So little time..

The story of my life...so much to do, so little time. So alas, I have been terrible about posting pictures and updates. I haven't even taken pictures with my camera because I haven't been remembering to charge the battery. Ugh, I need to get it together. Which brings me to my other very ambitious want in life--to become a photographer. I am asking for an SLR camera for Christmas from John--and photography classes at Nova. Where i will have the time, I don't know!

Just a quick note and hopefully I'll have more time later this week to post some better stories...

AJ and I went to Wegmans on Saturday morning. While there, we looked at the very high priced Halloween decorations. I explained how AJ will dress up and we will go trick or treating to our family's house and in October we will decorate the house. About 20 minutes later, we were in the checkout line and out of nowhere AJ points to the REAL pumpkins (not decorations) and says "PUMPKIN!". I was (and still am) very impressed. This kid is a sponge. Every day he is saying new things and I have no idea where he picks the works up. Our umbrella was leaned up against the wall in the foyer and he points and says "lella!". He is just so amazing. I am really enjoying this time with him.

OH and a few weeks ago we started a My Gym class. He absolutely loves it! The first day he was mainly obsessed with the balls they had--but now he has opened up to all kinds of new things. He also makes new friends too!

Until next time....

Daddy

John is a phenomenal father. I can't tell you how great he is-you have to see for yourself! Sometimes I sit here and think "he is so much better than me as a parent!". Of course I know it's that we are just different. AJ sees me as the comfort and security and he goes to daddy for fun!

John is just so patient with AJ--more so then I could ever be. Everyday, they have their alone time together during AJ's bedtime routine. I look forward to that 30 minutes to myself as well, but I absolutely love hearing John giving AJ a bath. They have soooo much fun!

As everyone knows, John is probably the BIGGEST redskins fan I know. I'm not kidding--he literally is. As I mentioned a few weeks ago--he has a REDSKINS COUCH. Well, because of John's enthusiasm, AJ is also obsessed with the Redskins. He squeals at the sight of anything Redskins and pumps his hand in the air while attempting to say "let's go Redskins". Here is a picture of them two from just this past weekend:

Too bad the Redskins lost (do you sense my sarcasm) and the Eagles WON!

In honor of Suzanne

I'm posting this in honor of my good friend Suzanne (see photos of Suzanne from John's birthday party post). I love that girl---she brightens up my day! We talked earlier today and she mentioned she reads my blog every day and gets disappointed when I don't post every day! How flattering--someone actually reads my blog! Hopefully this serves as a good surprise for her tomorrow at work.

Suzanne will be leaving us for three months for training. She is going to become a bad arse over the next three months. She will be missed SO much. I am positive that Kevin is going to miss her a ton--men never know how much they rely on woman until they are gone! I'm hoping she will be able to come back and visit us over a long weekend or two. Good luck Suzanne! She is going to kill me for putting these photos up:

So..Suzanne...now you have to post a comment!

Teething Pain :(

After a pretty eventful labor day weekend (I'll post when I have more time), we are back to the grind and today is extra special with AJ teething REALLY bad. This weekend he was slightly uncomfortable, but today...wow. I feel bad for the little man. His nanny just told me when he woke up from a very short nap that he had blood on his sheets from his gums. Poor thing! He was screaming for about 20 minutes so I went upstairs to check on him--which made it worse. We just tried some things unsuccessfully so I went back to my office to work. From the sound of it, she seems to have him calmed down. I guess I should brace myself for some lack of sleep tonight!

John just called to see what he should pick up for him on the way home. From some really great advice from my co-worker Christine (who has a little girl that is only three weeks younger than AJ), I told him pretzel rods (no salt though--ouch!) and popsicles. John is such a good daddy. I'll post more about how wonderful he is-but had to mention quickly that I think he is probably the best dad a little boy could ever have!