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Our Warrior Baby
There was a best beard contest - I wonder if she won?
Stu coming over the wall
Friday, March 11, 2011
WARRIOR DASH
Last Saturday Stu participated in the Warrior Dash....I have the heart of a Warrior and the legs of a spectator...so Cohen and I watched and cheered daddy along! This was the MOST AWESOME event I have ever been to. It was dirty and muddy and Stu said the course (the part i couldn't see) was intense. They had to climb over cars, army crawl through mud in a pitch black building, climb over straw bales, jump through flames, swim through muddy water, climb up a rope wall. From what I could see it was intense. They encouraged costumes, but Stu just wore his viking hat. Above is a picture of Stu enjoying his after race beer. Oh...and we were under a tornado watch during the race. It rained like crazy....good thing we had 4WD because we parked in a field and everyone was getting stuck. No one down here has 4WD.
I'M IN LOVE....
Never ever….ever ever…never ever ever did I think this could happen, but it did. I have been secretly looking online for about 3 months. I didn’t tell Stu at all, but he was with me the day it happened and he knew I was in love….he saw it in my eyes. I couldn’t resist any longer and begged him to understand. He decided to co-pilot while I test drove a beautiful Toyota Sienna mini-van….Yep! I said it….a minivan. He fell in love too. I have told myself that I would never own a minivan. I am a liar…a big fat liar…and I take back all the evil things I said about a minivan. We have two SUV’s and they do not compare with the minivan. All moms need to test drive a minivan and fall in love. I can’t even explain how awesome this vehicle is. I’ve never seen so many cup holders in my life. Everything works by pushing a button. The doors automatically open (dual sliding doors I may add) the back door opens with a single push of a button. The seats fold down and tuck away….the DVD player pops out to quiet the kids in the back seat. The two seats in the second row recline…there are two moonroofs….navigation system…premium sound and sound control for the back….heated seats….parking assist. I could on and on! We don’t yet own this wonderful minivan, but I will soon be the proud owner of the Toyota Sienna. I’ll let you know when I am officially a minivan momma!!!
COHEN UPDATES
1. Favorite word is Ball, which he says BA. BA means anything round.
2. He loves to have his teeth brushed.
3. He loves ketchup…really loves ketchup.
4. He can take his diaper off. We caught him bouncing diaperless on a ball in the house and squealing.
5. He is a computer genius….he pushes all kinds of buttons and does things with the computer we didn’t know were possible.
6. He uses his potty chair and a device to crawl up on higher things around the house.
7. He loves the dishwasher
8. He loves the exercise ball.
9. He does not like having his hair washed
10. He loves to dance….he dances ALL the time.
11. He just learned to stomp his foot while he dances.
12. He bites Stu…hard =(
13. When he gets mad he throws a tantrum
14. He does not like when the dogs take his toys.
15. He wants to be very independent….this scares me.
16. When stu walks in the door after work Cohen RUNS to him with his arms out.
17. He loves to play “find mommy under the blanket”
18. He loves his Radio Flyer wagon
19. He loves putting sock and shoes on
20. He loves putting his coat on because he knows that means he’s going Bye Bye
21. He gets the mail out of the mailbox every day when we get home.
2. He loves to have his teeth brushed.
3. He loves ketchup…really loves ketchup.
4. He can take his diaper off. We caught him bouncing diaperless on a ball in the house and squealing.
5. He is a computer genius….he pushes all kinds of buttons and does things with the computer we didn’t know were possible.
6. He uses his potty chair and a device to crawl up on higher things around the house.
7. He loves the dishwasher
8. He loves the exercise ball.
9. He does not like having his hair washed
10. He loves to dance….he dances ALL the time.
11. He just learned to stomp his foot while he dances.
12. He bites Stu…hard =(
13. When he gets mad he throws a tantrum
14. He does not like when the dogs take his toys.
15. He wants to be very independent….this scares me.
16. When stu walks in the door after work Cohen RUNS to him with his arms out.
17. He loves to play “find mommy under the blanket”
18. He loves his Radio Flyer wagon
19. He loves putting sock and shoes on
20. He loves putting his coat on because he knows that means he’s going Bye Bye
21. He gets the mail out of the mailbox every day when we get home.
PHILLY TRIP
We took a trip to Philly to see Jackie, Steve, and Gavin. Cohen was terrible on one flight, but great on the rest. We received MANY judging eyes while on the plane with our loud very vocal baby. I just kept cramming food in his mouth but it didn’t really slow him down…just made a mess. Once we arrived…Cohen was great. It was cold in Philly….we had to stop at Babies-R-Us to get a hat and some gloves. We took the babies to the aquarium and I was blown away at Cohen’s reaction. I had no idea he would love it as much as he did. He was clapping and bouncing and running around.
It was fun watching Gavin and Cohen interact. They don’t understand what to do around each other, but it’s still fun watching them. Cohen’s def. a little rough around Gavin so we had to watch him like a hawk.
We were going to head to New York on Saturday, but it was just too cold so we went to Hershey and visited the Hershey chocolate factory. This was my FAVORITE place as a child. It brought back so many memories of me and Jackie and Julie when we were little.
The flight home was terrible. We got to the airport and realized our flight out had been delayed, which meant we would miss our connecting flight so the flight attendant found us a straight through flight….so why is this terrible??? Well….after we all boarded our plane and headed to take off we were turned around and sent back to the gate because our plane had mechanical issues that needed to be looked at. We ended up getting to New Orleans about 10:30PM. It was a long day.
It was fun watching Gavin and Cohen interact. They don’t understand what to do around each other, but it’s still fun watching them. Cohen’s def. a little rough around Gavin so we had to watch him like a hawk.
We were going to head to New York on Saturday, but it was just too cold so we went to Hershey and visited the Hershey chocolate factory. This was my FAVORITE place as a child. It brought back so many memories of me and Jackie and Julie when we were little.
The flight home was terrible. We got to the airport and realized our flight out had been delayed, which meant we would miss our connecting flight so the flight attendant found us a straight through flight….so why is this terrible??? Well….after we all boarded our plane and headed to take off we were turned around and sent back to the gate because our plane had mechanical issues that needed to be looked at. We ended up getting to New Orleans about 10:30PM. It was a long day.
ANOTHER FLANNERY?
YAY…..baby Flannery #2 will be here around September 30th. We already had our first appointment and even got to see and hear the heartbeat. With Cohen I knew right away I was having a boy, but this time around I don’t have a clue. No sense of what sex the baby is at all. I can’t wait to find out. I’m terribly nauseous this time. With Cohen I was an eating machine at this point. I think I even gained 10 pounds the first trimester. Not so much this time….It’s hard to stomach anything. Hopefully this passes when second trimester starts!! We are staying put in New Orleans the rest of this year since baby is coming instead of trying to move back to Indiana. We had originally planned to move back this summer.
MARDI GRAS!!!
VIDEO - COHEN YELLING a video by stuflannery on Flickr.
Funny Stories
The Story of the Upholstery Cleaner!!
I decided I needed to clean the upholstery in the house and hide the evidence that we allow our 15 months old son to wipe his sticky, crumby fingers on our couch….not really, but by the looks of it you’d think we let him use it as a napkin. The first stop was Win Dixie to get my upholstery cleaner….I waited at the customer service desk and when no one came to help me I went looking for help. I found a lady and told her what I needed and she told me customer service didn’t open until 9AM. Well what time was it? It couldn’t be that early. Oh surprise….it’s 7:30AM…I was up and moving this day. So I packed Cohen back in the car and headed to Lowes to get my upholstery cleaner. This time calling ahead to make sure customer service was open. I filled out the paperwork, bought my supplies, loaded it and cohen into the car and drove home. I cleaned everything in about 4 hours. The next day I asked Stu if he could take the upholstery cleaner back for me since Lowes was on his way to work. He said “Sure…no problem” and loaded it into his vehicle. By now I am in my car driving to work and I get a call from Stu:
(Side note: I rented the cleaner on February 28th ….it is now March 1st)
Me: Hello!
Stu: Hey!
Me: Where are you? Did you take back the cleaner?
Stu: Um yeah…I’m just leaving lowes.
Me: you are still at Lowes…why are you still at Lowes?
Stu: I got into it with the lady at customer service when I was trying to return the cleaner.
Me: What do you mean was it broken or something…did I forget the attachment?
Stu: No…she told me I owed her for an extra day.
Me: WHAT!! I didn’t even have it 24 hours
Stu: I know…She said it was due on February 29th and it’s March 1st. It took me awhile to convince her that February only has 28 days.
Me: ARE YOU SERIOUS?
(This happened the same week as the upholstery cleaner)
Our upstairs air conditioner broke and believe it or not it is HOT here and we need that air conditioner fixed so Stu called the landlord on Tuesday who called the repair guy. Stu gets a call at lunch from repair guy who says I’m driving out to the house to take a look at the air conditioner and I will call you as soon as I know something. (Repair guy has been to our house on 3 other occasions in the past).
TUESDAY: The repair guy checks out the air conditioner, calls Stu and says he doesn’t see anything wrong with our air conditioner and gives Stu special instructions on what to do tonight when he gets home. Stu gets home and we do exactly what the repair guys told us. The next day Stu gets a call from the repair guy:
WEDNESDAY
Repair Guy: Man…you didn’t do what I asked you to do. I’m at your house…I have taken this thing apart and I don’t see anything wrong with it. (He is irritated)
Stu: I thought I did. Sorry. Tell me again what you need me to do and I’ll do it tonight when I get home.
Repair Guy: (Goes over instructions with Stu)
That night when Stu got home we did exactly what the repair guy told us to do. The next day Stu gets a call at lunch:
THURSDAY
Repair Guy: I’m at your house…and you STILL didn’t do what I asked you to do. I have taken this thing apart again and there is nothing wrong with this. (VERY UPSET WITH US)
Stu: Stay there….I’m on my way. (Upset with repair guy)
Me: (I call Stu) Where are you?
Stu: Well I’m at home because the repair guy said we didn’t follow his instructions and that he’s taken the air conditioner completely apart and there is nothing wrong with it. I told him to stay there because I was on my way, but he’s not here. OH WAIT…he’s calling me.
Repair Guy: Where are you buddy?
Stu: I’m inside the house
Repair Guy: Well I’m outside
Stu: Ok….I’m coming out
(Stu walks around the house….but doesn’t see the repair guy so he walks a couple more times around)
Repair Guy: WHERE ARE YOU?
Stu: I’m outside standing by the air conditioner….where are you?
Repair Guy: (Realizes he is not at the right house….nor has he been at the right house for the last 3 days. He has been attempting to fix someone else’s air conditioner for the last 3 days.) OMG…sorry man…I’m at the wrong house.
I think Stu wanted to choke him….unfortunately our air conditioner is still broken.
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