Top 10

1. Only three more days until we see the Fab Four live and in person. For some reason Steven does not think it would be "cute"  to wear black pants and either a red, yellow, blue or purple shirt. Come on, be a sport dad! He says he feels dumb enough the way it is because we are going to the 3:00 show which will be full of stay-at-home moms and very few dads. Hello, he's taking off work, I'm sure other daddy's will be doing the same.

2. My friend Jenny who you saw a few posts below got a surprise this morning in the form of her water breaking! And by 2:59 Jackson Marshal was here weighing in at 6 pounds. That's not too shabby for a kid who was almost an entire month early! I can't WAIT to see him!

3. We stayed up WAAAAY to late watching men's swimming. Did you guys catch our totally awesome men's relay team win the gold??? So worth staying up late to see. 

4. Who knew that at 7 o'clock in the morning my sweet little girl turns into a rude, obnoxious teenager. Seriously, she is the meanest person on the planet when we wake her up. Isn't she a little young to be starting that crap?

5. Sophie B.  is also counting down the days until she sees her cousins. We are going to stay at their house on Thursday night in Pittsburgh or I should say Crazyville because that's what it's gonna be. She'll be in heaven. Steven is counting down the days until he gets to play golf with his brother for the first time this year. He'll be in heaven too.

6. So I ordered 2 pairs of size 2T jeans from Old Navy and they came in the mail a few days ago. Uh yeah, slight problem, they are the longest jeans I have ever seen in my life! Apparently, even in the kid department jeans are made for the children of super models.

7. I came across this picture of the Spanish Basketball team this morning and all I can say is that some people seriously just don't give a flying sh*t. 

8. I'm really sad that Bernie Mac died. How can there be any more "Ocean's 11" movies without Frank!

9. It amazes me that people are surprised that John Edwards had an affair on his wife. This same man paid over $400 om a hair cut. Obviously he had to look good for someone. 

10. You want to hear something funny. Listen to a 2 year old sing  Frère Jacques. I've totally gotta record that one. 

The Girl Loves a Good Party

Around February Little Bit learned to sing "Happy Birthday." So since then birthdays have been taken to a whole other level around here. In the past (read pre-Sophie B), we never made a big deal about any one's birthday. Yeah, not so much anymore. You mention the word "birthday" around Sophie B. and she immediately starts asking if we are going to a party, will there will be cake, will there be candles. And the girl starts singing "happy birthday" to "fill in the blank" and keeps singing it until she gets to sing it live and in person to the birthday girl/boy.   So we've attended and thrown quite a few birthday parties: Steven, GiGi, Me, Emma & Ethan, Joel, Katie. And my 81 year old grandpa is no exception. Papaw Cho-Cho turned 81, so party we did. 

And you'd think at 81, he wouldn't need any help opening this presents. Wrong. 

Let the Games Begin

I can't explain it but every four years something comes over me. Normally I can't STAND to watch any type of sporting event on TV. But every four years, for 2 weeks  I become glued to the TV. Yep, it's Olympic time. Maybe it's the feel good stories. Maybe Bob Costas casts a spell that that sucks me in, lord knows you see enough of that man during the Olympics. And what is it about Tom Brokaw that makes me tear up every time he narrates something. Whatever the reason, I can tell you about every single summer Olympics from 1984, when my home girl Mary Lou was flipping for gold, and on. EVERY SINGLE ONE. 

So we are letting Sophie B. stay up late tonight so for the first time in her life she can witness the opening ceremonies of the Olympics. Maybe around 2020 we'll be cheering her on. Maybe gymnastics, swimming, or even the high dive! A mama can dream right? 

8 Months & Counting

So this evening my friend Jenny was my guinea pig. I hardly ever take photos of anyone other than Little Bit. Actually, I get all nervous and end up snapping photos off so fast that I end up forgetting to change my camera settings, blur 75% of the pics, and chop of limbs. But Jenny is currently on bed rest so little Jackson will probably be here sooner rather than later so if we didn't take some pics soon she would she wouldn't have a belly. Of course now that I've downloaded all of the pics I want to go back over there and do a redo because I now see what I could have done differently. Oh well. Jackson will be here soon so I can take pics of him. Jared gave me quite a look when I told him that I wanted to put his son in a bowl in the middle of the dining room table. Men. They just can't envision anything. 

The Holy Bible of mommies to be! 

10 Again

1. Houston we have progress. Little Bit has finally decided to stop being a stubborn mule in the color department. So my theory that she was color blind is out the window. I wasn't totally nuts to think that either. Apparently Steven is color blind or at least that's what the Navy told him. 

2. I'm sadly reliving the best decade in the history of the world, the 80's,  through my child. Anyone need a quarter? Oh wait, Little Bit can hook you up.

3. I'm loving reading with Sophie B. in the big girl bed. We've been reading book after book after book. And these days she likes actual stories as opposed to babyish books, like Brown Bear. Biscuit is her current favorite. I thinking about making a giant book "wish list" for Christmas this year. 

4. Our friends Joel and Shannon finally had their baby on Friday. Owen Daniel weighed 10 pounds and 1 ounce! Poor Shannon. We haven't seen him yet but hopefully sometime next week when they've settled down we can go for a visit. 

5. Today marked my 5 year anniversary of working for the State of West Virginia. Only 25-30 more years to go. I'm not getting off this gravy train for 'nothin.

6.  Don't ask me what this pose is all about.

7. Wow, I'm totally sucked in to Celebrity Family Feud at the moment. So I've gotta wrap this  this post up! The people from The Office are hilarious! 

8. Oh remember last Tuesday I mentioned that I hadn't had a hair cut since OCTOBER. Well I'm taking care of that on Saturday. Thank God. Maybe I'll post a picture of my new do because I can guarantee you that Saturday will be the only day that it will look good. 

9. I think Steven and I are going to go a Power game on Thursday. Anyone want to go? 

10. Is anyone into the Twilight books? I'm thinking about getting a few because I've heard they are the bomb. 

O'Monday

I know I've been pretty boring in the blogging department lately. But seriously, just nothing earth shattering and blog worthy has been going on. Not to mention the fact that my favorite subject has been somewhat of a turd lately. I think I need a new muse. The last thing a busy two year old wants is a camera shoved in their face! Case in point, this picture. 

You can't interrupt a girl eating chocolate ice cream while watching Dora.  

A Few More

So Steven is NOT a fan of heights. He deals with them but gets a little antsy when face with them. So putting him and a squirmy 2 year old on a ski lift was not his idea of fun. Want to give daddy a heart attack, just jump from lap to lap on a ski lift  a couple stories up in the air! 

We rode the lift on our last day at Snowshoe because in order to get down to the lake, ya gotta ride the lift. They have a super cute little beach area down at the bottom with a few play grounds, a small swimming area, and bounce houses. But we decided to try out a paddle boat. Big mistake. Little Bit thought it was the most boring thing on the planet! Who wants to ride "on" the water, when you can be "in" the water! But she looked cute in her life jacket!