Happy Birthday to America!

So i tried to do something "american" for the 4th of july....we were going to go to a parade but after dropping my dad off at the airport we didnt feel like fighting any traffic...and it was nap time. So later in the afternoon we packed up the baby and went to Amelia Earhart Park for hte latin music and food thingy. After $10 to park we got out and walked aroung for about 10 minutes before we decided it wasnt any fun and weleft. Definately not $10 worth of fun for sure. Oh well. We then headed over to Milander Park in Hialeah where they were having a big freestyle concert before the fireworks at 9pm. We thought we'd try it out, it was free and parking was free...except it was on street parking, no fun. But we got their early and actually got a decent space. So we put the baby in the stroller and headed to thepark. It was extremely family friendly (not always the case at the later events) and actually really fun. they played fabulous music and E ended up walking back to the car to get out camping chairs so we could sit in the field and hang out, although we forgot the blanket so the baby could sit on the ground. We gpt there around 6 and were hoping for the best with the baby as his bedtime is 7 and he doesnt do so well off of his schedule. Around 7 tghe clouds started rolling in....and by rolling in i mean it went from bright and sunny to dark and grey...maybe we would be spared the rain??? A few drops fell but we had our big umbrella so we put the baby inthe srtoller and held it over him. And then the warning sirens went off signalling lightning. If you've never heard the lighting siren they have at the parks it is a deafening sound that pierces the ears, and we were sitting rigth next to it. So they came over the mic and told everyone to get out of the park and go sit int heir cars, if it clears up in the next half hour they';ll continue. (meaning if we heard 3 short blows of the siren). yeah, like we were going to sit in the car for a half hour with a cranky baby. So we decided we were just going to go home. oh well. I'm pretty sure they cancelled it all togther as while we were walking to the car there were several large lightnings rather close to us.

So we went home and watched a movie with our friends Abe and Daniella. And it probably worked out for the best, it was relaxing and the baby got to go to bed! Here he is in his 4th of July outfit.

trip to tampa

My dad came to visit this past week. He flew in on sunday morning and monday am we headed to Tampa to watch the Red Sox play the Rays. We lost. We lost all 3 against the Rays although we only watched the first 2 games, better luck next year.
Some of you who post to your blog always talk about all the good stuff you make to eat at home. i love to cook but the husband doesnt love to eat a lot of stuff, he is WAY to picky, so we are pretty boring when it comes to food. However with my dad visiting (3 days here and 2 in tampa) I actually cooked, and I cooked something other than steak (our staple)! Sunday I made pulled pork in the crock pot (thank you Beth for the recipe). It was AWESOME! with some grilled red onions on top and coleslaw on the side (store bought but good). and E actually liked it. we will definately be having it some more. Wednesday i made chicken pounded out and rolled up with ham and cream cheese inside and rolled in a "spicy thai peanut bake" from taste of thai. my favorite for sure. and last night we made quesadillas. I got a quesadilla maker for christmas and left it at my dads, he finally brought it to me and it is the best device ever. way better than bought quesadillas. we filled them with chicken, onions and peppers, mushrooms, ans a ton of cheese. its fabulous. we also made homemade guacamole, we love avocados. I could eat them every day. and homemade pico de gillo. good stuff. i am so proud of myself, i cooked 3 days this week so far! maybe i'll continue the trend. :)

so its the 4th of julya nd we dont reallty have any plans, so far just hanging out at home. we will probably venture out when the baby wakes up and find soemthing to do, after all i did buy him a special 4th of july outfit, i suppose we should at least show it off.

My baby can read!

Or at least stick his face inside the book.....well, hes not exactly reading yet, but its close right? :) At least he has the book facing the right direction!!
and even though he cant read yet he sure does enjoy pulling ALL the books off of the shelves!

Planning...

So I am sitting here thinking about the baby's first birthday. Its fast approaching and i should probably begin planning. I'm thinking the weekend of August 30th, probably the saturday. Where, what time, what theme, all things he will never remember.
I think I am going to rent a gazebo, shelter thing at CB Smith Park. Its surprisingly not that expensive, yay, thats a good thing and it will give us some shade as it will be August and hot and miserable out. And i think we are going to do Curious George. I am not the biggest fan of specific character related themes however, he sleeps with his monkey every night and that seems to be the only thing he has attached to, and I cant find any other monkey related birthday themes online that look like his monkey. So, Curious George will probably be it. And a cake. My friend Lindsay found a great place that does awesome cakes for not that expensive. so thats good, and I'm not that picky. Just a regular cake with a big monkey face on it, maybe a cupcake cake...that seems easier and I like cupcakes. MMMmmmm, cupcakes. I really like cupcakes.
I cant believe he will be turning one at the end of the summer. times goes by so fast and i miss the little 7 lb peanut i could wrap up in a blanket and snuggle with all day....theres not so much snuggling going on any more....or even keeping him in one place!! oh well, hopefully there will be another itsy bitsy baby sometime in the future, although not for quite some time (need a house, yard, more money) and I dont want a newborn and 2 year old, that seems like a lot of work!

So, birthday, he is going to be one. :)

Parenting at it's best...

I firmlt believe that we are good parents. I do. Although sometimes i question our tactics at entertaining our son, especially when he gets cranky before bedtime. Today, one of our finer moments. Yes that is a box that diapers came in. Yes, we pulled off hte top pieces. Yes, we put him in it. Yes, we cut a hole and put a dog leash through it to pull him around. And yes, we did in fact attach the other end to the dog. yes, we are fabulous parents.
oh, and E attached it to himself as well, solely for a good picture opportunity.
My child loves beer bottles. I dont know why. He sees them and its like you turbo charged his....butt....all the way to it. He likes to chew on the top grab at it and drool all over it. so, whil he was in the baby jail i put it just outside.....and his little had ventured out to get it. again, i swear we are good parents.

Happy Fathers Day a few days late....

Fathers Day was nice, uneventful, but nice. E didnt get a fancy new laptop like I did for Mothers Day (or anything remotely close) but he did get something I put a whole lot of work into (a good 10-12 hours). I made him a chipboard book, covered each page with special paper and pictures and other things that took me forever to do as I am still a novice at the whole crafty thing. The last page had an envelope with a piece of cardstock folded in half with a peom printed on it (a cute heartfelt poem that basically says "walk a little slower daddy, for I am following you") and on the front were the baby's footprints embossed on it. It came out really nice and E seemed to like it, although he was a little lacking in the emotion department, must be a guy thing.

On the baby front: The top tooth is trying its hardest to push its way through. I can see it, but its just kind of hanging out there. He is feeding himself cheerios and goldfish crackers much better now, getting most into their destination and leaving only a few for the dog to get later.

And...we are eating pieces of banana without gagging or throwing up! YAY! I have tried several times to give him pieces but he had no desire to chew it and would gag and usually throw up...everything....it was gross. But this week we were successful at eating a lot of banana without incident. yay. and today I put a few pieceson a plastic toddler fork and he actually got it in his mouth! yay! its the little things sometimes.....

Here you can see those two little teeth on the bottom, not the straightest but cute anyways!

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