Back to school!

Summer school has officially started so I am back to school! It's my second course and I really don't know how many I have to finish. To be honest I am not even going to count, it will probably just depress me. I am just going to chip away at it one class at a time.

I spoke too soon...

Apparently the wood knocking, cloroxing, lysoling, and handwashing did not keep the germs at bay. The stomach bug invaded our trip to NYC. I ended up getting sick on Saturday night and wasn't able to see my friend on Sunday since I was laid up in the hotel room. I did feel well enough to go to Aliya's party, but not well enough to partake in the yummy food and drinks. Jimmy spent Sunday exploring NYC by himself and went to the Met. We were able to see Wicked (which was fabulous!) on Friday night before I got sick so that along with Aliya's party were definitely the highlights.

bye bye stomach bug...hello vacay!

The stomach bug hit our house this week. Little Jimmy woke up at 3am on Tuesday morning upset and saying his mouth hurt. Unfortunately, the poor thing got sick and was sick for about 24 hours, throwing up every 3-4 hours. It was pitiful and I felt so bad for him :(. It was just terrible. I took the day off on Tuesday and we just hung out on the couch and watched movies (Jungle Book and Monsters Inc are currently his faves). He was still sick Wed, but I only had to work in the afternoon so Jimmy went to work in the morning and then I went to work in the afternoon. He seemed to feel better today, though had a slight fever off and on and did eat and drink some. Hopefully by tomorrow he will be feeling much better.

Hopefully the stomach bug is gone as we are headed to NYC this weekend for Aliya's wedding celebration. I have been praying and washing my hands like a crazy women and had the cleaning lady come on Tuesday to try and keep the germs at bay. I am also knocking on wood right now! Little Jimmy will be staying with grandparents so we will have the holiday weekend to ourselves! We are going to see Wicked tomorrow night and then on Saturday we might try to hit up the Natural History Museum as neither of us has ever been. Going to head to Brooklyn on Sunday morning to meet up with my Humphrey's hallmate and 2nd year roommate Devon and family. Then the party is Sunday night. I will be sure to post pics and a trip report when I get back!

In the midst of the stomach bug and trip planning I almost forgot I had my ultrasound on Tuesday too! My mom and dad came over to stay with little Jim while Jimmy and I went to the dr. Everything looked good and we were strong and didn't find out! Though the ultrasound tech did say she could see what it was! I am excited for the surprise! I am thinking boy!

We had floor seats...

to Elmo! Yes, things have changed. We went to our first "kid" concert at the Civic Center this morning. It was a far cry from the Widespread, Toby Keith, and John Mellancamp concerts but little Jimmy had such a great time. I couldn't really tell if he was enjoying it at the beginning because he was just sitting there watching without little emotion, but when they announced the intermission (yes, it had an intermission, we thought it was over!) and the lights came on Jimmy started crying saying he wanted "everybody" to come back. Same thing happened at the end. Needless to say he enjoyed it since he wanted more. We parents had had enough but I would do it again. We managed to get away with little swag (ballons, light up toys, stuffed animals, etc) but it was a great family outing. Our seats ended up being right next to Kelly, John and Hannah so that was fun.

Our new computer!

We are a Mac family!! If you are not, I suggest you convert. They are the best!

What I am reading

This is our book club pick. Just finished it yesterday. A wonderful memoir.

Mothers Day and a great weekend!

Saturday was filled with activities! We had Mary Alice's 4th birthday party which was a lot of fun. She had a princess bouncey house for all the kids to jump. Jimmy was a little timid when all of the big kids were in there; he's still just a little too young. He did enjoy playing in the Barbie jeep with Lula!



We had another birthday party in the afternoon for our neighbor across the street. She had her party at the pool. This is the first year they opened the pool on the weekends in May and it was so refreshing for the 90 degree day! Jimmy had lots of fun playing in the pool and eating pizza!

My parents came over last night and watched little Jimmy while Jimmy and I went out with some friends to eat at the beach. It was such a pretty night and we enjoyed the food, company and sunset!

Mothers Day was great. We had a leisurely morning, went to church and had a nice family dinner! Here is the pic of the card Jimmy made me at school. I love how his handprint is "thumbless." That was the best gift of all!