Get this kid near water and he is trying to get in it. I can't count how many times I had to dig him out of the fountains.

Here we are on the teacup ride.

Jack and the funny hats. He won't wear any normal hat, but he'll wear a really funny hat.

Jack and Mommy on the Dumbo ride.

Mommy and Jack on the Merry Go Round. Jack loved loved loved the Merry Go Round.

Jack and Daddy on the Merry Go Round

Misc. Pictures Posted

As you can see below, I posted some random pictures. I had to take a picture of the workbench that Jim built. I was very impressed. It is a nice addition to our garage. He really has worked hard to get this house organized and everything. I admit that I haven't been too much of a help in that department. Can I use Jack as an excuse for that?

The pictures of Laura at her Hula dance recital turned out nice. She was so proud to show off her new steps to us. I get such a kick out of going to those things. I mean her Christmas program brought tears to my eyes last year. I am such a softie and I can't imagine what I am going to be like when it is Jack's turn to be up there. Now see there, I am getting all weepy just thinking about it. Geesh! We did manage to get about a minute filmed of her dancing on our camera. When I get a minute, I will upload it so you all can see it.

Speaking of filming, I really need to get my butt in gear and start filming Jack walking all over the place. I need to get it up on here for all to see so that grandparents out there can see him walk. He absolutely refused to walk for all the grandparents when we were visitng them. I promise, I will do that soon!

Tomorrow we are going to Disneyland. When we went there on Christmas Eve, we decided to upgrade our tickets to get the annual pass for Southern California. It was basically another $150 and we can get in free for the next 12 months, well providing it is not a blackout date. So since Jim has off tomorrow and it is supposed to be fairly nice and nobody is sick (knock on wood) at the moment, we decided to go. I guess it is one of the perks of living in Southern California. Afterall, there should be some kind of perk after putting up with traffic from hell, house prices that are just outrageous, way too many rude and weird people (I could go on and on about California). But living 45 minutes from Disneyland is definitely a perk. We also plan on going again in about 3 weeks when we have Laura. We have told Laura also that if she "passes" the 3rd grade, we will take her there for 3 days and stay in a hotel. Well it is already booked and everything for the end of June.

So that is what is going on here. Jack has been THE GRUMPIEST baby in the world today. I think he is going through more teething (his 7th tooth is coming in right now). I also think he is going through some growth spurt because he is sleeping a lot lately and I could swear everytime I look at him, he is getting taller. I haven't measured him, but I think he is now about 33" tall and probably about 27lbs. All that growing wears a Jackaroo out. He is taking a nap right now and hopefully when he wakes up, he will be a happier baby than he was this morning. I really really need to go get groceries. We have been scraping the bottom of the barrel as far as food around here.

Close up shot. He was snoring!

Jack yesterday morning. I just had to take this picture. He looked so cute and innocent.

Laura and the guy who plays Reese from Malcolm in the Middle. Sorry I don't know his name. I really should look it up. This was taken last weekend at the Yeah Baby Expo in Anaheim.

Laura (3rd from left) at her dance recital. Doesn't she look cute?

More Laura doing the Hula. She was quite good.

The little girls at the dance recital. I thought these girls were just sooo cute. The blonde girl in the black shirt was a total ham. Boy are her parents going to have their hands full when she gets older.

Laura doing the Hula at her dance recital. She is the 2nd from the left.

We have flowers blooming! (Don't look at the dead ones)

We have roses blooming!

See what my husband made all by himself! I was impressed. I think he likes his new workbench in the garage.

Friday ramblings

Well I made it to another Friday YaY!! Again it has been some week. I joined Curves this week. Wednesday was my first day. It was really weird because when I was done with the workout, I thought to myself "hmm not so bad". If you are not familiar with Curves, (and how can you not be - they are on about every corner just like Starbucks and McD's) it is a circuit training workout where you are on one machine for 30 seconds then jump and do cardio for 30 seconds and back on another machine and so on and so forth for 30 minutes. Now it has been 2 1/2 years since I have worked out in any kind of fashion (yes I am ashamed but 9 months of that I was making another human so I guess its not that bad). And before that, I was used to some pretty intense aerobic workouts where at the end I would be a mass of sweating flesh. Well not so much with the Curves workout. Yes I did get my heart rate into the "target zone" and I did sweat a little bit but nothing like I am used to. But the next day I woke up and yep I felt those muscles that hadn't been used in a long time. I have done it Wednesday and Thursday and hopefully I will be able to do it tonight. It really is fun and because it is for 30 minutes, I think I can squeeze it into my schedule. Problem is that I can't take Jack with me, so I am going to have to work out Jim's schedule so he can take care of Jack during those 30 minutes. Ahh my life is so scheduled right now!

On Wednesday night, we went to see Laura's dance recital. She has been learning the Hula dance and it was quite cute seeing her up there in her little grass skirt doing the hula. I took pictures and will post when I get a couple of minutes - again that schedule thing.

Last night Jack came home from daycare absolutely exhausted. I think part of the reason was because the night before he was up way past his bedtime because of Laura's dance recital. So he didn't want anything to eat and he went down for nite nite at 6:30. And the kid is still sleeping now at 7:00 am. I just went in there and he was snoring up a storm and looked so cute, I really hated to wake him. So I decided to come on here and update the blog for a few minutes while he slept. I can be late to work.

Speaking of being late to work, it took me 2 hours to get to work yesterday!!!!! Now let me just inform you that on a day with absolutely no traffic, my commute should be 30 minutes or less. But because this is California and you have to share the roads with 28 million other people, my commute is normally an hour each way. But yesterday it was raining and well for who knows why everybody just thought going about 15 miles an hour was the way to go. TWO HOURS!!! I hate California!

All Points Bulletin

Attention All!

If anybody has seen a Sony cordless phone and a Titanium men's watch, would you please let me know. They were last seen in the hands of one 13-month old (guess who) and have not been seen since. I really would appreciate any tips leading to the hiding place of said items. Thank You.

Well as you can see, Jack has been quite busy. He is walking all over now and getting into everything and anything that he can. He also is learning how to climb onto pretty much anything, even things that I think "oh he can't get up there", I am proven wrong time and time again. He is now an expert on getting on and off the couch and chairs and give him a set of stairs and he will be up them before you can say "he can't climb those can he?". It is quite exhausting.

So he has managed to lose our cordless phone and Daddy's watch. We have no idea where they could be because we have searched this house high and low and can't find them. I am really wondering if the kid climbs out of his crib at night and takes his loot out back and burys it in the backyard! I really wouldn't be surprised at this moment.

In other news, Laura and I took Jack to the Yeah Baby Expo in Anaheim on Sunday. It was basically one huge convention show devoted to anything and everything baby. It was fun watching Jack toddle around the play areas playing with the other kids. And the best part of the show? I got this really really great diaper rash stuff called PinkXav and let me tell you, it works wonder on my kid who refuses to give up his diaper rash butt. We have been battling diaper rashes for about 2 months now ever since he was switched over to regular milk and I think for the first time, he is welt free! Yay! It was worth the $15 I spent on it.

Oh yeah and Laura got her picture taken with the guy from Malcom in the Middle. The guy who plays Reese and for the life of me I can't remember his name. But she thought that was really cool and she said her heart was pounding afterwards. I will have to post the picture.

Well that about sums up what is going on here. Gilmore Girls is coming on right now so I must run. Nothing comes in between me and Gilmore Girls!

***Update*** The watch has been found! It was behind the window shutter in the family room. Now if we could just find the phone...

So. Much. To. Do. (insert scream here)

Okay it is the weekend. I made it through the week at work. I got pretty much caught up during the chaotic hours I was there. I am thinking my boss is a madman - seriously. I really do like him and respect him, but he has to be stopped! He has so many ideas for the business and how to grow and everything, but a lot of times he comes up with the ideas and then I am the one to actually get it done and do the legwork as they say. So on top of coming back to work behind, he has all these "ideas". Madman.

So here it is Saturday and now I get to concentrate on my house! I mentioned earlier that we had the World's Worst House Sitter and that was no exaggeration. She was awful! She was supposed to live here and take care of the dogs and the cat and look after the house. Well comes to find out, I don't think she lived here for at least the last 3 days and didn't even come by! She left the dogs run freely through the house, therefore producing many many piles of poop all over my house and pee stains. The dogs had no water or food. And the cat was missing. Thank goodness he showed up the next day. But my house smells like a dog kennel and is a total mess to say the least. And this girl hasn't even called us or anything since we have been home! We did hear from a friend who referred us who said that he had been recruited to help with the dogs, but nothing from her. Needless to say, we will never use her again!

So anyway at 8 am this morning, I set Laura in charge of Jack. I told her to keep him busy and I set out cleaning carpets, and starting on my 8 loads of laundry. I soon found out that I needed laundry detergent and carpet steam cleaner stuff. So off to Walmart I go with Jack (Laura went to a friend's house). I came back from Walmart and put Jack down for a nap and started in again. I am taking a break right now while drinking a Red Bull (love those!). I am just thinking of when I have a clean house again (one that doesn't smell like dog) and I can just sit and get caught up on my Guiding Light on Tivo! Okay back to cleaning carpets and lighting scented candles!