jeremy~a big bear hug

Marlee took 6 steps today. She took a lot of 5 step strolls but she capped out at 6. Wont be long man wont be long....

just documenting

marlee took 5 steps in a row tonight! 3 while dev and i were at the play. will not be long!

word of advice

if you are a parent and your child can play in organized sports, please go tomorrow and sign them up! this is the greatest thing that a parent can do for their child and themselves. I finally made it to one of devins practices and i cant explain how hard i laughed and how much i enjoyed it! those kids were absolutely awesome and i cant wait until sat for the first game!

Spring break has been an awesome week and tomorrow it is offically over ;( Devin says it feels like a long time and i feel like we could have done so much more. like today, all we did was go to the library for a free arts and crafts workshop where dev made butterfly wings and a tiara hat for me. it said i love you mom on it! she really is growing up. the lady that was running the thing was a brazilian living in mexico. she was only talking spanish in the class and devin got everything and even picked up some new words. what really got me though was when we were leaving and i told devin to tell her thank you, devin turned around and said "gracias"....how awesome is that? i love her school. she is learning so much!

Soooooo tomorrow it the willy wonka play and then saturday is devs first game against the eagles...Go Guppies! we will also try to get in a sheepshearing festival in the morning from 10-12 and then come back for dev's 1:30 game. i know that it is a lot, but when will we be able to see a sheep being hand sheared? i say we do it! i hope the rest of my CO. is ok with it.....

until i post again....

One Love

Happy Earth Day!

so today we decided the best way to celebrate was to go out and buy some plants to plant. we bought two window boxes and a pot. in one box we will be doing herbs and in the other it will be flowers and in the pot will be some kid size sunflowers. we will start the germination process tomorrow. i cant wait to see them sprout. we went to the library also to try and find some books but there was nothing for devin's ability so we will try to do it on our own. devin wants to dig in the dirt now!

tomorrow will be another tball practice and then saturday will be her first game.

also i bought tix to a local play of willy wonka and the chocolate factory. this is my favorite movie and devs too so this will be awesome. it is friday night and it will just be dev and i. she needs the time for just me and her. this should be interesting though. jeremy and marlee by themselves without me to nurse her to sleep. hopefully i wont have to miss some of the play.

hope that all is well with everyone and i hope that you hugged a tree and planted 10 more.

Happy Earth Day!

Catch-up

so here goes...(not in order, just whatever comes to mind)

i was rear-ended in the rental car and the guy drove off, but i got his tag # and spent 3 hours filling out a police report.

Devin started wrestling on wednesday afternoon. she likes it and it makes jeremy happy. they have so much to do now between practicing t-ball and showing wrestling moves. she is worn out.

Marlee and i went to a friends house for a playdate and had a good time. we walked down to their community garden and mar picked some lettuce and chives and tried to pull up the garlic that was not ready yet, but she had so much fun. she fell asleep on the walk back and stayed asleep for hours, even moving her from the house to car to house.

Opening Day was Sat and there was a parade and a huge flag that was almost as big as the infield. Devin liked being in the parade. she was walking along waving and looking for us. she thought she was hot stuff in the parade. I loved it. They had their first practice today and Mar and i didnt go since it was nap time but jeremy said that she did good. i am so proud of her. she is finally coming into herself and finding meaning. I hope that she sticks with it...

So marlee took her first step...i exclaimed really loudly and jeremy freaked out thinking that the house was on fire. no it was just a monumentous occasion and i was so happy. so....later she did it again in front of jeremy and guess what??? he reacted the same way i did. sucker! i told him he would. it makes your heart jump to see that. marlee also is going to be getting her other front tooth soon so she will have 4 teeth. Thank goodness i will be done with breastfeeding soon. i cant wait. freedom!

Well devin is on spring break this week and patriots day is tomorrow. it is celebrated in new england for paul revere's ride to tell the british were coming. all state offices are closed. they are also closed for columbus day too which i had never heard of before. also tomorrow 4-20 will be the boston marathon, we may go scheck it out. i heard that the top people are doing 5 min miles! isnt that amazing? i just think that devin would be bored or i would definately go. as soon as i am done blogging i will pick the parade that we are going to go to that we can get to with the marathon will not interfere.

GO Guppies!

whew

Not Much

but we got AEROSMITH tickets! I cannot wait to finally get the chance to see them! I will try really hard tomorrow to do a better post on what all has been happening. Devin had her Opening Day today and there was a parade and a huge flag and bands, it was really cool! I will post some pics and let you know what else is going on.

I got Aerosmith tix!! I am still giddy as all get out...

more tomorrow, hopefully.

also tomorrow is devs first practice with her new team, GO Guppies!

till then...

long time, no post

So i know that it has been a coupla days, but they have been holi-days...

So #1 reason for no post is no power for the laptop, the AC adapter apparently died. So i called gateway to see if they can point me in the right direction of an authorized retailer, no such luck. I guess the Gateway has no such thing "they try to put their products in all kinds of stores". She heard the diliema with best buy and could not offer anymore help. Mind you I keep everything on this laptop so devins easter was on here and i thought i wasnt going to be able to take her to the festivities. So as long as i said i was going somewhere else it was ok to buy a new one. The gateway woman on the phone said that she can ship me one costing 40-something $, so beleive the surprise on my face when i went into the big blue "box" store and saw a universal one for $109. What is going on? How can it be such a huge mark up and not even a name brand model. So............I had to get one. My plan is to use it while i have gateway send me another one and then returning the blue box store version of a rip-off.

Meanwhile, we got to the church on time and Devin had a great easter! She was so happy with the easter bunny. She also got to go on stage with the rest of the sunday school and sings some songs she just learned today and we think she was WONDERFUL. She did such a good job! Marlee did a good job of looking pretty on easter. Twice a photog asked to take her photo, I hope that one day i will get to see them.....

Here are some of our pics...

The girls in front of the first sign of spring, a blooming tree.

Marlee in her pretty little dress and sun hat that she LOVES.

Devin showing what she found from the Easter Bunny. Check out the shades that that crazy hare left.

Tomorrow Devin is off school for Easter Monday so i went to the local library and scored some Museum of Science passes and i will try to see if some friends want to join us but i am not so sure that will happen since it is so last minute but here is to hoping they like free things as much as me.

Till you peek again,

Sam and CO.

Are you seeing spots too?

So yesterday while i was finishing feeding Marlee i noticed that her face had spots all over and i pulled up her shirt, same thing. I freaked out and was preparing a trip to the er, but i called the night nurse and she said it sounded like a viral rash and to wait it out and call in the morning. I called and they said to come in to make sure it was what two different nurses have told me it is. So 11 am rolls around and here is naked Marlee and relatively warm mommy waiting for the doctor. Dr comes in looks Marlee over and confirms. So a viral rash it is.


Devin has been pr acticing throwing and catching and is getting somewhat better, but better none the least. I have a special place in my heart that is ecstatic that my little girl is playing ball. My childhood was on a field or at the field. My fondest memories are of Lynn Haven Dixie Youth. Although, trying to teach her some drills to help her learn how to throw properly really made me sad. There was a certain drill that I could not remember that i knew if i could call my dad and ask him he would know and be able to help me remember others. Man I miss what could have been...

Tiger is missing Heather I think...

Oh yes Devin is out of school this friday and monday so I rented Marley & Me to watch tomorrow since we will be going to the Museum of Science on Monday and Easter things all weekend....YEAH! So anyways, I cant wait to see the movie and i will let you know what everyone thinks after it is all said and done.

Good Night!

Catch up

Today was catch up day. Marlee has been running a low grade fever these past coupla days, we think she is cutting a tooth, so she has been clingy. Today, however, she slept for 3.5 hours and I was able to clean myself and the house.

Right now Mar is nursing and Jeremy and Devin are outside playing catch. We put Dev into T-Ball on the 26th and still no word on a team so we have stepped up and are praticing with her...when it isnt raining. We bought her a bunch of equipment and among that was a pink glove! I dont remember pink gloves in my day(did that sentence just age me??) all i am saying is, pink? Why did i have the girly-girl? Although, Devin is also signed up for a once a week wrestling class at school. Her coach was state champ. It should be interesting... Jeremy is super excited about it. Devin is getting so big and i see it in pictures. Marlee is almost a year old already...where does all the time go?

So this is my first blog. I hope to keep up with this thing everyday with a picture or a snipit or something form our day. my little online journal....