Thinkin' about it Thursday

Last days of the 2009 season. I forget what we watch when the mariners aren't on. Great.

To Ichiro: You never disappoint!

To Griffey: You made my year. Please come back for another season! Please!

12.

*flickr photo courtesy of Andrew Jalali

You know when you've been married for a really long time when it's the day of your wedding anniversary and neither one of you remember until about noon. Happy 12, babe, lots of love and all of that other sappy, gushy stuff. ;-)

Thinkin' about it Thursday

Dying.

Late one night in the hospital, my mom asked my grandpa if he was scared. He told her that no, he wasn't scared. What comfort that gives me. I will miss you, grandpa.

Thinkin' about it Thursday

In an effort to be more frugal, I decide to use every last little bit of ketchup. Great idea, right? Every little bit of money-saving helps, right?

So, I'm shaking the bottle to get the last little bit lined up with the spout and I pop open the pop-open lid and squeeze. The bottle makes a sound that no bottle should ever make and all these little droplets of ketchup spray all over my plate, the counter and my white shirt. Now, I have a couple of options: a) I can throw away my $12.00 white shirt, or b) I can use a whole $12.00 tiny bottle of laundry stain remover to try and get every itty-bitty drop of ketchup out.

Take my advice: Throw out the $0.00000005 cents of ketchup and open a new bottle.

When have you tried to save money and failed miserably?

random happenings.

Anyone need advice? Obviously, Will and I aren't doing that great if he feels the need to research for himself!

So, when we changed Cy's crib to a toddler bed, he would wake up in the middle of the night, get out of bed, and fall asleep in odd places......like the middle of the hall.......or in our bedroom by our bed......or in his bedroom by his bed. The change didn't last very long.

This is funny, whenever the hall closet doors are open, he will get into Will's stuff, line it up and "count" it. I swear it's counting in a different language, though. It sounds like: "da, da, da" What language does 'one, two, three' all sound alike?

And, finally, sometimes Cy just needs stroller time. Today he sat in the stroller in the garage for an hour. Nope, we didn't have a problem with it at all.

Thinkin' about it Thursday

Definition of Hormonal= Crying over tennis.

There's just no reason for it! I cried when Melanie Oudin won, and I cried when Melanie Oudin lost! What?!?!? Who is this chick? She is someone who won me- and the rest of American tennis fans- over at the U.S. Open. But, come on.......crying?!?!? Un-BE-liev-able! What's next?

In less-crying tennis news, I want Novak Djokovich to win the men's title......he is my fave player because he is so funny (you HAVE to watch THIS You tube video -it's hilarious and my fave tennis moment of all time) and Kim Clijsters to win the women's title......she just had a baby and is trying to comeback, I love the underdog.

Ok, I'm gonna get back to watching tennis now. ;-)

Thinkin' about it Thursday

When you're pregnant everyday things take on new meanings. Happy Labor Day. Happy? Labor? I don't think so.

fishing.

one fish. two fish. red fish. blue fish.

Today we took Cy for his first fishing trip!

My daddio has this super sweet fishin' boat. You can visit the family fish site by clicking HERE. Will and I love fishing and we want Cy to grow up fishing, too. So, months and months ago we went out and bought Cy the nicest life jacket-just for fishing. Well, TODAY was the first time we took our baby fishing. We were so excited, we woke up early this morning, got everything ready, left in plenty of time, arrived at the meet place early and messed around until mom, dad and the boat got there. Cy was SO excited. We all got in the boat and the boat got into the water, and Momma Wendie says, "OK, this kid needs his life jacket on!" Crap. The life jacket was sitting at home right by the door all ready to go. Nice. Yep, I felt like a failure as a mother not even thinking about the one thing that would keep my baby safe. I'm awesome. We have used the life jacket, but this was the first fishing trip, today is what it was for!!! Oh well.

We anchored up and Mom got her pole in right away, and tells Cy he can touch the pole and right then they hooked a fish! My mom is so good, she timed that perfectly.

Pullin' in that huge fish was exhausting, time for a break.

It was a great day, thanks mom and dad! (Anything that wears Cy out this much is tops in my books)

Thinkin' about it Thursday

I'm just thinkin'-I like to have clean kitchen floors-it's really nice to walk across a floor and not stick to it. . . . . . . . .

a sad day.

jeremy and ashley are so awesome. anyone who knows them knows this. they have been watching cy for us when we have appointments lately. yesterday was one of those days. cy had THE BEST time and he actually cried when he had to come home with mommy. seriously. he loves me and loves to go home.....not yesterday. nice. thanks a lot, ash, for being so much fun and making my baby not want to leave with me (and for taking great pics). i am traumatized. for life.

*sniff, sniff *

(not really, i loved seeing him have a blast)

oh. my. heck.

i love this kid so much. i sure hope he's cute, cause if not, i have NO idea what cute looks like!

oh, momma bear-thanks for having the energy and the desire to chase him around and do anything and everything he wants to do......you rock.

mariners fans.

What? I haven't blogged about the Mariners game yet? I canNOT believe it! We had so much fun. Cy was so not wanting to sit and watch the game like a good little fan. He wanted to go up the busy steep stairs, and then down the busy steep stairs, and then up, and then down.......needless to say, we will be waiting a little longer until Mr. Fan #3 goes with us to another game.

What a super fun day. . . . . .

duck. duck. goose.

Cy had the BEST time feeding the ducks and geese.  It was so fun to watch him.

I think Will enjoyed it just as much as Cy.

We also found some cement blocks with his name!  How sweet is that?  Yay for short names.

fresh-baked.

k, so, as I started making dinner tonight the kid wanted up on a chair REALLY bad.  I thought maybe he wanted to "help" me cook-as he sometimes does.  I put him on the chair and turned around to get him something that he can "help" me with.  Before I knew it, he had gotten up on the counter, crawled to the other side, opened the ziploc baggy, and dug in to the freshly baked super yummy homemade rolls.  So, either the kid was STARVING, (does he look like he is starving? no.) or the rolls were superb.  The answer is superb!  Thanks Momma Wendie!  We have enjoyed these more than you know!   ;-)

warm enough.

YAY!  It's warm enough to go to the pool!

Okay, I will confess.....we didn't go to a real, live, actual pool.  What I meant by "Go to the pool" was that we had to GO outside TO get to THE cheap kiddie POOL I bought.  My point is: It Is Swimming Time!  Woo-hoo!  (Please don't tell my baby there are real, live, actual swimming pools......I'm gonna do it this way for as lonnngggggg as I can.  Thanks.)

We here at the C Family Pool take safety very seriously and have the proper flotation devices readily available.  You can never be too safe in an inch or two of water.

Blowing kisses your way.......

Okay, so maybe not enough water to swim in, but did I mention it was finally warm enough?  I'm just lettin' you know.

"Okay, mom, seriously-I'm done with these things AND pictures."

farm boy.

I have a baby boy who LOVES being outside and therefore LOVES going out to the farm.  He loves roaming around and exploring and just being free!

He also has a thing for lawnmowers, so lucky me in a few years.

"ahhh-hah!  this is how it works"

intently concentrating......on weeds......

"where'd they go?"

play things.

I was kinda thinkin' recently that Cy needed a fun new toy, like a sand and water table, or a swing, or even a little bike.  But, now I'm thinkin' the can opener will do the job.  

whatever keeps ya entertained, baby!

....and yet more Easter

"Yep, I'm ready!  Now what am I supposed to do?"

Cy didn't find ONE egg.  Not one.  I can see why.....they were hidden really, really well.  Nothing gets by Cy.

Seriously, Cam- which one of the kids is gonna be able to reach that one?!?!?!

And finally, one perfect pic of the three little boys.  I'm sure glad they love each other.

Easter

Shhhhhhh-wait a minute-why do you have to be quiet to hide Easter Eggs?  All the kids are inside!

Documenting, lots of documenting.

If it were a snake.......this is when we were playing the game "You're getting warmer...."  They were on fire, burning up at this point, and still couldn't see the egg.  Do you?

(It is just to the right of the big rock)

The best pic we could get right after the Hunt.  Calvin was sleeping during the whole thing.  At least Grandma and Tyler look like they are having a good time!

trike

Cy loved the radio flyer.  I think he thought that if he stared at it long enough it would become his......

He even got his cousin to push him......

And then Grandpa.  Wow, does this kid EVER get what he wants?

(side note:  This was after everyone went inside.  Cy still wanted to be outside-so he "talked" Grandpa into taking him back out-and it really didn't take very much convincing.)