Semi-Wordless Wednesday: We Saw Weird Al!

Last week we left the kiddos with John's parents and headed up to the Orpheum in Omaha to see Weird Al with our friends P&W.  They convinced us that getting front row tickets would be totally worth it, and they were so right!  We had such a great time!  John and P are the biggest fans, but thanks to John, his music has grown on me over the years.  (Although I have always loved Amish Paradise.)  This is the second time I've gone with John to see Weird Al, and he always puts on a really fun show.  Complete with several costume changes and hilarious little video clips while they are changing (it amazes me how fast they can do that!)  Here are some pics from my phone (so they aren't the greatest) that I managed to snap during the concert.

This photo doesn't do the Orpheum justice.  It was absolutely gorgeous inside.

Waiting for the concert to start.

Amish Paradise, it's my favorite!

Perform This Way.  The costumes were perfect, I laughed through the whole thing.

White and Nerdy, he actually came out riding a segway!

Encore, The Saga Begins.

  John, Me, W, & P.  I stole this photo from P.  We had such a great time!

     


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except that one I took from P, that's his, don't steal that one either =)

It's Been A Long Day, and I Have Serious Pregnancy Brain

Today (Sunday) has been one seriously long day, it started out bad and didn't really get a whole lot better.  I woke up in the middle of the night after only a few hours of sleep all hot, sweaty, and feeling like I wanted to be sick.  I HATE that feeling, but I guess I hate actually getting sick even more.  Anyways, apparently I didn't eat enough before bed, because I was having morning sickness.  Seriously?!  I was sound asleep, and I managed to have morning sickness, ugh.  I got up, forced down some food, took my morning sickness med, and then eventually was able to get to sleep.  I crashed on the couch just in case I woke up feeling sick again; I never sleep as well on the couch as I do in my comfy bed.  When the boys woke up I was still exhausted and not feeling very well.  (John works third shift on the weekends, so he hadn't been asleep terribly long when the boys woke up.)  The boys are such sweethearts, they understood Mommy wasn't feeling well.  They were perfect; they spent the morning cuddled with me on the couch watching cartoons.  I love lazy, snuggley mornings.

I had a giant fail with dinner, I totally blame it on my pregnancy brain.  I decided to make BBQ Chicken in the crock-pot....mmmmm.....  My chicken wasn't fully defrosted so I tossed it in the crock-pot with some water to get it cooking before I added the BBQ sauce.  Well when I went to add the sauce I heard a big crack.  I shut it off and un-plugged it,  took everything out and looked it all over and it looked fine, so I put it back together.  I added my sauce, set it to high, and then let it cook.  Awhile later I went back out and turned it to low.  About dinner time I pulled out my meat thermometer to check the chicken, went over to the crock-pot and realized I had never plugged it back in! AH!  So John and I ended up eating dinner very late.  Pregnancy brain strikes again! 

Just before bedtime poor Oliver got sick all over the couch.  It was pretty much out of nowhere, he had been acting ok all day, other than not really eating a whole lot during the day. 
Thankfully it was only once and we have survived the first 24 without anyone else getting sick, here's to hoping we make it the next 24.  On the plus side he used the potty once on Saturday, twice on Sunday, and once on Monday. Yay! 

Throwback Thursday - Reasons Why I Miss Mass

Summer is my favorite season and I eagerly look forward to it during our very cold winters.  And every year I forget just how HOT it gets here.  We've been in the 90's for I don't know how long, and will probably continue to stay there for most of the rest of the summer.  I grew up in New England and I seriously miss the weather there.  Yes there is a lot more snow, but they know how to handle it there.  If we hit the 90's for a few days in a row it was a heat wave.  I miss the breezy summer days that smelled of the ocean and temps in the upper 70's to mid 80's.  Or maybe my memories just seem pretty rosy from over here.

I miss my family (Mimi and Papa), and my friends (Me, Kate, Sara).

I miss spending days in Boston, I miss the beautiful ocean and spending days at the beach.

I miss Woodman's and their amazing food, the fried clams are my favorite.  Mmmm......

I miss the food, like lobster (omg delicious!), and the "small" ice cream from Carter's just up the road from where I grew up.

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It's A Baby!

It's official, we're having a baby!  According to my 7 week ultrasound it looks like we will be having just one baby this time around, due at the end of February.  Apparently baby is already measuring big (6 days ahead!), so we don't quite have a firm due date yet.  My plan is to post in a bit more detail later how things have been going.  But this explains my absence around here, the pregnancy exhaustion has hit me big time.  I've had very little energy, it's been pretty much work, home, then bed as soon as the kiddos do.  Here is a picture of our little blob, aka baby =)

 

It took what felt like forever for it to finally sink in that I am pregnant.  It took us so long to have the boys, that when it didn't this time, I had a bit of a hard time wrapping my head around it.  It wasn't until after I had the ultrasound that it really started to sink in.  Thankfully I haven't had much in the way of morning sickness *knock on wood*, just the sheer exhaustion that comes with pregnancy.  Things are looking good so far, and we are wicked excited to welcome our new little addition in just 7 short months!    

   

Wordless Wednesday: For My Dad

I took these on a relatively cool June 1.  I dressed them in one of their few identical outfits and realized that they reminded me of my dad and what he wears to band practice.  It made me smile.

Owynn and Oliver

Owynn, he loves his and his brother's bear.

Oliver, for some reason he likes to love his bear by the neck.

Owynn

Oliver and Owynn and their teddys. 

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Yay for Summer and A Very Late Happy 4th of July!

I love Summer, it's my favorite season.  Although I suppose I could deal without the constant temps near 100, blech!  We unfortunately haven't been out to enjoy the summer as much as I would like, but we have been having a lot of fun at home. 

Oliver, he asked me to "cheese" him.

Owynn

Oliver and Owynn, they are getting so big!

We had a super fun 4th of July, it's one of my favorite holidays.  We spent it with our best friends, enjoying great food and great company.  We went swimming in the afternoon, which the boys love.  Oliver likes to just float around, while Owynn tries to be a little fish; he keeps telling us that he wants to swim by himself.  John and Owynn spent most of the night outside watching everyone light off fireworks.  Our friends parent's let Owynn use these giant noise canceling headphones, which helped him a lot.  Thank you W for helping keep an eye on him too, he had fun sitting with you guys!  Once the fireworks started Oliver was terrified, and we wound up spending the night inside.  I felt pretty bad for him, I was the same way when I was little. 

Oliver at the beginning of the night

Owynn was annoyed that I stopped him from playing so I could take his picture.

Oliver and Owynn when the fireworks started.  Oliver spent most of the night like this.

Sunday after the 4th we had our annual scavenger hunt, which is always a blast.  We had a ton of fun, and the team I was on won, yay!  After that we enjoyed a super yummy cookout, mmm....  I love cookouts during the summer, they're my favorite. 

We have some other fun things coming up soon, here's to hoping the rest of the summer is just as fun!

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