Back when the movie Duets came out, I remember LOVING the song that Gwyneth sang with Huey Lewis and the News. Yes, we are on a first name basis (that would be AMAZING actually)!! Anyway, tonight, while I was watching the Grammys, I heard her sing again. She is just incredible!!
Brian, the love of my life, wasn't around to see/hear her vocal stylings with the awesome Cee Lo Green and always entertaining Muppets, so we went to the internet. We searched for Gwyneth and Cee Lo and this came up. It's from an episode of Glee, so it's the clean version.
I LOVE IT!! Enjoy!!
Sunday, February 13
Saturday, February 12
A Little About Me...
One of my blogger, and fellow Mommy, friends, had this little survey on her blog. Thanks for the idea Anika. I thought it would be nice to post it on mine, so people can get to know me a little better. Some of you already know the answers, but some may not. Enjoy, learn, and create your own survey!
{1} When and how did you and your husband/significant other meet?
Brian and I met online in December of 2004. We met online on a Friday night, talked on the phone for the first time on Sunday night (2 days later), then met in person on Wednesday night (yup, just shy of a week). We stayed up until the wee hours of the morning and loved every minute. It was amazing!!
{2} What do you and your husband/significant other do for work?
Brian works in IT, and I am a 3rd grade teacher. We both love our jobs and really do look forward to work every day!
{3} What kind of car do you drive?
Honda Civic - wha! It's a great little car and I love it! I would like to own a little bigger vehicle in the future, but we'll have to do some research. When I say bigger, I really just mean 4 wheel drive and a tad taller. I don't want to have to worry about getting stuck all the time - St. Paul doesn't do the best job plowing!!
{4} If you had a few hours to yourself {baby free}, what would you do?
I think I would clean the whole dang house!! It really needs a good cleaning/organizing!! Spring break IS right around the corner.... I would do that or scrapbook/make cards. I haven't done it in a while and miss it a lot!
{5} What is a strong trait of yours?
Using exclamation points!! All jokes aside, I think a strong trait of mine, for better or worse, is that I am caring/empathetic/compassionate/sensitive. Sometimes they all roll into one, sometimes I take them one at a time. However, I do think they have so many similarities that sometimes it's hard to tell each apart.
{1} When and how did you and your husband/significant other meet?
Brian and I met online in December of 2004. We met online on a Friday night, talked on the phone for the first time on Sunday night (2 days later), then met in person on Wednesday night (yup, just shy of a week). We stayed up until the wee hours of the morning and loved every minute. It was amazing!!
{2} What do you and your husband/significant other do for work?
Brian works in IT, and I am a 3rd grade teacher. We both love our jobs and really do look forward to work every day!
{3} What kind of car do you drive?
Honda Civic - wha! It's a great little car and I love it! I would like to own a little bigger vehicle in the future, but we'll have to do some research. When I say bigger, I really just mean 4 wheel drive and a tad taller. I don't want to have to worry about getting stuck all the time - St. Paul doesn't do the best job plowing!!
{4} If you had a few hours to yourself {baby free}, what would you do?
I think I would clean the whole dang house!! It really needs a good cleaning/organizing!! Spring break IS right around the corner.... I would do that or scrapbook/make cards. I haven't done it in a while and miss it a lot!
{5} What is a strong trait of yours?
Using exclamation points!! All jokes aside, I think a strong trait of mine, for better or worse, is that I am caring/empathetic/compassionate/sensitive. Sometimes they all roll into one, sometimes I take them one at a time. However, I do think they have so many similarities that sometimes it's hard to tell each apart.
Thursday, February 10
I Wanna Dance!
This has to be one of the best dance videos I've seen! I want to have that spunk when I am older!! Good for them!
P.S.
The band is great!!
P.S.
The band is great!!
Thursday, February 3
13 Months
Where, oh where has the time gone?!
Well, Adelle had an appointment for her helmet yesterday. She's had it on since September, when she started out with an 8mm difference between the diagonals of her head (front to back). Yesterday, she was down to a 1mm difference!! YAY Addie!! The doctor asked if we wanted to keep the helmet on and try to get down to 0 and we agreed. We already have the appointment set up, so why not?!
Adelle has also been a real mover and shaker! She isrunning walking around everywhere! She picks things up in one room and puts them in another. She LOVES putting all of her Little People animals into a bag then dumping them out. She also really likes to take blocks apart, put them into things, take them out, put them back in... it's a never ending story. Another thing she likes doing, is reaching for us when she wants us to pick her up or if she wants to go to one of us (when she's in the others' arms). She will also pick up a book, bring it to us and reach for us so we can read to her. It is adorable!! One thing we are happy about is that she is finally getting the hang of the sippy cup! She is getting in some/one molar and sucking on a bottle has been tough. So we have put her milk into a sippy cup and have been giving her milk to her that way. She seems to like it anyway. She's also tried some new foods: fish sticks, raisins, bran muffins, ribs, cheeseburger, fries, and a couple of malts!
*Speaking of malts, the BEST place to get a malt in MN is The Convention Grill in Minneapolis. I love their fries and they have great burgers too! I highly recommend it!*
The only thing that we'd like to see develop a little more is her oral development. I mean, she babbles quite a bit, but she doesn't say a whole lot of words. We say what things are, describe things, repeat things, are as explicit as possible! What are you other Mommies out there doing to grow your child's vocabulary?
We are looking forward to a low-key weekend. It's supposed to bekind of relatively warm this weekend, so we were thinking about taking Adelle out in her sled. How exciting! I am really looking forward to the warm up since it has been so frigid. Then the Big Game is on Sunday already. I really can't get over how quickly time passes! Anyway, how are you spending the weekend?
- Teresa
Well, Adelle had an appointment for her helmet yesterday. She's had it on since September, when she started out with an 8mm difference between the diagonals of her head (front to back). Yesterday, she was down to a 1mm difference!! YAY Addie!! The doctor asked if we wanted to keep the helmet on and try to get down to 0 and we agreed. We already have the appointment set up, so why not?!
Adelle has also been a real mover and shaker! She is
*Speaking of malts, the BEST place to get a malt in MN is The Convention Grill in Minneapolis. I love their fries and they have great burgers too! I highly recommend it!*
The only thing that we'd like to see develop a little more is her oral development. I mean, she babbles quite a bit, but she doesn't say a whole lot of words. We say what things are, describe things, repeat things, are as explicit as possible! What are you other Mommies out there doing to grow your child's vocabulary?
We are looking forward to a low-key weekend. It's supposed to be
- Teresa
Sunday, January 23
VERY Mobile Little Lady!
So Adelle started to take a few steps around Christmas. We got a few pictures and a video, but I'm having a hard time finding them. Anyway, she was taking as many as 11 steps up until last Friday. Something happened to our Sweet Girl over night on Thursday because on Friday, she was walking around like she had always done it!!
Even since then she has gotten more sure of herself, sturdy, and more mobile. She is just tooling all over the place! She will sometimes start to crawl again, but then I think she remembers that she CAN walk so she gets up and starts walking again.
She is so adorable because she will walk to a toy, squat to pick it up, stand back up, turn around and start walking again. Her little legs, and her strength, just amaze me!! Soon she'll start running!! Oh my, sometimes, she will get off balance, lean forward, and kind of run to where ever she was going. It's super cute!!
Sigh... she's getting so big!
Even since then she has gotten more sure of herself, sturdy, and more mobile. She is just tooling all over the place! She will sometimes start to crawl again, but then I think she remembers that she CAN walk so she gets up and starts walking again.
She is so adorable because she will walk to a toy, squat to pick it up, stand back up, turn around and start walking again. Her little legs, and her strength, just amaze me!! Soon she'll start running!! Oh my, sometimes, she will get off balance, lean forward, and kind of run to where ever she was going. It's super cute!!
Sigh... she's getting so big!
Tuesday, January 18
Worst. Mom. Ever!
I know that I am NOT the worst mom ever, but sometimes I feel that way. Brian gets VERY tired of me saying it, but there are times when I feel like it. When I don't get to see Adelle as often as I want to (because of school commitments), when I try to give her new food and she doesn't take it right away - I have her try it more than once, or when I take care of her all day and she is super fussy so when Brian gets home I sometimes leave the room (so I don't go insane). But today takes the cake.
Today sucked. Completely.
Adelle and I fell down the stairs. She fell out of my arms and ended up rolling, like a log, down a few stairs. She cried right away, doesn't have any bruises, her pupils were fine and she didn't have any trouble breathing. She had her helmet on and was walking around, squatting, standing, and talking like normal the rest of the day. I called the doctor right away, then called Brian. I have been crying since it happened! HOW did she come out of my arms?
Today is a day I feel like the worst mom ever. Ever!
We gave Adelle a bath tonight and looked at her body again, to make sure she didn't have any bruising. She doesn't and nothing seems tender or sore. I mean, I have moved her arms and legs and gently pressed my hand against her belly, abdomen and back.
:(
I understand that this has happened to other people, and that children fall off beds. I also understand that children fall and they are generally fine, you should just keep an eye on them. But nothing stops you from feeling the way you feel when it happens to you and your child.
PLEASE chime in if you've had something like this happen. I truly feel like I am alone in this, and, like the worst mom ever!!
Today sucked. Completely.
Adelle and I fell down the stairs. She fell out of my arms and ended up rolling, like a log, down a few stairs. She cried right away, doesn't have any bruises, her pupils were fine and she didn't have any trouble breathing. She had her helmet on and was walking around, squatting, standing, and talking like normal the rest of the day. I called the doctor right away, then called Brian. I have been crying since it happened! HOW did she come out of my arms?
Today is a day I feel like the worst mom ever. Ever!
We gave Adelle a bath tonight and looked at her body again, to make sure she didn't have any bruising. She doesn't and nothing seems tender or sore. I mean, I have moved her arms and legs and gently pressed my hand against her belly, abdomen and back.
:(
I understand that this has happened to other people, and that children fall off beds. I also understand that children fall and they are generally fine, you should just keep an eye on them. But nothing stops you from feeling the way you feel when it happens to you and your child.
PLEASE chime in if you've had something like this happen. I truly feel like I am alone in this, and, like the worst mom ever!!
Monday, January 10
Birthdays Galore!
January is an exhausting month.
We end the year with Christmas and start the year with not one, not two, but 5 birthdays! 5 in our immediate family anyway! Can you even believe it?! It's emotionally, physically, and monetarily exhausting. I love this month and that we are able to celebrate so many milestones with our family - we are truly blessed!
Here is a list of SOME of the people who have a birthday in January: Adelle, Me, Aunt Linda, Liz and David, Kara, Halle, Bruce, Michelle, Dottie, Angie, Zoe, and Zack (the dog). There are more too! Well, we know what people were doing in April :)
Anyway, I wanted to wish everyone with a January birthday a very happy and joyous day!
We end the year with Christmas and start the year with not one, not two, but 5 birthdays! 5 in our immediate family anyway! Can you even believe it?! It's emotionally, physically, and monetarily exhausting. I love this month and that we are able to celebrate so many milestones with our family - we are truly blessed!
Here is a list of SOME of the people who have a birthday in January: Adelle, Me, Aunt Linda, Liz and David, Kara, Halle, Bruce, Michelle, Dottie, Angie, Zoe, and Zack (the dog). There are more too! Well, we know what people were doing in April :)
Anyway, I wanted to wish everyone with a January birthday a very happy and joyous day!
Wednesday, January 5
Adelle Turns 1!
We can't believe our Sweet Girl is 1 already! She is getting SO big!! We went to the doctor today and she is 2ft 6 1/4in tall, she DEFINITELY doesn't get that from me, and is 18lbs 15oz. She is eating lots of veggies, some fruits and meats, but she LOVES spaghetti, something she DEFINITELY gets from me! :)
Here are some pictures from her first birthday. We celebrated on Sunday, her actual birthday, with our family! Bruce and Sharon, John and Dottie, Angie, Dale and Lila, Maria, Becky, Pat and Zoe, and Ben and Melissa. We were just missing Great Grandma Dolores, and Danielle, Mike, Isabelle and Gabe but we celebrated with them a few days earlier. It was so much fun!!
Here are some pictures:
Here are some pictures from her first birthday. We celebrated on Sunday, her actual birthday, with our family! Bruce and Sharon, John and Dottie, Angie, Dale and Lila, Maria, Becky, Pat and Zoe, and Ben and Melissa. We were just missing Great Grandma Dolores, and Danielle, Mike, Isabelle and Gabe but we celebrated with them a few days earlier. It was so much fun!!
Here are some pictures:
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