Yes I'm blogging at 1am

:) I can't sleep.

My neck is hurting me from my biopsy. I don't remember it hurting me this long last time.

My MRI is scheduled tomorrow morning at 10:30. I don't think I'm nervous...been there, done that several times over now. I guess I'm a little anxious. I won't know the results until the 23rd, that's when I see my Dr again. -sigh- I hate waiting!

I have a ton of stuff to do, and I can't turn my thoughts off and go to sleep - don't you hate that?

I got out of bed, worked on some more PTO stuff. I've been looking for some pictures to update the PTO PowerPoint slide show that I'll be presenting on Back to School Night. Which of course you know that means I de-railed train of thought big time and took a trip down memory lane looking at lots of pictures from the last couple year. Take a step back with me....look at how tiny Abby was just 2 years ago. She will start Kindergarten in less than 2 weeks. Abby still has a baby voice when she speaks it is so adorable you just want to hug and kiss on her all day. She is a feisty one though, I don't worry about her as so much as I worry about her getting into trouble!

-sigh- remind me why kids have to grow up?!

My have the kids gotten so much older... Bobby and I have lost so much weight... We've bought a lot more stuff for the house... We have so many wonderful friends... We have been so busy... - Pictures really capture time and memories.......what a trip!

My contacts are out, glasses upstairs on my nightstand.....I can't see anything beyond this screen.... okay, I see a house that needs some cleaning. I'll do that tomorrow afternoon. After my Dr's appt., and after I get some groceries. I'm tired now so I'm off to bed. Love you all!

It's my BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Look what my fabulous friend Jenn brought me this morning!!!! She brought me some very yummy coffee and donuts! :) I can't remember the last time I ate a donut! That was so sweet, because she knew that I always let the girls have a donut for their b-day breakfast. She says "Did anyone get you a birthday donut?" And handed me a box of donuts!!! :)

Yesterday I came home from the Dr's office (my biopsy and my general Dr - I've had a migraine headache since Monday with nausea,etc... so she gave me some migraine medicine which has really helped) to these balloons on our front porch. :) I looked at Bobby and said "I told you I didn't want black balloons!" he tried not to laugh and said "I didn't do it, I can't help if your friends did it"......well there was a black balloon caper that was pulled on me! Bobby and friends of ours emailed back and forth working it all out. Turns out, they couldn't have come on a better day - a day where i really needed some cheering up. They did the trick! Their card was hilarious too so it was just perfect!

What a dull place this world would be without friends!

My second Mom called (MIL) me first thing, then my Mom called. My terrific sister Teresa called me too. The day isn't over yet, I'm sure others will call. I called my twin sister Sherri and wished her a happy birthday. I sang part of a song on her answering machine/voice mail, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby". When we were little, Mom had signed us up for Pizza Hut's birthday club, so every year we'd eat our little free personal pan pizza in the tiny corner booth, and we'd play the oldie song "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" on the jukebox. It was our little tradition for a long time. :)

I'll update later with other birthday happenings! :) Cheers!

UPDATE:

Look what my marvelous husband brought home when he got off work early today...He said he was lucky in finding the one hydrangea (apperantly there's a wedding going on, and they've all been taken!) :)

I had to rush off to a meeting at the school for PTO stuff then came home grabbed the family, I jumped in the passenger seat and Bobby took us all out to eat. We went to Red Lobster which made the girls extremely happy.

Afterwards we went to the Mall.....can you say Starbucks Cafe Mocha? We stopped into the Children's Place, we got Catherine a really cute cheetah print backpack, a couple cool printed Tee's, Abby got a really cute cheetah print skirt and pink top. I love getting the girls really cute stuff!!!! We went into a bunch of other stores, we found the perfect housewarming gift for friends of ours that just bought a new gorgeous house. I can't wait to see their reaction. :D

We came home....Bobby just fixed me a drink.....took a couple quick pictures (it's the end of a very long day and my hair is horrible but I guess I have to have a "Birthday" picture...so here I am 30 years later.....

August 1st!

Happy August! Enjoying your summer?

9 more days of being 29... :)

I went to my ENT's doctor's office for a check up. There are two more lumps on my neck (one I knew of last year, and I had an MRI, which didn't show anything), one just popped up last week. So next week I have a biopsy scheduled. Then we'll go from there. There is a small lump reforming where the tumor was removed back in March 2004. We knew there would be a chance of it coming back, because he didn't completely sever the nerve (the tumor was on the vagus nerve) because it would damage my vocal chords. So, we'll see about that later too. Just pray for me please! This is all put into perspective though, by our friends Dave and Ruth calling from their vacation. Their 8 year old daughter Selena had a seizure and lost her eye sight for a bit. They took her to the ER and they've found lesions on her brain. She's already had MRI's, EKG's and other tests - a spinal tap is being preformed today to find out more details. Please, please, please pray for her!!!





On to good news.....







Jenn and I signed our girls up for cheering this fall (they are sooooo cute!). Catherine has already had two cheerleading practices. She's really enjoying it. In her honor, I took a page from the girls Bratz coloring book, scanned the image, cleaned it up and digitally colored it and put it over a background photo. :) Yes it was purely a waste of time - but it was fun! :) Now I've got to go do laundry which I was putting off! :)

Happy Birthday Abby!

Happy Birthday my beautiful, darling daughter! You're 5 years old now - I can hardly believe it! You've gotten so big and you're still so sweet, loving, caring and funny! You're always playing, running, getting into things, staying so busy! You don't ever stop - you have so much energy!

It's been our tradition that the girls get an overly sweet donut for their birthday breakfast. We'll, here we are in the DC area and I haven't found a donut shop or grocery store anywhere near our hotel. So, while we were out for our evening walk after we ate dinner we stopped in to several bakeries and none of the had donuts. Our last stop was Starbucks, I knew I wouldn't find a donut there, but we did find Abby's favorite dessert in the entire world - M&M Rainbow cookie - and this one is about as big as her head!!!! So, here she is with her Birthday Breakfast!!!

Right now the girls are lounging in the comfy king-sized bed watching some cartoons. Once we get showered and dressed we'll walk down to the playground, I'll surprise them by letting them get some ice-cream at Maggie Moo's.

We were going to go to the Rain Forest Cafe for dinner tonight, but they're not in Tyson's Corner anymore :( so I found another place that's sure to make the kids happy. It's Bugaboo Creek Steak House- it's a Canadian Rockies themed restaurant complete with talking Mountie, trees, Moose head and other animals. It's supposed to be really kid-friendly so hopefully it's good!

It's funny, on Abby's first birthday we were traveling up to the Adirondack mountains in New York. Her second and third birthdays were low key. Last year she had a big polka-dot birthday with lots and lots of friends over. Here we are on her fifth birthday on vacation in Maryland. She's been excited because it's been a "hotel birthday" were we've had a breakfast buffet every morning, played all day, eaten out every night, then swimming and staying up late.

Vacations

Wow, have we ever been busy!!!!

We had a fabulous vacation at the ocean (Rehoboth, Delaware). It was a little cold when we went the last week of June. The water was very cool. Bobby and Catherine really enjoyed jumping the waves. Abby and i weren't so thrilled! :) Abby had a blast on the beach. If you know this girl, you know that she finds the sandbox or dirt pile first at any playground! Don't let the pictures deceive you, Abby and I built the majority of the sand castle! Of course when I grabbed the camera, that's when Bobby and Catherine came up from the water to help build it. Then Bobby dug out a hole and buried the girls!

I didn't get my good camera (yet!) so hopefully these pictures give you an idea of our fun...anyways get ready for a lot of "butt shots" LOL :) -thankfully none of mine!

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This week, we've been in the DC area. Chilling out and relaxing here in the Marriott - enjoying our time, swimming, walking, eating, etc...

We celebrate Abby's birthday this week too! She turns 5!!!! We were planning on taking her to the Rain Forest Cafe down in Tysons Corner, but they're longer there. So I've been researching alternate fun restaurants. I'll share pictures of her birthday once we have them.

-Enjoy your summer!

Today is Bobby's brother, Troy's Birthday and my parent's 35th Anniversary!

New York City!!!

New York City Day Trip! Saturday June 23rd 2007


Manhattan...Time Square, Bryant Park, Rockefeller Center, Park Ave, Broadway, NBC Studio...what a wonderful day!


Jenn and I hit the streets of NYC and had such a fabulous day!!! We arrived with tons of energy, we walked everywhere and saw so much! Tons of shopping, lots of stores, lots of sites!


Highlights include Sax on Fifth Ave, American Girl Store, Couture, Louis Vuitton, Kate Spade, Prada, Bloomingdale's, New York & Company...and so much more!


We viewed the city by going into the Rockefeller Plaza "Top of the Rock" what an amazing view!!! I highly recommend this it was well worth the $16. GORGEOUS VIEW!!!

We ended the day with a cocktail at the Crown Royal Plaza before heading back to PA. Thanks to our wonderful husbands for staying back home watching the kids, we got to enjoy our day in the city!

Tidbits

A couple photos from today...


Well, Abby had her last lesson today. She really enjoyed her swimming lessons, she was the only girl in the group but that didn't phase her a bit!


Catherine working on a Sudoku puzzle (she's kidnapped my book!).

--Well we've had a busy few days, lots of trips to different libraries and parks, lots of fun, fun, fun! We've got an extra kid in tow this week so we've been busy!!! Selena has been here for the week, while her parents are with their parents at the hospital.




Look that these cute shoes!!! I love them! I got a pair for Abby, and Catherine loved them so we got her a pair too! :) What's funny is there's a story behind these shoes. While working at one of our book distributions a kindergartner had on a pair of really cute striped shoes. I tried to figure out who made them by the label, but not being a huge shoe expert I couldn't figure it out. The teacher asked the girl to take her shoe off so I could see inside it for the label (much to my dismay it didn't say) Oh well I thought, tough luck! Well....last week when we were at Toys R' Us I found them! :) LOL I was looking for a pair of shoes that Abby could wear because at the playground she trips in sandals so I wanted a pair of canvas shoes or something of the kind and ou'la! There they were!!! A ton of them hanging up, so I grabbed her a pair! When we meet up with Bobby and Catherine she instantly wanted a pair too! :) Turns out they were on sale, so they were only $6! Not to shabby!!!!