Whatever Wednesdays - TV Shows

 This weeks WW topic is Top 5 TV shows, not 3, not 7, but 5. It was actually a lot harder then I thought to come up with 5 TV shows that I absolutely must watch, can't miss type of thing. Hard to chose just 5, but I think these are it.

All pictures found via Google Images

#1 - Grey's Anatomy

This came out just as Mr. and I got married, it was the first show we really started watching together and have watched every.single.episode together.  No matter how bad the storylines get, we continue to watch. I can't tell you how many times this stupid show has mad me cry. We're in it till the end. Which in our estimation, should be soon, right?

#2 - Gilmore Girls

Cheesy, but true. I have actually watched this series in it's entirety again when Baby Fox was born. Reminds me of those nights when I would snuggle up with Mom and we would watch it together. Good wholesome TV watching.

#3 - Dawson's Creek 

This show was really big when I was in college. Every Wednesday night my roommates and I would gather around the TV and watch DC with a pan of brownies. One of our guy friends would happen to stop by on Wednesday nights because of the brownies, but we knew better, he really wanted to watch DC.

#4 - Gossip Girl

I know right? Who watches this any more? But I loved it the minute it aired "your one and only source into the scandalous lives of Manhattan's elite." Granted it got weird in the middle and stuff, but I was committed and had to see it through till the end. Which by the way, I liked the ending and thought they ended it really well. No wondering what happened to people, etc. I hate when they leave shows with unanswered questions, tell me what happens to people, that's what we all really want to know. "And who am I?! That's one secret I'll never tell. You know you love me.. XO XO Gossip Girl"

#5 - Scandal

If you haven't watched this show, you have about a month or so to catch up on the short season 1 and season 2. It will not disappoint. Really the only reason we started watching it was because Mr. and I needed a new show to start watching and this show started so late in the game that we figured we give it a try. We actually had DVR'd all of the first season (7-8 espisodes) before we even started watching, but once we started we could not stop. Addicting! Now go watch it so they don't cancel it, like they do with all of the shows we tend to like.

What are your favorite tv shows? Everyone's been talking about Breaking Bad, I think we need to pick that show up STAT.

My Little Monkey

And this is why Mommy can't go to the park any more. I almost had a heart attack just watching this video. Best leave it to Daddy to let Baby Fox get his part Monkey on.

Weekend Recap

At least I'm doing a recap this week? Although not many pictures to show you. I bring my camera, yet I always forget to pull it out to take pictures, darn.

Friday Baby Fox and I met up with Mr. after his physical therapy at the mall to buy a coming home outfit for Mini Fox. Found the cutest outfit, of course I can't find it on their website. I guess you'll have to be surprised. After we found what we needed we decided to go out to dinner instead of doing the responsible thing and going home to leftovers to Cheese Cake Factory.

At Nordstroms we bought Baby Fox one of those magnetic drawing boards that you can erase with a swipe of a wand. He calls it his "etch-a-sketch", so it was hard to get him to focus long enough to get a picture.

Saturday was swim lessons as usual. If you can't see, The first picture is of Baby Fox floating, the second picture is of Baby Fox jumping into the water.

The rest of Saturday was pretty low key. Some park time and making enchiladas for dinner. Yum!

Sunday Baby Fox wanted pancakes for breakfast, he wanted to help make them. While we were making them, he says "Mommy, I love you making pancakes!" Awwww...

Let me explain the outfit. He wanted to wear this rainbow shirt when he woke up, and since I knew whatever we had for breakfast would get all over him, I said okay, then he wanted the shorts, who am I to say no. Side note: That "rainbow shirt" is actually a onsie that my dad thought was a good gift from Oklahoma, and I had put it in the give away pile and Baby Fox sees it and says I want to wear that, but it didn't fit and he started to cry, so I did what any other mother would do, cut off the naps and let him wear it as a shirt. As long as he doesn't go out in public right? Although the other day Daddy and him come down stairs before leaving for a friends and he has this shirt on, I said no, and that he had to change, I know I'm so mean.

Pancakes for one

After church we came home and ate lunch and played a bit before nap time. First Baby Fox wanted a picnic with Daddy, giving Daddy some ketchup.

Then Baby Fox and Daddy played what Colton calls "Bump Daddy", honestly not sure which one had more fun, this went on for an hour. No joke. Let me get done a project for Mini Fox's room, so I'll take it.  Baby Fox hasn't quite got the peddling thing yet, so he just pushes his bike.

It was hard to get them both in the same picture, they were going around so fast

Yes we did buy that Plasma Car for Baby Fox, not Mr.

Sunday night we went to my parents house for dinner. Again brought the camera, but didn't take any pictures, darn. It was nice to go somewhere else and have someone cook for you, I could get used to that!

Hope you all had a great weekend, 6 more weeks till Mini Fox...yikes!

Linking up with Faith, Sarah and Megan

Sometimes I Take You for Granted

Today's subject comes from Shay, via Kali. Where to begin? There are so many things I could write about, my job, I seriously have the easiest job and get paid a lot to do it, my parents, always wanting to do for me and me always scolding them about something or another, but in reality everything they do is because they love me and my family and would die for us. Mr. who is constantly picking up the slack when I just can't handle it any more, and always supporting me with whatever I decide to do.

But I'm not going to talk about any of that. I'm going to chose my son, Colton aka Baby Fox. Seems like a silly choice, but I do. When Mr. and I got married we had a plan, a 5 year plan. We were going to travel the world, do what we wanted to do while we were young, buy a house and be really financially stable before we brought a baby into the world.  On our 5 year anniversary we took a trip and got pregnant our first go. I don't think I realized just how lucky we were that we didn't have any issues getting pregnant, and that we got pregnant so fast.

He came, and he was perfect, I mean seriously perfect.

 As we got used to being a family of 3 and having this little human rely solely on us, he really helped us navigate those first few months of parenthood. He NEVER cried. I mean when I say never cried, he never cried, so much so that when he was about a month old and was crying/whinning, someone asked us and I quote "is that your baby's cry?" It was that soft. He just never really developed the loud screaming capacity lungs because he never cried. He started sleeping 5 hour stretches around 2.5 months, 8-9 hours at 3.5 months and then 12 hours at 4.5 months. I mean what kid does that? To this day, he goes down without a fight and even if he's not tired, he'll just lay in his crib and roll around, talk to his stuffed animals and wait for sleep to come to him. When he's sick he hardly wakes up in the middle of the night screaming. I think in the past 2.5 years, he's woken up twice in the middle of the night, since he started sleeping 12 hour stretches.

He is the politest kid, and learns quickly. Adapts to life in general, takes things in and goes with the flow. Skip nap that day because we're out and about, no problems. Most importantly he is healthy and happy. I have a few friends who have to constantly fight for their kids health, people who I don't know how they find the strength each day to continue, but somehow they do and they come out stronger on the other side.

He's all we know, but:

I take for granted how smart he is. he taught us sign language when he was 10 months old. He had signs he made up for more, drink and all done.

Trying to figure out how Daddy put all these cars on top of each other

 I take for granted how sweet he is and wants the best for everyone around him

Sharing his bear with Great Grandma, Bear is kissing GG better

 I take for granted that he loves me unconditionally and is excited to see me each day I get home he screams out "MOMMY" and comes running

I take for granted that he wants me when he's hurt

Don't worry, I happened to be taking pictures of him when he started crying, I snapped this and then picked him up

I take for granted that he hardly complains

100° heat at a funeral, but there's a fire truck, all is good with the world

I take for granted that he always wants to share everything he has with everyone else. 

I take for granted that he sleeps through the night

I take for granted that he can self soothe

I take for granted that he's never sick, and when he does get sick he's happy and isn't grumpy

Last time he was sick, June 2012

I take for granted those special moments when he holds my head in his hands and looks into my eyes and says he loves me

I take for granted the fact that no one can compare to how great he is and how fun, loveable and how he has a great sense of humor.

I hope to remember all these things when he's a teenager and driving me crazy, that deep down he's the best kid a mom could hope for. I want to cherish these last few weeks with just him before the crazy of a newborn begins all over again.

Thank you Colton for being you, you have grown into such a fun, lovable 2 year old. You are going to be the best big brother and I can't wait for you to meet her!

Lazy Post - Sorry, Not Sorry.

I've been super lazy, I mean super lazy. Like I can't even get off my tush to download some photos so I can post here. Only 7 more weeks, and maybe I won't be so dog tired when I get home from work. I don't remember being so tired with Baby Fox towards the end...perhaps it was because I didn't have a 2.5 year old waiting for me at home, and I could veg in front of the TV and not move again till bed.

But seeing this face, I wouldn't change how tired I am for the world.

Recently he's been super attached this this small blanket with a bear head. Baby Fox has decided to call it Puppy Bear. Hey whatever works right?

Baseball Star in the Making

Yesterday we tried to teach Colton how to play baseball. I swear the first two times we threw the ball to him he made contact and hit the ball. So we run into the house to get the video camera and this is what resulted. Hilarious. He sure does have the self pity thing down.

It's going to be fun to teach him how to play baseball, football, etc. 

Linking up with Faith, Sarah and Megan

The People On the Computer

A few months ago, when I say a few, I have no idea how long ago it was 3 months? 6 months? Anyway, doesn't change the story. My parents are from the stone ages. When I say stone ages, my mom was telling me, my sister and Mr. one night that she was born before the Heimlich Maneuver...we didn't believe her, there is no way! We said, so what did you do if someone was choking, she said people died and you tried to pry it out with your fingers, which she had to do as a teacher once. sidenote: it was invented in 1974.

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 She also informed us that same night she used to live in a Quanza Hut...say what? That we had to look up...in case you were wondering it looks like this:

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We still to this day tease her about both and how old she is.

Okay back to my mom, so she's telling us one day about something that she found on the internet. I can't remember what exactly it was she was telling us but this is what she said, and I quote "The people on the computer told me...."

Yep she thinks there's little people in her computer telling her what to do...okay she really isn't crazy, that's just what she said, and let me tell you, we don't hold back on reminding her every second we get of her mistakes and how she was living in a quanza hut without the Heimlich, how did she survive? We don't hold back in my family.

Flash forward to last night. Curtis and I are on the computer together and he sees all the comments people have left for me on this here blog. He clicks on some of them and says "They're so sweet, I like the people on the computer"

So Mr. likes you guys, he really does, and he thinks you're all sweet, as do I. So thanks for the sweet comments and keep them coming!