Not much to say...

We've been really busy, but nothing too terribly exciting. Last Tuesday night Jason and I took Julian to the Royals game with some of our friends. We had a great time and the Royals beat the Mariners, who Julian loves, for some reason.

On Thursday, Julian and I met a friend and her daughters for lunch at Crown Center and then Julian and I went to the Royals game. The weather was fantastic as was the game (we beat the Mariners 12-0. Greinke looked great (we better not trade him!!!) Then it was off to pick up Carson and gymnastics for Julian.

On Friday, we went to my aunt's new office building and had lunch with my grandma, mom and sister.

Saturday night brought a trip to the comedy club for me, Jason and some of our friends. It was so much fun and great to have some adult time.

During all of this excitement, I somehow managed to paint Carson's bathroom and to attempt to remember which Transformer all of us is. Julian has decided that we are Transformers now, yet our names change quite often and apparently I am supposed to stay on top of who everyone is. In the past week Julian has been Bumblebee, Jazz, Hot Shot, Vector Prime, Mega Prime, Jet Fire, Starscream (oh wait that was Carson), Scatter Shot, Dredgewing...need I continue (I think my point is well taken)?

Fantasy Football

This is Carson's face when I told him that Michael Turner rushed for 220 yards on 22 carries, including a 66-yard touchdown and scored 40 points for me in both of my Fantasy Football leagues.

OK, not really, it was the anticipation of that McDonald's french fry I was waving in front of his face.

Julian's choice...November 08

If you know me at all, you probably know that I am pretty middle of the road, not conservative, yet not liberal. Jason and I are both undecided on McCain and Obama. I'd venture to say that one of us leans a bit further to the left and the other a bit further to the right (I'll let you figure that one out.) We don't really talk about politics when Julian is around. So last week, we had the RNC on, (we also watched the DNC) and out of the blue Julian says:

"I want to watch the McCain show with you., he's everybody's friend, you know."

We asked where he heard that and he said,

"Well, he always says, my friends when he is talking and he looks like Big Daddy (my uncle)"

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

My sweet baby turned one today....where has the last year gone? It has literally flown!

At one you:

are still a momma's boy (and I secretly love it!!!!)

have the sweetest smile in the world (especially when given a McDonald's french fry)

have the best pouty face in the world!

have taken two steps, but prefer to crawl

LOVE Julian, the cats, baths, swimming, Goodnight Moon, outside, basketball and food (come on he is MY son)

shoot baskets on the little goal (and actually make most of them)

love to hold crayons or markers and try to write with them

have 8 teeth

have crazy spiky cute hair

say:

"KKKKiii Cat" for kitty cat

"bra" for brother
"Joo" for Julian

"ba-baaa" for basketball

"baaa" for ball

"drr" for drink

Birthday Party:

We had Carson's party last Sunday, we had family in town from Dallas, and all (well most) of Carson's favorite people were there to celebrate with him. He was on antibiotics for an ear infection and developed a virus on Monday, so I don't think he was feeling 100% (hence sleeping the majority of the party in Joanna's arms...see below) In fact, he has been to the doctor THREE times in the past week...last Friday for the ear infection, Tuesday for the virus (fevers of 104.6!!!) and today (the dr and two of the nurses sang Happy Birthday to him) for a viral rash and thrush. Needless to say, the Pediatrician's office has us on speed dial! Okay, I digress, the party was a lot of fun, the bigger kids had a blast on the playground and it was great to see people we haven't seen in a long time. I always feel like I don't spend enough time with everyone though.

Birthday:

Today, Aunt Jill joined us for the doctor's visit, On the Border for lunch (the doc said he wasn't contagious any more), Target for his meds, the park for some swinging and sliding, home for a nap and then a walk around the neighborhood in the wagon.


When Daddy got home, Carson (OK Julian) opened presents, we ate pizza (Carson's favorite) and birthday cake. After a bath to remove icing and pizza sauce from strange crevices, he played a little basketball and was off to bed.

I LOVE YOU SWEET BABY!!!!