scream, I checked his gums and sure enough, molars. I felt his gums on the bottom left and felt rough skin and actually felt a tooth on the upper left. I don't think there is much on the right side yet--but I'm sure they're close behind. Poor boy, he can't just get a tooth or 2 at a time. He has to have 4. After these make it through (GOD, I hope it's soon) he'll have 12 teeth! They are sharp little boogers too! He bit the SNOT out of my finger while I was feeling around for the molars. I'm sure it felt great to him!

Oh! Easter was great! Jack totally had a blast with the family. He and his cousin Casen are the exact same size. Jack was really excited to see him. Casen has 3 older brothers so he was less than excited to see another little boy...heheh. Jack gathered some easter eggs with the help of his other cousins (namely Jamie and Jennifer) and did a great job. He actually understood it better than I thought he would.

We had an adult Easter egg hunt at Jan's as well. I ended up with a bracelet, chap stick, a People magazine, TUMS, and hand sanitizer. Pretty funny, huh?

JP was sick and unfortunatley was not able to make it to Jan's house. On top of not feeling up to it (more on that later)we didn't want to expose my Great-Aunt Marcia to any viruses. She had a pace maker placed on Monday. There were some complications that I am not 100% sure about--but she seems to be doing well as St. Thomas was planning on sending her home very soon. She's the sweetest and most self-less person you could ever meet. She's a very very special woman and I am so proud to be related to such an incredible lady.

I think we have figured out why JP has had crazy abdominal pain, rashes, and swelling. He's allergic to red due #40. He had his worst reactions yet after drinking 2 different brands of kool-aide. You wouldn't BELIEVE the foods with red dye in it. Even yellow cake has it!!! So he is emliminating red dye from his diet (and therefore mine and Jack's too) and we'll see how it goes.

new link

I added a new link called "photoshopd" and no, it's not a typo.

Feeling insecure? Check it out.

It's pretty amazing what this guy can spot.

Martha what??

30 of them. Damn straight!

A blog for Jean...

Sometimes life gets a little busy and crazy and you don't take the time to slow down and tell people you love them. I think that can catch up with you over time if you're not careful. So I just wanted to write up a quick blog for JP and remind him that I love him. Even if I don't say it every 5 minutes, I'm thinking it. Love ya, babe!

How could I forget??

Happy Birthday, K-Rock!!!!!! Jack was actually due on Kelly's birthday, which I thought was pretty awesome. However, at 39 weeks pregnant I was more than ready to have him a week early and let K-Rock keep her birthday!

So happy 28th birthday, Kelly! I love you!

Oh, the drama

So it's the end of my super-crappy on-call day and I am just tickled friggin' pink to be working tomorrow as well and I get a call from daycare. The manager is calling me at 4:40 to tell me that Jack has fallen and may need stitches. One of the teachers thought it would be a good idea to mop the floor early (I imagine so that she could go home early) and Jack decided to walk-on-water. He ended up falling on his face, hitting his chin and smashing his teeth against his upper lip. This is ironic since I had just discussed a similar situation with JP's cousin, Beth. So daycare said they couldn't stop the bleeding, that he was upset, and that they would pay any medical bills that we incurred. When daycare is telling you they'll pay your medical bills--it MUST be bad.
So JP has the van and takes off to daycare to get the boy and bring him back to the clinic so that Dr. B can take a look at his mouth and decide if Jack needs stitches. When he got there he caught the tail end of the teacher getting chewed out for mopping with kids in the room. JP said his teacher was in tears and had been for a while. She would hardly let go of Jack and just kept crying and apologizing. Now if you know JP then you know he's a big softie and this would usually break him down. This is NOT the case when it comes to Jack. He plucked him out of her arms and walked away. He's better at that than me.
By the time they made it to the clinic Jack was happy and no longer bleeding. Right underneath his nose is a small cut and inside of his upper lip is torn. you know the flap of skin that connects your lip to your gums? That thing was torn. Dr. Badem said he did not need stitches just a little Motrin for that fat lip.
I nearly called daycare to tell them, no worries-Jack is fine. Then I decided that maybe they need to think/worry about this a bit over the weekend. I never called them but JP and I have decided to have a meeting with them on Monday.
We love the teachers, Jack LOVES the teachers. Mistakes happen and it could have happened on our watch as well. However, this was a dumb mistake and we don't want this to happen to any other children there. There is NO REASON that the afternoon teachers can not WAIT to mop the floors at 6pm when the last kid is gone. Children tear up and down those halls all day and it's just a matter of time until some other kid gets hurt. The teachers just need to suck it up and work until 6:10pm!!!

Again, I would like to make it clear that his teachers are great and I know they love Jack. Even this teacher is one of my faves, she just wasn't using ALL of her brain. I like her even more when I heard how upset she was and how she barely let JP have Jack. He said that she hadn't put him down once since he fell and she just cried trying to take care of him.

So the fat lipped boy is in bed and I am heading that way too. Then, ugh, work again.