Disneyland

My little baby boy just turned 1 years old and we had his party on Saturday, but I can't post pictures yet because the cord I need to get them off my camera is in Bakersfield...so those pics will be coming soon. I have been busy with planning Jake's and Marc's parties (Marc's is this Saturday), going back and forth between Bakersfield and home to help with the play, and being a single mother for 4 weeks this month (which I am very sick of) while Marc has been in New York, Vegas, and now in a hotel in Hollywood, which is oh so close, but yet we can't see him cuz he's busy morning til night doing work stuff. I will be so grateful to have him back home after this week. This week I started to flip out which ended up in getting a friend to watch Jake while I went and got a massage...which led me to decide when I'm rich I'm going to start off every day with an hour long massage--now that's the life!

Anyway, I never posted pics from our recent trip to the happiest place on earth. It was Jake's first time, and we joined on for a day to Rachel and Mike's vacation there. My favorite part was taking him on It's A Small World cuz he loved looking at everything.

Ten years ago when Rach and I were busy doing NSync dances, it was hard for us to picture this day of us as moms with our kids at Disneyland...just look at those cute faces:)

So the only downside for Jake was that he was the only boy that got pulled into going to a "Lunch with the Princesses." His reaction to the event is shown in the picture below. Jake's thinking, "How in the heck did I get dragged into this? Even Mike was able to get out of it!" Us girls on the other hand, had a great time:)

All in all it was an easy and fun day, other than the fact Winnie the Pooh and Tigger might file harassment charges against me for rough handling while trying to get a picture with them as they were walking from the back gate to their spot where people were waiting in line (I seriously don't know what came over me)...this picture does not show the extent of the harassment...
Thanks for having us come along Rach!

A few pictures

As you all know, I have been dealing with a tragedy. In this last week I have thought about how long it has been since I've done a post on my blog, and I've wanted to do one, but everything has seemed so trivial to me lately. And then I've debated about if I should just do my usual type of post with random pictures of our daily life, or if I should post about the person I'm really thinking about. But, I'm not ready to do that. So for now, I guess the random pictures will be good. And I want to say thank you to all my friends and family who are making me feel so loved during such a hard time. I can't tell you how much it has meant to me.

A couple pictures from Christmas time

Me and Jake on my birthdayOut to dinner for my birthdayOne of my birthday presents (from Jake)...a baby bike seatHe's trying out his helmet for the first time...luckily, he finally accepted wearing it after a few days of tryingJake loves his storiesMarc filled in for the bass player in my Dad's band. It was fun for him and fun for me to get to be his groupie.

Santa pics and more

Wow, has a month really flown by since I last posted? We went to Utah for Thanksgiving and I don't know what has happened to time since we've been back! Unfortunately, I don't have any Thanksgiving pics to share because my SD card crashed and erased all my pics (I have not had good luck with my SD cards lately). But here are some recent pics:

Jake saw Santa for the 1st time and he was frozen in the position you see below for I'd say a good straight 2 minutes. Santa talked to him, we took pictures, we were laughing...Jake did not budge an inch--he just stared with his mouth dropped open. It was pretty funny.

2 minutes later...

Jake finally moved, but is definitely not gonna take his eyes off this guy...
Now I find him like this when we wakes up and I go in his room...soon he'll be standingWe can stand him up by furniture now and he stays standing--Take one guess what Marc is looking at with so much interest...football. When will fantasy football be over?
I kept saying the other day that I wish I could get Jake to cuddle with me...he's always so squirmy now. It was like he understood me, because he laid against me and just cuddled awake for like a half an hour before falling asleep. If you're wondering why I look so deadly, I fell asleep too:)