I had basketball last night at 9 pm. I picked up Dommie on my way home from work. Nick wasn't feeling good so me and Dom hung out for a bit. Then I fed him and he took a long nap. When he finally woke up again, it was time for me to get ready and go. (I mentioned in the last few posts how crazy I am about certain things, like grocery lists...I'm also crazy about being on time). I got ready and left about 8 for a 9 game that was 10-15 minutes away.
Anyway, not the point of the story. My game is at 9 and it's over about 9:50 pm. When I got to my car, I saw that Nick had called. I called him back and we chatted for a bit and then he said, "Guess what?!?!" So I said, "What?" not thinking it was anything crazy. But then Nick said, "Dom crawled across the room tonight!"...
WHAT?!?!? And I missed it?!?!?! For a basketball game?!?!?! (Which before this news, basketball was the most exciting and awesome thing to do ever).
I was so sad that I missed it! I missed the first time he sat up and held himself up. I missed the first time he crawled. Am I going to miss everything?? His first word?? His first steps?? Everything??
I guess that is the price you pay for being a working mom (and a mom on a recreational basketball team! :P ). I'm ok with this. I love my job and I love working. I tip my hat to all those stay at home moms. Their job is WAY harder than mine. But I do get so jealous when I miss these moments that I can't ever get back. I should just get past all that self pity stuff though and celebrate.
MY SON CAN CRAWL!! (Let the baby proofing begin...)
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Poor Dommie!
This morning as I was packing up my purse to head out the door, I set Dom on the floor to play while I finished up. He was playing with his binky and his firefly toy and having a great time. When I was ready I walked over toward him and he looked up and smiled at me. It was so sweet....but you know how sometimes you can see when something is about to happen and it's in slow motion but you can't stop it?? That happened to me this morning.
Dommie looked up at me and smiled a big smile, but as he was leaning back to look up at me, he fell straight back and hit his head on the floor. Hard. He immediately started screaming. I felt so horrible. I shouldn't have put him down (he was on a rug, not just floor but still!), I should have come over quicker and just scooped him up before he could look up, I should've done something different!
But I didn't. And Dommie screamed. I picked him up and hugged him close and bounced him and sang to him until he calmed down. I still felt so awful. I made sure he was OK and back to his normal happy self before we left. As I was holding him, he started laughing and trying to rip my necklace off of me. Back to normal. Check.
Now that he is moving around so much more I really need to be aware of babyproofing and knowing what's around him. He's so good at sitting up on his own now but (like this morning) he still has his moments of un-balance.
He was smiles and happy when I dropped him off and went right to play with the other kids. But, man! I felt bad!
Dommie looked up at me and smiled a big smile, but as he was leaning back to look up at me, he fell straight back and hit his head on the floor. Hard. He immediately started screaming. I felt so horrible. I shouldn't have put him down (he was on a rug, not just floor but still!), I should have come over quicker and just scooped him up before he could look up, I should've done something different!
But I didn't. And Dommie screamed. I picked him up and hugged him close and bounced him and sang to him until he calmed down. I still felt so awful. I made sure he was OK and back to his normal happy self before we left. As I was holding him, he started laughing and trying to rip my necklace off of me. Back to normal. Check.
Now that he is moving around so much more I really need to be aware of babyproofing and knowing what's around him. He's so good at sitting up on his own now but (like this morning) he still has his moments of un-balance.
He was smiles and happy when I dropped him off and went right to play with the other kids. But, man! I felt bad!
Milk, Eggs, Vodka...
by Bill Keaggy.
Bill is one of my friends. He is on my kickball team. I've heard people talk about his books a few times but never really thought much about them. The other day I looked on his website and decided I should order his book and give it a shot. Bill's Website if you want to take a gander.
Anyway, his book (or one of them) came in the mail the other day and I started reading it last night. It's a collection of grocery lists that Bill has either found or people send in to him. He tears them apart making fun of their lists. It's hilarious. I think it's so funny to me because I'm sure I do a ton of these things! It may not sound like it's a good book, but trust me. It's awesome.
Here are a few clips from it. Remember, if you have the actual book you are seeing the scan of the actual list. The persons handwriting, doodles, misspellings, etc. This is just me typing. Along with every list is a comment from Bill. That's where the funny begins. Here's a few:
Milk, Eggs, Vodka
By: Bill Keaggy
Chapter 1, Page 12
The List
"Squirt Gun
Hot Peppers
Strawberrys
Bee Trap
Pie Pans""
Comment
"Little Timmy's birthday fiesta was not as much fun as Uncle Lothar thought it would be when he made this list of party favors"
Chapter 1, Page 13
The List
"Gin (Tangueray)
Candy for work"
Comment
"At least it doesn't say "Gin (for work)""
Chapter 18 (my favorite chapter), Page 196
The List
"Wal-Mart:
Stockings
Undergarments (for work-possibly w/red stripper shoes)"
Comment
"Shopping list: Oh my! I want to work where she works!"
Chapter 3, Page 28
The List
"Mandy
We all want to go
Hy-Vee West for supper
two lofs of bread
1 - pakage of hot dog buns
1 - bag of patol chips
1 - glalin of orange julce
1 - glalin of skim milk
1 - glalin cholate milk
pop"
Comment
"Then after that, Mandy, we all want to go to a remedial spelling class"
That's just a few clips. You may not find this funny at all (and if not, sorry for wasting your time!) but I think it's hilarious. You just have to read it to know what I'm talking about.
It has a whole section devoted to OCD lists...that's me for sure! I organize my shopping list by section and aisle. Yes I'm crazy. I am fully aware.
Hope you like my little book review!
Bill is one of my friends. He is on my kickball team. I've heard people talk about his books a few times but never really thought much about them. The other day I looked on his website and decided I should order his book and give it a shot. Bill's Website if you want to take a gander.
Anyway, his book (or one of them) came in the mail the other day and I started reading it last night. It's a collection of grocery lists that Bill has either found or people send in to him. He tears them apart making fun of their lists. It's hilarious. I think it's so funny to me because I'm sure I do a ton of these things! It may not sound like it's a good book, but trust me. It's awesome.
Here are a few clips from it. Remember, if you have the actual book you are seeing the scan of the actual list. The persons handwriting, doodles, misspellings, etc. This is just me typing. Along with every list is a comment from Bill. That's where the funny begins. Here's a few:
Milk, Eggs, Vodka
By: Bill Keaggy
Chapter 1, Page 12
The List
"Squirt Gun
Hot Peppers
Strawberrys
Bee Trap
Pie Pans""
Comment
"Little Timmy's birthday fiesta was not as much fun as Uncle Lothar thought it would be when he made this list of party favors"
Chapter 1, Page 13
The List
"Gin (Tangueray)
Candy for work"
Comment
"At least it doesn't say "Gin (for work)""
Chapter 18 (my favorite chapter), Page 196
The List
"Wal-Mart:
Stockings
Undergarments (for work-possibly w/red stripper shoes)"
Comment
"Shopping list: Oh my! I want to work where she works!"
Chapter 3, Page 28
The List
"Mandy
We all want to go
Hy-Vee West for supper
two lofs of bread
1 - pakage of hot dog buns
1 - bag of patol chips
1 - glalin of orange julce
1 - glalin of skim milk
1 - glalin cholate milk
pop"
Comment
"Then after that, Mandy, we all want to go to a remedial spelling class"
That's just a few clips. You may not find this funny at all (and if not, sorry for wasting your time!) but I think it's hilarious. You just have to read it to know what I'm talking about.
It has a whole section devoted to OCD lists...that's me for sure! I organize my shopping list by section and aisle. Yes I'm crazy. I am fully aware.
Hope you like my little book review!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Grandpa's Birthday!
So my Grandpa's birthday just passed and my sister and I sent him a birthday card we made on photo shop. Well "we" made it, which means she did the work and I said, "Yeah! That looks good!".
Here's the card. I thought it was so cute and original! We made it on Sunday after the Cardinals game we went to with my mom.
Hope you like our skills! Grandpa did!
PS - Yes, this is the same person who made Dominick's baptism card where he is laying in the arms of Jesus! My sister is quite talented!
Here's the card. I thought it was so cute and original! We made it on Sunday after the Cardinals game we went to with my mom.
Hope you like our skills! Grandpa did!
PS - Yes, this is the same person who made Dominick's baptism card where he is laying in the arms of Jesus! My sister is quite talented!
Stat Counter
So I know not a lot of people check my blog and I'm perfectly ok with this. But I am curious as to how few people do check it. :P
So I added a stat counter on my page, just to check it out. It will be interesting to see what happens.
If no one checks my blog and the number is just plain sad, I'll remove the counter. :)
Happy Wednesday!
So I added a stat counter on my page, just to check it out. It will be interesting to see what happens.
If no one checks my blog and the number is just plain sad, I'll remove the counter. :)
Happy Wednesday!
Monday, August 3, 2009
New Pictures
Again, before I have time to catch up on the weekend, here are some pictures of Dominick. If you are on Facebook, you've seen 'em. And if you are on my Kodak Gallery email list, you've seen 'em. But either way, here they are!
Dom is sitting up all by himself, all the time now! Love it!
Dom had two shots on Friday and DID NOT like them. He had a 102.5* fever Friday night. It was so sad.
Sunday we were feeling better and I went to the Cards game with Dom, my Momma, my sis and Cecilia. It was build a bear day and Dommie got a cool Build a Bear Cardinals puppy!
Dom and Brady are now best friends. Brady LOVES to lick Dom and Dom LOVES to be licked. I try to limit this licking as much as possible, but sometimes I'm too late!
Those are just a few pictures we recently took. I can't believe Dom is over 6 months and how many milestones he's hit! It's crazy. Next thing you know, I'll be posting about his first birthday party! EEK!
Dom is sitting up all by himself, all the time now! Love it!
Dom had two shots on Friday and DID NOT like them. He had a 102.5* fever Friday night. It was so sad.
Sunday we were feeling better and I went to the Cards game with Dom, my Momma, my sis and Cecilia. It was build a bear day and Dommie got a cool Build a Bear Cardinals puppy!
Dom and Brady are now best friends. Brady LOVES to lick Dom and Dom LOVES to be licked. I try to limit this licking as much as possible, but sometimes I'm too late!
Those are just a few pictures we recently took. I can't believe Dom is over 6 months and how many milestones he's hit! It's crazy. Next thing you know, I'll be posting about his first birthday party! EEK!
Busy Weekend
We had a GREAT weekend! It was so busy though. Friday night, we had people over for poker, Saturday night we went to Nick's brother's to play poker, Sunday, Dom and I went to the Cards game. Long busy weekend.
I'll blog more about the weekend later, but I don't have a lot of time right now. I did, however, want to share a picture with you all.
How cute is he????
I'll blog more about the weekend later, but I don't have a lot of time right now. I did, however, want to share a picture with you all.
How cute is he????
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