The Wait is Almost Over

Big week. Hockey has been on the FRONT page of the sports section a few times and that means hockey season is gearing up. The picture is from the News & Observer article today about Cam Ward. I find myself very excited, even after last season's disappointment. I'm a big believer in fresh start, forgive and forget. I'm particularly excited that Matt Cullen is back with the Hurricanes. So we're expecting good things. Hopefully Kevin and I will go to the We Love the Hurricanes Luncheon again. Our friends and I have a theory, and that is that our little group is good luck. 2005 we ate with Frank Kaberle, had his best year. 2006: Ray Whitney, also his best year in points. So I think it's safe to say whoever is at our table this year is one lucky player. Last year I guessed we'd have Ray, and I was correct. So this year I'm going to say.......I'm going to have to think about it. I don't have a "feeling" yet.

Update: I can't shake the Matt Cullen feeling. I could be wrong, but after a few days of pondering it, he's the one name I can't shake.

What's New

No pictures this time, which I hate do to, I just don't have any good ones on hand.
Anyway, thought I'd just do a little wordy-post.

Cole has started saying "that's the Mation Point, Mama!" and what he means is the exclamation point. I refuse to correct him, it is too cute and he's already growing up too fast.

Adison is all over the place and loving it. What she does no love is to be told No. She understands exactly what it means. And afterwards will reach for the same item over and over, stopping herself just before she touches it with a very distressed look on her face as if to say "no! I can't do it!"

Well that's it for now. Time for quiet time.

My New Favorite Thing

As soon as I finished painting the kitchen, I knew there was a spot that would be perfect for hanging pictures. I wanted something that was fluid, that I could change out pictures often with. As luck would have it, Kevin was rooting through some (ok, many) unpacked boxes and bumped into a wire curtain rod system we had purchased years ago. As he opened it up and started putting it together, we soon found that one tiny little part was missing. The bad news: we bought it in switzerland, and after scouring Home Depot we found we couldn't replace it. Well, surely we (meaning Kevin) could build something like this, right? How hard could it be? Isn't this what the internet was made for? A quick search found instructions and a supply list. We changed it up just a little, and used these clips (purchased at the same time as the curtain wire, so glad I saved them. And by the way, you can do a ton of super cool stuff with them.) to hold the picture and some paper clips to hang them.
I think we'll hang a variety of sizes, but for starters I'm just using what I had printed this weekend. This now takes our picture total in the house from one, to nine! Maybe by next week I'll have some up in the family room.

A Day in the Life

Nothing special, just decided to do a little photography journal of our day. I decided to do this later in the day, so it's not the most thorough, next time I do it I'll be more thorough.

5:00am
I get up to go work out. Return at 6:30 with coffee for Kevin and I. It's pretty much my motivation for working out.



9:30am
Wrangle kiddies to Grammy & Grandpa's work (Cole is thrilled, because they have trucks there) so I can get my hair cut.

11:30am
Return to pick up kids feeling absolutely fabulous in my short, chic hairdo. Lunch with Grammy ensues, I inhale as much as possible.

12:30pm
Quiet time and nap time. Except today no one was either quiet or napped.

3:00pm
Play time until Daddy gets home. Cole loves to set up his trains and push them around. Went pretty well, considering the new crawling Adison touched his track numerous times. He was very patient.




6:00pm
Brought pizza to Grammy's and ate with Micah, Carine and all the kids. Cole spent the majority of the time down in the play room, from which we heard loud music and screaming.


7:30pm
Bed time. Stories with Daddy, good night kisses and one last laugh with mama. Meanwhile, Adison changes herself and gets into her jammies.







7:31pm
Night-Night

Music Time

Cole loves music, loves to bang the drums. Adison doesn't seem to far behind him either as she'll bounce along when some music plays. We've started sitting down at the piano together (Cole calls it the "Pay-No"). It will go like this:

Cole: "Let's do the pay-no, mama! Let's do nusic on the pay-no!"

Mama: ok, get up on the bench.

Cole: "we need the blue bible!" [the blue bible is the hymnal]

So out it comes and off we go. Adison also loves the piano, and bangs away. She also loves to turn the pages in the hymnal, like it's the most natural thing in the world, like she's been playing for years.

First of all, watch your ears because this video is a little loud. Cole shouted "Sing along!" and decided to play and sing the ABC song.

On the Move

Well, big day today as Miss Independent (as I like to call her) crawled for the first time. Just about 2 weeks ago she started really moving around by just getting on her tummy and turning in circles. But today proved to be the day she decided (as it is pretty much always SHE who decides....) that it was time to move.

Gate up the steps.

Move the infinite number of Cole's cars with multiple choking hazards.

Brace yourselves. We have a mover.



I also know I promised footage of Cole months ago, and don't worry, I haven't forgotten, he is still a part of our family. It's just that after 30 minutes of bumps in the road trying to upload this video, and countless verbal attacks on my laptop, this one video is all I can muster. But I promise! More this week. Cole and Adison at the piano....so cute....