1994

On This Day in Our History-May 19th

1994- On this day 14 years ago, Amanda, Jaime, Vivian, and I went to Dallas to go ice skating and to the Magic Time Machine! I was having a hard time finding something for today, so I started opening all those journals to May 19. This is what I found! I'm guessing we were finished with our classes by this time, but there's no mention of it in my journal! It sounded like Amanda and I had fun ice skating, and Jaime and Viv had fun shopping! We ate at the Magic Time Machine where the waiters and waitresses are dressed up as different characters, and their main objective is to embarrass you! Well, it seems Amanda was gulping down her cokes, so they just brought out a pitcher for her to drink out of! I went back into my photo albums and scanned this picture of Amanda! I have this picture, one of our waiter the jester, and one of the Magic Time Machine sign. Wow, have things changed. Today, I would have taken about 100 pictures of an exciting day like this!

Happy Birthday, Lily!

On this Day in Our History-May 18th

2006-Lily Renee was born to Paul's brother and his wife! Today she turned 2 years old! I just can't believe she's 2 already! We had a wonderful time at Lily's party today! She seemed to have a great time, too!

Happy Birthday, Lily!

On This Day In Our History!

I want to start a new dynamic to my blogging. As most of you know, I'm a documenter. This means that I enjoy documenting our life in many different ways. I like to take a lot of pictures, save ticket stubs, this blog, my favorite, keep a calendar, and many other ways I can't think of right now. I have calendars that I've kept since 1993. I just write down what events or things we do during the day. Since Paul David, I've written down a lot of his milestones. I even have journals from 93-95. Oh, those are filled with some interesting stories! So all this leads to my new idea for my blog:

In addition to the daily happenings of our own Paul David, I want to have an "On this Day in Our History" story to share with you guys! I want it to be daily, but as I've scoured my calendars, I'm finding that each day doesn't have something and others have more than one thing! A lot of the monumental happenings will also be Paul David's milestones he's met over the last 19 months.

So let's begin:

ON THIS DAY IN OUR HISTORY-May 17th

2002-Today, 6 years ago, was Paul and my first date! This is the day we met! So this is an appropriate place to start because this is where our history really began. We went to Outback Steakhouse that night. I remember exactly what I wore (black capri outfit that had dangly beads around the bottom of the top and legs). I also had on some shoes that I had only worn one time, so my biggest fear that night was that I would slip and fall on the slick hardwoods at Outback! After we ate, we went and saw "The New Guy." We had such wonderful conversations, and it was so comfortable to be with him. It felt like we had known each other forever! I'm so glad he called!

AND

2006-2 years ago on this day, I was 4 months pregnant with Little Man and I had just finished talking to Paul on the phone (he was in San Francisco). After our phone call, I was laying in bed, and felt this little thump on my belly. Then if felt like a bubble burst in my tummy. From then on, my stomach was in constant motion...kind of like little man now!

Google Reader

I mentioned the other day that Google is very smart, but I found a whole new reason to love Google yesterday! I'm sure I'm way behind on this technology, but I really think it's going to change the amount of time I'm on the computer by a lot! I have been spending a lot of time going to each blog in my favorites to check if there's any new entries. Well, this Google Reader checks on all the blogs you want and shows you when there's new entries without going to each one. It kind of looks like your e-mail inbox and shows when there's a new entry! You subscribe to each blog you want to keep up with. So when I find a new blog, I just copy the address and paste it into my Google Reader. Now I can just check Google Reader throughout the day instead of each individual site.

I just went to google.com, then under the More tab, found Reader. I hope this helps others out there! Let me know if you find anything you think would make my life a little easier!

Outside Fun!

I have not been wanting to take Paul David outside much because of the cast and dirt and all, but this morning I gave in! He had fun just running around the front yard, and I had fun playing photographer. It must have worn him out because we're on hour 2 of his nap! Since he was still sleeping so well, I decided to play around on Picasa like Krystal had been telling me about! Oh, man, it's great! I've been wondering how she has the patience to upload all those pictures one at a time...well, I just discovered that she doesn't upload one at a time! This program does it all for you! That Google sure is smart!

So here are some of my favorite shots from this morning! Look at how sweet this baby is!

It's a Deal!

Ok, for all you deal seekers like me, McDonald's has a great promotion today. Until 7 pm tonight, you can buy a medium or large drink (chocolate milk doesn't count...I just tried) and get a free Southern Style Chicken Sandwich. It's the one that's like Chick-fil-A's, but it's just not as good. I guess that may be why they're free! They are edible, so it would make a great lunch, snack or dinner. Happy Eats!

By the way, I found out about this deal on one of my favorite new websites www.moneysavingmom.com She's always posting great finds and deals! Then, I saw it advertised on TV last night!

Oh, The Things Paul David Can Do...

Paul David can...

Beg and Beg and Beg to brush his teeth all day!

Here's What He's wanting: Yes, he got it! I figure brushing your teeth is a good habit, so I give in pretty easily.

He's so happy to just brush his teeth!

Paul David can...

Finally eat mashed potatoes with a fork/spoon!
Scoop it up...

Put it in my mouth:


Mashed Potato Beard!!

Paul David can...

Climb on Daddy!
He goes crazy when someone lays down on the floor!

He climbs all over us. He was giving Daddy lots of good kisses, too.

Of course that's when the battery died on the camera.

Even with a cast!

We went back to the Orthopedic today for x-rays. It's healing well, and hopefully June 4th will be Cast-Off Day! Yay!

We're Going On A Trip...

In our favorite Rocket ship; Going through the sky, Little Einsteins!

I've been wanting to blog these pictures for a while now, so here we go! Paul David enjoys the Disney cartoon Little Einsteins. At some point in every show, they always need Rocket to fly Super Fast. They go through the musical speeds to get him flying fast. Each speed has a different hand motion, and Paul David has started to mimic them. So cute! Here's his version of flying Super Fast!

Start at Adagio. Pat the beat on your legs, slowly.

Moderato---Now, pat the beat on your tummy a little faster.

He missed his tummy by a little, but that's what he did when I said it!

Allegro---Pat the beat on your shoulders even faster.

I love this one...they cross their arms and pat the opposite shoulder.

This is the one he does most often.

Presto---Now put your hands in the air as high as you can and shake your whole body!

Now where flying SUPER FAST! Hold on tight 'cause here we go!

There's Paul David's version! Cartoons these days are all about teaching them something...which I can't say is a bad thing! He loves them!

Happy Mother's Day!!

I hope everyone's having a wonderful Mother's Day! I got the cutest card---Every "Birdy" loves me! Being a Mother has got to be hands down the best thing that's ever happened to me! Each day is different and amazing in its own special way! God has blessed us with the perfect child for our lives...I can't even remember what it was like without him!

Cast and Astros

Paul David got his hard cast on yesterday morning. He was so awesome. We gave him a safety pop to suck on while they wrapped it, and he hardly made a peep! We had to get baby blue because the orange that they had was neon orange, not regular Longhorn orange! Oh, well, the baby blue will be easier to sign. He doesn't have to wear the sling anymore either...thank goodness because that thing was getting dirty, and I was washing it every night! So far, we haven't been hit in the head with it. I guess it'll happen soon enough! Oh, and the best part is that he only has to wear it 3-4 weeks! Praise God!

Still Climbing! That's Dorito dust on his mouth!

Last night we went to Paul David's third Astros Game of the season! We had a fun time watching the game...okay, Paul David had a fun time eating, drinking my drink, eating, watching the Train, playing with the kid behind us, eating and every once in a while clapping when the crowd clapped! So, he did participate some! It's amazing how well he does do at the games considering how much he's on the go and moving when we're at home! We even stayed until the end of the game to see the Astros win with a walk off single! Fun times! Paul and I are going back tonight without Paul David, and I'm going to keep score for the first time this season...I'm so excited!