Kordell and I got married October 14, 2006. We rang in the new year welcoming our baby boy to the world! Landon was born 12/31/10. We cannot imagine our lives the day before him. Everything has changed, yet, nothing has changed at all. We love to be with our friends and family and enjoy every moment together!
Ahh home sweet home. We got home late Friday night from vacation and all slept in late Saturday. That 3 hour time difference really does a number to you! Saturday morning, we did what I have been waiting to do for years. Went carpet shopping! The basement is so close to being done so we went to go check out carpet and found the perfect one. I can’t wait to have it installed! Toys are taking over my living room. Saturday afternoon we went to the pumpkin patch (finally) with the Goods to pick up pumpkins. We also went to pick our own apples. After we walked up and down about 8 rows and didn’t find a single apple, I decided I would just go up to the shop and buy them the old fashion way. Someone probably got paid to pick those apples for me so I better do my part with the economy and secure that person a job!
Landon had fun playing in the fields with Cole while we “picked” apples.
After eating out for a whole week during our vacation, I was so excited to finally cook a meal at home. That is probably why I ruined it and the dessert Sunday. Perfect. Great way to start off the week. Usually after being off for a week, the work week drags on. That was not the case this time. Next thing I know, its Friday night and we are furniture shopping. Yeah, we are wild and crazy, I know. I am not sure why it took 2 and a half hours to buy furniture when walking into the store we knew what pieces we wanted. Actually, I do know why it took so long but I won’t get into it. These people could be related to you. I did manage to get a free clock while I was there so I would say that it ended pretty well. As the cashier was handing me my receipt she said “congratulations.” Is buying furniture a celebratory event? Maybe I should have a couch warming party! Wait, maybe I did like that girl after all.
It was a family filled Saturday/Sunday. Saturday we were with the Megan’s and watched the ND game. It was an unforgettable evening. Why you may ask? Because some punks decided to throw a pumpkin at my car so now every time I get into my car, I see the dent and am reminded of our fun evening together! Sunday we were with the Schrock clan. 26 people under one roof. 20 adults 6 kids. It wasn’t loud at all! No really, it wasn’t. I had a slight panic attack before the even thinking all of those people would be under one roof, and how crazy and frantic and loud it would be. Surprisingly, it wasn’t. Now if we would have brought the 3 dogs inside, then it may be a different story! I actually talked Kordell into coming to the grocery with me on the way home so we had a family trip to Meijer. For some reason it helps having someone else around when Landon smiles and flirts with strangers. It’s not quite as awkward.
I am just waiting for the day he calls a strange man “da da.”
This song is for Kordell …and my mom who thinks she knows all the wordsJ
Warning - It says unedited. Honestly, I have never listened to this video,
I know, I know. I am a couple weeks behind. The problem is, I have had way too much going on to even find time to sit down and write my blog! Don’t get me wrong, it has been all fun things that have kept me occupied over the weeks. For example, our week long vacation to Phoenix, Arizona! I have been putting this blog off for a while now, not because I don’t have anything to say, I actually have way too much to say. My blogs are usually pretty long when I do one or two exciting things throughout the week, can you imagine how much I have to say about 7 fun-filled days? I honestly don’t even know where to begin. I even told Kordell I didn’t even think I was going to do a blog about our vacation because there is no way I can type that much. It wouldn’t be a blog, it would be a novel, with chapters and possibly sequels. But, he said I need to do one so we can go back and see all the fun things we did someday. Good point. So, here we go; I’ll tell you upfront, this is about 10% of what it could be. You’re welcome.
Kordell and I just celebrated our 5 year anniversary Oct 14th and decided we would take a week off work and go somewhere fun! We debated where to go, for how long, should we take Landon or not, etc. We decided to go stay with my sister, brother-in-law and their daughter Taylor (3) in Phoenix for the week, and of course, take Landon. We thought it was the best of both worlds. We would have him there and then have my sister babysit so we can go out by ourselves to celebrate our anniversary. Perfect! Our flight didn’t leave until 9:30 pm Friday night. Whoever booked these tickets must have been nuts! No, actually Landon did GREAT. The only problem with flying while he should be sleeping is that he does not like to be held while sleeping. Pretty big problem when he is a “lap child.” He was squirmy for the first two hours of the flight and then the sleepiness finally took over and he napped for the last hour. On the way home, our flight landed in South Bend at 8:30 so he enjoyed this flight much more. He even made friends with the drunk man one row back who was joking about his 90 year old grandma having meth in her carry-on. No one seemed to laugh at that but us. All in all, he was a perfect baby flying. No crying, no screaming, no nothing!
Except a dirty diaper with 20 minutes left in the flight.. Sorry folks!
The first day we were there the adults went out on the town and got a sitter for the kids. My sister’s babysitter is in high school and her volleyball tournament went longer than expected so her father-in-law came to watch Taylor and Landon for a few hours until she could come. He was pretty nervous about watching Landon since he was “so small” but we told him that he had already had two dirty diapers that day so he won’t go again. We get a call an hour into our night out that Landon had pooped and got Bob’s shirt, shorts and socks dirty. Opps! Hearing these funny stories makes adult night out so much more fun!! We went out to dinner, well I guess Jenn, Derek and Kordell did, I didn’t find anything on the menu I liked so I ordered warm nuts. Yes, that is right. After dinner we went to a comedy club where I figured out that I don’t like pretty comedians. It’s too hard to find them funny. To end the night, we went to sing karaoke. I lied, I sang karaoke. Don’t worry – there were only about 5 other people in the bar. As I was walking back to my table after singing “Mariah Carey – Obsessed” a girl in the bar said “Way to go girl, you’ve got some guts!” I am not sure if that was rude or a complement. I took the complement. I was so excited to see Landon the next morning, I picked him up and gave him a big hug and noticed my stomach starting to feel a warm sensation. Yep, he peed through. I changed him and couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t get his diaper off.
Ahh, someone put it on backwards... Poor Bob.
Another great thing we did while we were in Phoenix was go to Turf Paradise. What is that you may be asking yourself? Just the best place ever! It’s a horse track. The ones with real horses that race real races and you bet real money! Ok, it’s $2 for each race. It is the cheapest entertainment ever. Jenn decided she would stay home with the kids for awhile so they could get a nap in so she dropped Kordell and I off at the track an hour before the first race, but that’s was ok with us! I did my research before and found out they were having a special on Columbus Day; $1 hot dogs, pop, popcorn, ice cream and $2 beers. Kordell is good at everything, (annoying, I know) soccer, baseball, golf, tennis, softball, basketball, tetherball (Ok, I really don’t know about that one, but I bet he is). Well, he now can add Horse Racing, or would it be horse betting, to his list. He won 6 out of 8 bets on those puppies, I mean horses. Maybe it is because he actually reads the stats and doesn’t just bet on the horses because of their cute names or because it’s the “pink horse.” Let me tell you, at $2 a bet, you are guaranteed a HUGE jackpot. I think one time he walked away with 4 bucks. My sugar daddy even bought me a soft pretzel and no, those weren’t a dollar, they were three!
We went to the Phoenix zoo one day… that sure was something. I am no Zoo connoisseur but this zoo needed help. No, it needed animals. I think we were there for 2 hours, walked 7 miles and saw 4 animals. We saw a bird, deer, horse and a squirrel that ran in front of us as we were walking. Ok, I am being dramatic, kind of. I think they don’t have many animals because it is too beepin’ hot for animals. I don’t blame the ones we saw for hiding in the corner. It’s not fun sweating walking out to the mailbox! I don’t know how these people do it. Yes, I am always cold but geez, it’s hot there! And it was only October.
One day I volunteered at my nieces pre-school. I thought going to my nephews’ 5 year old pre-school class was a lot. Holy cow. Get 15 3 year olds in one room and watch out! For some reason I get a little awkward around other people’s children, stranger children are even worse. This one girl decided we were BFF and wouldn’t leave me alone. I played with her for a few minutes then said I was going somewhere else. She kept finding me and would say “last more time, last more time, last more time.” She is a pushy little thing. My sister said she is a mini-me. Don’t get me wrong, I did like this little girl, she told me I was beautiful. I love kids. Speaking of loving kids.. At lunch one day there were some Firemen sitting by us and Taylor went and asked them if she could see their fire truck when we were done. These guys had all sorts of toys and gifts for her. I think it’s part of their job description to be great with kids. I think it is also part of their job description to talk about their job, and talk about it a lot. To me. I must have a stamp on my forehead that says “Firemen, please tell me everything about your job, what every tool is for, what every truck does, and how your whole station got diarrheaa after being overheated at a fire” because they all do. Well, they don’t all tell me the last part, but this guy surely did. TMI sir. Please tell me he isn’t posing in this picture?!
I don’t want to say those are my favorite parts of the vacation but those are the ones I decided to go into detail on. I won’t bore you with the details of me and Kordell's date day or night because you probably would find it extremely boring, but it was perfect for us. Shopping, drinks, dinner, ice cream. What could be better? Being with my wonderful Husband, duh! Of course I could probably elaborate on the Train Park we visited, our shopping excursion, the swimming pool we invaded for the day, or the dance party Kordell, Landon and I had while the Moon’s were gone one night, but I’m not. I could go into detail about the $40 dollar margaritas Kordell and I had but, we don’t need to revisit that. As much as we loved the warmth and sunshine, it was so nice to get home to cooler temperatures, our toys and our house! There is one thing (other than the Moon’s) I will miss most about Arizona.. taking your kid into the bar!
Thank you SO much Jenn, Derek and Taylor for letting us invade your house for the week.
Because I thought I was super funny while I was dj’ing on the airplane and played this song, you can hear it too.
I feel bad I haven't had time to do my weekend recap from last weekend. We had such a fun weekend with friends and I don't want them to feel left out, we have just been SO busy this week! This one will be quick and to the point, no fancy font today; we have a flight to catch! First off, we had Landon's swimming graduation, ok, it wasn't a graduation but he did get a certificate and goodie bag of candy bars that mommy and daddy took care of on the car ride home! Grandma and Grandpa Megan came to watch and Aunt Lindsay and Cole surprised us too! We had so much fun splashing in the water with him and can't wait to sign our little
aqua man up for another session!
Friday night Landon had a pizza party with his friends and the parents had their own adult party! There were 5 kids total and it was figured out that if we rounded up all of the kids age, we had a 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 year old here. Yikes! This whole developmental thing was planned out perfectly. They don't just come out jumping, screaming and running for a reason! You have to grow immune to it. Ok, it wasn't really that bad, but going from one 9 month old crawler to 5 little kiddos running around, its a lot! But I loved it! It is so funny how my personality has changed these past 9 months. Some of my decorations broke that night but I didn't care. Back in the day, I probably would have been so mad and possibly even have shed a tear over it, but now, Oh Well! Kids will be kids! Landon had such a fun time playing with all the kids. For a while he just sat in his high chair, watched and took notes.
Saturday night we stayed in again and had the Goods over to watch the ND/Purdue game. Cole has recently learned how to spell stop so he turned it into some song... S-T-O-P. If I had a dollar for every time I heard that, I probably would have close to 300 dollars. He was even kind enough to make us a picture with the word STOP written on it for our fridge. I will never look at a S-T-O-P sign the same again! Even though they were cheering for different teams, Cole found it in his heart to still love on Landon, probably because he really knows who the better team is!
Landon got his 9 month pictures taken Saturday morning at Ox Bow Park. Yep, 9 am, 40 degrees. He LOVED it. Ok, I lied. He was freezing. He was like a bikini model that you had to warm up in between shots. Thanks to photoshop you would never know his nose was bright pink and he had tears coming down his face. At one point his arm was in the air and he just stared at it like "I really want this arm to go down but I am just WAY too cold to move it." Poor little guy, he was too cold to even smile. Jessica did such an awesome job you would NEVER know it was
wayyyy to cold to be outside!
Sunday we went to my friend's son's 5 year Spiderman Birthday Party!! We didn't have him get in the bounce house at this party because a boy spiderman party is way more dangerous than a pink girl party! These boys are doing flips and jumping all around. Oh the fun we have to look forward to! Landon had a good time watching all of the other kids run all around. He can't wait to have his friends over for his birthday party and cover his face with chocolate like his buddy Keagan!
And for your listening pleasure.. my favorite song right now. Landon's too! He especially likes when I sing "Got the mooooooooves, moves like Landon."
Catch you on the flip side, the Schrock's are off to their first family vacation. Phoenix here we come!
