Saturday, August 13, 2011
I Love Nights Like These
On Friday night Daddy got off a little early, so once the girls were up from their naps we walked them to, Boomers (a local mini gold/arcade place). Daddy needed to work on his batting practice, so the girls and I walked around a bit and watched him. Daddy took Coco on the carousel and then we played some games in the arcade. Coco, once again, had fun collecting tickets and redeeming them for candy. She loves to get the boxes of nerds. We got her a few prizes. Then we walked back toward the house but stopped to get pizza. The girls were really good and we just enjoyed a fun family meal. We talked and laughed and enjoyed good company. Caylee is starting to talk a little more. Just this week she has started saying "Hi" and "ball". She is learning so much. Daddy and Mommy stopped to get a tea before walking home. I love nights like these where we get to walk, spend time together, eat, drink and have well behaved little girls.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
7 Years of Marriage
7 years of Marriage
(We made it past the make or break it year, the 7 year itch)
-2,555 Days spent together
-2 beautiful little girls
-3 babies already in Heaven
-2 new cars
-3 meals dining at “Gooky’s” kitchen
-25 trips to Disneyland
-6880 diapers changed
-1 kitty, 3 dogs, 2 birds (Romo is the only surviving dog)
-4 iphones bought
-1,689 Venti Non Fat White Mochas from Starbucks
-22,158 Glances at facebook
-352 renditions of “Happy Day” by Courtney Sue
-25 pairs of designer jeans (8 for Heather and 17 for Ben)
-4 Times each as a Bridesmaid or Groomsmen
-4 Nephews added and 2 Nieces (Total 6 Nephews and 3 Nieces)
-6 New Jobs started
-6 Trips to the Emergency Room
-3 Stays in the hospital
-1,550 Status updates on Facebook
-5 Blood Transfusions
-14 new pairs of Running Shoes
-2,555 Hours spent walking, running or at the gym
-7 Camping Trips (2 Daddy/Coco Trips)
-4 Trips to Palm Springs
-3545 Times one of us sang “I Love You Lord” to put the girls to sleep
-5 Times Ben led worship at church
-85 Softball Games played
-688Friends of Facebook (140 friends in common)
-4 Times snowboarding
-42 Hikes
-6 Tattoos
-43 Episodes of Jersey Shore watched
-334 Sunday mornings spent at church
-Millions of smiles and giggles shared with our two little girls
(We made it past the make or break it year, the 7 year itch)
-2,555 Days spent together
-2 beautiful little girls
-3 babies already in Heaven
-2 new cars
-3 meals dining at “Gooky’s” kitchen
-25 trips to Disneyland
-6880 diapers changed
-1 kitty, 3 dogs, 2 birds (Romo is the only surviving dog)
-4 iphones bought
-1,689 Venti Non Fat White Mochas from Starbucks
-22,158 Glances at facebook
-352 renditions of “Happy Day” by Courtney Sue
-25 pairs of designer jeans (8 for Heather and 17 for Ben)
-4 Times each as a Bridesmaid or Groomsmen
-4 Nephews added and 2 Nieces (Total 6 Nephews and 3 Nieces)
-6 New Jobs started
-6 Trips to the Emergency Room
-3 Stays in the hospital
-1,550 Status updates on Facebook
-5 Blood Transfusions
-14 new pairs of Running Shoes
-2,555 Hours spent walking, running or at the gym
-7 Camping Trips (2 Daddy/Coco Trips)
-4 Trips to Palm Springs
-3545 Times one of us sang “I Love You Lord” to put the girls to sleep
-5 Times Ben led worship at church
-85 Softball Games played
-688Friends of Facebook (140 friends in common)
-4 Times snowboarding
-42 Hikes
-6 Tattoos
-43 Episodes of Jersey Shore watched
-334 Sunday mornings spent at church
-Millions of smiles and giggles shared with our two little girls
I did it all by myself! No Mommy.
"I did it all by myself! No Mommy." This is Courtney's claim to fame right now. She loves doing everything herself without Mommy's help. It is kind of nice because I don't have to do everything for her.
Our local bowling alley has free bowling for kids during the summer. We have yet to go. Since we had a pretty slow week, I decided this would be a good morning activity for Friday. I had an errand to do and it's close by, so we let Caylee sleep in the stroller and we walked. I was so happy that Caylee slept and Courtney was good and didn't wake her.
The bowling alley set up the bumpers and a ramp for her. I let Courtney pick out her ball and showed her one time what to do. The rest was history, she wanted to do it all by herself. After every frame she jumped and screamed with delight. It was so fun to see bowling thru the eyes of a two year old. She did really well, listened and had a blast.
We went next door and ate our lunch while watching kids ride the rides at Boomers. Courtney went inside and played every single game in the arcade, yet I didn't spend a dime. All she wants to do it push the buttons and sit on the cars. She had a ton of fun and was sad to go home.
Our local bowling alley has free bowling for kids during the summer. We have yet to go. Since we had a pretty slow week, I decided this would be a good morning activity for Friday. I had an errand to do and it's close by, so we let Caylee sleep in the stroller and we walked. I was so happy that Caylee slept and Courtney was good and didn't wake her.
The bowling alley set up the bumpers and a ramp for her. I let Courtney pick out her ball and showed her one time what to do. The rest was history, she wanted to do it all by herself. After every frame she jumped and screamed with delight. It was so fun to see bowling thru the eyes of a two year old. She did really well, listened and had a blast.
We went next door and ate our lunch while watching kids ride the rides at Boomers. Courtney went inside and played every single game in the arcade, yet I didn't spend a dime. All she wants to do it push the buttons and sit on the cars. She had a ton of fun and was sad to go home.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Always the Life of the Party
On Saturday Daddy's supervisor invited us to her birthday party at Dave and Busters. We love going there. If we can get the girls asleep in he stroller then Daddy and I play games and act like kids again. If the girls are awake then Courtney plays the games or so she thinks. Most games we can get away with not paying for or we play and let her collect the tickets. So we were excited to go.
We woke the girls early from their naps and headed over. I was expecting a little party, but this was no little party it looked like a wedding reception. Food, DJ, dance floor and lots of people. We introduced Courtney to Alex, the birthday girl, and Courtney just tagged along with her the entire party. I had to keep asking Courtney to leave her alone. She knew it was her party and wanted to be a part of everything. She even sang her "Happy Birthday" into the microphone in front of the whole party. Though she called her Allison instead of Alex.
We took a break and went to play games for a bit. Daddy was determined to get as many tickets as he could and he did. On one game he got a jack pot and got 100 tickets! Courtney loved pulling out all the tickets. We played lots of games and got over 3000 tickets. We took her to the little store and let her pick anything she wanted. She picked a box of nerds. We grabbed a few more things for her and headed back to the party.
The dancing began and Courtney didn't miss a step joining in. They created a circle and she danced right in the middle of it all. She got the party going and loved all the attention.
A combination of sugar, fun, tired, and late night we had a delirious girl on the way home. She kept screaming "Daddy is so funny and the scream. She kept repeating this over and over. It was pretty fun. My little Courtney always keeps us on our toes, not a shy bone in that little girl.
We woke the girls early from their naps and headed over. I was expecting a little party, but this was no little party it looked like a wedding reception. Food, DJ, dance floor and lots of people. We introduced Courtney to Alex, the birthday girl, and Courtney just tagged along with her the entire party. I had to keep asking Courtney to leave her alone. She knew it was her party and wanted to be a part of everything. She even sang her "Happy Birthday" into the microphone in front of the whole party. Though she called her Allison instead of Alex.
We took a break and went to play games for a bit. Daddy was determined to get as many tickets as he could and he did. On one game he got a jack pot and got 100 tickets! Courtney loved pulling out all the tickets. We played lots of games and got over 3000 tickets. We took her to the little store and let her pick anything she wanted. She picked a box of nerds. We grabbed a few more things for her and headed back to the party.
The dancing began and Courtney didn't miss a step joining in. They created a circle and she danced right in the middle of it all. She got the party going and loved all the attention.
A combination of sugar, fun, tired, and late night we had a delirious girl on the way home. She kept screaming "Daddy is so funny and the scream. She kept repeating this over and over. It was pretty fun. My little Courtney always keeps us on our toes, not a shy bone in that little girl.
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