I Just Love My Little Boy!

Just a few funny little stories to let you see why I laugh all day long:

I was sick all day today and Jakie was worried about me. I could not play like normal and I was just laying on the couch. Jakie tried everything to get me to come play and finally he asked me if I was going to throw up. He brought me the milk jug in one trip trip to the fridge and the bottle of chocolate on another trip (all while I was on the couch) and told me to make chocolate milk because it made him feel better when he was sick.
A few hours later while I slept I could feel something on me and when I woke up, Jake had climbed up on top of me and was laying on me just hugging me while he watched the cartoon I turned on for him 20 minutes prior. I asked him what he was doing and he said "I didnt know what how to make you better so I am going to love you till you feel better. I just love it when I can love you mommy. I am so happy to love you. Dont worry mommy, you can sleep mommy, I can take care of you. Do you need a bowl to throw up in?"
He is 3 folks! I swear there is a 40 year old in there somewhere! He says things and comes up with ideas that crack me up. I just love him so much. I get a glimpse of his little souls capability to love and I am just blown away by his little thoughts. I feel so lucky to have him for my little boy.

Another funny story showing his drama queen side:

Jakie went to the play room at my gym on Tuesday and a little boy in there was chasing him (they were playing tag together) and Jakie tripped and skinned his knee. He was fine, but when I got to the door he literally limped to me like an old man with a wooden leg and said "Help me, help me please! I'm broken mommy!! I am ruined!" Ha. How is that for dramatic? Turns out all it would take (according to him) was an ice cream cone to fix him.

I Love This Book!

Okay, so I am going to keel over here. I have been reading the book Breaking Dawn for so many hours that I am exhausted. I maintain my life in between readings but I am absolutely blown away by this book. Talk about amazing creativity! I think that Breaking Dawn is hands down, the best book of the series and I loved them all. It was totally worth the weirdos in line on Friday! I am 560 pages into the 768 page or thriller and I am mystified how in the world Stephanie Meyer could dream this stuff up. I so hope she writes more stuff. A new series perhaps? I will read anything she writes after this series. It is truly amazing creativity and story telling. I cant believe this is her first series! I seriously feel like I am watching a movie!

Well, I am off to read again. I am tired but I think I will just read myself to sleep. I have to call it an early one tonight. I pulled a 4am and 2am reading session the last few nights and I have a mile to swim tomorrow (not to mention a kiddo that has more energy than anyone I know)

*****I hope you are all reading with me! Mat, I think your cuz is an amazing writer! If you ever see her, tell her she won over a total skeptic and that I am telling every lady I know about it. I have not met a reader that started Twilight that did not love the series. I love to read and anyone that can entertain me and make me like the characters, like she has, is like gold to me!

Well, off to see how the next chapter will shock me.

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The Days Just Fly By:

Well, it is 10:00pm and I am just waiting to go to the Breaking Dawn book release party at Borders and wouldn't you know it... it just started to downpour! You have to be kidding me! I knew once I wanted to go do something that there would be a freak storm, snow, or tornado, whatever. I don’t care, I'm going anyway!

Well, as I sit here waiting for the hour to hit 10:45 to head out, I thought I would blog about my day. I spend the day getting the site even more updated (I hope you like the music, etc), doing laundry, bills, playing with Jake, making meals and finally, just taking a break. You know, some people say that being a housewife is boring and unfulfilling but I wonder what they are doing because I am so busy all of the time. Every time I turn around there is something else to do (play dates to keep, house to tend, personal maintenance (gym), bills, friends to visit, dry-cleaning to run, groceries to get, and then the fun stuff like bloging, pictures, hobbies). I seriously wish that I could add another 6 hours to my day. 30 hours would be so much more reasonable!

Anyway, I can’t ever believe it when the clock hits 5pm. I always wonder where the heck the day went and then it comes time to switch gears. I never feel like I am stagnant. I get bored for abut a second and then my blackberry goes off with a reminder of something else that needs to be done. Wives, if you don’t have a blackberry, get one. It made a frustrated over worked and perpetually lost lady into someone that can manage her day. I love it!! I just started cooking regularly when I quit working completely and love it. I am pretty good at it and I feel totally successful when I get the oohs and aahs from Rick and Jake (So far the Zucchini Pie, Masala Chicken (Indian), red sauce from scratch on pasta have been the favorites). I no sooner finish the meal and talk to Rick for a bit and then it is bed time. I just wish there was more time to do it all. I guess making the most of the time is the best I can get though. I love being at home. I love spending my day wrapped up in Jakie, Rick and the daily to do's. After being streched so thin for so long, I am just happy to get to do the thing I want to do most: keep our lives in order and take cre of my family. I am lucky that Rick is on board or I would be SOL!

So, I am really proud of myself. I bought a book on lap swimming (I am swimming daily now) that has workout programs that are progressive. I started out doing basic lap routines that build good form, endurance and speed that were 500 (a little over) 1/4 mile meters long and actually hard, to having hit between 1000-1800 meters (a little over 1/2 mile - to just over a mile)! I have been talking about doing it for years and I think it may be my impending 30th b-day, but I am done waiting. I am hitting the ground running and really trying to make it count! I do 3/4 mile to 1 mile 3 days a week and then do Upper/lower body strength training in-between workouts directly followed by 30 laps (just under 1/2 mile) in the pool. I can already feel the difference!

I think that I am going to stick to the routine for 6 weeks or so and then switch it up. I have my eye on spinning class, Yoga and Plaits as well. I think I will add an evening class of one of those to my big swim day 2 x's a week or so. Well, what ever it works out to, I am really enjoying feeling good. I am tired when I am done but I love the energy boost I get right after I am done. I am not super keen on diets so I am avoiding them. I just eat 6x's a day every 2 hours from my first meal and only have good options in the house. I am always full but I feel great. The exercise makes it easier to stick to because I take a beating and it is only worth it if I see the results by Sept. Wish me luck!

Well, it is now that time when I must go get my long awaited book. I sure got a lot in there so if you got bored, sorry.

2 HOURS LATER: Man! I just spent almost 2 hours watching some scarry folk buy this darn book. There were some normal people in there but after that, I had better love the book! I will let you know soon.

4th Book In Twilight Series: BREAKING DAWN Comes Out Tonight at 12:01 am

AUGUST 2ND AT 12:01AM. IT IS FINALLY GOING TO BE HERE!!! If you have no idea of what I am talking about, you are either a man or totally out of the loop! Breaking Dawn is the final book in the Twilight Book Series by Stephanie Meyer. I resisted at first too, but after loving Twilight from the first chapter, I read all 3 that were out in 36 hours! Mom, you know you are guilty!! It is for young and old chicks (guys too but you have to be able to deal with a love story). That's over 1700 pages folks! It is such a great book series and soon to be a movie

The story is about Bella and Edward and people around them as He a vampire and she a clumsy accident prone girl do the inevitable; fall in love! It isn't just cheesy though. The story is super clever, hard to predict and the action is great. I should rephrase that.... There is a lot of scary action with other vampires and werewolves, etc. No tacky cliché stuff though. No Garlic, no burning in the sun, no coffins, etc. It is great. If you are not reading them and you like any good read that is super entertaining, you are missing out!

I am going at 11pm tonight to get my copy. If you have not pre ordered, you can get a great deal on Barnes & Noble.com. I think they are only like 12 or 15$ each and the new one is only 20$ or so. I promise that you will love it.

Twilight book 1 , New Moon book2, Eclipse book 3If you already know the series, did you know about the movie coming out. You can see clips at Stephanie Meyers site (http://www.stephaniemeyer.com/) and you can see more about her stuff. It is so good. She even has Midnight Sun info out. Don't know what that is?? It is Twilight re-written from Edwards perspective. She will publish it sometime in the future and it is cool to get more info. I love the series. Check it out and go get your copies!

TO SEE A CLIP OF TWILIGHT MOVIE: Check out the bottom of my U-Tube page. (The link to my U-Tube viedo page is up at the top of this BLOG SITE labled FAMILY VIDEOS. CLICK on it and SCROLL to the BOTTOM of all of the videos you see). I added the official movie trailor and an un-official trailor,that I liked. You can play if you want to get an idea of what is to come Dec 12, 2008.

Called to Serve at 9am! Thank you Primary!!

So I was sitting at the computer and Jakie said, "Mommy, I want to sing you a little song about being a missionary!" I said, "you do?" He said, "oh yes mommy. Get ready mommy, this will be great!" The first time was great, but I decided to have home do it again for the benefit of our viewers. Enjoy!

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Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Jake serenaded me with this lovely selection as well. Enjoy.

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