The Non-Blondes

After my post below...I figured a picture of the actual Non-Blondes was in order. Here we are at Melissa's bachelorette party. Yes, those are penis earrings. I am pretty sure she still wears them. ;-) From left to right, Melanie, Melissa and yours truly.

Colin and Hunter do lunch

I had the pleasure of having lunch today with one of my oldest and best friends, Melanie, and her baby girl Hunter. Hunter is 2 months older than Colin and I know they are going to be getting into a LOT of trouble one day if they are anything like their mothers. :-) Melanie is a member of the "3 Non-Blondes". We actually began as "The 4 Non-Blondes" when we were in high school. It was a play on the band that was big at the time (yes, I have just aged myself) and we became known for that because we were basically the only girls on our dance team without masses of blonde hair. Not to mention we were best friends. We lost a member somewhere along the way (read: she somehow did not keep in touch after we all left for college) but the three of us are still very close. Melanie and I were preggers together last year and now we are having lunch with our kiddos. I swear it was yesterday that we were eating chips in the stands during football games and I was getting demerits for it. (You will notice that I said that I was getting demerits for it. Melanie and Melissa always managed to stay out of trouble and I always got caught. Are you reading this, girls?!?! :-) Anyway, lunch today was great. Colin and Hunter were both very good, which is awesome considering that Colin occasionally decides that he would rather be anywhere else other than a high chair. But today was fantastic and the weather was AMAZING! Bright, sunny and 70. I love this time of year in Texas. Summer is brutal, so I have to soak this up while I can!

Oh, the memories!!

Last night I made the ill fated decision to pull out our old photo cd's to find something I was looking for. Boy, I found a lot more than that! I uncovered a million pictures of my formerly skinny self. I really do understand that I am heavy right now for a very good reason and that I will get back to my former self when I have some time to devote to that goal, but it sure does seem daunting when looking at these pictures. I have decided to look at the bright side...these can act as motivation! The other problem is that I am at the ripe old age of 26 in these photos...these were taken when Jer and I got engaged in the spring of 2003. Yep, these pics are exactly 5 years old. I am pretty sure that turning 31 and having a baby both limit the prospects of finding those abs again, but I digress! :-)

The other thing that these pictures remind me of? The amazing memories that I have with Jeremy. These pictures were taken during our big engagement party weekend in Ft. Lauderdale in April of 2003. We were there with a huge group of our friends staying in the condo that our company owned. This is when Jeremy was one of my pilots and we enjoyed the perks of taking one of the company jets to Ft. Lauderdale or Atlantic City for the weekend. We were a big group of kids in our twenties with access to great things and time on our hands! What good times we had!!!! I was skinny during this time because I had plenty of time to go the gym (trust me, abs don't come naturally to me!). Jer and I had the best time together! I love that we have that history to look back on and it means so much to me!! I kept having to stop writing this post to take care of Colin today and I just sat back down after giving him a bottle and putting him down for his nap. As I was sitting in the glider with his sweet chubby self collapsed in my arms sound asleep, I thought to myself that this is what it is all about. Jer and I have memories of each other as crazy, silly, rock star kids and now we will have memories of each other as crazy, silly parents to a rock star little man! What a wonderful life I am leading...fat or not!! :-)

Mundane Tuesday

We have entered into another quiet week with little fanfare. Colin's teeth are quite a nightmare for the little guy and we are both dealing with a hefty lack of sleep. Other than that, he is happy and doing well. I am trying so hard to get off my butt and go for jogs/walks with Colin, but when you are running on zero sleep, it is really hard to put on your running shoes. My recent weight gain has me a bit down, but what can you do? I know that I will get the weight off eventually and right now I have to focus on getting rest when I can. One thing that is progressing very well? My biceps!! You should see these guns! ;-) Colin is getting so big and he loves to play "bounce" now. This involves tossing him into the air over and over again while he bounces away. Needless to say, my arms are getting pretty dang strong! At least that is something!

There is not much else to report on the home front at the moment. I am having "Asian/Thai" week and working on some of our favorite dishes for dinner. I have never tried making curry before and it is going pretty well! I made a curried coconut chicken for dinner tonight that actually came out really good. I was shocked! Colin went to bed early because his nap schedule was a little off. He woke up at 4:45 this morning screaming and could not be consoled for awhile. Therefore the start to our day was off from the beginning and so were his naps. He took a really long nap in the middle of the day and then went down for the night at 7:30. That is early, so hopefully the night goes okay. Here is hoping!

I am sorry this is the most boring post of all time, but I am pretty uninteresting at the moment. :-)

Bluebonnet Photo Shoot!

Well, we made it through our very first photo shoot in the Texas Bluebonnets. We had a great time! As you recall from what I wrote yesterday, Jer thought it was so funny that I wanted to get pics of Colin in the bluebonnets. Well, sure enough, as we rolled up to the field with the flowers, there were no less that 25 other people all there taking pictures! It was so funny...cars were lined all up and down the access road. Jer was shaking his head and laughing the whole time. What can I say? We Texans appreciate a field of our state flower!! :-)

It should also be noted that Colin and Jer are officially in cahoots with each other. I bought Colin the sweetest little blue and white jumper to have these pictures taken in. It is very classic baby boy, with blue and white checks and a white peter pan collar. Very very sweet! Jer was laughing at it because it was "not manly at all". I tried to explain that Colin will only be a little baby for so long! The outfit was precious!! Jer was rolling his eyes as I was putting it on Colin. As soon as I got the outfit on and sat Colin up, he threw up all over the whole thing. I am not even kidding. He then looked right at his dad as if to say, "That was for you!". I thought Jer was going to fall out of his chair laughing. So there went my adorable outfit. I am totally outnumbered. :-)

Sunny Saturday!

Today was a fun day! We decided to start a new family tradition...going to Dallas on race day! We live very close to the Speedway and traffic out here is crazy on race weekend, so normally we stay at home or close by. We decided this morning that it was far too pretty outside to stay home, so we headed to Dallas for our favorite Thai food. That is one thing we miss about living in the suburbs...good Thai food!! We had such a good time that we decided to start a new tradition and head to Dallas for our favorite foods on race weekend. There were so many places that we wanted to eat that we came very close to getting a hotel room so that we could have more than one meal! HA! Anyway, Colin was well behaved, but by the time dessert rolled around, we had to eat fast because he was ready to get moving. Gone are the days of him lounging quietly while we eat. Not anymore!!! He wanted to grab everything he saw on the table and was very vocal about wanting what we moved out of his reach. He was very sweet, though, and I think he liked all the new scenery.

After lunch, we looked at the kitties next door at Petsmart and then drove back to our neck of the woods to pick up some odds and ends at Sam's. I spotted a really nice area of bluebonnets on the way home, so I am planning to take Colin back there tomorrow for some pictures. I have been keeping my eyes peeled for the perfect spot to get the famed "baby in the bluebonnets" picture and I think this area will work great as there is a good spot to park nearby. Jer was laughing...he said that is a very "Texan" thing to do...park on the side of the road to take pictures in the wildflowers. I told him that it was indeed, so get on board! :-)

Yesterday, I took Colin up to my old office to say hello to everyone. I had been meaning to do that forever, so I decided to go ahead and get it done. Jer works for the same company, so Colin got to visit Daddy at work also. He was so adorable saying hello to everyone, although he tired out very quickly and was hiding his face in my neck to let me know it was time to go. I never get tired of that, I must say!! It was strange being at my old office watching everyone carrying on without me. It reminded me how lucky I am to be home with Colin. I would much prefer to be exhausted from taking care of my sweet baby than to be worn out from spending all my time at work. Now I just need to hurry up and invent something so that I never have to go back to work. :-)

A Day of Firsts!

Well, here is the first video of Colin that I have ever posted on the blog for your viewing pleasure. :-) I had to grab the camera today because Colin decided that he was not satisfied with walking around the kitchen and decided to go explore the house. When I first put him in the walker, he would just rock in one place. My how times have changed! In fact, Colin pulled himself to a standing position all by himself for the first time today! We were playing in the office and I have a little table sitting on the floor. Sure enough, he planted his little hands on it and pulled himself up. I did not have time to get misty about it because he immediately fell down. I had to jump in and distract him quickly so that he would not scream. It worked and he went right back to trying to pull himself up. In the matter of mere hours today, my world has changed again. I won't be able to take my eyes off him now unless he is restrained in the walker or exersaucer. I would walk all around the house while he played on the floor with his toys, but I see now that he could pull up on something and fall down within a second! So there goes that! I can't believe how fast time is flying by me. Also, I noticed a second tooth popped in overnight right beside the first one on the bottom. Sure enough, that would explain the horrible week of sleep and Colin staying up all night the other day. I am starting to get this figured out. Now just...um...30 more teeth? :-)