Yes I know my hair looks awful, but really, it's about him and not me
Mommy in her cap and gown
Enough about me...my little cutie at 6 months.
Watching Daddy play guitar
Why Toulouse?
3 months ago
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Pictures: graduation and 6 months...
All dressed up for Mommy's graduation
Yes I know my hair looks awful, but really, it's about him and not me
Mommy in her cap and gown
Enough about me...my little cutie at 6 months.
Watching Daddy play guitar
Yes I know my hair looks awful, but really, it's about him and not me
Mommy in her cap and gown
Enough about me...my little cutie at 6 months.
Watching Daddy play guitar
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Swim class, our very own wind tunnel and graduation!
Gage's swim class was supposed to start on Monday, so I took him up this past week to get a feel for the pool and to see if I could take a peek at a class to see what it was all about. Silly me, I thought the indoor pool at the Freedom center would be super warm as their website promised, but no no, it was freaking cold! At any rate, Gage didn't mind too much and to say the least it was a new experience for him. He was WAY over stimulated though with all of the new touches, smells, sounds, etc. It wasn't a total hit but wasn't a total disaster either. Something I learned was that it is quite hard to change yourself and a baby after swimming. Anyway after all of this, Gage and I decided that right now 530pm is a little late for a swim class when we still have to come home, get a bath, eat dinner and be up by 530AM, so we've postponed our class 'til later in the summer where if we stay up a bit later it won't matter as much. I am still going to try to take Gage up once a week or so until our neighborhood pool opens. He loves the water and I'm sure he'll get used to the coolness of it.
So last night, Gage got to see his 1st demonstration of the crazy wind that seems to come through our end of the townhouses. He was eating dinner and facing the window, so he stared in amazement of the chairs blowing around on the porch and the ping pong size hail bouncing off. I joked we would lose another shutter. See, we have this problem w/ wind and our house. We've only lived here for 2 years now and the 1st year, we had a shutter blow off, our door mat fly away and our trashcan end up on the other end of the street. The 2nd year we lived here our umbrella smashed into our glass patio table and broke it into 1000's of pieces and our flagpole was ripped out of the brick. So needless to say, I should've known we would lose something. However, I wasn't quite prepared....
Our neighbor (a girl I have never met, because she lives so far down the street) came to our door to tell us that our shutter had done damage to her car. 1st, I thought what are the chances that ANOTHER shutter could have really come off our house? AND what kind of damage can a plastic shutter REALLY do to a car? Well when a shutter flies off of your house, flies 2 doors down and curves around a tree, apparently it CAN smash into the side of a car and break into 48 pieces and make it look like someone has beaten the car w/ a baseball bat. Are you kidding me?!?! AND homeowner's insurance does not cover ACTS OF GOD....sweet. Exactly what I wanted to spend my graduation money on!
Finally, today I graduated w/ my Masters!! woohoo! It's been a long 2 years and a long 6 months of being a mommy, teacher and student, but it's done now. Feel like I wasted my Saturday afternoon, but I guess it's something I should've done. Gage looked handsome in his sweater vest and OF COURSE was the BEST baby ever and even took his nap during the ceremony! I'm telling you, the way he acts as a baby, we are in for it when he is a toddler! Pictures to come....
So last night, Gage got to see his 1st demonstration of the crazy wind that seems to come through our end of the townhouses. He was eating dinner and facing the window, so he stared in amazement of the chairs blowing around on the porch and the ping pong size hail bouncing off. I joked we would lose another shutter. See, we have this problem w/ wind and our house. We've only lived here for 2 years now and the 1st year, we had a shutter blow off, our door mat fly away and our trashcan end up on the other end of the street. The 2nd year we lived here our umbrella smashed into our glass patio table and broke it into 1000's of pieces and our flagpole was ripped out of the brick. So needless to say, I should've known we would lose something. However, I wasn't quite prepared....
Our neighbor (a girl I have never met, because she lives so far down the street) came to our door to tell us that our shutter had done damage to her car. 1st, I thought what are the chances that ANOTHER shutter could have really come off our house? AND what kind of damage can a plastic shutter REALLY do to a car? Well when a shutter flies off of your house, flies 2 doors down and curves around a tree, apparently it CAN smash into the side of a car and break into 48 pieces and make it look like someone has beaten the car w/ a baseball bat. Are you kidding me?!?! AND homeowner's insurance does not cover ACTS OF GOD....sweet. Exactly what I wanted to spend my graduation money on!
Finally, today I graduated w/ my Masters!! woohoo! It's been a long 2 years and a long 6 months of being a mommy, teacher and student, but it's done now. Feel like I wasted my Saturday afternoon, but I guess it's something I should've done. Gage looked handsome in his sweater vest and OF COURSE was the BEST baby ever and even took his nap during the ceremony! I'm telling you, the way he acts as a baby, we are in for it when he is a toddler! Pictures to come....
6 months old!
OMG! I can't believe I posted pictures last night and did not even mention that my sweet baby was 6 months old! I was so tired after a long week and I had been thinking about how it was so unbelievable all day and then last night, it slipped my mind.
Thinking about the last 6 months is a little surreal.... and comes with all sorts of reminiscing.
*the clothes he has outgrown
*how we couldn't wait for him to be big enough to play in his Exersaucer or sit up
*the baby bathtub he has already outgrown
*how teeny and fragile he was at first
*the sleepless nights
*the refusal to nap
*eating EVERY 2 hours
The list goes on and right now doesn't seem comprehensive at all. I had so many thoughts to write down and at this point, nothing is coming to me, so I'll move to the stuff fresh in my mind at this point. I'll add more to this post later.
Thinking about the last 6 months is a little surreal.... and comes with all sorts of reminiscing.
*the clothes he has outgrown
*how we couldn't wait for him to be big enough to play in his Exersaucer or sit up
*the baby bathtub he has already outgrown
*how teeny and fragile he was at first
*the sleepless nights
*the refusal to nap
*eating EVERY 2 hours
The list goes on and right now doesn't seem comprehensive at all. I had so many thoughts to write down and at this point, nothing is coming to me, so I'll move to the stuff fresh in my mind at this point. I'll add more to this post later.
Friday, May 14, 2010
More Nags Head Pics...
Diggin' in the sand...
Flo is pink and so is my sand bucket!
Ahhh....sounds just like my soothy bear.
Daddy and Gage
Gage and Grandma
Footprints
New favorite picture
Flo is pink and so is my sand bucket!
Ahhh....sounds just like my soothy bear.
Daddy and Gage
Gage and Grandma
Footprints
New favorite picture
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Happy Mother's Day!
So it has been FOREVER since I have posted it seems. Weeks ago I was planning on putting up a nice Mother's Day background, but I seemed to have missed that, so I settled for a nice blue/green and a new updated banner of course. I'm pleased with results, hope you like them as well!
Let's see....yes, we got back from TX on a Tuesday night and had to be back at work/daycare the next morning. That was only 2 weeks ago, yet seems like months ago since I have been attempting to cram 27 hours of work into each day lately. Following our return from TX on a Tuesday, Friday night we headed south for a weekend at the beach. We had this trip planned for months and wouldn't have normally piled 2 right on top of each other. Anyway, it was a beautiful weekend and Gage enjoyed the sand and water. He felt right at home with the sound of the ocean in the background as he napped for almost 2 hours one day! The water wasn't quite warm enough yet, but in August, he will have a blast splashing around. Mommy and Daddy got to go out to eat while Grandma and Grandiddy babysat. Mulligan's was yummy as always. The weekend would have been perfect, if I hadn't puked my guts out Sunday night and been miserable the entire way home on Monday. I swear, I have been sicker in the last 6 months than I have in the last 6 years. BUT, Gage hasn't been sick at all and not many mamas-to-half-year-old-babies-that-go-to-daycare can say that.
Since we've been home, I have been desperately trying to complete grad school work (which almost officially ended yesterday). This kept me up half the night, while I continued to get sicker and sicker. I slept in Wed. am b/c I felt awful but had missed too many days of school lately, so I had to suck it up and push through. Getting 5 hours of sleep each night didn't help and I was miserable yesterday. This morning I felt even worse and finally went to the doctor and as I had suspected all along they said it was a combo of a viral cold and allergies and there was nothing they could give me. Eh, so much for that. Now that grad school's over, I'll make it.
Other than my being sick, my 1st official Mother's Day was wonderful. Luke made me chocolate chip pancakes and eggs this morning and Gage gave me a gift card for a spa day. As soon as I'm well, I can't wait to use it! We just hung out around the house. If I had been feelin' a little better and the wind hadn't been blowing as much, we would have gone for a walk or something, but spending a relaxing day with my boys was just as good. Tomorrow it is back to the grind. Gage and I are hoping to hit up the pool tom. afternoon to prepare for the start of swim lessons next Monday. We'll keep you posted on what he thinks of it all.
I definitely feel like I missed something. Here are the pics from the beach. OMG, Gage will be 6 months old on Friday! Crazy!
Gage relaxing on the beach blanket
Gage sporting his new swim trunks, after having eaten and rolled in the sand
Gage sitting with Grandma Penny
Daddy and Gage checking out the waves
Let's see....yes, we got back from TX on a Tuesday night and had to be back at work/daycare the next morning. That was only 2 weeks ago, yet seems like months ago since I have been attempting to cram 27 hours of work into each day lately. Following our return from TX on a Tuesday, Friday night we headed south for a weekend at the beach. We had this trip planned for months and wouldn't have normally piled 2 right on top of each other. Anyway, it was a beautiful weekend and Gage enjoyed the sand and water. He felt right at home with the sound of the ocean in the background as he napped for almost 2 hours one day! The water wasn't quite warm enough yet, but in August, he will have a blast splashing around. Mommy and Daddy got to go out to eat while Grandma and Grandiddy babysat. Mulligan's was yummy as always. The weekend would have been perfect, if I hadn't puked my guts out Sunday night and been miserable the entire way home on Monday. I swear, I have been sicker in the last 6 months than I have in the last 6 years. BUT, Gage hasn't been sick at all and not many mamas-to-half-year-old-babies-that-go-to-daycare can say that.
Since we've been home, I have been desperately trying to complete grad school work (which almost officially ended yesterday). This kept me up half the night, while I continued to get sicker and sicker. I slept in Wed. am b/c I felt awful but had missed too many days of school lately, so I had to suck it up and push through. Getting 5 hours of sleep each night didn't help and I was miserable yesterday. This morning I felt even worse and finally went to the doctor and as I had suspected all along they said it was a combo of a viral cold and allergies and there was nothing they could give me. Eh, so much for that. Now that grad school's over, I'll make it.
Other than my being sick, my 1st official Mother's Day was wonderful. Luke made me chocolate chip pancakes and eggs this morning and Gage gave me a gift card for a spa day. As soon as I'm well, I can't wait to use it! We just hung out around the house. If I had been feelin' a little better and the wind hadn't been blowing as much, we would have gone for a walk or something, but spending a relaxing day with my boys was just as good. Tomorrow it is back to the grind. Gage and I are hoping to hit up the pool tom. afternoon to prepare for the start of swim lessons next Monday. We'll keep you posted on what he thinks of it all.
I definitely feel like I missed something. Here are the pics from the beach. OMG, Gage will be 6 months old on Friday! Crazy!
Gage relaxing on the beach blanket
Gage sporting his new swim trunks, after having eaten and rolled in the sand
Gage sitting with Grandma Penny
Daddy and Gage checking out the waves
Finally....I have the time to post
Too bad noone reads this and there wasn't anyone dying for this post; however, maybe a few of you would like to see the promised pictures from our trip to Austin. I'll post those 1st and then give you an update on what's been happening for the last few weeks.
Auntie Annie and big cousin Ianna
Grandma Lenz- the woman of the weekend
Baby Gage showing off his new sunhat
Daddy and Gage
Grandpa It and Gage
Big cousin Ianna (5 1/2 y.o.)
4 Generations of Lenzs/Itnyres
No, my baby is not sunburned- TX was just a little too hot for him to handle
Greetings from Austin!
Grandma Sandi, Ianna and Gage
Ianna and Gage, age 5 1/2 years and 5 1/2 months
Finally, the 3 Itnyres- at least for another year and a half
Excuse the pink lunch box, I'm not so good at the photography!
Enjoy!
Auntie Annie and big cousin Ianna
Grandma Lenz- the woman of the weekend
Baby Gage showing off his new sunhat
Daddy and Gage
Grandpa It and Gage
Big cousin Ianna (5 1/2 y.o.)
4 Generations of Lenzs/Itnyres
No, my baby is not sunburned- TX was just a little too hot for him to handle
Greetings from Austin!
Grandma Sandi, Ianna and Gage
Ianna and Gage, age 5 1/2 years and 5 1/2 months
Finally, the 3 Itnyres- at least for another year and a half
Excuse the pink lunch box, I'm not so good at the photography!
Enjoy!
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Too Busy....
I haven't updated in a week and it's killing me! I want to post our Austin pictures and our pictures from Gage's 1st trip to the beach (in the summer), but I have SOO much grad school work to get done right now. It's all over on Saturday and I cannot WAIT. I also have to clean this crazy house since we've been gone for what seems like weeks! We're all sick and exhausted, hopefully things will get back to normal soon. Also, what is up w/ my OLD picture in the banner of my blog?!? Promise to try and fix that soon. Talk with you later...
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