Almost 2 months later.....

Its been awhile and there's lots to write. A lot of stuff has been going on....and we've been super busy. For those of you who dont know we've been having eating issues, as in, he doesnt eat and apparently hasnt gained any weight in 6 months....so this led to copious amounts of blood being drawn and sent off for tests.....something was off and then we had to obtain a urine sample...we're still waitning on those results. Let me tell you getting a urine sample from an un potty trained 1 1/2 year old does not equal fun. so we're waiting.
He also had a developmental evaluation because he isnt talking. again, as withthe eating, he is not talking at all. we've had one word since he was 12 months....hes now 20 months.....he was average or above average in all areas except communication/speech....so now we schedule speech therapy (haevnt done that yet as i have been super busy at work). the day or the evaluation we got out early and headed to the Keys for lunch at the Tiki Bar in Islamorada. it was fabulous. We hadnt been in a long time and we really enjoyed it. Little E seemed to have fun too...we splashed inthe water and walked in the sand and he loved just sitting on the railing and looking at the water. It was a wonderful day and i got tons of great pictures (143 to be exact) but here are a few of my favorites. I posted my absolute favorite by itself a few minutes ago.

Yesterday we cut the grass and E tried to wash the grass off the sidewalk with the hose. Little E decided he wanted to play with it instead and ended up soaked but had a great time.

Work for me has been good. My seniors took their exams this week so as of today I only teach 2 classes out of 7 periods...its a wonderful thing! I need the extra time though as I get to teach AP Calculus next year and really need to re-teach it to myself...its been a VERY long time since Ive seen anything even close to calculus. Im pretty excited though, my second year there and I get AP Calc...yay!

Probably my new favorite picture

First Haircut

So E and my mother in law have been making comments (or gestures) for quite some time about getting his hair cut. I refused. I like it long. I think its cute. I finally caved in today. I figured I could compromise. I took him to Cartoon Cuts in the mall and paid $16 for them to spray his head with water and make about 5 cuts with the scissors. oh well. He did very well. Refused to wear the smock but sat pretty well with the basket of toys they gave him to play with. He didnt cry at all and i think actually liked not having his hair in his face. He shook his head around for quite some time afterwards.

We even got a lollipop afterwards! Our very first one, and we enjoyed it very much. He didnt have very much of it but what he did have he liked (I didnt need him on a sugar rush so I took it away after a bit).

Soccer and Shuttles

We started soccer this past Saturday. I was very excited. They break the kids up by age. only 6 months difference in each group (18-25 months, 24-30 months etc.....). Apparently EJ was the only kid under 2 1/2 in his time slot, so he was put with the older kids. Im hoping that in time he will want to be like the bigger kids and hopefully maybe if there is a God he will listen and follow some of the directions! I am pretty sure me and E got more excercise than anyone else on the field.... there were two goups of kids, our group and older kids at the other end. EJ wanted to be anywhere his group was not. He listened to no one and was only concerned with running as fast as he could away from us. (that, however resulted in a nap that lasted almost 4 hours! yay!) The first picture is of EJ, running AWAY from our group. He did sort of get the concept of soccer. He kicked the ball about half the time, the other half was spent picking it up with his hands.

Here he is in his soccer ball socks and Adidas Sambas ($38 for those shoes but when I saw them in his size I HAD to buy them)

Yesterday the shuttle took off from Kennedy SPace Center. Not close to us by any means but we were lucky enough to see it, it was super bright and these pictures do not do it justice. It was pretty amazing and looked like a giant fireball racing through the sky.

Playing with Pictures

I've spent the last hour playing with a free online program to play with pictures. Thanks Lindsay for the link. www.picnik.com Its not great, definately not exactly what I was trying to accomplish but not so bad.

New Shoes

EJ likes to wear his shoes. It means that we are going outside. He brings his shoes to me to put on. He brings me my shoes. Today he put on my shoes. Cute? Yes. Although my husband doesnt think so. i told him about it over the phone. EJ was wearing my shoes. Heels. And walking around the house in them. He walks better in them than I do. :) Sad, I know. I was fortunate enough to actually get a few good pics of the fashon show.

We are very very proud.

Nicole Needs...

I got this from my friend Lindsay's Blog, and it seemed like fun.
In google you type in quotes "[your name] needs"
So here is what I apparently need...

1. Nicole needs a boob job. and it came up 3 times in different wording.

2. Nicole needs no food when she can shop till she drops. i wish, i dont do much shopping and i certainly need food, i like to eat.

3. Nicole needs Photoshop. I woul dlove Photoshop, although its not so much in the budget at the moment.

4. Nicole needs a new computer. new stuff is always nice, but i just got a new laptop last may.

5. Nicole needs a drummer. really? for what? oh yeah, so i can walk to a good beat wherever i go..

6. Nicole needs a husband. Nope, i already got one of those! and i like him lots!

7. Nicole needs to live in the NOW on Intervention. Definately dont need an intervention.

8. Nicole needs some good vibes. we could all use some good vibes now and then,

9. Nicole needs an urban love nest. Do i even want to know what that is?

10. Nicole needs to lay off the Botox. yes, yes i do. i get botox way to often and really should cut down :) haha, funny how ive never even considered botox.


so those are my needs apparently. :)
Thanks lindsay!