Wednesday, July 28, 2010

My soon-to-be amputee...

Well, it's Wednesday today.
It's been over a week since Frank started complaining about his legs and the infections.
It's been almost a week since i told him to go to the doctor's and get it checked out.
He finally went on Monday.
He got medicine.
It still doesn't feel better.
It actually feels worse.
He can barely walk.
We are on our way to the ER.
Why don't men listen in the first place?!

Woo hoo, Pennsylvania!!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Its been a while...

It's been a while...since Frank and I went to a movie. I asked him, "When was the last time we went to a movie". No idea. I'm pretty sure it's been at least 9 months, if not more!
So, thanks to my mom and Gary, Frank and I got to go to a movie this afternoon! After we got out of church, we hung out for a bit, and then we bolted! While my mom distracted Mady, Frank and i ran out the front door. We jumped in the car and headed to Bloom. Our plan was to eat first, at Bennigan's, and then head to the afternoon matinee of Grown Ups.
Let me tell you how amazing the new theater is in Bloom. It's almost just like an Imax theater, with the wider seats that recline, and the larger leg room. And it's lit better in the aisles, and it's so much cleaner. Wow, i don't remember being this picky BEFORE i had Mady, hahaha.
The movie itself was really funny, and it had a great story behind it too. A double winner in our books.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Livin for the weekend...

So we spent the weekend camping and boating on the river. It was such a good time!

Friday night we drove down in the rain (what i thought was going to be a bad sign for the weekend to come). We rented a cabin at a cute little campsite, and it came with a dock for the boat. By the time Frank got home from work and we actually got on the road with the boat, when we got there it was time to eat dinner. I love cooking over a camp fire!

Saturday morning the guys all went golfing, so us girls and the kiddos went out on the boat and swam and floated and drove really fast, lol. After the guys got back and we had lunch, we spent the rest of the day on the boat, swinging on the rope swing, tubing, skiing, swimming...you know, just having fun. We went out after dinner too, for some night boating :)

Then Sunday, we packed up our stuff and spent the day on the boat before coming home.

All in all, it was a very fun weekend...despite the minor sunburn and the dozen bug bites, hehehe.



Thursday, July 15, 2010

It's all about proximity...

Yesterday, we were invited to my best friend Sara's house to have dinner and play with her new baby Caleb. Of course, i'll take any chance i can to see that little cutie pie, and they love to have Mady over too, so it works out great!
Mady napped until about 15 minutes before we had to leave, so when she woke up, it was a bit of a rush to get out the door. I had to do her hair, so i thought i would kill 2 birds with 1 stone and give her some blueberries and juice while i did it. Well, she only managed about 6 blueberries and 3-4 sips of juice before i was done, but that was good enough to tide her over until we get there and had dinner. Well, we packed up the car and we were off.
We made it to about 10 minutes from their house, when we heard this noise coming from the backseat. It took us about 3 seconds to realize what it was...puke! Of course, Frank looks at me and says "What is going on", to which i yelled "Pull the car over!!". I must have been talking with my 3rd head, because he was like "Where should i pull over". Duh dear! "Right here!" I screamed. Thank goodness we were right by a smaller, less used road.
I unbuckled and jumped out of the car and opened the back door to see my poor kid strapped into her carseat, practically erupting blueberry puke. It was horrible, for both of us. I quickly unstrapped her and put her on the ground, but of course she was done puking already. I grabbed a plastic bag from the car and a towel, and i started taking her clothes off and cleaning her up. Frank got on the phone and called Sara and Jared and let them know we would be a bit late. We had to take the carseat out of the car and dump it upside down to get all the, ewww, chunks, out of it so we could sit her back in the seat.
I had Frank call his dad, who thank god only lives about 2 minutes from where we were at the time of the incident, and we drove over there. Thank goodness for that. They have a spare carseat that, thankfully, we borrowed, and they were nice enough to wash Mady's clothes and the carseat cover while we were out. We had to stop at KMart and buy Mady a whole new outfit, too!
Thankfully, Mady was fine after that one incident, and, knock on wood, she has been fine since. At least we were close to their house when everything went down, and not in the middle of nowhere. After i realized that Mady was ok, i'll admit it, i was pretty sad that my new car got the puke treatment so soon. I guess it's officially the family car now! Thank god for dark interior.

Friday, July 9, 2010

More ways to beat the heat...


Today we went to Oppenheimer waterpark in Sunbury. My friend Shannon had told us about it while we were on vacation. I never knew it was there! Imagine that, living so close all these years, and i never knew it was there! So Shannon and i made plans to meet there with the kids and play.
And get this, they provide you with a FREE LUNCH, yes i said free, for the kids AND the adults!! Yup, adults too! It's not super fancy, but it definately does the job. Today's lunch was a PB&J sandwich, a cup of peaches, a banana and a milk.

The waterpark itself was really fun. There was a bunch of sprinklers and things all built into the ground for the kids to play on and around. And surrounding the water portion were slides, swings and all kinds of playsets for the kids to play on when they don't want to be in the water. And right behind the building that is there is a basketball court and a big open part, so the older kids can play basketball/soccer or whatever they want. It's so nice! We are definately going back there a few times!

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Fluency...

I've found lately that i am becoming more and more bilingual. What is my second language, you ask?! Baby-ese. And let me tell you that, yes indeed, it IS a language all of it's own.

I used to see and talk to my friends babies, and i never had any idea what they were saying. I would get, maybe, 1 or 2 out of every 15 words...and even those were wrong half the time. But their moms always knew what they were saying, clear as day. I always wondered what that would be like,and now i know.

It's as if i've emmersed myself into a different culture, and i'm slowly picking it up as i go. Now, when we're out somewhere, i can usually understand a good chunck of what Mady is saying while nobody else has half a clue. It kinda makes me feel special, in an odd kinda way, hahaha.

Picture of the week...

Picture of the week...