Stupid Election!

And that's all I have to say... Back to packing!

McDonald's is the Devil!

Cadiem ate his first happy meal on Wednesday. I dragged him around on several errands and felt like he deserved a treat--so McDonald's it was! As soon as they handed me the little golden arched box--the whining began. How did he know that a weird dehydrated onion and pickle encrusted cheeseburger was inside? And why are those worthless little cheeseburgers so damn tasty? And how do they always get such a perfect balance of mustard and ketchup? Cadiem must agree, because he gobbled it down. He also enjoyed the fries--which he doesn't usually care about. I have to say, the happy meal toys have definitely improved. We got the "boy" toy, which was a Batman-inspired-spider-legged-robot thingy, that shoots a little plastic piece. Pretty awesome!
Cadiem and I went to the gymnastics gym again yesterday with Wally & Marin. They had a giant blow-up slide, which Cadiem was pretty excited about. He loves that place!
I am still on the job hunt... I'm really hoping for a job at Tech. I went to the temp agency yesterday, so maybe something will come out of that. Jeff is still working his three jobs--that sucks! I got a letter from my little brother Austin--who is in Marine bootcamp. Apparently it sucks and the food is terrible. Go figure! Haha.
Mary is coming over tonight for some wine, nintendo and I'm thinking some taco salad would be tasty. Does it get any better than that!

Two Things:

One: Aren't onesies awesome? I wish I could wander around in a onesie. What if we all did? We'd look like a bunch of big babies... hahaha

Two: Cadiem's new favorite pastime is ripping the keys off of my computer. I have been searching for my control and caps lock keys for the last hour... I was just finishing my coffee--and found them, in the bottom of my coffee mug! Grrrr!

Cadiem is a climbing machine!

17.5 Months! Cadiem started climbing a few days ago. His new favorite thing is to climb onto the ottoman in the playroom with a book and his sippy cup. As you can see from the above picture, with his favorite book: "If you give a pig a pancake". Which is probably one of my least favorite! Haha. He also has been going up the stairs himself, but hasn't quite figured out the going down part. He has also figured out how to open the pantry (from underneath since he can't reach the handle!) which is full of two of his favorite things, food and cleaning supplies. He's still obsessed with the swiffer! Now if only he'd learn to talk! He does imitate things we say, but you'd never know what he's saying out of context.

Jeff and I have both been on the job hunt. He now has three! Hahaha. Always so ambitious! I've applied to several at tech, so hopefully I'll snag one of them.

We had a visit last week from my grandma plus three of my great aunts and a great uncle. I haven't seen the extended family in several years--so it was great to see them and I'm glad they got to finally meet Cadiem :) My mom also visited prior to that, and Cadiem now recognizes her voice over the phone. After she left, he would hear her on the phone and point to the guest room.

I turned the big 31 a few weeks ago. We had Wally and Mary over (ian you suck!) and grilled up some yummy Spanish brined pork tenderloin followed by lots o wine. Surprised? Haha. Tomorrow it's Mary's turn, so we're having a few people over.

I guess that's about it! I hear a child crying upstairs... :)

check out the video on bri's blog! (i'll be posting soon, i promise!)

blipity!

The last week has been crazy! We've been very social lately :) Cadiem and I have had a couple play dates with Wally & Marin, who we saw today. Cadiem was being a bit of a brat--he kept stealing anything Marin had. Meanwhile, Ari was trying to lick and play with her feet the whole time. Welcome to the house of harassment! Haha. We went to pint night a few days ago with Taub and Sean--Jeff decided to make himself unavailable.. ahem ahem... I blame Taub! Yesterday Jeff was off and we had Mary and our old neighbor Mike over for dinner and Yahtzee. I always forget how much I love playing Yahtzee! Well, I love most games :)

We are really excited about our beach trip! Leslie and I met up at Vintage Cellar today to hit up the close-out and stock up for our trip :) Leslie was pretty funny--she's not a big wine drinker, but I got her to try most of the whites. She pretty much shouted "I hate this!" for most of them. Hahahaha. I don't know how we're going to fit everything for the beach in the car. We're even borrowing a clamshell to put on the roof. There's so much baby stuff!

Jeff might have some changes at work happening--for the better. And we find out soon--yay! He's off (again--weird!) on Sunday and we're headed to a bbq at the Crouthamel's and then another one at the Hypes'. I love summer!

I don't even know where to begin!! I spend so much time chasing Cadiem around that I spend every night playing catch-up... Which basically involves trying to clean up the house, laundry, cooking dinner--all within a couple of hours... Obviously, it does not all get done. Just like tonight, I have two large baskets of laundry to do... A painting I was going to start... I was going to give the dog a bath... Get the guest room ready for Bri & Nate... Meh. Whatever! Here I sit, watching Glee and sipping a glass of wine. Ahhhhhhhh... Sometimes you just need a little ME time!! ;)
Cadiem and I went to TJ Maxx tonight to peruse--and discovered a kiddie/parent hang out. It was a little scary. There were kids everywhere! We made it out alive--and miraculously without buying anything.
We had a great time in Orlando. We went to Epcott and Typhoon Lagoon. Cadiem really liked the water park. At first, he screamed when we tried to put him into the wave pool... But, eventually he was splashing around :) Epcott was having a flower festival--they had flower sculptures everywhere of Disney characters. My mom made us pose in front of several if you check out the pics on Bri's site... Hahaha. Cadiem had a lot of fun being around everyone. Each morning that we were there he would run out of the room looking for them. But we were always the first ones up--haha.
Bri and Nate will be here in two weeks!! Yay!! Jeff is taking a couple of days off while they're here--yay!! And then the week after that we're going to the beach for a week--woohoo! Jeff's plan is to do absolutely nothing. Haha--poor guy! He worked a ton over graduation, and it doesn't seem to have slowed down much. I plan on taking a large stack of books to the beach, and becoming more mexi-skin.
I guess that's it! Here are a few recent pics:
This is before the heat got to us...
Cadiem LOVED the aquarium :)
Bri and I beating the heat with some refreshments :)