Thankful - Day 23
Friday, November 23, 2012
Today I am thankful for something simple and kinda silly but important...online shopping! I am super thankful to not have had to say up super late or wake up super early and brave the crowds to get good deals. Instead, I am thankful I got to sit on my couch drinking my coffee and getting good deals of my own :)
Thankful - Day 20-22
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Today I am thankful for staying awake past 9pm and for having time to update the blog!
November 20 - Thankful Day 20
Today I am thankful that I made it home from work safely. Traffic was horrendous on the way home, which it almost never is when I close and leave work at 7:30pm. I turned down the street to head to the freeway when... flares in the road and tons of police cars and police directing traffic.
What could it be?
A BAD accident.
At first I thought it was one car and a bike. Oh no. Then I saw another car and thought it was a motorcycle. Then... I drove past and it turned out to be 3 cars... 2 badly, badly damaged (looks like someone ran a red light either turning or going straight and the other person t-boned them, and then took out another car. Wow. I don't know when the accident happened but I'm thankful that it took me as long as it did at work so I wasn't involved in the crash.
I finally get on the freeway and I'm driving my normal 70mph speed and then we come to a stop. A full stop. Oh no again. Things start moving a little when I drive past 2 cars stopped in the middle of the freeway now trying to move over to the side of the road. To me, the cars looked fine, but I'm sure there was some sort of accident.
I finally get past them and then things come to a halt again. This time for no reason. Which I hate the most. When people just randomly stop. I finally, finally get on the next freeway and make it home safely. I kiss my boys and have dinner and am thankful that I made it home safely.
November 21 - Thankful Day 21
Simple, short and straight-forward... today I am thankful for my four day weekend and getting to spend extra time with my boys :)
November 22 - Thankful Day 22 - Thanksgiving!
Today I am thankful for having such amazing family and friends. Today started off with me, Seth, Mason, and Kenneth heading down to Dana Point for the Turkey Trot that my friend Vickie is in charge of. She works for the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce and they put on the Turkey Trot and we wanted to support her. We signed up for the 5k open which is really meant for running, but we stayed at the back of the pack and walked the 3.2 miles.
We got home and Seth started to cook (we were in charge of mashed potatoes and a deviled egg appetizer) and I had a mini photo shoot with Mason to take pictures of him in his "my first Thanksgiving" outfit.
Thanksgiving was at Bubbie's house (Seth's Grandma). There were quite a few of us there including Seth's mom, his dad, his grandma, his uncle, his sister, our brother-in-law, our nieces, and our brother-in-law's parents. Our brother-in-law's parents, George and Judy, are like Mason's third set of grandparents. We are all super close and act as family even though we technically aren't. I couldn't imagine things being any other way though.
I am thankful for having such amazing family to celebrate holidays with. Seth's family has adopted me as one of their own, which I have been thankful for for some time now. But today I am thankful that I get to celebrate with them.
We got home from Bubbie's house and I went to change Mason before we fed him and put him to bed. I've been dying to put Mason in his Christmas pj's for some time now (since like 2 months ago when I bought them lol) and I thought tonight would be the perfect night. I thought Seth would be mad I was already putting Mason in Christmas stuff (he likes to celebrate one holiday at a time), but I did it anyway. Turns out he thought Mason looked super cute and wasn't mad at all! Plus technically Thanksgiving is over (well in 2 hours... over for Mason since he's sleeping!) so it's time for Christmas now, right?! :)
November 20 - Thankful Day 20
Today I am thankful that I made it home from work safely. Traffic was horrendous on the way home, which it almost never is when I close and leave work at 7:30pm. I turned down the street to head to the freeway when... flares in the road and tons of police cars and police directing traffic.
What could it be?
A BAD accident.
At first I thought it was one car and a bike. Oh no. Then I saw another car and thought it was a motorcycle. Then... I drove past and it turned out to be 3 cars... 2 badly, badly damaged (looks like someone ran a red light either turning or going straight and the other person t-boned them, and then took out another car. Wow. I don't know when the accident happened but I'm thankful that it took me as long as it did at work so I wasn't involved in the crash.
I finally get on the freeway and I'm driving my normal 70mph speed and then we come to a stop. A full stop. Oh no again. Things start moving a little when I drive past 2 cars stopped in the middle of the freeway now trying to move over to the side of the road. To me, the cars looked fine, but I'm sure there was some sort of accident.
I finally get past them and then things come to a halt again. This time for no reason. Which I hate the most. When people just randomly stop. I finally, finally get on the next freeway and make it home safely. I kiss my boys and have dinner and am thankful that I made it home safely.
November 21 - Thankful Day 21
Simple, short and straight-forward... today I am thankful for my four day weekend and getting to spend extra time with my boys :)
November 22 - Thankful Day 22 - Thanksgiving!
Today I am thankful for having such amazing family and friends. Today started off with me, Seth, Mason, and Kenneth heading down to Dana Point for the Turkey Trot that my friend Vickie is in charge of. She works for the Dana Point Chamber of Commerce and they put on the Turkey Trot and we wanted to support her. We signed up for the 5k open which is really meant for running, but we stayed at the back of the pack and walked the 3.2 miles.
Top : turkey trot starting line
Bottom left : me, Mason, Seth, Kenneth. Bottom right : Vickie and I
We got home and Seth started to cook (we were in charge of mashed potatoes and a deviled egg appetizer) and I had a mini photo shoot with Mason to take pictures of him in his "my first Thanksgiving" outfit.
My First Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving was at Bubbie's house (Seth's Grandma). There were quite a few of us there including Seth's mom, his dad, his grandma, his uncle, his sister, our brother-in-law, our nieces, and our brother-in-law's parents. Our brother-in-law's parents, George and Judy, are like Mason's third set of grandparents. We are all super close and act as family even though we technically aren't. I couldn't imagine things being any other way though.
I am thankful for having such amazing family to celebrate holidays with. Seth's family has adopted me as one of their own, which I have been thankful for for some time now. But today I am thankful that I get to celebrate with them.
We got home from Bubbie's house and I went to change Mason before we fed him and put him to bed. I've been dying to put Mason in his Christmas pj's for some time now (since like 2 months ago when I bought them lol) and I thought tonight would be the perfect night. I thought Seth would be mad I was already putting Mason in Christmas stuff (he likes to celebrate one holiday at a time), but I did it anyway. Turns out he thought Mason looked super cute and wasn't mad at all! Plus technically Thanksgiving is over (well in 2 hours... over for Mason since he's sleeping!) so it's time for Christmas now, right?! :)
Love, love, LOVE Santa tushy :)
So after we fed Mason and admired his super cute outfit, we had a mini photo shoot...
Love that sweet face.
Love that little tongue sticking out.
Love my little family.
So much to be thankful for today.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!
[Mason] 4 Months + [Thankful] Day 19
Monday, November 19, 2012
HAPPY 4 MONTH BIRTHDAY MASON!!!
Today I am thankful for my wonderful baby. He has brought so much joy to our lives. Yesterday was his 4 month birthday. I had wanted to get my picture in yesterday but by the time I got home from my walk, gave him a bath, fed him, and got everything settled, it was his bed time. Luckily this morning we had a little extra time together (and with daddy!) since we had Mason's 4 month doctor visit. We got to have a little fun and take a few pictures and get to see something exciting (!!!) before poor Mason had to go for his check up and shots :( Poor boy actually did really good but cried a bit more than his 2 month shots.
Thankful for his health. Thankful he is almost over his cold. Thankful we have had the joy of his presence in our lives for the past 4 months!! We love you so much sweet boy!!
4 month stats :
- weighs 14 1/2 lbs
- is 24.7 inches long
- still wears size 1 diapers
- wears 3-6 month clothes
- is starting to get on a schedule, including eating 5 oz (sometimes 6 oz!) every 4 hours
- sleeps for 8 hours at night! (sometimes)
- is a super drooler
- has discovered his hands and LOVES to put them (and his bib... and his burp cloth... and anything else he can get his hands on) in his mouth!
- is great at tummy time (and is actually starting to like it too)
- likes to watch football with daddy on sunday
- is good at and kinda likes sitting in his bumbo seat
- loves to "stand" (with help of course)
- doesn't hate taking a bath as much as he used to
- LOVES to kick his feet
- LOVES to play on his back on his play mat watching the star toy play music and light up
- is super smiley
- giggles
- ROLLED OVER FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY!!! (and was a little shocked about it too lol)
I was so so SO excited that I saw Mason roll over for the first time. I told him that he couldn't do anything exciting while I was gone this weekend and thankfully he listened! Now to try to get it on video for everyone else...
Today I am thankful for my wonderful baby. He has brought so much joy to our lives. Yesterday was his 4 month birthday. I had wanted to get my picture in yesterday but by the time I got home from my walk, gave him a bath, fed him, and got everything settled, it was his bed time. Luckily this morning we had a little extra time together (and with daddy!) since we had Mason's 4 month doctor visit. We got to have a little fun and take a few pictures and get to see something exciting (!!!) before poor Mason had to go for his check up and shots :( Poor boy actually did really good but cried a bit more than his 2 month shots.
Thankful for his health. Thankful he is almost over his cold. Thankful we have had the joy of his presence in our lives for the past 4 months!! We love you so much sweet boy!!
4 months!
my little man is growing up so fast!
4 month stats :
- weighs 14 1/2 lbs
- is 24.7 inches long
- still wears size 1 diapers
- wears 3-6 month clothes
- is starting to get on a schedule, including eating 5 oz (sometimes 6 oz!) every 4 hours
- sleeps for 8 hours at night! (sometimes)
- is a super drooler
- has discovered his hands and LOVES to put them (and his bib... and his burp cloth... and anything else he can get his hands on) in his mouth!
- is great at tummy time (and is actually starting to like it too)
- likes to watch football with daddy on sunday
- is good at and kinda likes sitting in his bumbo seat
- loves to "stand" (with help of course)
- doesn't hate taking a bath as much as he used to
- LOVES to kick his feet
- LOVES to play on his back on his play mat watching the star toy play music and light up
- is super smiley
- giggles
- ROLLED OVER FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY!!! (and was a little shocked about it too lol)
I was so so SO excited that I saw Mason roll over for the first time. I told him that he couldn't do anything exciting while I was gone this weekend and thankfully he listened! Now to try to get it on video for everyone else...
Thankful - Day 17 and 18
A little behind again... but I wasn't near a computer the past couple days and then life got busy... so alas, home from work, eaten dinner, baby is sleeping, watching Dancing with the Stars AllStars and... blogging!
November 17 - Thankful Day 17
Today was day 2 of my 3day walk and today I am thankful for my amazing AMAZING donors! Without all of them, I could not have done the walk. Literally. If you don't complete your fundraising, then you either 1. can't walk or 2. have to pay the remaining yourself. So I am so so so so THANKFUL for everyone who donated to my walk and who helped me fund research to find a cure for breast cancer. As we found out at closing ceremonies, the San Diego 3day walk helped to raise OVER $6 MILLION!!! WOW! So incredibly proud and honored to be a part of such an amazing thing.
Here are some highlights from day 1 and 2.
November 18 - Thankful Day 18
Today I am thankful for my legs and feet. These are things we normally take for granted. They are there. We move them. We walk. But lots of people are not as fortunate as we are to have working legs or feet. While I complained... a lot... that my feet and legs hurt and that I had blisters, I am HAPPY that I have feet and legs to hurt and to get blisters on. Today I am thankful that I have fully functional feet and legs.
November 17 - Thankful Day 17
Today was day 2 of my 3day walk and today I am thankful for my amazing AMAZING donors! Without all of them, I could not have done the walk. Literally. If you don't complete your fundraising, then you either 1. can't walk or 2. have to pay the remaining yourself. So I am so so so so THANKFUL for everyone who donated to my walk and who helped me fund research to find a cure for breast cancer. As we found out at closing ceremonies, the San Diego 3day walk helped to raise OVER $6 MILLION!!! WOW! So incredibly proud and honored to be a part of such an amazing thing.
Here are some highlights from day 1 and 2.
Day 1
Top left : Heather and Craig. Top right : Me and Vickie
Bottom : All of us before opening ceremonies
Top : the flags that say who we walk for. I walk for my mom.
Bottom left : Vickie and I. Bottom right : In our tutus
Top left : we walked 20 (ish) miles on day 1! Top right : Vickie, her mom and I. Her sign says
"you support my boobs better then my bra!"
Bottom left : one of the sweep vans called "titty taxi" (they all have "breast themes")
Bottom right : all of us in our tutus before opening
Day 2
Beautiful rainbow as we leave for day 2
Top : Vickie and I at a pit stop
Bottom : our aching feet
Top left : 40 miles down! Top right : jello shots :)
Bottom left : massage chairs at camp! Bottom right : before the beginning of day 2
November 18 - Thankful Day 18
Today I am thankful for my legs and feet. These are things we normally take for granted. They are there. We move them. We walk. But lots of people are not as fortunate as we are to have working legs or feet. While I complained... a lot... that my feet and legs hurt and that I had blisters, I am HAPPY that I have feet and legs to hurt and to get blisters on. Today I am thankful that I have fully functional feet and legs.
Day 3
Before the start of day 3
Starbucks!!! Minor detour :)
Seth and Mason came to cheer us on!
Closing ceremonies
I am so proud and honored to have walked in my 3rd 3day walk. I have done all of the walks in San Diego and I couldn't be happier to have been a part of the walk. Every year at opening ceremonies I think "I won't cry. My mom has been gone for almost 10 years. I'm ok" and then the opening ceremonies come... and the spokesperson for Susan G. Komen comes out and... she knows just what to say.
We walk so that mothers can see their daughters get married.
We walk so that we can meet our grandbabies.
And the tears come. As my friend Vickie said "whatever they are paying this lady isn't enough!". She good. Real good. She hits you right in your core and reminds you why you walk. Why I signed up for the 3rd time to walk so, so many miles. As much as my legs and feet hurt, I had an amazing time. From the "melon men" with mini watermelons in their bras to SD police decked out in pink to motorcycle men helping to be safety monitors to grown men wearing tutus to titty taxi sweep vans, I couldn't have had a better time. If this happens to be my last year walking, I'm glad it ended the way it did.
Thankful - Day 16
Friday, November 16, 2012
Today was day 1 of my 3day breast cancer walk in San Diego. If I knew how to upload photos to the blog from my phone, I would, but I don't so the pics will just have to wait until Sunday when I get home. Today I am thankful for my friend Vickie's mom. She is amazing. We are doing the walk with her sister and her brother in law. He is such a trooper too...he even wore a tutu today with us! Vickie's mom is amazing and came to cheer us on along with Vickie's sisters daughter, Danielle. The two of them made signs and cheered at that cheering station. By the time Vickie and I reached the cheering station...we were done. Vickie's mom drove us to lunch and then ultimately picked us up from camp and brought us to our hotel...the hotel she paid for for us! Once we were all done walking, we went to dinner. A dinner that she paid for for us. So so so nice. So thankful for her today!
Thankful - Day 15
Thursday, November 15, 2012
I am about to leave for the train station to head down to San Diego for my 3 day breast cancer walk tomorrow. This post is going to be short but ever so impotant. I can't even express how thankful I am.
Today I am thankful for the 18 years I was able to spend with my mom. She passed away from breast cancer in January 2003 when I was only 18 and my brother was only 15. I am so thankful for the mother/daughter dates, the advice, the talks, the fun, the hanging out, the sneaking food into movie theaters in her purse, the vacations, the driving lessons, the fact that she volunteered in my classrooms in school, the memories, and so, so much more. I am honored to have known and have had a mother who was so kind, so brave, so dedicated to her family that she didn't let the fact that she was going through chemo and radiation stop her from being there for her family and doing her "daily chores". I am a better daughter, friend, and now mom because of her.
I walk for my mom. I walk 60 miles in 3 days for my mom. I walk for everyone who has a mom, a sister, a friend, an aunt, a cousin, a niece, knows anyone who is a woman... or a man for that matter. I walk so mothers can see their daughters graduate college, their sons graduate high school, their daughters get married, and meet their grandbabies. I walk for my mom. I love her and miss her so much every day.
RIP 11/7/51 - 1/17/03. xoxo
Today I am thankful for the 18 years I was able to spend with my mom. She passed away from breast cancer in January 2003 when I was only 18 and my brother was only 15. I am so thankful for the mother/daughter dates, the advice, the talks, the fun, the hanging out, the sneaking food into movie theaters in her purse, the vacations, the driving lessons, the fact that she volunteered in my classrooms in school, the memories, and so, so much more. I am honored to have known and have had a mother who was so kind, so brave, so dedicated to her family that she didn't let the fact that she was going through chemo and radiation stop her from being there for her family and doing her "daily chores". I am a better daughter, friend, and now mom because of her.
I walk for my mom. I walk 60 miles in 3 days for my mom. I walk for everyone who has a mom, a sister, a friend, an aunt, a cousin, a niece, knows anyone who is a woman... or a man for that matter. I walk so mothers can see their daughters graduate college, their sons graduate high school, their daughters get married, and meet their grandbabies. I walk for my mom. I love her and miss her so much every day.
RIP 11/7/51 - 1/17/03. xoxo
Thankful - Day 14
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Quick post tonight as its getting late and I must go to bed to get up again in 6 hours for work :(
Thankful today for those little extra moments I get to spend with my little man. Thankful for the extra 5 or 10 minutes.
Daycare was closed today and Seth took the day off to take care of Mason. I went into work late today (11am to close) so I got to spend a little extra time with Mason this morning. We played and I put him in his bumbo seat. We've been practicing sitting in it and he's gotten much better. We've also been practicing holding on to objects and he's getting much better at that today. He LOVES Sophie the giraffe, especially when I squeeze her so she squeaks. He gets a huge smile on his face. Today I gave him Sophie and he held on really well... and put her in his mouth. Here are a few of my favorite moments. One of the pictures begs the question... Sophie - friend? or enemy? lol.
Thankful today for those little extra moments I get to spend with my little man. Thankful for the extra 5 or 10 minutes.
Daycare was closed today and Seth took the day off to take care of Mason. I went into work late today (11am to close) so I got to spend a little extra time with Mason this morning. We played and I put him in his bumbo seat. We've been practicing sitting in it and he's gotten much better. We've also been practicing holding on to objects and he's getting much better at that today. He LOVES Sophie the giraffe, especially when I squeeze her so she squeaks. He gets a huge smile on his face. Today I gave him Sophie and he held on really well... and put her in his mouth. Here are a few of my favorite moments. One of the pictures begs the question... Sophie - friend? or enemy? lol.
One last stolen peek at my little man after I got home from work since he was sleeping. Even though I can't see him in person, I still love to look at him on the monitor. You can't really tell from this picture but he was sucking on his hand/thumb and you could hear the sucking sound through the monitor. So cute!
