Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Best Commute This Morning

I had the best commute today! I know, who ever has that? Well, especially since I’ve been a having a crappy couple of weeks so far, this was especially great. I was driving to work this morning, kinda zoning out, driving the speed limit, keeping a good distance in the car in front of me. I look over to my left and see a white CHP car. Check my speedometer and see that I’m only going 60 miles/hr. It’s pretty packed with cars once I get into the Redwood city area. I pass him up and he then gets behind me. Ok, that’s fine. Next thing I know, another car decides to squeeze in to the left of me and I have to brake hard. We’ve all had that before. You’re mad, but can’t do anything about it, but think or say dirty words. As soon as that car pushed itself into my lane, I see the CHP pull out behind me, speed up and turn on the lights! He pulled that car over! Whoo Hoo! That was so cool! Finally, Justice! It gave me a great start to my morning. Let’s hope the rest of the day goes just as good!

Monday, August 04, 2008

Wedding Day

The wedding of my two co-workers took place at the Fairmont Hotel on the beach. Luckily we rented a GPS. I didn't realize how far it was from the main strip. 25 miles of a two way highway. The guests were suppose to arrive by 3:30pm and the wedding to start at 4pm. I was getting a little worried we would not make it. We got there at 3:45 and then had to go through the hotel and out the back to a long walkway where the ceremony and reception was going to be held. After all that, the wedding actually didn't start til after 5! There was a little drama with the bridal party. The make-up artist showed up at 9am, but her helper didn't. It literally took til 5pm before she was able to finish everyone. Other than that, everything was great. It was an emotional wedding. The groom cried his "I dooooooooo!" (which me and another co-worker will be giving him grief at work... "Michelle, do you have any paper over there?" "yes, I doooooooo!") It was so cute! The bride also had a hanky to wipe his face. The food was excellent and too much! There was too much food! Frois Grai (sp?), Goat cheese wonton, bacon-wrapped scallops, Kobe beef were the appetizers. Then they had lomi lomi salmon, Poke, Kalua Pig, fried rice, Potatoes, etc, etc. You could not put everything on your plate. You had to pick and choose carefully. Then for dessert, they had chocolate fondues, cheesecakes, etc. UGH...we were so stuff. SO STUFFED it was not funny. And, nobody cleaned their plates! Well, more later, my time is running out. Tomorrow is our last day in Paradise.

Sunday, August 03, 2008

I think we are now on Hawaii time. We've been a little slow on the updates. Friday, we explored the shopping areas and had a great lunch that overlooked the ocean. Seafood, seafood, and more seafood! Friday night was the Rehearsal Dinner at Fujimamas. It looked like everyone who is attending the wedding made it for the dinner as well. 80 guests!

Yesterday, we went snorkeling. We thought we would need the snorkeling equipment all day, but it turned out we only used it for the hour. As fun as it was, you can only see so many Tangs, Butterfly fishes, and Puffers. But, it was a nice bay and wasn't too deep (which I like). Jay also wanted to check out the Harbor where he will be Deep Sea fishing on Tuesday morning. Good thing we did. The Captain never gave him a contact phone. We were having to go from place to place to find the right person to ask. Apparently, the boat that Jay and the guys will be on called the Intrepid recently just got sold. Nobody there knew who the name of the new captain. The Charter people had to dig a little and finally found him the contact. Whew! That was a little stressful. We also got to check out the Kona International Market. I have actually been shopping very little. Everything you see is the same old stuff. Stuff that looks cute, but when you get home, are you really going to use it?

Well, we are off to do some light exploring again today. We don't want to go too far since the wedding will be happening late afternoon. Don't need to get lost and miss the wedding. I'll let you know. Bye for now!

Friday, August 01, 2008

Day 1

Hi Everyone from Kona!

Day 1
Arrived in Hawaii just around lunch time. We started out in San Jose, then had to transfer to LAX, then to Hawaii. All airlines were on-time, which was great. The only bad thing about the trip was when Jay's neighbor across the way decided to bend over to get something. Jay got a good view of a big butt and him picking his boxers out of his pants...ewwww.

The condo we picked is great. Great ocean view, 1 bedroom, 2 bathrooms and a Lanai. We each get our own bathroom..yeah! For dinner last night, we ate tuna sashimi and seaweed salad that we bought from the grocery store. Cheap and great eats! We'll try and keep you updated.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Poor Rudy

Sunday it wasn’t too hot down in here, but Jay decided to add water to the pool for Wes. Wes had a great time in the pool. He even wanted to get naked to play. That was a surprise. Our son usually likes to be covered up. Maybe it was because his diaper weighed about 5lbs from all the water that it soaked up. Wes is getting in and out of the pool all naked, running around the yard. Next thing we know, Wes is looking at his pee-pee, while he’s urinating on the dog! Aye-ya!

I’m keeping this short today. Gotta run. The parents are heading to Hawaii on Thursday morning without the boy. So, Aloha!

Thursday, July 10, 2008

Yes, another post!

Oh Boy…How long has it been? I was going to write a couple of weeks ago to announce that Jay and I have been married 5 years. 5 Years?!? How did that happen? Then I forgot to write about it. Then I was going to write last week that Jay and I went on an Overnight trip as a trial period for Wes for when we go to Hawaii at the end of July. Then I forgot about that too. I’m not doing too well here with updating. So, here are the updates:

A non-Wesley update (yes, I try on occasion) On June 21st, Jay and I celebrated our 5th Anniversary. It doesn’t feel like that long. When I think back, during those 5 years, we got married, then got: a house, a dog, a car, a baby, and a car; in that order. That is a lot of things that happened in such a short period of time for us. But, it’s been great. Yes, we’re busier and we have to schedule and juggle things more (i.e. Wes), but we always seem to find time for each other. And thank goodness for Sk*ype. I get to “talk” to my husband throughout the day without interruption of the lil one. After 5 years, my husband is still my best friend.

Wanda is visiting here visiting us. She came up to help with the trial (or maybe I should say training) period to help Wesley prepare for the Hawaii trip Jay and I will be taking at the end of July. She’s been a big help with taking him to daycare and staying with him overnight. Since he is now 27 months, he’s been a lot more aware of things and has had separation anxiety that comes and goes over the past few months. Last weekend we decided to do an overnight trip to see how he would react. We decided to show him we were leaving on a trip and that we would see him the next day. Reaction? A little confused, asked where we were, but no crying. Jay and I are realizing that it might not be us, but he might have more separation anxiety when Grandma leaves! He’s always asking for this Grandma. For our overnight we stayed in Santa Clara. We actually saw a movie, “Hancock” (which was good), and actually had a dinner where we didn’t have to worry about what to pick (sushi, also g-uuuuu-d), and saw another movie, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” (I liked that one too). We haven’t been that lazy in a while. I remember pre-Wesley there were times when you would sit around and be bored. Now, I don’t remember what “bored” means. Now, there is always something to do.

Yes, our son keeps us from getting “bored”. He’s had a few cases of hives (we call it his “itchies”) in the past and when he does, we put Calamine Lotion on it. Yesterday, in the car, we were having a long conversation. At one point, I was telling him that I had a headache and that my head had an owie. He responded, “Head, owie?…. Lotion.” Ok, Dr. Hann.

A few weeks ago, we had spread a couple of blankets on his bedroom floor. He loves to play with his blankets. They are his security. (His bibs are also a security, but that’s another story.) He woke up one morning and saw the blankets on the floor and told me, “I want to lie down.” Whoa! Where did all those words come from?

He is such a chatterbox now. And bossy. A couple of weeks ago Jay and I were eating Lamb for dinner. He comes over to me and says “ I want chicken”. I tear off a piece and while he eats it, I tell him, “No, it’s lamb”. He looks at me and says, “No, Mama, Chicken”. Sheesh.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

The problem with posting now is that I'll start writing, then say to myself I'll come back to it later and edit. Well, then I get distracted and have all these pieces of writings all over the place. So, here are two pieces that I'm putting together.


A recent conversation Jay and I had on Instant Messaging:

[9:50:20 AM] Jay says: I took 2 pictures of him sleeping too :D
[9:50:33 AM] Jay says: he was sleeping so heavy
[9:50:44 AM] Jay says: his feet on the pillow
[9:50:55 AM] Jay says: then he didnt want to getup
[9:51:04 AM] Jay says: he got mad when I scooped him up
[9:51:24 AM] Jay says: but he drank his milk and we watched Thomas
[9:52:07 AM] Jay says: I got up and he looked at me :|and said Daddy! Sit and patted his little hand on the couch next to him
[9:52:08 AM] Mickie says: wow
[9:52:14 AM] Mickie says: (chuckle)
[9:52:33 AM] Jay says: so I sat down and he smiled and was very pleased with him self
[9:53:33 AM] Jay says: what a smart little guy


Camping

This past weekend was our first camping trip with Wesley. We might wait a couple of more years before we bring him again. Well, actually it was good and bad. Good - he had a lot of fun. Bad - he cried for ½ hour before he finally fell asleep exhausted from crying and Jay and I were pretty much awake all night.

It probably would have been OK if it was just us and we had his pack-n-play to sleep in. Instead, there were 4 families. One of the kids was 4, so he and Wes could not get enough of each other the whole time. They both got over-stimulated. Both didn’t take naps. So, during the night both cried. Wes did this before he went to bed, and the other child during the night – 4 times. Wes slept thru that. Jay and I did not. Not just crying, but screaming crying. And, we had no pillows (we forgot), and, the air mattress was on its last legs. We were both tired and ready to go home the next morning. Not only did we not sleep, we had our coffee press, but no coffee…UGH. We prepared so much for Wes, we didn’t prepare for ourselves. Things are definitely different when you have a child.
Sorry, I haven't updated in a while. I've been writing stuff down, but I haven't had time to post. I'll be posting soon. But, here is a recent video of Wesley's fishing day.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

I Want

I have never heard a kid use “I want” so much as Wesley. Yesterday it was all in the same sentence, “ I want hotdog, I want mac cheese, I want ban-na, I want mac cheese, I want Seet-Sa (pizza).” Then it was, “I want outside (out our backyard), I want bye-bye (go shopping), I want bye-bye”. Later, it was “See Thomas, see Caillou, see Bob, see Thomas.” Maybe it’s not the “wants” that was frustrating, but all these choices he decides to say all at once. What is it that you really want? I’m confused! He sounded like a broken record. I’ve realized he says it because he can, not because he really wants it. So, then I let him talk it all out, and then said to him, “Oh Look! It’s Lasagna!” He ate it…as he was watching Thomas.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Happy 2 Years Old!

I Love Chocolate!
Well, looks like Wesley has found a new love...Chocolate! It just happened about a couple of weeks ago. He now knows what is inside those little foiled pieces of goodness. He can usually spot them when we think we’ve kept them out of his view. Usually he finds out that he likes something when he takes it out of Jay or my hand. He can be overly cautious when we introduce something new to him, he won’t try it. But he will try it when one of us eats it, usually he likes to dig his grubby little hand into my food on my plate.

Just the other day I turned away for a second and was watching Bob the Builder (his favorite show) and I hear this “tink, tink, tink”. I realize Wes is washing his hand in my glass of rootbeer with ice!

He went to the Dr’s last Thursday. We only gained barely a pound since 6 months ago. He’s only 20.7 lbs! He just fits the car seat forward requirements. At the same time, he is an active boy. All those calories that he takes in is either going to his height or he’s burning it off. Jay was trying to put him into some 18 month shorts the other day. Wes looked like one of those Hip-Hopping kids. The shorts looked like pants and the waistband drooped past his diaper. The diaper was the only thing that made them barely hang on.

I love some of the words he is saying now:
· “Doong-Doong”– should be Goong-Goong (Grandfather in Chinese)
· “Lellow” – Yellow
· “Hop-Pepper” – Helicopter
· “Tee-Too” – Thank You
· “Jay” – when he calls for “Daddy”, and daddy doesn’t answer, he then calls for
“Jay”
· “Eee-YA” – Aye-Ya. Like “Oh No!” in Chinese
· “Aw Man!”
· “Bama”, used to be “Jeanie” – Grammy. Don’t know where he got those. Jay
might have said Wanda Jean and he got “Jeanie”

Monday, January 28, 2008

22 Months

When did Wesley learn his ABC’s?!? A couple of weeks ago, he was listening to his “Fridge DJ” a Leapfrog Radio that his Auntie Erin, Uncle Mike, and Jamie gave him for Christmas. All of a sudden, he starts to sing along with the ABC’s song. He wasn’t copying what the voice was saying, but actually singing right along. He didn’t get all the letters right, but he did pretty good. Jay and I are wondering if it’s daycare. They added a part-time pre-school teacher to our home daycare. He must be learning more that we think…like putting his hand over his mouth when he coughs…I’m embarrassed to say that I know we didn’t teach him that!

He’s been talking like crazy too. When I have given him something, he sometimes says, “Thank you, Ma-ma”. He can’t say “Thank You” very clearly, but I know that’s what he’s trying to say. He’s able to string 3 words together. He had his favorite lovey (his polyester fill – don’t ask. At least he doesn’t have to have the same old stuff. We are able to replace it with new stuff) in the bathtub with Jay. Somehow it got into his eye. So, as he’s in the tub blinking his eye, he tells Jay, “Fuzz, Eye, DA-da Fuzz EYE”.

He also hasn’t used “Wesley’s ____”, but instead has used “My ____”. Already using prepositions!

Saturday, January 05, 2008

Wesley's First Potty

Happy New Year! After reading a baby newsletter that I get in an email about Potty training, we decided to get Wes a Potty. He is only 21 months old, but he was showing signs of the following: telling us he poo-poo'd, wanting to watch us use the potty, having an interest in the toilet, going at a certain time each day. He hasn't been able to pull his pants down yet, but we thought at least get him used to seeing a potty. We weren't expecting much, but I took a video as soon as we took it out from the box.