GLT, Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy your day (and year!) and celebrate well.
LglBlonde, welcome back! I love the picture of Jake. He looks great! You guys all went through a lot but after reading your website it sounds like everything that could have gone right for Jake did. He's a strong boy with quite the fighting spirit! Not to mention very cute! Oh, and sorry about the stalking!
Joats, that's too cute that Jace is a grilled cheese addict. I was too for a long time. Actually I still have a thing for them and when Henry was born my friend filled out my lunch request and ordered me one.
As far as nicknames, we used to call Madison "mee maw", as my husband spells it, but we sorta stopped cause we wanted to get her to use her own name. She came up with it herself, it meant something like mine/me/Madison combined if you can figure that out. But in an effort to get her to use all of those words we had to cut back on the mee maw. Henry is generally referred to by "the small one", though given his rate of growth that won't be appropriate much longer.
Alice28, sorry that your husband got weird on you like that. It sounds a lot like my issue with my husband and money. He's all about these big plans and buying expensive stuff he wants and then I'll buy something and he'll freak out that we have to save money. It sounds like you've got your trip budgeted pretty well though. I hope the Shades overflow rates come through for you. Oh, and we've been to Narcoosee's twice and enjoyed it both times. Once was our "honeymoon", in quotes cause my mom and Madison came with us to that meal.
My mom was there to babysit so we could have a few meals alone, but my husband invited them both along and my mom seemed excited about it so they came. The other time was this past Christmas, same crew again. But I digress. It was pricey, but the food was great and the view was pretty nice too. Try to get in kinda early though cause like CG people like to linger over their meals so they have a view of the water parade and fireworks so if you have a later ADR then you end up waiting awhile.
Vald we have no idea where they flies came from, but I've very happy that they're gone! We do have a ton of flying insects in our area, evidenced by the 11 mosquito bites I got over the past 2 days just walking to the zoo and park. I just hope they don't return. And Happy Birthday to you just in case I don't have internet in Phoenix. I'll send some prayers out for your grandfather.
It must be terrible to watch him get so sick. My father may have had liver cancer (he had a tumor, but at the point they found it the dr said it was pointless to biopsy so we never did) and I remember the pain he was in. It was hard on all of us, so lots of prayers and hugs to him and your family.
Kim, sorry you have to cancel the trip to NC and that everyone is sick. The house sounds perfect for you so I'll hope something works out in the way of a job down there. I know what you mean about not wanting to take the risk cause we stayed in DC for sorta that reason. We wanted to stay here, but mostly cause I wasn't thrilled with Rochester, MN and my husband wanted the familiar in GW rather than move anywhere but MN. If it helps sway you at all though, we both regret that decision in different ways now. We're happy here and we both love DC, but I think we would have been better off moving for a few years. I hope your aunt's recovery starts to get better and they take care of her drainage.
Lissawynn, I hope you feel a bit better tomorrow. If you lived closer I would definitely come pick up your exchange package! I caught many illnesses with my 2nd pregnancy too and it was terrible cause they just wouldn't leave. I think it's just the compromised immune system, but after months of morning sickness the last thing you want is cold after cold and other sicknesses.
Ryan840, I think the Pluto costume sounds adorable. Madison wanted to be Mickey for the longest time, and she wanted Henry to be Pooh. Well I wanted them to be Minnie and Mickey but she wouldn't go for it so I finally bought him Pooh. No sooner did I do that than she changed her mind and wanted Minnie.
We get a lot of free pens from my husband too. I especially like the ones for viagra and the like-those always attract attention when someone wants to borrow my pen.
Tasha, I had the same reaction as Alice28 when I saw those photos of Kylie! I cannot even believe that is her. She reminds me a lot of Madison, with her stuffed animal obsession and the hair that gets lighter as she gets older. Good luck with all your tests.
Gems, sorry about the man flu. Isn't that funny how men can get so deathly ill?
I'd like to know what would happen if we ever tried that. Doesn't he know that carrying an additional human around in your belly isn't exactly the most comfortable thing in the world?
Mine is the same way, and having been in your shoes recently I sympathize.
Fabumouse, Henry is a light sleeper too and I don't like it very much. He sleeps well at night and if he's in his swing during the day, but otherwise he's very easily awakened and then turns into a grouch soon after. And with Madison around he gets very little afternoon sleep since she thinks her job in life is to keep Henry awake.
Madison was the worst sleeper in the world, but once she finally fell asleep she was out. Of course, it was in my arms only
, but nothing was waking her. She's still like that. Henry doesn't even care if he's in my arms, the slightest sound and his eyes are open. I guess I can take that since at night he does a 7 and 4 hour stretch.
Hillbeans, add me to the list of people who would love to go to the Nick Lachey concert with you! Yeah, Madison has good taste when it comes to malls. My big disappointment was that Mrs. Fields closed down there. Aside from Au Bon Pain there is nowhere to get a snack in that mall and the restaurant lines are generally pretty long. We ate at Papa Razzi that night after every other place we went to had huge waits. PR was on the complete opposite end of the mall which was why we went there last, but luckily it was only a 20 minute wait.
Bellacam, congrats on your nephew! Share some pictures when you get a chance!
Floridafam, I'd try a new bra too since you have no idea what's causing the pain. Glad that everything came back okay, but I'm sure you'd love to have an answer for the cause. Hopefully it is something as simple as a bra.
Dizagain, happy birthday to your husband. And I like your family's way of celebrating much better than your husband's too. We always did the restaurant, but so did my husband's family so that made the decision easy for us now. Madison went to Don Pablo's for her 2nd birthday and they took a picture of her in a big sombrero.
Ginamarie, Madison was and is a sleep fighter too. It's funny how you don't believe babies like that exist till you have one yourself. Good luck with your oil tank stuff.
BnB, cider would be very nice right now. Last fall we went to a pumpkin patch that had some pretty good cider and you've inspired me to go back this month to get some more. Glad the field trip was fun.
Jill, speaking of the pumpkin patch, the one we went to last year was somewhere near you, but I don't remember the name of it. I'm sure you know though cause it's a huge place and they have pony rides, hay rides, a petting farm, slides, face painting, and other stuff. We went from the Patriot Center last year after we saw Incredibles on Ice. Let me know if you know the name of it-if not I'll look around for it and tell you in case you want to check it out.
Nucpharm, we banned food and drink outside the kitchen when we moved here in May. Madison never did sippy cups cause she couldn't figure out the mechanism so that left a lot of spill potential. I slacked on this after Henry was born just cause it was easier for me cause she buckles herself into her booster seat in the kitchen and then can't get out, but I've been breaking the habit recently.
I think I finally managed to get to everyone from the past 2 days! Madison closed her fingers in the classroom door at school today and was pretty sad about that. She was fine, hardly a mark, but I felt bad seeing her little tear stained face when I picked her up. I have to finish packing now and then get to bed. My husband's off tomorrow so he will be taking Madison to school. Not that it's a big deal cause it's maybe 10 minutes round trip, but I'll take what I can get. Maybe Henry will cooperate and I can get some extra sleep in so I can handle the flight tomorrow afternoon. I still have so much to do but I needed a nice break like this. We've gone to the zoo everyday this week and that uphill walk back is so exhausting-but I think it's paying off cause I'm 3 pounds lighter!!! Of course, maybe that's just the blood the mosquitoes sucked out of me though.
Anyway, I hope to have an internet connection in Phoenix, but if not, have a great weekend! And I mailed out my package so my exchange buddy should be getting her package by Saturday.
I have no idea how it happened so quickly, but it's just nasty! We were in there yesterday and didn't see anything out of the ordinary 
He has an obsession with eradicating bugs so God knows I won't be seeing him tonight until LOST comes on 
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! I hope you are feeling better soon.
. I'm glad the field trip was fun.
. My dh is taking him on Friday to see the oncolagist to get all the details. If you could, please say a prayer for him. He has aged so much these last few weeks.
that things with the house work out.
I hope you have a wonderful day.
Too cute! ICK about the maggots...so gross! I can't wait for LOST either! Thanks for the link.
...(sorry about that).
Anyhow, I believe it's the same maze, corn, pumpkin thing. 
I'm really glad that my DH has never gotten into the video game thing--I bought him the original Playstation years ago and all it did was collect dust!
I think $25 is fair! Those $ stress stomach aches you just got rid of, I'm harnessing them now!!
