Friday, February 26, 2010

Happy 3rd Birthday Little Man!

It's hard to believe that it's been 3 years since Josh was born... wow what a rollercoaster it's been! We've had jaundice, and colic, and reflux, and many ear infections, and ear tubes. But after all is said and done Josh is a very happy and healthy little man. He has his moments that make us want to pull our hair out but he also makes us laugh and smile every day and I can't imagine my life without him. I ask him all the time if he knows how much Mommy loves him and we've adopted the saying "all the way to the moon and back, for all eternity". I never thought I could love someone as much as I love him. I'm so excited to watch him learn and grow and entertain us.

Here are a few pics from last weekend and today:
Getting ready for his party in Utica

This year's birthday cake - Cars of course!


Birthday morning - a Krisy Kreme donut with sprinkles & 3 candles!

My sweet angel - this is the pose you get when you ask for a "nice smile"

I love my 3 Bukowski guys!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Happy Valentine's weekend 2010

This weekend started out kinda crazy on Friday night as I ran all around the Cranberry Twp area in search of Scott's present. I had meant to take care of it when he was out of town last weekend but that obviously didn't happen because of being snowed in. So I went in search of Rock Band for Wii, something I thought would be easy to find. Boy was I wrong! After visiting Walmart, Toys R Us, Best Buy and 2 different Game Stop stores I realized it was futile (and learned that original Rock Band was discontinued). Not wanting to go home empty handed I bought Wii Sports Resort and called it a night. When I got home I found that Scott bought me roses again this year as well as chocolates and a beautiful card (and a cute card from Josh/Kody). I told him the story of my search for Rock Band and glad that he recognized my efforts even though I didnt have it to give to him.

We spent a lazy day around the house yesterday before going to a super early dinner at Patron Mexican restaurant, then up to Fun Fore All for some game time (and to let Josh burn off some energy), and finally ended the night with ice cream at Dairy Queen. Their Blizzard of the month is a Turtle Crunch one and it was soooooooooooooo delicious - I'm sure my pants will be tight this week from all the bad eating I've been doing! When we got home we rented the movie "Couples Retreat" and stayed up late watching it but it was pretty funny.

Today was a normal Sunday for us... I got to sleep in until almost 9:30, we went grocery shopping, and came home and did absolutely nothing. Honestly, I LOVE sitting around the house and doing nothing. Spending time at home with my boys is now my #1 past time :)

Unfortunately this afternoon I started not feeling well and feeling worse and worse by the hour. I'm going to self-diagnose and guess that it's a sinus infection so I'll be going to my primary care doc tomorrow in hopes that I'm right so I can get some antibiotics and some relief! I've always been prone to sinus infections and used to know the minute I was getting one but now so many of the symptoms (sinus headaches, dizziness, fever) mimic what I feel every day with my MS and the side effects of my medication Rebif. I guess I'll find out tomorrow! Better to take care of it now before my trip to Jacksonville next month!!!

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Snowed in and stir crazy!

I think the weathermen were calling this storm a "powerhouse" and they weren't kidding! From everything that I saw on tv and online they were only predicting 4-7 inches of snow up at my house. Once again weathermen prove that they are full of shit and can't predict their way out of a paperbag.

The snow started slowly at 12:30 yesterday afternoon but didn't start sticking to the roads until around 3:30pm. Then it really started snowing harder and accumulating. I still was optimistic and didnt think that we'd get more than the 7 inches predicted. Well, we had the 7 inches by 10pm last night and the snow was still coming down. When I woke up this morning I found out that we got almost 3 times that amount (I didn't measure it myself but my friend Jen down the road did and says they got 20 inches).

So my day started out with shoveling off the patio, steps, and a small path so that Kody could go outside and "do his business". I also had to trudge through the lawn to wipe the snow off the satellite dish since it was totally buried and we weren't getting any reception. Josh and I spent the morning inside playing and watching tv. In order to get him to lay down for his nap I promised him we could go outside and play in the snow after he woke up so we finally ventured outside around 2:30pm today.

Of course he cried when he got snow in his glove and on his face so we weren't out there for more than 30-40 minutes. I attempted to shovel more but the snow was way too heavy and there was so much of it. I ventured out to the end of the driveway near the road to see how deep it was (from the street plows) and laughed when it was all the way up to my hips. Needless to say, the truck is still surrounded by snow up to the bumpers and we didnt go anywhere today. Scott will have the pleasure of coming home from Florida tomorrow and immediately begging our neighbor to use his snow blower so he can clear the driveway!

Josh hasn't been too too bad for me so far although he's getting a little stir crazy like his mama. We've watched A LOT of tv this weekend including "The Incredibles" and "Monsters Inc".

We also made break-n-bake Valentine's sugar cookies tonight and had a little treat before he went to bed. Hopefully he'll sleep well tonight and be good for me tomorrow morning as well. He did say something very funny tonight... one of his little rubber balls (from a vending machine) got stuck underneath the ottoman and he couldn't move it to get the ball. He came up to me and said that I needed to move the ottoman because I have "big hands" and proceeded to grab my hand and say "see big hand"! He cracks me up!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Perceptive little bugger...

Josh is quite the perceptive little bugger these days. He notices little things that we adults generally do not and makes some pretty funny associations between things. Tonight, it was my earrings.

Normally when I come home from work I change into my pajamas (usually a tshirt, sweatshirt and cotton lounge pants), put my hair in a ponytail (if its not already in one), and take off all my jewelry. Well tonight was not a normal Thursday and I met Josh & Scott at Moe's for dinner before Scott left for the airport (to go down to Florida for concerts for the weekend ~ LUCKY!). So when I came home I had to wrangle Josh and Kody all by myself so I was totally off my routine. I did come home and change into my pj pants and took off my watch and wedding ring but I forgot to take off my hoop earrings. Josh noticed.

He proceeded to tell me that I needed to take off my earrings because I was home now. He also added that earrings are only for going out or going to work. What a perceptive little boy!!!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Boobapalooza

I've always had a love-hate relationship with my breasts.
Sometimes I think they're a nice asset to my figure.
Other times (like when I'm bathing suit shopping) I find them annoying and unnecessary.
Oh how I wish I had perfectly perky "C's"!

I'm going through another "I hate my breasts" phase and once again toying with the idea of reduction surgery. I've thought about it off and on for at least the last 10 years but always found a reason not to do it...
I couldn't take time off...
I didnt have the money...
I was afraid of the pain...

But now I'm starting to wonder if the time is finally right. I honestly feel like they're starting to affect my health. I have the ever-so-attractive grooves in my shoulders from my bra straps but besides that I do have pretty constant neck/shoulder achiness. That's gotta account for something! So now the question becomes "how do I get insurance to pay for this"?

I haven't really gotten that far yet but need to research plastic surgeons in the greater Pittsburgh area and at least go for a consultation. When I brought this up to Scott he initially thought I was going crazy but after talking it through a bit he understand why I would want to do it and is very supportive. And I'll definitely need his support because I assume I wont be able to do too much around the house for awhile after the surgery.

So we'll see. Maybe this will pass again and resurface at a later time but as I sit here right now it's something I'm really considering doing. I guess after all of the medical crap that I've had to deal with over the last year I'd like to do something for myself and make me feel better about my ever-failing body.

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The new 'do!

It was time for a change again so this time I cut bangs!