Mr.E and I....The Love Story

Good Bye 2008!  This year has been a good one.  Let's hope next year is even better!!!  

Tonight is New Year's Eve :)  Mr. E and I have BIG plans.....watching a movie and drinking champagne as the ball drops.  What do you expect with a toddler at home???  Plus tonight is our SEVEN year anniversary of when we met :)  So we like to spend a little alone time together to remember our meeting.  I only think it's appropriate to tell the interesting tale here :)

****FLASHBACK****

Back 7 years ago, I was a young single woman who enjoyed to have a good time with her friends.  I lived my my best friend T.  Every NYE we always went downtown to our favorite bar with our friends and the masses.  We always flirted hard and enjoyed the attention:)  

This year was going to be no different.  We had a group of 10 people that took a cab downtown after being locked out of our house and me having to shimmy through the tiniest window opening ( a whole other story).  So I was a little hesitant as to what the evening had in store for us.  We arrive at our favorite bar and start dancing and drinking and having a great time with our friends.  

Well T and I are minglers and we always chatted it up with guys in hopes of getting a free beer :)  Hey I was a poor teacher ;)  It was around 11 when I see T talking with the cute, but dorky guy.  She motioned me over.  I said hey and T was telling me how cute his goatee was.  When suddenly a guy T was seeing came over and swept her away.  I was stuck with dorky guy.  I kinda felt bad for him because he was alone or so I thought.  I thought to myself..hmm maybe I'll hook him up with one of my friends who is more interested in finding a boyfriend.  Guy however, introduces himself as Mr.E :)  I start asking questions about why was he alone on NYE...was he a scary stalker guy???  He wasn't and introduced me to his brother and girlfriend (who are now married).  They were oddly dressed in glow sticks and hats and other obnoxious things I wouldn't wear at the time.  We continue to talk, but I'm getting anxious to get back to my friends.  I wasn't looking for a date.  I tried to pawn him off on a friend, but Mr. E wasn't having it and continued to vi for my attention.  Finally to get rid of him I said, if you aren't kissing anyone at midnight, you owe me a beer.  I thought score free beer, he's too dorky to kiss a girl;)  So I leave.  Midnight rolls around and I look over at him and sure enough no girls.  He motions to get a beer :)  I retrieve it.  Mr. E continues to talk to me and tries to get my number.....no no I don't give my number out to strangers.  I take my beer and go back to my friends.  

Well 2 more times during the evening Mr. E continues to ask for my number.  Finally at 3 as the bar was closing, I gave it to him probably because of all the alcohol :)  He called a few days later and I was busy, but he was persistent and continued until we had our first date a week later.  The rest is history ;)  We have been inseparable ever since.  And people say you can't meet nice guys in bars :)

I am glad that he decided to go out with his brother and be so persistent!  He has made the last seven years wonderful and fulfilling.  I look forward to at least seven more with him;o)

Have a great NYE everyone!  Enjoy the night with your loved ones and be safe!!  Don't forget to make resolutions.  I'll be posting mine soon ;)

Toys Toys Toys!!!

Can we have any more toys????  I don't think so, but with Little Lion's birthday a week away, I'm sure we'll be able to name our house Toys R Us!  Christmas was great this year!  Everyone had a nice time and both Grandparents got the best present from us :)  More to come on that later.........

Christmas Eve afternoon we hit up SeaWorld and surprisingly it wasn't too busy!  We rode the rides and saw the Sharks.  It pooped LL out which lead to a nice 3 hour nap ;)  Christmas Eve evening, we spent at Mr.E's parents house.  We celebrate the Polish Catholic traditions.  There is lots of food featuring fish and a breaking of a nativity wafer and wishing each other good wishes for the next year.  LL enjoyed playing with his cousins and of course TOYS!  Here's Grandma and Grandpa.

Christmas morning is family time. Santa came and brought the good little boy presents.  And what do all 2 year olds want.....TOYS!  Here are some of his favorites.


Christmas afternoon, we went to my parents for the day.  LL had fun playing with the doggie that my parents are pet sitting and riding in the golf cart looking at Christmas lights...it was 80 degrees here :)  Here LL is with Grandma and Pop.

And must have some family pics too.  Look how cute my boys are matching ;)

Well as fast as it comes, it goes too!  Now we hit up the sales :)  Target will be having it's 75% toy sale in the next couple of weeks (yes I'll still buy more toys....for next year as I tell Mr. E).  With 2008 almost out the door, I need to start thinking of my new year resolutions.  I'm sure I'll post them here ;)  I hope you holiday was as special as our family's :)

Merry Christmas!

Enjoy these next few days with your family!  We hope you've been good this year :)  Merry Christmas!

My Angel Little Lion

I can't believe I forgot to blog about Little Lion's Christmas Angel Ornament craft!!!  We had a family dinner at my inlaws house the first week of December and my SIL had made angel ornaments of her kids.  My MIL *had* to have one of Little Lion too.  Even though I'm a former elementary school teacher, crafts are NOT my fort ay!  I dreaded the holiday time when I'd have 25 over excited little kids with scissors, glue and sparkles in my room.  It always ended with me having a headache and the floor was a pretty sparkling silver.  

SIL ensured me that it was *easy*.  All I had to do was trace LL's hands and feet and take a picture of his face and use the hands as wings and foot as a body.  That does sound easy!!!  

But let me tell you, have you ever tried to trace a 2 year old's hands?????  Do you think he wants to stand still while you attempt to hold his hand down for 30 seconds?  NOOOOOOOO  I didn't even attempt the foot. I had the brain idea to trace them while he napped.  It worked like a charm!  Here is my little keepsake ornament that I made for my parents, inlaws, and of course us.  Little Lion my Angel!

It's a Disney Christmas...kind of

On Saturday we went to the Magic Kingdom with our friends C, T, and Little C.  C and C are our usual weekly playdate friends, but we decided to get the hubbies involved too :)  Here are the little friends on the train.

We thought we'd seen a ton of holiday decorations which we didn't, but we had a great time anyway.  We took the kids on a bunch of rides which they really enjoyed.  Here is a picture of Mr. E taking Little Lion on the Indy Speedway.  Mr. E let Little Lion drive!!!!!  Do you see LL steering and Mr.E's hands in the air?????  SCARY!!!!!!!!!

The only ride Little Lion was not fond of was the Pirates of the Caribbean.  I think it was too dark for him, but he was fine on the drop ;)  We also went on The Swiss Family Robinson Tree House and took a family picture.  Little Lion's FAVORITE ride was the Magic Carpet Ride!  He LOVED pushing the lever to make us go up or down.  As you can tell from our family picture that Little Lion only had eyes for the lever.  He is definitely NOT afraid of heights!

And of course you can't go to Magic Kingdom without the family picture in front of Cinderella's castle.  Yup that's the majority of the holiday decorations.  You can tell it's the end of the day with a little boy who didn't take a nap because of all the excitement :)

All and all this was a fun day!  Next we'll hit up SeaWorld and see their decorations!!!

Obnoxious House

Yup I'm referring to our house.  Mr. E added WAYYYYYYY more lights then we had last year to our *dancing lights* house.  Last year, competitive Mr. E wanting to win our neighborhood house decorating contest.  So we purchased the dancing lights machine.  It has 6 lines that are preprogramed to the holiday music it plays.  Needless to say, we didn't win.  However, Mr. E is determined to do better this year.  And this is what our crazy house looks like.  Unfortunately you can't hear the music that goes along with it, but you'll get the point.  PS the video is about a minute :)  

 

Mary and Joseph aka Mama and Dada

Last Saturday night was Mr. E's work holiday party.  My parents came to babysit Little Lion.  When we got home, Little Lion was in his crib with his 2 new favorite *toys*.  My mom and dad were out in the living room with Little Lion where most of our decorations are located.  My mom was showing him all the decorations, tree, stocking, nativity set.  Little Lion was most fascinated by my Willow Tree nativity set.  
He really liked the Mary and Joseph.  Since he's not a big talker yet, my mom named them Mama and Dada.  Ever since he has been walking around the house with *Mama and Dada*.  He even kisses them.  He's so sweet!  At least he knows the reason for season;)

Bubble Claus

I'm trying to be creative this Christmas :) I'm not sure it's working to my advantage. Mr. E and I thought it'd be cute/funny to put a bubble beard on Little Lion and a Santa hat for our holiday card picture. I took easily 50 pictures *attempting* to get a good one. Here is the best.

Now that I got one, I'm not sure I really like it.  What do you think?????  I think it's cute, but I think it looks too pale and maybe people want to see the rest of his body or the entire hat.  Any constructive criticism or ideas?  I may try again in his Christmas outfit.  GRRRR to 2 year olds who don't cooperate when taking pictures ;)  Whew I feel better getting that off my chest!!!

I <3 my Eye!

I'm HEALED!!!  My cornea abrasion is all better.  My eye isn't red anymore nor watery.  I still have a tiny bit of blurred vision, but that's cuz my pupils are returning to their normal functioning self :)  I now must be proactive to not let this happen again!  It is too much pain and trouble for 4 days!!  Thanks for your good thoughts ;)

Now onto Holiday tasks.  Mr. E is working on his light extravaganza outside.  I put up the tree.  Mr. E needs to put the trains around it.  I attempted to take a Christmas picture of Little Lion for Christmas cards last night.   I only have 2 people left on my shopping list. ( You know I shop early!)  I need to bake some holiday cookies for the family.  We have a few parties to attend.  And I want to check out SeaWorld and Disney holiday decorations.  Whew!  This month will blow by fast.  But never fear, I will blog about all these fun tasks :)  

23 days to Christmas ;)