10 Months Already

Who Knew!!

So who the heck knew that paint could go bad??! Turns out it can and we learned it the hard way. Last Sunday my mom watched the baby for a little bit for us. So we considered going out for dinner but I said I was happy just hanging out with Jamie so lets do something around the house instead of spending money on dinner. Sometimes it doesn't pay to try and get ahead though.

We decide that we'll paint our bedroom closet, we never got to it since we've moved into our house. We had our clothes in there and it was something that just got put off for later. So 2 years later we were both ready to go to get that finished up and done with.

We whip out the painting job and clean up in an about an hour and a half. Sweet, job done! Jamie says it smells funny and if paint can go bad. I tell him he's just being crazy its just a paint smell.

The smell gets worse and worse as the days go by. Its clearly not just a paint smell, it was some where between a moldy towel in the summer and a wet dog smell. Freaking gross. Do some research online and yes paint can go moldy and its a pain to fix.

Since then we haven't slept in the room, our house has been a mess with the contents of our closet in every other room of the house and we've had to apply 2 coats of Kilz. It's been a horror show with all this.

So this 'quick' project that we started over a week ago has turned into a forever type of project. Just last night we got the clothes back in the closet after the second coat of paint aired out.

Moral of the story is that oh yes paint can go bad, real bad. If it goes bad, don't use it, thats bad too.

Jamie still thinks it smells funny.... we'll see :oP

Bath Time

Sunday night at Nana K's house. Ajax like to try and eat the bubbles and ended up with this bubble beard! He also liked to try and eat the water, there seems to be a theme here...

This Past Month

Ok, Ok I know its been forever and I apologize for taking so much time off. I don't know what happened there but time is flying by!! Something about the summer makes me feel like I'm going through a time warp. Here is what's been going on. Ajax turned 9 months old at the end of July, which I know is about a month ago but here are his pictures from that.

He is smiling and laughing all the time still, his Papa is a big part of all the laughter! Ajax is crawling as fast as can be now. He is also climbing all over everything and stands by himself against the furniture.

I don't understand why he likes the bathroom so much, he is always racing for it if the door is left open. So one day I'm like "fine kid lets go check out all the wonders it may hold" and we go in there to see what we can see, he just ended up sitting on the floor and looking around and touching the floor tiles, nothing to interesting. So I'm thinking I've solved this problem and he'll be done with it, nope, he still races towards it when ever he can make a break for it. Luckly he is like his father in the fact that he can not tread softly, I know you can walk loudly but how the heck do you crawl loudly ?!!

This past month I also went to my girlfriend Barb's wedding in South Carolina on August 9th. It was a great time and I had such a fun time hanging out with her and seeing some buddies from down there as well. It was a back yard wedding at their house and there were 16 people all together. I'm not bragging or anything but, I was the Maid of Honor!! :o) I was very excited about that! The day turned out beautiful even though the few days before there were extreme thunderstorms going through the area. Here are some of the pictures of their big day:

It was such a beautiful wedding and I am very happy to have been a part of it. Congrats to Barb & John!!

July 30th was Ajax' first time in the pool. He loved it and kicked his legs like a frog the whole time he was in it. Turns out he also likes to lick the water, I tried to keep him from it but he thought it was awesome and kept doing it. He was laughing the whole time and his diaper got filled up and super huge!

Jamie's cousin Melissa came up from Florida with her baby girl Maya and we got to all hang out the first weekend in August. The babies got along great and had a fun time seeing someone else in the world their own size!

Also we went to Ajax' good friend Ridley's 1st Birthday party on Aug. 5th. It was a fun time for kids and adults. Ajax loved checking out her new toys, especially the wheels of the new toys!

We also got a new TV, Jamie is very very excited about it. Jamie's cousins Mike and Greg had come over and helped us out hanging it out and checking out the picture. It looks great and now I'm told we 'need' to get DirecTV with the NFL Sunday ticket. :o) It does make my cartoons look really amazing I must say!

This past weekend we went to my girlfriend Lindsay's house for a BBQ/ 30th Birthday party for Brandon. It was a fun time and good to see them. The food was tasty and just kept coming!!

So it's been a very busy month with everything going on!!! Hopefully this is a quick catch up for everyone who still checks out this blog, again sorry for it taking me so long! I can't believe it's already the end of August next week, Ajax will be 10 months old and fall will be on us quickly. The mornings are already starting to feel chilly and the sun has been setting earlier on our evening walks.

8 Months !!

Here is the little man enjoying being 8 months old! In the top picture you can see his top front teeth that have come in.

Lindsay & Brandon 6-22-08

Here are some pictures of Lindsay & Brandon's wedding that I was in this past weekend. We had a blast and the ceremony was beautiful!

Happy Father's Day!

This was Jamie's first Father's Day and we had a great time. Jamie went golfing in the morning and later in the day my folks came out and we celebrated together. Later Jamie and Ajax went up to Nana Jeanne's to watch the Celtics game and slept over. Overall it was a busy Father's Day but it turned out to also be a good one!

Happy Father's Day :o)

So what are the chances of getting the same exact card from different people on your first Father's Day?? Guess we all agreed that the guy in the picture resembled Jamie!

Jamie and I went to Portsmouth Abbey for the Wind Turbine Tour and Presentation on Tues. night and here are some pictures from it. It was a great place to visit and learn about wind power. Turns out this wind turbine will end up paying for itself in only 3 years!! I am so glad that Portsmouth has this here and that we were able to learn all about it. The above pictures are ones that I took during the tour. We were able to go right up to it and check it out.
And here is the picture that Jamie took during the tour....




Cousin Greg came through like a champ and babysat Ajax while we went on the tour. He did a great job but was pretty wiped out from the 2 hours we were gone. It was pretty fun to hear the stories from Greg when we got home.

It was a great evening to be able to check out the turbine and also have a night out with Jamie.

Ajax enjoying his new chair

These pictures say it all for me!

Happy 2 years!

Here are the Adirondack chairs that Jamie and I got as a gift for our second anniversary. They are super comfy and nice. We also got little Ajax a chair as well that he really loves. He is able to sit in it by himself with out toppling over and he likes to slide his foot off the side and touch the grass with his toes. He loves the outdoors so much that just sitting out there can keep him pretty entertained for awhile.

Almost 2 years!

Tomorrow is Jamie and my 2nd wedding anniversary! I can't believe that's its been 2 years already :o) We are planning on going out to dinner at Candleworks Restaurant , it looks like a great place and my parents gave us a gift certificate to use there.

The little man got his first tooth on Saturday this past weekend! It's sharp as could be and is just poking through his gums right now. The second front tooth is right there too. He's been more fussy but overall handling it pretty good. It's hard to get a good look in there though, every time you pull his lip down his tongue shoots out! He keeps thinking that food might magically appear that he might be getting. He is still smiling and laughing most the time which is great.

These Boots were made for Walking

It's starting to get nice out!! Hopefully it will decide to stay this way for some time. I found a great site to figure out the distance that you walked when you are out enjoying this wonderful weather. It is pretty easy to use and fun, I played around with different walking paths in my neighborhood to see how long they are. Check out www.mapmyrun.com

Ahh Mother's Day!

I must come clean, I've been laying on the importance level of this being my "First Mother's Day ever" how should I say, umm a little thick!! Guilty as charged on this one. But hey, whats good for the goose is good for the gander right?

For Mother's Day we went out to my parent's house and spent Sunday with them. Every once in awhile my mom's birthday falls on Mother's Day; which it did this year so there was even more to celebrate. My mom and I had a great day, she got gift cards and candles and I got a beautiful Mother/Child necklace from my parent's. Jamie and Ajax came through like champs, they got me horseback riding lessons!!! I'm so excited, I've never gone before and had really wanted to try it.

When I was pregnant it was just one more thing that I couldn't do because I was pregnant, this list was too constricting for me and drove me nuts. It was basically the fact that I now wasn't allowed but other people were that really burned my biscuits. Not only did I have to waddle around with a big old belly but I wasn't even allowed a freakin' hot dog?! You have to be kidding me! Though I resented all the restrictions I followed each and every one of them to the T though I was like a little kid dragging my feet through the entire thing :o) I must come clean again though, I did eat hot dogs..... My doctor said that it was fine and I just didn't have the will power to resist!

Being pregnant wasn't the funniest time ever but we got an amazing little baby boy out of it. For him I am so thankful for each and everyday. His love is the best gift of all. Ajax has made me a Mom; I hope I can live up to be as good a mom as he is a perfect son. I thank Jamie for being so gentle and loving with our little man, I thank Ajax for all his smiles that light up everyone in the room, and I thank my mom for showing me how to love unconditionally in a home full of laughter and love.

I realized all this and thought "And I'm the one who gets a gift today?" I have been given so much that I am truly appreciative of all ready. I felt a little bit sheepish. Looking back I am amazed at how far Jamie and I have come together.

Then I remembered the 2007 7th inning stretch....... ouch, Yea bring on the presents for that one!!!! You guys DO owe me big :o) Thanks so much for making it such a special day, and sorry I laid the pressure on so heavy!

Happy Mother's Day to all the great moms out there!! I hope that you all had a great one!

So that's a Crumpet!!

We had a great weekend visiting Jamie's parents. All of the ladies got together for tea at Crumpets Tearoom in North Andover. It was a great time being able to catch up with everyone and the food was terrific. The teapots came with their own cozy, something I have never seen before! We dressed up in some swanky hats that they had there to take some pictures. Looking good Ladies!!! Also if you were wondering those two flat things in the picture are crumpets :o)

What's in a name?

So the people have asked for an explanation on why we named the man child Ajax. The original Ajax is from the Trojan War. He was Achilles cousin that went to battle in one of the first incidents of the west battling the east. He was the tallest and strongest of all the Achaeans, second only to Achilles. The derivative of his name is 'eagle'. He was trained by the centaur, Chiron, along with Achilles. He commands his army wielding a huge shield made of seven ox-hides with a layer of bronze and a great hammer or war. He is not wounded in any of the battles described in the Iliad, sired by Homer and passed down in the oral tradition for five-hundred years before it was finally written down. Ajax became a central character towards the end of the war. Achilles was killed by the Trojans, but Ajax and Odysseus continued to battle and while Ajax fought off the enemy, Odysseus was able to save Achilles body and bring him back to the Greek camp. Seeing the valor of their countryman, many wanted Ajax to keep the armor which had been crafted on Olympus, but Odysseus swayed the majority with his wits and Odysseus indeed kept the armor. Ajax was pretty pissed off, but everyone had a greater foe to deal with, penetrating the Trojan walls. Crafty Odysseus had devised the scheme of the Trojan Horse. They constructed a giant horse as an offering and sign of peace to the Trojans, and they packed up their tents and sailed away back to Greece. But inside the Horse were a few brave Greeks in hiding, and the Greek army had only sailed up to the next harbor. The Trojans didn't know what to make of it, but in the end they thought the war was over, they brought the horse inside the walls and they began a giant celebration. Later that night after the city was drunk in false valor, the Greeks crawled out of the horse and opened the gates as the Greeks sailed back to the shore and charged into the city and laid down pretty much the biggest beating the world had ever seen. They killed all the men and enslaved the remaining women. The city was entirely destroyed, watering the vines of hate which has never been calmed between the Greeks and the people of the east. The gods did not enjoy watching the world they formed burnt with hate and misery. They punished the remaining greeks and trojans and they each endured many trials for the remainder of their days. We love the story of Ajax. He was a true hero who sacrificed his life to save the remains of his fallen brother in arms. We love how emotional he was and how hurt he was that Odysseus betrayed him. We want our little man to carry forth these virtues. A true hero, loyal to what is good and right, unafraid to stand up and defend those he loves. And yet only permitted happiness by the gods, who must be revered at all times.

Lucy's Hearth

Lucy's Hearth is a local woman's shelter that takes in homeless mom's and their kids. www.lucyshearth.org I got in contact with one of the ladies in charge at Lucy's Hearth here on Aquidneck Island about what sort of donations that they could use.

Here are some of the things that she said they could really use right away:

baby clothes sizes newborn - 2 years
diapers - any size
baby wipes
teenage girl clothes
woman's clothes - any size & could really use larger & plus sizes right now for some of the moms there
maternity clothes - any size as well

This is the time of year when everyone is cleaning out their closets so anyone who has clothes to donate let me know and I'll put it all together with my box of stuff for them. So anything that you could give would be appreciated and used immediately.

Kansas City Trip

We had a great time in KC! The boys loved meeting Ajax and having him sit on their lap to play with him. We went out to get classic KC BBQ which was delicious and we all went swimming at the pool at our hotel. I'll put up some pictures of all our adventures in a little bit but I wanted to get this video up first. It is so adorable and always makes me smile. It was so great visiting Justin and Bridget at their house. Thanks so much for having us!

It's not easy being Green

A buddy of mine is clicking around on the websites I had put up and was doing the opt out of junk mail that was on one of the links. He goes to fill it out and there is a word verification part that makes sure you are not a computer and this is what his was:

fuca Yw

What the heck is up with that!!

Well fuca Yw too buddy >:P

He didn't end up filling out the form, fuca that. Made me chuckle and I wanted to pass it on.