Joey's Buddy - fixed

Oops. Picture problem...I'll try this again. Mario's cousin Tony and his wife Tara live in our neighborhood. Their older son (Tony) is almost 4 and is truly fascinating to MJ. Their younger son (Xavier) is 7 weeks younger than Joey. So now both of our boys have good friends. I think Joey and Xavier had a nice time hanging out together today.

Joey's buddy

Mario's cousin Tony and his wife Tara live in our neighborhood. Their older son (Tony) is almost 4 and is truly fascinating to MJ. Their younger son (Xavier) is 7 weeks younger than Joey. So now both of our boys have good friends. I think Joey and Xavier had a nice time hanging out together today.

Weekend Fun

Mario and I agree that this was a pretty fun weekend. We were quite busy, and he worked a lot (I'm looking forward to the job when he doesn't work on weekends) but it was still good. Saturday, MJ and I got our haircut (MJs was free at home, and mine was cheap at the Hair Cuttery). We got a babysitter for MJ and then took Joey out with us to help suprise Andrea for her 26th bithday. Her husband Andy planned this great suprise. Kelly and I took Andrea out to dinner and we returned to a party full of people. Kelly was not ready for the picture, but sadly, it is the only one we have from the night. Happy Birthday Andrea!!!

Sunday was a fun day... despite all of the forecasts for rain, the day was nice... but windy. Perfect kite day. We all tried very hard to get this kite in the air. However, when Mario was the kite holder and I had the string, we got it right on the third try. This was MJs first time actually flying a kite, but somehow (I guess from books) he knew that the kite was going to fly in the sky before we even got out there. Oh, he has seen Mary Poppins a few times, so maybe he got it from that. Joey was awake in his stroller the whole time. I'm not sure if he could see much of what was going on, but he was happy.

Enjoy Today

I've been having a lot of existential thoughts lately. I'm not sure if that is the correct word... but I've been thinking about life. I see how quickly Joey is growing and I can see how all too soon he will be as big as MJ... and MJ keeps growing and growing. This, coupled with an email my mom sent me around mother's day has helped me to try to appreciate life as it happens rather than try to rush through the day so that everything will be perfect. The email referred to some moms whose kids are all grown and they wished they could remember that cute little voice that talked to them, or the fun things they did. So, I'm taking that advice to try to appreciate the little kid that comes to get me half and hour after he's supposed to be asleep to say, "Mommy, my nose hurts." I have a load of laundry that's been sitting in the dryer for 5 hours now, but we were having fun playing with friends today, so it can just sit. These pictures are from last Friday, but they kind of capture my sentiment... MJ thought this bowl was really fun. And we had a good time. Even Mommy tried the hat on. And below below is a picture of Joey rolling to his side... not over yet, but he likes to kick around a bit.