tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48391433395574961512024-03-05T05:03:07.721-05:00No Sleep 'Till HanoiLeigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.comBlogger129125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-5109630917304334722012-03-01T13:19:00.003-05:002012-03-01T13:36:00.053-05:00one year laterI vividly remember my last post last winter. I was so sick of posting pictures of the winter and the snow. I felt like there was nothing new to say because we were either stuck in the house or outside in the snow. I told myself once it became warmer I would post again, but once it did we were outside and busy all of the time. The summer, fall and the holidays are all a blur. I can't believe how fast this year has gone by. So many people have said to me that the time when the are home with you goes fast and they were so right. The last couple of months I've been helping out at Oliver' school and seeing the little kids makes it all the more real. Oliver is getting so big. He turned 4 in December. He is still the same sweet, silly, stubborn, easy going, chatterbox that he has always been. He is so funny. Constantly saying the craziest things. Somehow he has picked up the phrase "oh my Jesus" and he uses it appropriately. He still has another year before kindergerten and I'm so glad. I don't think either one of us are ready for him to be gone all day. <br /><br />He still loves all things cars, but recently he is very into knights. There is a new show called Mike the knight. It has changed his life. He has been telling us he wants to be a knight when he grows up. I was subbing for on the teachers at school on Monday. We were there all day. He was tried and was whining to watch tv. His teacher, Jane heard him. While he was with her Oliver told her he wanted to be a knight when he grows up. Jane told him that knights don't watch tv. Without missing a beat Oliver told her he was still little so he was a knight in training and it was ok to watch tv. <br /><br />Tomorrow we are going on vacation. We are going to the beach. The end of last winter we said this winter we were going away somewhere warm. Of course, this winter has been as far as I'm concerned amazing. Anthony and Oliver are very disappointed at the lack of snow. Anthony said it is like if we had a summer without sun. I don't agree, but I'm excited to go away. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgJFOdJKbSvIR-4BUXvTvj_Bjk2p0XiVvdQfUJj2V3SycEVhd2e0jC2cBV1j3SiaE8Diy2pPpTAlRGV9qLVhrj8y03ooR57CDtIdvq5_z3rlfMZiYIYXcJ1oCmXZOjLB5p_iF4F-L0x8k/s1600/DSC_0011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZgJFOdJKbSvIR-4BUXvTvj_Bjk2p0XiVvdQfUJj2V3SycEVhd2e0jC2cBV1j3SiaE8Diy2pPpTAlRGV9qLVhrj8y03ooR57CDtIdvq5_z3rlfMZiYIYXcJ1oCmXZOjLB5p_iF4F-L0x8k/s400/DSC_0011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714998746191719074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiio6M6M-UN4swMZu9cKsLp8EiyMDXca-VzI9875fBoBGKT0VdNLGXQo1YKiY-mOUIx5Al0AZVqtPkQ82XIjRZPE9DlGRWnYj0ihFhzZjxZDCD5SWC4H9miJTbku7hK5A5lkgTG3padICXK/s1600/DSC_0013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiio6M6M-UN4swMZu9cKsLp8EiyMDXca-VzI9875fBoBGKT0VdNLGXQo1YKiY-mOUIx5Al0AZVqtPkQ82XIjRZPE9DlGRWnYj0ihFhzZjxZDCD5SWC4H9miJTbku7hK5A5lkgTG3padICXK/s400/DSC_0013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714998736813697314" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgc2ff4V1FDee1k36kSaVfLFl8Yy8-Pf4q1ceH8k5dRfncpx94udd5Eq8qd84k7cI7Kf0NlHKhljJIkyr3e_R3FcJjRfG37Sf97F0X8MLqd3s0jJLpVbEThV3BUoiiJ-W5NW98N7oMcuM3/s1600/DSC_0010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgc2ff4V1FDee1k36kSaVfLFl8Yy8-Pf4q1ceH8k5dRfncpx94udd5Eq8qd84k7cI7Kf0NlHKhljJIkyr3e_R3FcJjRfG37Sf97F0X8MLqd3s0jJLpVbEThV3BUoiiJ-W5NW98N7oMcuM3/s400/DSC_0010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714998724677386626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoQO9HNjxvZlh25QPEEUO1e4AkBwinWZWeTEdoBcxAyagfJNcvBbaJgEdua7_Wt2tqxXlwkVDMDL10pYhB8av-QkLcy3tSFTxBSBodWQj3XBDnTPkG2qOPrz3idXcLACIpaK0xG2yMXPX/s1600/DSC_0002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheoQO9HNjxvZlh25QPEEUO1e4AkBwinWZWeTEdoBcxAyagfJNcvBbaJgEdua7_Wt2tqxXlwkVDMDL10pYhB8av-QkLcy3tSFTxBSBodWQj3XBDnTPkG2qOPrz3idXcLACIpaK0xG2yMXPX/s400/DSC_0002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714998702445070402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NGz1vfOWvpEwDCPdZADofuMWph4NaO08_9urRE1bklHpGaVMmJkMTqqBImm0YsvSFzYU9wfrCZNz5tU3I6-pZSg5HpCXgF_F4E-av22N6RFoS9-shWCwMFFQWCH1-hSnqWH1Bp7nRdFe/s1600/DSC_0001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0NGz1vfOWvpEwDCPdZADofuMWph4NaO08_9urRE1bklHpGaVMmJkMTqqBImm0YsvSFzYU9wfrCZNz5tU3I6-pZSg5HpCXgF_F4E-av22N6RFoS9-shWCwMFFQWCH1-hSnqWH1Bp7nRdFe/s400/DSC_0001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5714998696464493346" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-62059952851092871562011-02-07T19:01:00.011-05:002011-02-08T13:13:54.662-05:00outside a littleYesterday was warm. It was in the 40s. I took advantage of the "warm" weather and we spent a lot of the afternoon oustide. It was nice to see Oliver riding his bike and scouter. I think this is first time that I've played outside with him in two months. I know it's terrible and I should be taking him out more, but I hate the cold. Anthony has been great about having him outside. They play for hours in the snow and go on long hikes in the woods. <br /><br />Tonight while I was in the kitchen working on dinner Oliver came and said he wanted to have a conversation with me. We sat down together and he said "Mom how do I stop growing? " He touched the top of his head and said "this is as big as I want to be. How do I start growing down?" I smiled and laughed at him. I asked him why and never got a straight answer. I think I know what it might have something to do with. Lately we are making him do more for himself and we are telling him that he is a big boy. <br /><br />We had another really funny conversation the other day. It's a little dirty. Sorry, but I really want to remember this one. Oliver and I were in the bathroom because he said he had to go potty. As I was unbuttoning his pants his "oh shoot Mom, I crabbed my pants." I just laughed and told him that was ok.<br /><br />Otherwise we are surviving this long winter. We visited my parents in Florida about two weeks ago. We had beautiful weather. It was great to be able to walk around in short sleeves and flip flops. 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We've been busy and done a lot. Oliver was a shark for Halloween which he loved. He was telling everyone he was going to eat them up. I remember thinking it was so cold that day. Wow was I wrong. We went to California in the beginning of November to visit with two families we adopted with and to see our family. I'll post separate pictures of the kids from Vietnam. There are too many to go through right now. We had a great time seeing everyone in California.<br /><br />We did so much with our family. Oliver loved visiting everyone in CA, Aunt Mary, Uncle Mike and Olivia, but he especially loved his cousin Elise. She is older than him and great with him. They were adorable together. Oliver cried for days about leaving Elise. For about a week he would ask when we were going back. <br /><br />The pictures are out of order. Sorry. It was a lot to go through. Next I'll go through December and post more about what Oliver's been up too. He is nonstop action which is another reason I can never post to this blog. I want to because I feel like time is flying and I'm forgetting everything. Oliver is so much fun. He brings such joy to our lives and the lives of our friends and families. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdTuKcHhOTgMy-i4oHmOhLQ8toU4ADlOAKqOfx-uN_SugEDUXNioGPLTkcsfFC744k7tcHjdvI5UAQMbLlsSz91Dbio4zoN9fjw87eB1HlZe69Y8m6wepQ5ThFn-2-sHmczqzXZuR5ukE/s400/DSC_0003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547745993628551490" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-22776792390797326382010-09-05T13:37:00.011-04:002010-09-05T14:08:40.368-04:00AugustAugust came and went in a blink of an eye. It was a crazy month with a lot of ups and downs. Thankfully it ended on the up side. <br /><br />They are still working on the house. The kitchen is pretty much done and now they've moved onto the basement. We went on vacation to Montana two weeks ago today. The day before we had to move all of our furniture into our bedrooms so the floors could be refinished. <br /><br />That Saturday was crazy and Oliver was really confused by the whole thing. At one point, while I was at the store, he wondered into his room that was crammed full of stuff. He got back into a corner and couldn't figure out how to get out. Andrea found him in there. He was crying. She went to pick him up, but he told her no that he wanted her to wash her hands. She and Anthony were painting and she had paint on her hands. She told him it was dry, but he insisted. When I got home he told me that he wanted upies, but he didn't want to get dirty. He was so sad and cute. I felt bad for him. <br /><br />Our trip to Montana was perfect timing. It was great to be away. We all had fun and enjoyed being outside so much. We stayed in a cabin at a ranch. Oliver thought it was our new home. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvQfxlHnpCoeHwJqbKhkOM0qiZ_0d8NpeYsjOwl0ZDtq2lcpNhlwqAhHAWDIkFBD7SRgFS63B2imwF_J6Df8A_N-5JyH-oAVcsq_JN2StW6i-dkA3iEf7NG9kpfjcBxgREmDOla_pfzL8/s400/DSC_0191_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513492021987159202" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-10950650477632830862010-08-02T14:00:00.011-04:002010-08-02T20:44:49.878-04:00week oneA week ago today we started construction on our house. We are redoing our kitchen and finishing the basement. I promised myself and Anthony that I would try very hard not to stress about the whole thing. It doesn't sound that hard for a normal person, but <br />I'm such a worrier and stress pot. I keep telling myself that the construction is a good thing and it is nothing to worry about. <br /><br />So far so good. Anthony even said to me the other day that he was surprised at how calm I was being. Coming from him that's a big compliment. I wish I could be like him. He can just push any worry or bad thought out of his head. I on the other hand have to twist and turn a worry until it is ten times worse. <br /><br />They are making good progress on the kitchen. I told them I wanted that to be the priority. The builders said three weeks. I don't want to jinx it, but so far so good. I might not be worrying, but I'm still very superstitious. I can't give everything up. <br /><br />Everything is all over the place. We had to pack up the kitchen and most of the basement. The first day they took down the wall between the kitchen and the dining room. We have our dining room set up as a temporary kitchen. That night I went to cook dinner, but realized that all of the outlets were in the wall they took down. We looked for an extension cord and couldn't find one anywhere. So that night I cooked chili in the bathroom and rice in the bedroom. <br /><br />Oliver has been great through the whole thing. The first two days he kept saying they were too loud and he wanted them to leave. He was confused and thought they were knocking the whole house down. He asks to go down to his new playroom even though we've explained that there is nothing there yet. We let him ride his bike down there. He's happy about that. <br /><br />On Thursday we went to my parents for the weekend. It was my Mom's birthday and we celebrated it twice while we were there. The night of the second celebration we asked Oliver if he had fun. Oliver said "it wasn't really Grandma's birthday party it was a pretend birthday." We asked him why and he said "because there weren't real candles on the cake only pretend candles." He had a good point so we didn't argue with him. <br /><br />While we were at my parents we went to the beach. Oliver really liked it. He spent most of the day digging in the sand. He didn't like the sand all over his hands or in his shoes. He kept asking me to wipe the sand off of everything. Getting away for a couple of days made dealing with the construction a lot easier. <br /><br />I hope this week goes as smoothly as last week. 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Our niece Mary was here for a week and than her sister Erin came this weekend. Oliver loved it. He would stand at the bottom of the stairs and call " Air-in; Mare-ee". When they drove away on Sunday he turned to Anthony and I and said "I"m sad. I want them to come back NOW." <br /><br />He had already been sad over the weekend. Part of me was glad that it was no longer our fault. <br /><br />Oliver is usually a very laid back kid. He has never had a problem going to the doctor or having his hair cut. For some reason the last time I took him to get his hair cut he freaked out. Two minutes into it he stopped cooperating. He buried his head into me. His hair was only cut because I held his head up. He was a mess and I felt terrible about it. <br /><br />Saturday morning we were both saying Oliver needed his hair cut. Anthony said that he could do it. In college he shaved the hair of everyone on the floor. I should have remembered the awful incident where poor Kevin got a cut and the only hair that remained were his initials, KOD.<br /><br />I figured Oliver would perfer to have his hair cut by Anthony. It started out ok. Anthony cut it into a cute Mohawk ala Maddix. Shortly after that Oliver was not happy. He started crying, but it was done before we knew it. <br /><br />He was still screaming as I brought him into the bathroom. Anthony and I immediately told him how good he looked. At this point Oliver wouldn't even look at Anthony. He was so mad. Mary tried to talk to him about it. Eventually he went up to Mary and said "Daddy cut my hair off. I look different." She was so good with him. She reminded him of a Yo gabba gabba episode we watched about kids being different. He didn't buy into it. Erin tried too. <br /><br />Eventually I asked him what was wrong. He said "I'm mad at Daddy for cutting my hair off.". I told him it will grow back, but he said "No. It's on the deck." The poor thing. He hates his hair. Through the weekend he kept talking about how different he looked. That night when we were putting him into bed he told us he wanted his hair back. I told him it would grow back and he asked me if we could get him new hair tomorrow. <br /><br />Oliver really was so funny and sad at the same time. By Sunday he was kind of getting use to it. When he saw Andrea for the first time he told her he was happy now about his hair because I told him it would grow back. But on Monday again he told me he wanted his old hair back. He wanted to know when it would be back and if it would be really really long. <br /><br />It is a big change. It might have been a little too short on Saturday, but now it looks nice. If anyone sees him you have to tell him his hair looks good. Anything less and he turns to me with this intense "what did you do to me" look. <br /><br />It's funny because he is still so young, but at the same time not. He always has opinions. I was surprised by how much this meant to him. I really shouldn't have been. In the winter I moved a painting that was right in front of his play table and he told me he wanted the picture back where he could see it. I guess I just still assume that he'll go along with what we want. <br /><br />Obviously I'll attach pictures. I don't have any good ones because he was so uncooperative about taking a picture. He really looks so handsome and older with his new hair cut. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 225px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvOqMHr7IxiCH51urnYZ5CO88rSoQlsVXvlctG5eGARmgG704icubt_7mW7gNWgYVto9FFIYt5T6QrQkFS5YKuZweOAWDU4JF3_c-nwc_JrAtN4NxiibZ8H5KGHBokYdj5KFu-UE9BxVMx/s400/IMG_0480.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497083470660482226" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-61740094390116196692010-07-02T17:32:00.005-04:002010-07-02T18:59:21.310-04:00summerToday has been one of those perfect summer days. The sky is bright blue and there is a warm breeze. I wish every summer day could be like this. It has been so hot here. This weekend it will be back up to 90. My sister in law JoEllen says that she tries not to complain about the weather in the summer because she complains so much about the cold in the winter. I'm usually the same way. I hardly ever put the a/c on. But this summer seems hotter. <br /><br />Luckily, our town pool opened full time this week. Oliver loves going there. I forgot how easy our days our in the summer. Everything is more relaxed. <br /><br />I can't believe that it was a year ago that we were at the pool. This year flew by. There were some babies at the pool today. Seeing them next to Oliver was funny. He looked big. He can go into the big pool this year since he is potty trained. They won't let him wear any swimmies in the big pool which means I have to go in with him the whole time. Right now he is happier at the baby pool. I hope it lasts. <br /><br />Last night Oliver and I were outside as the sun was starting to set. Oliver came running over to me and he looked very upset. When I asked him what was wrong he said he couldn't find his shadow anywhere. I took him to a spot with some sun and he was very happy. He asked me if I could take a picture of his shadow so that he could always see it. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8g7JZ7rpwi8eolUT1betaimOGQaqREHbX6ytCiva2qlGqU8mPe7Uo71TgYc-EwkpiixC-I3Rnt1PuDRvaTLJaeWad2i2SOv_dH1AW090s5nxx_FOLbooanowqke2IMTk-lMc2m9D_NkU1/s400/DSC_0005_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489446124808968082" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-29206040019512403322010-06-19T08:59:00.005-04:002010-06-19T09:25:28.367-04:00yoga and fishing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPTjvolftmcp5lM74WSAaapyP9RL91WW54JCuHv-5w-YtWO7f_bNDTgV9dLGFfkuETYbuc-lLCShuX1FBdxlmxQG6uNXpwrfXrixOFRpTi6PZjKO8zrDUNWPy9g8tzjQCjOT6N0sM0sonP/s1600/DSC_0488_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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Oliver turned two and half, our niece Andrea is staying with us while she works in NYC, and our town pool opened. <br /><br />It is great having Andrea here. Oliver loves it. The other day Andrea got Oliver dressed for bed and she put him in a purple t-shirt. The next morning when I was changing him he did not want to take off the shirt because it was Andrea's favorite. Eventually I got him to change. But that night when Andrea got home and was wearing a purple shirt Oliver insisted on putting the purple shirt on so they could match. <br /><br />He likes to watch as Andrea does her Wii Fit. One day he was asking to watch Andrea's show with the hoop dee hoop. Andrea finally realized he wanted to watch her do this hula hoop thing on the Wii. Now he has started to do yoga with her. I can't believe how much he pays attention to it. He'll watch the screen and try to move his body to match it. After each pose he'll say "that was easy".<br /><br />He has been copying everything we say for awhile, but luckily he hasn't picked up any bad words. We all try to be careful, but some slip through. The other day Anthony bought life jackets for all of us for his canoe. He got a small one for Oliver. We put it on him and he immediately wanted to take it off because as he said "this one sucks. I want the big one." Oops. <br /><br />So far Oliver's twos are going really well. We have hardly (fingers crossed) had any tantrums. The big difficult thing he does is to be completely contrary. His response to everything is "No" even if it is a good thing like ice cream. He'll catch it and change to yes. If we are outside he wants to be inside and vice versa. It gets old fast so hopefully he'll outgrow it fast. <br /><br />The other thing is when he wants something he wants it NOW. I've been telling him a lot he needs to be more patient and his has to wait. On Saturday I was sitting outside reading. Oliver opened the front door, poked his head out, and yelled to me "Mommy can you get me some patience?" I told to ask his father for some. I heard him ask Anthony for some patience, but Anthony misunderstood him and thought he was asking for some pigeons. I tried to explain to Oliver what patience meant and he quickly told me he didn't want any after all. <br /><br />Besides being a very poor blogger (I'm a great blogger late at night in my head.) I've been very lax on my picture taking. We took a ton of pictures over Memorial day weekend, but I still haven't gone threw them all. I need to be better about that too. If only I had some more time. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMv3xFIHRFnQSfKP9H7TkA9AbTNSgzqjiIuUeGnBT5kWYcZB9JoyJ__a-PvaZAJzTaS1lusbBFH9vPzstbdpBYWvmxDp3MWM2ZNpREhTz1X5JH0MI-5fPOENxVVplYE5kMhlEscLFqT_N/s1600/DSC_0011_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGMv3xFIHRFnQSfKP9H7TkA9AbTNSgzqjiIuUeGnBT5kWYcZB9JoyJ__a-PvaZAJzTaS1lusbBFH9vPzstbdpBYWvmxDp3MWM2ZNpREhTz1X5JH0MI-5fPOENxVVplYE5kMhlEscLFqT_N/s400/DSC_0011_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482732638039284946" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMnRed94UnRwtNh6fSoImh7EjKDAqTw_9S1Ds9UoNS5g-SbQwZB7WfrgijwNyoNlrXFVPdU9FPKd-p9jFljiRSALfgwzvp2wPlPkvjlFjUoJR0zAtXoCnpVOCOyuF_AFJu6gNa9E8kGRSE/s1600/DSC_0504.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxHQNbSGmn47pIk9Kc20S6kqHsXfjfpQ88w1KMszsyrjqreBACko4YLv6ehJkj2Hpx0Cpkf2cxOYsGICcb91FyWZreQ_b4_uUKxO8XkVqDBfiDtDkryzaBF-4p3lkKSh4rmIx9DYJQ6n5s/s400/DSC_0032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466868304937657986" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-66308606601521719692010-04-09T17:04:00.005-04:002010-04-09T17:51:42.244-04:00catching upI'm not sure where March went. For the most part the weather was great and we were busy playing outside or at the park. Oliver is getting big. We started working on potty training and he is doing great with it. He finally seems like he is eating better too. He'll at least try new things. Lately he loves to say to me "Mommy try this. You'll like it." After I try it and say I liked it he'll say "I told you." <br /><br />He is really growing up. The other day while I was changing him I told him that he is getting so big. Oliver told me that is because he is growing up. Later that day he opened the refrigerator and said he wanted something. I asked him what he wanted and he said wine. I told him he wasn't old enough for wine and he said to me "but Mommy I'm growing up". <br /><br />We visited a friend this week who is pregnant. She is out of her first trimester and finally feeling a lot better. She said to me several times that she was happy that she has her energy back. In the car on the way home Oliver said to me "Mommy. I finally have my energy back". I thought maybe I heard him wrong so I asked his to say it again and sure enough that is what he said. I didn't even think he was listening to us. <br /><br />It is funny hearing him use those grown up phrases. There are probably twenty more silly stories that I could tell about things Oliver is saying. 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I kept saying to myself I'm going to write it down on the blog because it is so nice to have a place to record these memories. I know how I've been. If I don't write it down here in a month or sooner it's completely gone. My plan was to do it when he napped. But that didn't happen. I've been so tired lately. This weather is just killing me. I'm so sick of it. I have so little motivation. I really need to make myself snap out of it. Instead of writing everything down I read in bed. Oh well.<br /><br />So this morning I'm doing it. As it is I forget most of yesterday. My days are pretty similar. <br /><br />Oliver goes a mile a minute. He is always saying something. Right until he falls asleep he is talking to the animals in his crib. I heard him telling his monkey that he could have a banana after he woke up in the morning. I think that is in response to me just telling him that he couldn't have cookies in his crib that he could have cookies after breakfast. <br /><br />Yesterday morning he kept going up to one of our cats and putting his hand on her back while saying "so what's the problem?" He kept asking her over and over again while bringing her different things to play with to see if that made her feel better. I realized that I say that exact phrase to him, but not exactly that same way. He was saying it so sweetly. I say it much more exasperated. <br /><br />We are at the point with him where you have to watch everything you say. He repeats everything back. We were goofing around with his stuffed monkeys, Curious George and Monk. I took George and asked him what his name was. We've been working on Oliver's full name so I thought he would say "George Licata or more like George Cata". No. Instead he said "George Bush". Which is really funny and a little strange because we don't talk about politics much at all. I'm not saying we don't know anything about what is going on in the world, but it's rare for us to be talking about politics. But we did spend the weekend with Mae and Joe who do talk a lot of politics. They even babysat while we went to the movie's. We saw Crazy/Heart. It was amazing. I think while we were gone they went over some things with Oliver. Either them or Gretchen Carlson. :)<br /><br />We had such a great visit with Mae and Joe. Oliver loved seeing everyone. I'm glad we are coming in again soon.<br /><br />As I said earlier I've been pretty lazy and uninpsired so I haven't taken any new photos of Oliver this week. How many pictures can we have of him in his snowsuit? I do have pictures from the weekend, but I haven't downloaded them yet. But that is on my list to do later. I'll post some pictures later.Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-52663669739347516632010-02-22T16:18:00.001-05:002010-02-22T16:23:04.816-05:00Winter<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDMrGYMkVncOrWueWzSVHm8n-vJGMIRHVnC8a-afi9EC5xR8pMWjVzdnVUEgjxAQCJZyMK-qeFnOTq2oaJ8JFrVIv4mvu5SqEDrVg6DTLDiqBmtBls5r4g1xoGwTdFth7SaUyJLoAUk4c/s1600-h/DSCF9188.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbDMrGYMkVncOrWueWzSVHm8n-vJGMIRHVnC8a-afi9EC5xR8pMWjVzdnVUEgjxAQCJZyMK-qeFnOTq2oaJ8JFrVIv4mvu5SqEDrVg6DTLDiqBmtBls5r4g1xoGwTdFth7SaUyJLoAUk4c/s400/DSCF9188.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441181401213280418" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxszSTCh-z1DjX_hx3YVgLjcjmuUh78UnLqMeG6PWscLO5qKeh_Y63AL3sQhe2COkXGC3NxcpJe7ceQ_k781KMwkQnlcMZKCKsmoB33XrF7n12rMq6YAAuZ5bpb3biWxCv_EG6N5sg70Aa/s1600-h/DSC_0883_2.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRm1PnCxDXRSobxiPav3WZDqB_chEA1_smSQcnSBDW9AtpukVrfCnnPwy5B3UESVljZNWeQ12USfWMvNRYQXfneCiS7pxbJNIic1D1kl7ohkCn1e5sDD9iCTi_Kl0l8ED98GL3NDvWq8TT/s400/DSC_0798.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441180860650072034" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-15988643187617430372010-02-22T16:04:00.002-05:002010-02-22T16:18:26.620-05:00Winter is still here in New Jersey so we have been up to much lately. We, like everyone, have had a lot of snow. Last year when we went in the snow Oliver hated it. That is not the case this year at all. He loves it. He wants to be outside playing in the snow all of the time. He is a much better sport about being cold than I am. <br /><br />We've been having a lot of play dates and just trying to keep busy. He is still crazy about his trains and loves playing with the train table he got for Christmas. Oliver pays attention to everything we say and do. It's so funny the things he picks up on. Saturday night Anthony asked me what I wanted to do that night and before I could answer Oliver said "how about we take a nap and than we play trains. How about we do that guys?"<br /><br />We went into NYC this weekend to go to an art museum. He was great there. He especially liked all of the pictures of the naked ladies. For some reason he calls breasts "beeps". When we went onto a floor with less naked pictures he said "where all the beeps go?". That night when we asked him what his favorite painting was he said "dancing beeps". We think he is talking about the big Matisse painting with the naked ladies dancing. <br /><br />Last week we got to go swimming. Kim and her family belong to this cool family gym. They have this huge indoor pool with a big kids section. He loved being in the water. The kids section went up to four feet deep. When Eloise tried to get him to go into the deeper section he stopped when the water was at his shoulders and said "No. I'm too short". We even tried putting a life jacket on him so he could float in the deeper section, but he kept saying "I'm too short". <br /><br />It is a little warmer today so we played outside for a while this afternoon. It was so nice to be able to do that. I hope warmer weather is on it's way.Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-22333076807459451422010-01-17T18:39:00.004-05:002010-01-17T18:52:53.568-05:00picturesJust a couple of pictures from our week. <br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6imDd3KhRLHdJ8mx8xAqV1XMgj3sQk_YZvgbkpNe4Wq-tKl_aT-sUzJSO_9G2H84m6AJsBkn-GlZTz5oAQypu4dgqgF3gb9so_F8GnPIZoBGlU3BqD_hMzcYX53hnMzBOU0SY_4qPo4sq/s1600-h/DSC_0029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6imDd3KhRLHdJ8mx8xAqV1XMgj3sQk_YZvgbkpNe4Wq-tKl_aT-sUzJSO_9G2H84m6AJsBkn-GlZTz5oAQypu4dgqgF3gb9so_F8GnPIZoBGlU3BqD_hMzcYX53hnMzBOU0SY_4qPo4sq/s400/DSC_0029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427857939580294642" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9xBzgSE0W6joPdDnTh1zFKLqk0wHFhXkDQPwWyNVHUMNXvvbzVma-D2a3d7wKVw_qWW9p-UBIuARCoqiXlvyNFbGc2gbuIedVAZytRFlHAzWXefmxQ8Jom8IX0Wvs-hdf7rFmPNtqYfrq/s1600-h/DSC_0052.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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Anthony is away on a business trip and we've just been hanging with our regular gang. It's funny because last year I was hoping to make some friends in our town and now I've made a nice group of friends. We pretty much see each other Monday through Thursday for a couple of hours. Oliver loves it. He's so social. <br /><br />Lately people are asking me when I'm putting him in school. I feel like people are always waiting for you to move onto the next thing. I don't know why. When we were dating it was when are we getting married? Then the kids and now it seems like the next step is school. Actually one of my new years resolutions is to enjoy things more now and not worry about what's down the road. In general I want to worry less. I'm trying. Although I still hate flying. <br /><br />But anyway, back to school. I feel like he gets a lot of what he would get at school through everything we do here. School will come, but now while he is such a good napper it doesn't seem necessary. <br /><br />I should say school doesn't seem necessary right now depending on the day. Some days are different. If Oliver hadn't napped yesterday and it had been like it had been in the morning than this would be an entirely different post. <br /><br />We are lucky we have so much to do indoors because it's been freezing here. I'm already sick of it. Once Christmas is over what's the point. I've been cooking and baking a lot. I have these amazing smelling spice cookies in the oven right now. I can't wait for them to come out of the oven to have them with my fifth cup of tea of the day. <br /><br />I have some really cute pictures of Oliver and Sofia. Sofia is 10 months old and our friend Beth's daughter. Oliver loves her. She is such a sweetheart. I tried to get a picture of the two of them in front of the tree. It wasn't easy. I have several really great ones of Oliver copying what she is doing. I included a picture of him in his reindeer toes. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf2GJRxwb-KyeCS828GBnuTio2r62iRjYRmr7bhJC8fvsWgWbhiQ4Df7OXuCCCXnvqJ66NzglLsgtaa6ESO3HhL_O3KLiPJb3uwnXm-cZVQOmfFvJMu5Fvj8F3vyHBb5oa4r0nuxmIaHz/s1600-h/DSC_0037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisf2GJRxwb-KyeCS828GBnuTio2r62iRjYRmr7bhJC8fvsWgWbhiQ4Df7OXuCCCXnvqJ66NzglLsgtaa6ESO3HhL_O3KLiPJb3uwnXm-cZVQOmfFvJMu5Fvj8F3vyHBb5oa4r0nuxmIaHz/s400/DSC_0037.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426348978333597282" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-92073015374448932852010-01-06T22:16:00.000-05:002010-01-06T22:19:04.941-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAt2tId9HFCPKSK6ur9xKDxTFUL22I9YFX7mCpFDEYQeXdxTtGc-zfZz6y0kQDLmV5aGOi3owBGnxlesTRCpWmx1dJnnRZr-hQ5EUrb_y-mlEFBWVaS0Dom4YahJcr-V_iIhapPS5f1ye/s1600-h/DSC_0009.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYAt2tId9HFCPKSK6ur9xKDxTFUL22I9YFX7mCpFDEYQeXdxTtGc-zfZz6y0kQDLmV5aGOi3owBGnxlesTRCpWmx1dJnnRZr-hQ5EUrb_y-mlEFBWVaS0Dom4YahJcr-V_iIhapPS5f1ye/s400/DSC_0009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423832163828104978" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiewn8c50MG4Stc8bU2gYcSlIJabwRXyDqY_zT6PNAV992U0zn6a0jGh_83idpqMQrfmqphDnJXGzba0bYcp0HCBNpGxkwmM3y6eiIaTWuc0deAAbDEiyHzSBW8I256WVY0fbHrPxvPClW/s1600-h/DSC_0014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 222px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiewn8c50MG4Stc8bU2gYcSlIJabwRXyDqY_zT6PNAV992U0zn6a0jGh_83idpqMQrfmqphDnJXGzba0bYcp0HCBNpGxkwmM3y6eiIaTWuc0deAAbDEiyHzSBW8I256WVY0fbHrPxvPClW/s400/DSC_0014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423832153751276994" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepb73q_bRA-8XQPAHqrOv-XRikmgHy1aFr6NY_GbOwzRwmcx-3Zlq65Gw27EAF6erMggWY7Au_-BL7_og5VVhxz8UCOB2JFNg4v2rIRCTC6cw_AfPhcCa1zrXTKgA6QQUz2IQM3efrAvB/s1600-h/DSC_0022.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepb73q_bRA-8XQPAHqrOv-XRikmgHy1aFr6NY_GbOwzRwmcx-3Zlq65Gw27EAF6erMggWY7Au_-BL7_og5VVhxz8UCOB2JFNg4v2rIRCTC6cw_AfPhcCa1zrXTKgA6QQUz2IQM3efrAvB/s400/DSC_0022.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423832143852011570" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9p1lfNysQGN3CN6yuxVlKF-o-0Lpj1ryGhDX6gy33KHoLiwwBfvWfRYsIQY-lmLUZMENQie4q61zNxatZyT38hrnQwlnkvZzmsml_q2NSjtB_3J2zg6sWS9bHIEFLQMRN8QziF1mdSFI/s1600-h/DSC_0034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ9p1lfNysQGN3CN6yuxVlKF-o-0Lpj1ryGhDX6gy33KHoLiwwBfvWfRYsIQY-lmLUZMENQie4q61zNxatZyT38hrnQwlnkvZzmsml_q2NSjtB_3J2zg6sWS9bHIEFLQMRN8QziF1mdSFI/s400/DSC_0034.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423832139628533458" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYLoAwv5hEOqM8u-hPMSkPb9k8hQEWtqFgndgcwgY2W1t4GTenX-FsVdeS4hVSdBNU6kGufNjJbdSN7bVVaYvdNlnMJqIHLhcrwQmuflx4ASDXpf0oL_V4-fnU4_cwACc-m74rNaF4k5I/s1600-h/DSC_0060.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYLoAwv5hEOqM8u-hPMSkPb9k8hQEWtqFgndgcwgY2W1t4GTenX-FsVdeS4hVSdBNU6kGufNjJbdSN7bVVaYvdNlnMJqIHLhcrwQmuflx4ASDXpf0oL_V4-fnU4_cwACc-m74rNaF4k5I/s400/DSC_0060.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423832131226008642" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-29818901858375119552010-01-06T21:21:00.008-05:002010-01-06T22:26:42.917-05:00Holiday recapI don't think I exactly jinxed things, but the holidays turned out much different than we planned. Oliver came down with bronchitis. It started the night of Christmas Eve. so that meant we couldn't go to my family on Christmas Day and to Anthony's family the next day. We were pretty much house bound for the whole week. His bronchitis ended up getting worse before it got better. Finally by this weekend he kicked it and started feeling a lot better. <br /><br />Even though he was really sick he managed to have a lot of fun. His energy was good for most of the week. It was helped by the medicine in his nebulizer which made him completely hyper. Although we didn't get to do the fun things we had planned with our family and friends we still had a good time here. We spent a lot of time playing in our pajamas. <br /><br />My parents bought Oliver these really cute Christmas pajamas. They had a reindeer on the front and little reindeers on the feet. Oliver was so excited when we put them on Christmas Eve night. He came running out of his room and while pointing to his toes he yelled to everyone "reindeer toes". That night he was really sick and in the middle of the night he was coughing so hard that he threw up all over himself. While I was cleaning him up he looked up at me with the saddest face and said "Oh no Mommy. Reindeer toes a mess". He just broke my heart so I put them in the wash so he could wear them in the morning. <br /><br />Oliver wasn't as excited as I thought he would be Christmas morning, but he was running a high fever. Once we started opening the presents he got into it. He loved all of his new toys. The big hit was hungry hungry hippos. He also loves his lego table and his curious george tea set. My brother, showing patience that I didn't know he had, played the hippo game with Oliver for hours. Oliver was very sad when my parents and Uncle Frankie left our house to go to our cousins Christmas Day. We did get to see my family on Christmas Eve, but we didn't get to see any of Anthony's family. We were so disappointed not to go to Mae and Joe's for Christmas at their house. Oliver would have loved playing with all of his cousins. <br /><br />We missed everyone so much. The holidays aren't the same when you don't get to see all of your family. It really made us appreciate how lucky we are to have a big and loving family.Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-27942891441024423702009-12-23T16:17:00.002-05:002009-12-23T16:47:00.144-05:00almost hereI can't believe it. It just doesn't seem possible. I don't know when it will hit me that tomorrow the holidays start, but right now I still can't believe it. <br /><br />I'm surprisingly stress free. I hesitate to say it and jinx myself, but there it is. The holidays this year have been a breeze compared to last year. Last year we were still adjusting to being new parents. It felt like from the moment we landed at Newark on Oct. 1st until after the New Year we were constantly going and just trying to fit everything in.<br /><br />This year feels so different. We've been busy, but a good and fun busy. We've done all of the fun holiday things we love to do. It hasn't been rushed or crazy. We were able to sit back and enjoy it. Maybe that's why it doesn't really feel like Christmas to me? No stress.<br /><br />Oliver is very excited for Christmas. He wants the hungry hungry hippo game. He sat on Santa's lap over a week ago. When santa asked him what he wanted Anthony told him that game because he knew we bought it for him. Now every day when Oliver wakes up he asks if the hippos are here yet. I almost caved last night when he said "why no hippos yet?"<br /><br />Nothing to do with the holidays, but to do with what Oliver says in the morning. When I get him up I ask how he slept and how he's doing. For awhile now he'll ask how I am doing and when he sees one of the cats he'll say "good morning Sadie. How are you?" This week when I asked him how he is doing he's been saying "two". He is confusing it with how old are you and it makes me laugh. <br /><br />I'm trying to remember these little things because the other day when he asked for his toothbrush I remembered when he didn't know the word for toothbrush. What he use todo when he didn't know the word for something he would call it duck. It got a little annoying and kind of strange. It made me think that I need to start writing some of these little things down because time is clearly just flying by.<br /><br />I hope everyone has a wonderful and very Merry Christmas!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NgBTOsUKyMU0bTTrgEq84NEYpsFyh1q9FB8iVu8kpWmFwJYRxKLBVJVv_fYzp_jltNlus9TN9NkQ7CSJUM7PiWDUknXJLJmEp0w3C8a6p04yDfdZJxTzm9Q-7zQvRhoTpwo5Hs4cM0O7/s1600-h/DSC_0244.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6NgBTOsUKyMU0bTTrgEq84NEYpsFyh1q9FB8iVu8kpWmFwJYRxKLBVJVv_fYzp_jltNlus9TN9NkQ7CSJUM7PiWDUknXJLJmEp0w3C8a6p04yDfdZJxTzm9Q-7zQvRhoTpwo5Hs4cM0O7/s400/DSC_0244.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418551317286617954" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoftbrvTGsS42fHikRdk9NOJ7jpyA5H9LRDHX9RwyjwZ2Os5GvUgUBoh0xLI2r_GL4NjujlTA-3bq3yKl5AjlXjPwwKEqS4vgZhOyBFq43MvUG2eGsMOscFiFhXkAaRz8T3ews1lCVh3L/s1600-h/DSC_0186.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDoftbrvTGsS42fHikRdk9NOJ7jpyA5H9LRDHX9RwyjwZ2Os5GvUgUBoh0xLI2r_GL4NjujlTA-3bq3yKl5AjlXjPwwKEqS4vgZhOyBFq43MvUG2eGsMOscFiFhXkAaRz8T3ews1lCVh3L/s400/DSC_0186.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418551310586424450" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-77021211640733622902009-12-16T21:43:00.003-05:002009-12-16T21:55:11.897-05:00holidaysMae and Joe came for a visit for Oliver's birthday and for Mae's birthday. One day we went into the city to see the tree and go to all of the shops. Everything looked so pretty. It was so cold. Joe and Anthony forgot to bring hats. Or more like they didn't think they would need them so they didn't bring them. But they were freezing. After some great bargaining by Joe they both got some warm hats. We had a fun day and it really got us excited for the holidays.<br /><br />Oliver and I were working on Christmas shopping today. We went to a bunch of stores. At one point we were trying to walk quickly back to our car, but no one was letting us cross the street. We started to go and this woman came speeding past us. I was annoyed because not only did she not let us cross but she was really close. So I yelled "thanks lady" to which Oliver yelled "your welcome lady". He is such a funny silly boy. We love him so much. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6XMio6LQqgK3hCuf7VzHil1fxxTtWLtiUSS-5Uy9J7FA8A2IhR1YFadMWXqm0gTeowUD13UwUpRuD5uxFWDLeR6BUh0Vo5Tf-aNceyv_0Vb9DA-H-Ccm0ly1VnN4tGkgunQpDZDVRlQA/s1600-h/DSC_0252.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI6XMio6LQqgK3hCuf7VzHil1fxxTtWLtiUSS-5Uy9J7FA8A2IhR1YFadMWXqm0gTeowUD13UwUpRuD5uxFWDLeR6BUh0Vo5Tf-aNceyv_0Vb9DA-H-Ccm0ly1VnN4tGkgunQpDZDVRlQA/s400/DSC_0252.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416032524958122962" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJqzcviP3r0w7K1Z_xk_AiSVPbDiUnahiptznvQPIEOYjUmuP1RtInLkSe_crjRd0T2MSwkSoyGEBknnaSOCtH3w7E5zPKGvifHLvBD6mMv0KQTRxq-x827guj3vEP5RC9toSEcQJWozT/s1600-h/DSC_0246.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixJqzcviP3r0w7K1Z_xk_AiSVPbDiUnahiptznvQPIEOYjUmuP1RtInLkSe_crjRd0T2MSwkSoyGEBknnaSOCtH3w7E5zPKGvifHLvBD6mMv0KQTRxq-x827guj3vEP5RC9toSEcQJWozT/s400/DSC_0246.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416032515387826674" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4839143339557496151.post-25829127361749548962009-12-15T08:28:00.004-05:002009-12-15T08:49:06.689-05:00Oliver is twoActually he turned two over a week ago. I had wanted to write something on Dec. 6th, but I was too busy. This is a crazy time of year. A good crazy. We went from Thanksgiving, Oliver's birthday, and now Christmas. <br /><br />We put up the Christmas tree this weekend. He kept saying "I like that Mommy". We put popcorn strings on the tree. He recently had popcorn at the movies and he loved it. You can imagine what happened. We should have figured it out, but no we didn't. All of a sudden he was spitting a bunch of food out. I saw that it was popcorn and asked him where he got it. Of course he said "I don't know". We had to have a long conversation about the popcorn on the tree being different from the popcorn we eat out of the bag. He was really funny about it. He would say "popcorns. same thing. no. tree. yucky."<br /><br />We are looking forward to seeing lots of friends and family over the next two weeks. I love this time of year. I don't even mind the craziness of the mall. Although this is the first time I have experienced toys r us at the holidays. It was nuts. In the first five minutes a woman with a cart overflowing who couldn't see where she was going hit me and another woman took my cart with my pocketbook in it while my back was turned. Cut throat. <br /><br />I've been doing a lot of cooking and baking. I made an incredible chocolate cake that was so easy and the recipe recommends making it ahead of time and freezing it. I'll have to post that. <br /><br />I hope everyone is having a fun holiday season. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgMj2nSag7rLN3KTPzrtXGBdO16AOz1ociBqg7K-Hje9oZg1VgCIUFb8x7Q3GrTkszgwQjrAH_CrCuBxXPLocACfLHXRKHE6QwljllAmh42wgXDCeSuyxh79a8VIGxbIh9G1KJtpS1_4X/s1600-h/DSC_0098.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgMj2nSag7rLN3KTPzrtXGBdO16AOz1ociBqg7K-Hje9oZg1VgCIUFb8x7Q3GrTkszgwQjrAH_CrCuBxXPLocACfLHXRKHE6QwljllAmh42wgXDCeSuyxh79a8VIGxbIh9G1KJtpS1_4X/s400/DSC_0098.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415459238334010866" /></a>Leigh and Anthonyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13905109654581626800noreply@blogger.com1