Well yesterday was my birthday. It was a good day!! Jack and I went to the park and played with our friends. Then Jack and I went to pick Dad up for lunch and he took us to the Cheesecake Factory!!! Yumm Yummmm
I had the lunch portion of the four cheese pasta, and Travis had the Navajo sandwich, Jack had a plate of bananas and bread most of which ended up not being eaten but he enjoyed it nonetheless.
We came home for a short time and I got a few birthday phone calls!! It was great to hear from everyone.
I'm a week away from finishing this "mod" at school. Next mod will be my fourth right smack in the middle of the program. I've gotten 100s on all my tests so far and I haven't missed one day, I hope to keep this up for the rest of my time in school. It's hard to believe I'm only four months away from finishing!!
We learned how to do stitches on Monday, putting them in and taking them out. Pretty cool, I gotta admit!
Sylvie my little niece will be undergoing open heart surgery on the 24th. I have complete faith in the medical staff at Children's Hospital of Boston I know she'll be fine. She's a tough kid even though she's wee. I'll keep happy thoughts for everyone involved.
I wish I could be there to help support Paige and Theron while their daughter undergoes this surgery. I know they know that though.
When I was a kid, I was sick an awful lot. I never had anything as serious as open heart surgery, but I wasn't really worried. I knew I'd be ok, i was more concerned about my parents and sister, and that they not worry about me. A lot of times I felt guilty for putting them through the ordeal, but found my circumstances rather interesting.
No wonder nursing is my calling ;)
Jack is phenomenal lately! He's so much fun to be around...for the most part, lol. When he won't sleep at night he's not such a joy ;) He loves Elmo (taken up Sylvie's Elmo love), when he dances its in a spinning circle. He says "Rawwww" whenever he see's a rock or anything similar to a rock, he says "ball" when he sees a ball or a circle. He knows where his hands, feet, ears, tongue, eyes, head, hair, and wee wee are and will gladly point to them to show you when you ask.
Right now he's passed out on our sofa taking a well earned nap, and I'm going to play a round of sports on my new birthday present!!! Travis got me (read us) a Wii!!!!!
I (read we) love it!!! The boxing game is a real workout too, just going a couple rounds and you've broken a sweat and your arms are getting sore and tired. It's super good fun!!
When any of you all come to visit we'll be able to play games, it'll be awesome!!
that's a hint for you all to come visit us ;) ;)
that's all for now, gotta work off my birthday cheesecake!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Plans for our Reaffirmation of Vows
I know it seems early to be doing this and maybe we should save the money we'll be spending on this for a down payment on a house instead but....this means a lot to both of us.
Travis and I have decided on a theme for our ceremony it's important to both of us and has helped us make our bond even stronger!!
Travis and groomsmen will be dressed in Star Trek Next Generation uniforms while I and the bridesmaids will be dressed in Harry Potter attire.
I'll update the info as we come to our decisions as they come up!
Travis and I have decided on a theme for our ceremony it's important to both of us and has helped us make our bond even stronger!!
Travis and groomsmen will be dressed in Star Trek Next Generation uniforms while I and the bridesmaids will be dressed in Harry Potter attire.
I'll update the info as we come to our decisions as they come up!
Friday, July 13, 2007
Are you flying with your child soon?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/07/12/national/main3051464.shtml?source=mostpop_story
In my opinion, that is just outrageous!! I was lucky on my last flight the flight attendants all fell in love with my little guy and we spent half the flight in the back of the plane with them.
If this had been me I would have demanded to know why I was being kicked off the plane, I wasn't being disruptive, I wasn't holding up the plane, I wasn't a safety threat and neither was my kid. What right did the Flight attendant have to "request" the mother to drug her kid?
I can tell you if this had been me I would have call all the news stations in the area and while I was waiting for them to show up I'd demand to speak to the most senior person at that airport who worked for that airline. I'd want my money back, I'd want to get an upgraded seat on the next available flight to my destination. I'd want a written apology from the flight attendant.....Ooh this makes me so mad!!
That kid wasn't bothering anyone else on the flight!! Unbelieveable, I can promise you that if I fly on the carrier again, I'm gong to make damn sure they won't kick me off becuase my kid is chatty.
That is just so wrong! Mom and kid who were kicked off the plane, I hope you get what you deserve to make up this offense.
Flight attendant, from this mother of a friendly chatty boy, I hope you get what you deserve too....
In my opinion, that is just outrageous!! I was lucky on my last flight the flight attendants all fell in love with my little guy and we spent half the flight in the back of the plane with them.
If this had been me I would have demanded to know why I was being kicked off the plane, I wasn't being disruptive, I wasn't holding up the plane, I wasn't a safety threat and neither was my kid. What right did the Flight attendant have to "request" the mother to drug her kid?
I can tell you if this had been me I would have call all the news stations in the area and while I was waiting for them to show up I'd demand to speak to the most senior person at that airport who worked for that airline. I'd want my money back, I'd want to get an upgraded seat on the next available flight to my destination. I'd want a written apology from the flight attendant.....Ooh this makes me so mad!!
That kid wasn't bothering anyone else on the flight!! Unbelieveable, I can promise you that if I fly on the carrier again, I'm gong to make damn sure they won't kick me off becuase my kid is chatty.
That is just so wrong! Mom and kid who were kicked off the plane, I hope you get what you deserve to make up this offense.
Flight attendant, from this mother of a friendly chatty boy, I hope you get what you deserve too....
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Jack turns ONE
Our baby is no longer a baby. He's now a toddling one year old!!! He's been walking for a couple of months now, and he's starting to try to talk. Mostly he gets out Wah Dah (whats that) and Lie Dah (like that) and Dah (that). He's said Bah a few times oh yeah and yesterday he said Hah Dah. We think the latter was in reference to Harriet. He's also said Amp, we think referring to our cat Scamp but he only did it a few times one day and hasn't repeated it.
For Jacks first ever birthday we started the day off with a yummy french toast breakfast. Jack tried it but wasn't interested. Then we took a nap all three of us!! Then we went shopping for his present and boy did we have fun!!! Travis and I were so excited to pick out a gift for him, he just sat in the cart and looked around, waving at a few passersby.
We looked at a fun pop up tent and a neat tent set up that you could rearrange and build yourself. We finally settled on this http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2336188&cp=2255956.2273442.2255969.2257592&parentPage=family
It's so awesome and is small enough to fit in our little dining room. we don't have a dining room table. What's also great about it is he'll be able to use it for a few years, so it'll go with us when we get a house and he'll be able to climb all over it!!! Totally cool.
I made him a devils food cake with cream cheese icing on the inside and chocolate frosting on teh outside. It's really yummy. Jack had a few trys of the frosting but wasn't impressed by the cake.
He is he grandfathers grandson ;)
He's such an amazing little guy!! A few things he does that I think everyone should know about:
When you tell him "no" he reacts in two different ways. One like a normal little kid, he gets fussy. Two he wrinkles his nose and then smiles cheekily at you. Hard to keep the stern face when you see it, I can tell you. Most of the time we laugh at him.
He dances!! He bounces one both feet when there's happy fast paced music, and sways from side to side when there's slower music playing. He also dances when there isn't any music. When he's sleepy and hugging you he sways side to side. Or when he's singing to himself he'll dance.
He waves at EVERYONE! He'll keep waving till the person waves back. Then once the person makes eye contact he smiles!!
He always knows where I am in the apartment. If he is busy playing with his toys or his Travis and I go to the bathroom, he finds me. If I'm in the kitchen, he finds me. And when he does, I get a big hug!!!
He knows his name, and who he is. When asked "Who's Granny's baby?" he thinks about it then taps his belly. When asked " Where is Jack?" He thinks about it then taps his belly, sometimes getting so excited he yells out "Dac!"
He loves birds and plane and everything in the sky. He loves to swing in swings. He has a little girlfriend named Kaitlyn. They've both tried to give each other a kiss, but been pushed away. They hold hands, and Kaitlyn tries to sit in his lap. He's a few months older than he is so it's awkward but she still tries.
He loves to play with balls and read books. He loves to take baths and play in water. He likes beer but hates soda. He's only ever had a sip don't worry ;) He love milk just like his Momma. He's started collecting rocks, every time we go for a walk he finds a new one.
He only eats Cheerios, whole wheat Goldfish, Mac and Cheese, and the occasional bite of chicken or beef...but only when he wants to otherwise he spits it out.
He loves to look at magazines. He tells us when he wants his diaper changed. He loves Harriet and Scamp and Pete. Harriet and Scamp mostly try to avoid him, Harriet pays more attention to him when he has his snack cup and follows him around hoovering up anything he might drop. Scamp gets and itch to love on him from time to time but runs away when Jack try's to return the love. Pete sits patiently when Jack bangs on his tank, we keep him away most of the time. Pete is never out of his tank when Jack is in the room.
He's taking a nap now, which has given me a chance to type this all. He always has been and always will be my dream come true!!! Thanks to my other dream come true Travis, I have the cutest smartest Loveiest little boy there is. Happy First birthday Jack!!!! We love you!!!
For Jacks first ever birthday we started the day off with a yummy french toast breakfast. Jack tried it but wasn't interested. Then we took a nap all three of us!! Then we went shopping for his present and boy did we have fun!!! Travis and I were so excited to pick out a gift for him, he just sat in the cart and looked around, waving at a few passersby.
We looked at a fun pop up tent and a neat tent set up that you could rearrange and build yourself. We finally settled on this http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2336188&cp=2255956.2273442.2255969.2257592&parentPage=family
It's so awesome and is small enough to fit in our little dining room. we don't have a dining room table. What's also great about it is he'll be able to use it for a few years, so it'll go with us when we get a house and he'll be able to climb all over it!!! Totally cool.
I made him a devils food cake with cream cheese icing on the inside and chocolate frosting on teh outside. It's really yummy. Jack had a few trys of the frosting but wasn't impressed by the cake.
He is he grandfathers grandson ;)
He's such an amazing little guy!! A few things he does that I think everyone should know about:
When you tell him "no" he reacts in two different ways. One like a normal little kid, he gets fussy. Two he wrinkles his nose and then smiles cheekily at you. Hard to keep the stern face when you see it, I can tell you. Most of the time we laugh at him.
He dances!! He bounces one both feet when there's happy fast paced music, and sways from side to side when there's slower music playing. He also dances when there isn't any music. When he's sleepy and hugging you he sways side to side. Or when he's singing to himself he'll dance.
He waves at EVERYONE! He'll keep waving till the person waves back. Then once the person makes eye contact he smiles!!
He always knows where I am in the apartment. If he is busy playing with his toys or his Travis and I go to the bathroom, he finds me. If I'm in the kitchen, he finds me. And when he does, I get a big hug!!!
He knows his name, and who he is. When asked "Who's Granny's baby?" he thinks about it then taps his belly. When asked " Where is Jack?" He thinks about it then taps his belly, sometimes getting so excited he yells out "Dac!"
He loves birds and plane and everything in the sky. He loves to swing in swings. He has a little girlfriend named Kaitlyn. They've both tried to give each other a kiss, but been pushed away. They hold hands, and Kaitlyn tries to sit in his lap. He's a few months older than he is so it's awkward but she still tries.
He loves to play with balls and read books. He loves to take baths and play in water. He likes beer but hates soda. He's only ever had a sip don't worry ;) He love milk just like his Momma. He's started collecting rocks, every time we go for a walk he finds a new one.
He only eats Cheerios, whole wheat Goldfish, Mac and Cheese, and the occasional bite of chicken or beef...but only when he wants to otherwise he spits it out.
He loves to look at magazines. He tells us when he wants his diaper changed. He loves Harriet and Scamp and Pete. Harriet and Scamp mostly try to avoid him, Harriet pays more attention to him when he has his snack cup and follows him around hoovering up anything he might drop. Scamp gets and itch to love on him from time to time but runs away when Jack try's to return the love. Pete sits patiently when Jack bangs on his tank, we keep him away most of the time. Pete is never out of his tank when Jack is in the room.
He's taking a nap now, which has given me a chance to type this all. He always has been and always will be my dream come true!!! Thanks to my other dream come true Travis, I have the cutest smartest Loveiest little boy there is. Happy First birthday Jack!!!! We love you!!!
Thursday, April 12, 2007
Congratulations Colmans it's a GIRL!!!
Yeah at long long last baby Coleman has revealed herself!!! Jessica had to jump up and down to get little Eleanor Jane to move so they could see. Finally finally we can get down to shopping!!
Can't wait to meet you sweetie pie!!!
Love Auntie Manda and Uncle Travis
Can't wait to meet you sweetie pie!!!
Love Auntie Manda and Uncle Travis
Monday, April 9, 2007
He is his mothers son
Jack has all of a sudden stopped eating. He's fine, dont' worry. He just all of a sudden won't eat anything besides cheerios, crackers, cookies, milk and juice.
I made him one of my favs, Mac and Cheese, and he loved it!!! He ate a bunch and is happily playing again. Crazy kid, check out the family website for new pictures of Jack!! See him with two easter bunnies!!!
http://imageevent.com/thegentrys;jsessionid=v3d7w9k7b1.tiger_s
I made him one of my favs, Mac and Cheese, and he loved it!!! He ate a bunch and is happily playing again. Crazy kid, check out the family website for new pictures of Jack!! See him with two easter bunnies!!!
http://imageevent.com/thegentrys;jsessionid=v3d7w9k7b1.tiger_s
Friday, March 30, 2007
Jacks new achievements
Jack has started crawling, walking and clapping all in the same week!!! What a fantastic little boy we have! It's so wonderful to have him, but it feels like he's always been a part of us. I still wonder at him and all he can do, I stare into his eyes and get lost in their beauty.
I love my baby! He's my dream come true!!
I love my baby! He's my dream come true!!
Monday, March 5, 2007
Jack is on the move!!
That's right folks! Jack has started crawling!! How exciting for our young budding explorer. He still is making great strides (wink, get it?) in the walking arena. He's using his high chair as a walker to get around I guess till he gets more confident in his walking abilities. It's much harder to push it around on a carpet but he's doing it!
Jack has 3 teeth now, and is starting to tak a lot more. Still a bunch of baby gibberish but he's starting to make sounds that sound like words.
Travis and I had a fun weekend, we went to Ikea and bought a new sofa and tv stand!! The sofa is very comfy, it's a dark purplish brown color and teh tv stand holds our tv well.....and all of our DVDs however we've got so many we have to hide some behind others. We're going to see if we can find baskets or something to put them in that'll fit in the stand.
So we are starting to settle into our new place and we both feel that this place seems much more like home than the first place. We still have a veiw of the lake and we are higher up on a hill than before so we can now see the Olympic mountain range!!! So we can see the lake AND the mountains!! How nice is that, right???
We love it!!
In other news, Travis has been given the responsibility to design the characters for the next Nancy Drew game!! And I have started taking a beginning Acrylics painting class!! I'm realling enjoying it, tonight is the second class and we are painting a still life of a RED apple with a GREEN drape. Nice huh?
If it looks good I'll try and post a picture of it on here. The first painting we did was a still life cube in black and white. It's ok not bad for my second painting. Once we find our camera again I'll see if I can post that one too.
So that's all thats new for now. I think Jack has realized he can get places under his own steam now so I'll be on teh run from now on, but oh well.
Till next post!!
Jack has 3 teeth now, and is starting to tak a lot more. Still a bunch of baby gibberish but he's starting to make sounds that sound like words.
Travis and I had a fun weekend, we went to Ikea and bought a new sofa and tv stand!! The sofa is very comfy, it's a dark purplish brown color and teh tv stand holds our tv well.....and all of our DVDs however we've got so many we have to hide some behind others. We're going to see if we can find baskets or something to put them in that'll fit in the stand.
So we are starting to settle into our new place and we both feel that this place seems much more like home than the first place. We still have a veiw of the lake and we are higher up on a hill than before so we can now see the Olympic mountain range!!! So we can see the lake AND the mountains!! How nice is that, right???
We love it!!
In other news, Travis has been given the responsibility to design the characters for the next Nancy Drew game!! And I have started taking a beginning Acrylics painting class!! I'm realling enjoying it, tonight is the second class and we are painting a still life of a RED apple with a GREEN drape. Nice huh?
If it looks good I'll try and post a picture of it on here. The first painting we did was a still life cube in black and white. It's ok not bad for my second painting. Once we find our camera again I'll see if I can post that one too.
So that's all thats new for now. I think Jack has realized he can get places under his own steam now so I'll be on teh run from now on, but oh well.
Till next post!!
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
New Blog for a new year!
You don't know our Jack is the best title I could come up with. So far this year has been interesting. The whole family has gotten sick, Jack and I are still under the weather; though I believe we are finally on the mend.
I've finally decided to go back to school, I'm scared though. What if I go there and can't remember anything I learned from before, what if I take the test and they take me aside and say "How do you walk in a straight line?"
or what it I get there and all I can do is drool?!?!?
I'm afraid this is going to cut into my Travis time, though he'll be getting more Jack time which is great for both of them! I think I've not been sharing Jack as much as I should.
Jack loves pears! Or he did last time I fed them to him, he's been off solids since he got sick, he's not wanted to sleep at night either. Last night was pretty good though he only woke up 5 times, as opposed to 5 times an hour. He's such a sweet boy though, Travis brought him to bed this morning and I fed Jack and we all went back to sleep for a little while longer.
Jack seemed so comfy in our bed I hated taking him to his room to change his diaper.
We finally got his room the way we want it! It looks great! We've got the changing station right next to the crib and the rocker/glider next to it. Then across the room we have the cool blue hanging toy organzer from Ikea, next to that we have his bookcase which is quickly filling up (keep the books coming!) it has the cd player on top. There's a shelf on the wall above it with all kinds of neat things like a pirate ship from Savannah. Next to the book case is the chest of drawers, on top of it is the tv, the mocket of Rocky Omega, and a few pictures of Granny, Grandad and Grandma and Grandpa.
We put up a neat light we got from Ikea it's light blue and makes a neat light pattern on the wall when switched on.
Jack loves to reach for things now, and will fall over sideways or forward to get what he's reaching for. Just a few minutes ago he reached out while I was checking his diaper for stinky factor and he grabbed my glass of milk. It went every where :(
I've been thinking about starting to write letters to Jack. Mostly I think of what I'd write at night before I fall asleep, things like "You're still sick today, I wish there was more I could do to make you feel better but there just isn't. You aren't getting alot of sleep at night but I hold you and rock you as much as I can and that seems to help a little." "Your Dad finished his book and we are starting the process of finding an agent, I can't wait to see how well it does!"
That sort of thing.
Maybe I should keep a journal by the bed just for that. I'm always afraid of what he'll think of it when he's older, I bet he'll think it's lame when he's a teenager, he might appreciate it when he's a dad or his wife might....
Maybe I'll just keep it for me. We found out over the holidays that Travis' sister Jessica is going to be having a baby in August!! Way to go!! I knew it wouldn't be long ;) I wish I could be there with her to help her through the rougher parts, but she seems to be having an easy time of it so far. I hope that keeps up!
I was thinking I'd write this in Jacks voice, but I'm too tired to think of what he'd say. I'm so uncreative....it's probably just sleep deprivation. I know I can be creative, when I put my mind to it. I'm going to go take a hot bath.
Happy new year!
Oh New year resolutions:
Go to school
Get a Job
Find a literary agent with Travis
Get his book published
Get organized
not be sick anymore this year!
I've finally decided to go back to school, I'm scared though. What if I go there and can't remember anything I learned from before, what if I take the test and they take me aside and say "How do you walk in a straight line?"
or what it I get there and all I can do is drool?!?!?
I'm afraid this is going to cut into my Travis time, though he'll be getting more Jack time which is great for both of them! I think I've not been sharing Jack as much as I should.
Jack loves pears! Or he did last time I fed them to him, he's been off solids since he got sick, he's not wanted to sleep at night either. Last night was pretty good though he only woke up 5 times, as opposed to 5 times an hour. He's such a sweet boy though, Travis brought him to bed this morning and I fed Jack and we all went back to sleep for a little while longer.
Jack seemed so comfy in our bed I hated taking him to his room to change his diaper.
We finally got his room the way we want it! It looks great! We've got the changing station right next to the crib and the rocker/glider next to it. Then across the room we have the cool blue hanging toy organzer from Ikea, next to that we have his bookcase which is quickly filling up (keep the books coming!) it has the cd player on top. There's a shelf on the wall above it with all kinds of neat things like a pirate ship from Savannah. Next to the book case is the chest of drawers, on top of it is the tv, the mocket of Rocky Omega, and a few pictures of Granny, Grandad and Grandma and Grandpa.
We put up a neat light we got from Ikea it's light blue and makes a neat light pattern on the wall when switched on.
Jack loves to reach for things now, and will fall over sideways or forward to get what he's reaching for. Just a few minutes ago he reached out while I was checking his diaper for stinky factor and he grabbed my glass of milk. It went every where :(
I've been thinking about starting to write letters to Jack. Mostly I think of what I'd write at night before I fall asleep, things like "You're still sick today, I wish there was more I could do to make you feel better but there just isn't. You aren't getting alot of sleep at night but I hold you and rock you as much as I can and that seems to help a little." "Your Dad finished his book and we are starting the process of finding an agent, I can't wait to see how well it does!"
That sort of thing.
Maybe I should keep a journal by the bed just for that. I'm always afraid of what he'll think of it when he's older, I bet he'll think it's lame when he's a teenager, he might appreciate it when he's a dad or his wife might....
Maybe I'll just keep it for me. We found out over the holidays that Travis' sister Jessica is going to be having a baby in August!! Way to go!! I knew it wouldn't be long ;) I wish I could be there with her to help her through the rougher parts, but she seems to be having an easy time of it so far. I hope that keeps up!
I was thinking I'd write this in Jacks voice, but I'm too tired to think of what he'd say. I'm so uncreative....it's probably just sleep deprivation. I know I can be creative, when I put my mind to it. I'm going to go take a hot bath.
Happy new year!
Oh New year resolutions:
Go to school
Get a Job
Find a literary agent with Travis
Get his book published
Get organized
not be sick anymore this year!
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