Guess what I just booked????

Imagine- just me and Jeremy. Sitting on the sand in my favorite place on Earth. I am so darn excited. Of course it's still a ways away (November) but it gives me something to daydream about other than potty training. And yes, in keeping with my financial post earlier, I am happy to say that although I did pay with plastic, I sent a check in the mail this morning to pay it off in full. Sorry Dave Ramsey.... I still like my credit card points!

Anyone read it?

I love it! Such a simple, straight forward book about our family finances for someone who is not particularly interested in finances.... I highly recommend it!

Mother's Day

What a nice, nice Mother's Day I had. It was simple and peaceful, just the way I like it! We celebrated with Jeremy's family on Thursday with dinner at the Yard House. The boys were so darn well behaved I hardly recognized them- a present in and of itself!
Friday Gavin's preschool class sang some cute mommy songs and we had a picnic lunch. Unfortunately I did not receive mom of the year status there. The note said "picnic lunch" and where I come from that means a brown bag- sandwich and chips kind of meal. Well apparently it actually means McDonald's. I was one of the only 2 moms who brought PB & J. But of course you are thinking that I have raised my son to be polite enough to excuse my misinterpretation. Uh no..... more like "Mom! How come I don't have an Iron Man happy meal? Everyone else got to have one!" Oh well- hey he was good the night before!
Sunday Jeremy actually had a weekend day off. He cooked a yummy breakfast and then took the boys outside while I sat in my jammies and read the ENTIRE paper. Even the parts I never read, like the classifieds. Just because I could! We ended with a delicious BBQ at my mom's. Beautiful weather, good food and family. It doesn't get better than that!

Quiet Weekend

We haven't had a quiet weekend in such a long time and it was really nice..... the boys actually took naps and ate homecooked meals. Novel, huh????

Other news: Derek had his hearing and speech evaluations. His hearing is perfect. As for his speech, well, basically he omits the second half of all words as well as omits one of the 2 letters in a consonant blend at the beginning of words. Thus, "spoon" becomes "poo" and "truck" becomes "ruh." They decided to give him 6 more months before doing any sort of interventions. My own personal conclusion is that Derek is some sort of genius because this is actually quite difficult to do and takes quite a bit of planning ahead to omit so consistently. Go ahead try it- :)

More happy baby news for those of you who haven't already heard: Jeremy's brother Dino and his wife Terri are expecting their 2nd baby in early November. We are thrilled to say the least.

Baby!

Not ME you crazy person... my hands are full right now and I think both God and myself know it. But we are going to welcome a new baby into our family in the fall. My brother Tim and his wife Sarah are preggers and are due in October. I am so excited to be an auntie! Check out their lil' blog that will document this pregnancy. Yay for new babies!

The Perfect Christmas Gift

Yes, I do realize it is April and that the holidays are long over. but you see, we just "cashed" in our gift from my brother, sister and their spouses. They got us an AMEX gift card and a weekend away. While they came over and watched the boys, Jeremy and I got to go to San Diego and stay at Devon and Dave's BEAUTIFUL new place and live the life of leisure. We started off by heading to the island of Coronado and hanging out at the Hotel del Coronado. It was the perfect day to hang out at the resort. It was about 90 degrees on the beach and it was packed. In the evening, while my siblings and their sig. others had to endure John's Incredible Pizza (like Circus Circus for children) Jer and I were enjoying the view from Devon's roof (check out the view of Petco Park and Coronado island) with a glass of champagne and Devon's homemade appetizers, followed by dinner in the Gaslamp District. On Sunday while Tim was busy chaperoning the Carl's Jr. play area, we were getting breakfast and massages. It was AWESOME! We had so much fun. Thank you to all of you for such a great gift.

:(

This morning my Grandma Mary passed away. She broke her hip earlier in the week and she was not able to recover. I'm so glad I was able to visit with her a couple weeks ago, just she and I. I got to hug her tight and tell her how much I loved her. She lived a long life and I will miss her dearly. :(