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Thanksgiving and other stuff.....

Its been awhile since I posted, there is so much to write so I guess I will use a version of Beth's famous lists:

1. The Big Move

we moved into our house the weekend before thanksgiving. It was a huge project but we got most of it done. most of our stuff thay we dont use on a regular basis are still in boxes and probably will stay that way for several more weeks, unleast until my christmas vacation. we got a new fridge which i love. stainless french door fridge with a double door freezer on the bottom. its awesome. now we only need to remodel the rest of the kitchen to match...hahaha, yeah, that just might be in the budget somewhere in the next 5 years if we're lucky. we got a new washer and dryer. we needed a set so on black friday we were in line at sears at 4:30 am. i have NEVER gone out on black friday ever. i dont deal with those kinds of crowds well but they had a kenmore set for $599. it was necessary and wasnt that bad and while we were out we went to a few other stores. i will post pics of the house with our stuff in it soon..

2. Rhode Island

This past weekend EJ and I went to RI. we left thursday afternoona dn got back sunday night. The main reason forme flying up was to see my grandfather. He isnt doing so well and I really wanted the chance to see him. I wont be going home over the holidays due to financial reasons and santa will only deliver toys at home.....we will probably venture to RI during my christmas vacation at times just not over the actual holiday. So on saturday before my dad's concert I went to see him. My dad wasnt sure if he'd even remember me but as soon as he saw me he smiled and then started to cry. we sat and talked for awhile. he asked how the baby was and how teaching was and I just really enjoyed the time I was able to spend there. I only wish I couldve stayed longer or had the chance to go more often.

the rest of the weekend was nice. my mom and ray and me and the baby went to Edaville railroad (for those of you in miami its kind of a very small scale Santas enchanted forest but with a huge rail car that takes you around to look at the lights and stuff...and a lot colder) it was nice but cold. EJ seemed to enjoy the railway for about 10 minutes until he got bored and wanted to run around. i took him on the dumbo ride and the carosel. both were fun once the ride actually started. he screamed and fought while we were waiting for the ride to start, he is extremely impatient, but had fun once it started.

we also visited with my dad and dana which was fun. EJ ran around outside playing with sticks and leaves and had a great time.

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i dont want to talk about the plane ride to RI. EJ was THAT CHILD on the plane. the one where you are secretly screaming inside your head "OH MY GOD, JUST GIVE HIM WHATEVER HE WANTS" yeah, loads of fun.

the ride home to Miami was much better. not perfect but better. let me just say that i will never fly with him again without his own seat and a car seat to keep him strapped down. we got a row all to ourselves (yay) and he slept for about 90 minutes (double yay) and played most of the rest of the flight (triple yay). heres a picture of him before take off on the way home.

3. Thanksgiving

out of order i know but we had thanksgiving at the new house. i found out the thursday before. lots of time to plan. it was just us and my in-laws. I made the traditional american thanksgiving dinner, my in laws had never had it. (when ive gone there we've had turkeywith cuban spices and rice and beans) so i made turkey with stuffing (real stuffing not stove top....even i was impressed with myself on that one), mashed potato, yams, green bean casserole loaded with cheese, rolls, cranberry sauce (from a can, i hate homemade). it all can out fabulous and my in-laws loved it. my father in law who hates turkey had 3 or 4 helpings along with everything else. it was great.

4. there are a few other things i wantedx to write but i'm exhausted and its time for bed. :)

We have a house! yay!

We closed on a house today...yay! its a 3 bedroom 2 bath 2002 sq ft house with a 1 car garage and a huge screened in patio on the back. It has a huge living room (with one wall of mirror stripes...yeah, they HAVE to go) a dining room, a big kitchen and even though the kitchen is no9t the prettiest kitchen ever, its deal-able until we have money to remodel it. and it also has another room off the back of the kitchen that could be the tv room if we wanted a formal living room or an office if we had two kids but for now it will probably be the playroom.....or at least where we store most of the toys. The first picture is the front of the house...off the right is the garage. there are two huge windows in the front that look into the dining room and living room. the other window on the front left is one of the three bedrooms. here is the living room and one of the sliding glass doors that lead out to the patio. off to the right is the dining room and the door leads to the kitchen.

here is the room off the kitchen (it has another sliding glass door to the patio)

and a crappy shot of the master bedroom. the little doorway leads to a hall of closets and off to the master bath.

needless to say we are so very excited and hope to move ina few weeks. :)

We LOVE bathtime!

We love bathtime. So much so that we can undress him in his room and then he proceeds to run to our bathroom and climb in the tub.....so far no accidents on the way....so far....

Halloween

So the pictures uploaded in backwards order...oh well. The last picture was the begining of the night, screaming and crying but eventually he got over it! we walked from our condo to the miramar towm center where they had tables set up for the kids to trick or treat at (althought the lines for that were really long and he doesnt eat candy anyways so we avoided that) Mostly he ran around and showed off his cute costume and played with some of the other kids. We didnt stay long, it was already past his bedtime and he was getting sleepy....so here are the pictures.

The Little Farm

We went to The Little Farm in South Miami Dade County this past Sunday. As my friend Lindsay says, it's about as "fall" as you can get around here. He got to ride apony for the first time and LOVED it. He started screaming when I took him off....

We tried to desperately to get the ever popular pumpkin picture with little luck....at first i think he was scared of the pumpkins, not wanting to touch them
but after walking around some more and trying again he seemed to be okay.

We also got to go in the petting zoo..he chased the ducks around pointing at them and then we tried to play with the little piglets but they were uninterested.

Later that night we went to E's cousins house for dinner and EJ ran around the patio and decided to "eat" the pavement. he fell face first and got huge bloody and swollen lips..top and bottom. It was increadibly cute to see him all puffy once the crying stopped! We took a bath when we got home and here are a few "after" shots of his big boo-boo.

And the last picture is what he looks like when the devil horms sprout.....we see this many many nights before bedtime....its way cuter on the picture than in person! :)

Mullet reading baby

so it occured to me after looking at a few pictures i took the other day that my child, especially in photos, looks like he has a mullet. he is a true cracker :) i am so proud. he also reads, or thinks he does.