Fantastical Weekend Part 2!

We spent some time at the park because we happened to be having 55 degree weather! That is outside fun kinda fun weather!

I just love any color of blue on him...brings out his blue eyes and those lashes are ridiculous!

Will cheesing it up with his neon green glasses. The picture is not the greatest but his smile makes up for it. Ready for the zoo! Oh...and he is teething. Notice the nice red cheeks.

Will saw her and said, "Cat...Meow!"

Just love those big teethy smiles!

Will and I by the Tiger...one of two tigers at the zoo. Can you see the Tiger?

Right next to my head on the left. HA!

Monkey Crossing! Will was not too fond of them.

We had a wonderful time at the zoo. Although the Sea Lion and Elephant house were closed we did get to see a lot of animals.

Will's favorite, the fish pond. Go figure.

Next time we have a family outing, we are headed to the aquarium!

CSN/Rachael Ray Pan Review!

I was recently asked to review CSN and the Rachael Ray skillet.

Let me tell you the picture on the web site does not do it justice. When I opened up the box, it was packed perfectly and out popped this beautiful, cobalt blue pan! Blue happens to be one of my favorite colors and I love having a splash of color in my kitchen when I am cooking. If you are not a blue fan there are many other colors to choose from. So if you want to spice up your skillet or pans, check it out.

When choosing what to review, I knew that I wanted to do the Rachael Ray skillet and the CSN site is so easy to navigate. They have everything you could want.

When I busted out the Rachael Ray pan, it just so happened to be taco night in our house, which is a family favorite. It's also a good thing this skillet arrived when it did because, I just had to throw a pan away and my other favorite skillet's handle is coming loose.

This pan is super amazing. The 93% lean hamburger did not stick at all! Sometimes that happens when there is not a lot of fat in the hamburger. So needless to say I was pleasantly surprised.

As for the clean up. That was even easier. The skillet was super easy to clean and there was not little tidbits hanging on to the pan for dear life. Once it was clean and dried it look like a brand new pan!

I also loved that the handle was a comfy, cobalt blue. It did not get hot and was easy to handle.

Overall I was VERY impressed with the Rachael Ray skillet and would definitely buy her products from CSN. They were wonderful to work with and everything was expedited very quickly.

Don't you just love that color? So pretty! I have to add more to my collection now.

Thanks to CSN for letting me review this product.

I was provided the product above in order to provide an honest review for my readers. No other compensation was given.

What a Weekend!

First off I have to give a "WOOOOT.....WOOOOT" to my sweet Will who has now been off of his beloved binky for 2 days! It kind of happened by accident when we lost our last two binkys and I thought we were totally screwed because I was not ready to deal with the back lash of binky withdraws. There were some tears but, amazingly not much!

Also Lew is taking on a huge challenge at work this week and Will and I just wanted to tell him we are so proud of him! Way to go Daddy!

First off Will and I went to go and see "Hero on The Rails". A Thomas the Train flick. I knew that Will would love it and he did! I was kind of nervous taking a 2 year old to the movies but I thought it would be such a nice treat for him even if he only made it through part of the movie. I did see a couple of moms leave half way through the movie, but not us!

Will did AWESOME! He even got to enjoy his new obsession which you will see in the pics below. Yes, I brought my camera to the theater. I am a cheese ball like that.

Will munching away on popcorn. I think the bag was almost as big as him!

Enjoying some popcorn at home. I just love that face!

It looks like he is giving a thumbs up to popcorn but he was actually putting some popcorn in his mouth. But I like to think he was giving the thumbs up.

My lovey.

More to come from this weekend. We had a wonderful Sunday adventure at the Washington National Zoo. The weather and the animals, just perfect!

My Worry...

When I found out I was pregnant with my Bubsy, I was completely and utterly over joyed. I needed him.

But my worrying kicked into over drive. The very night I took the pregnancy test, I stopped sleeping on my stomach for fear that I would crush my little bean. Crazy I know.

At about 12 weeks, I had some spotting and totally wigged out with worry and called my doctor immediately! To make me feel better we were able to listen to my Bubsy's heart beat. Dr. H said it was super strong and had even predicted Will was going to be a girl. HA! He said sometimes woman have spotting the first few months or if you hmm...do the deed, it can cause spotting. I told Lew about that and he had a bit of a worry moment too. That didn't last long.

I worried about what I ate. I worried I was teaching too many kickboxing classes and that some how I would hurt Bubsy. I worried about driving to see my sister in Va. I was a constant worrier(if that's even a word).

Then when we got closer to delivery day, I became worried that somehow Will would get stuck in me and they would have to vacuum him out. Or push for 5 hours!

Worrying got the best of me and it still does. When Will was born I was constantly checking to make sure he was breathing. I know everyone does that. But I would have major OCD about it. I would check and re-check, over a dozen times.

When he got acid reflux I felt horrible. He was so unhappy and being a new mom, I had no idea why he was so cranky. Once he got medicine for it, I felt like I should have known.

When Will started to walk and then run down the side walk, I was so terrified and worried that he would smash his face into the pavement. Lew would say he is going to get a skinned knee every now and again Jenny, he's a boy. Lew even suggested we just stick him in a bubble, if that would make me feel better. Such a comedian that husband of mine. Love you!

Will bumped his head on the step and had a huge goose egg, I majorly freaked out and took him to after hours care thinking he had a concussion. He was okay.

Will snagged his foot on our last step and broke his foot. Lew thought I was crazy to take him to after hours care, a month after his head injury. He wasn't crying or anything. Lew that he was okay. 12 hours later, my Bubsy is in a cast. So you can just imagine the worry I felt on my shoulders. He's going to crawl everywhere, have to clean the floor over and over. What if he doesn't want to walk again when he gets it off? (Still working on that 2 weeks later)

Every night I tuck Bubsy in after he is asleep. I cover him up and arrange his blankets for him, so they don't end up over his face. Then I put my hand on his back to make sure he is breathing. Because he is my world and I would be totally lost without him.

Sometimes my worries take over and I feel like I am in my own little, dark worry world. But I guess where would I be if I didn't worry? It's good to worry, sometimes.

I hope my mom is proud of me from Heaven. Because she always said, I might worry a lot but I definitely love the hardest.

Ready Or Not Here We Come...

Since we were up at the "butt crack of dawn"(just for you Brandi) again this morning, I am finding it so much easier to blog. Will is still half asleep drinking his milk and watching his morning train fix and I can blog. Perfect!

Although today when I got Will out of his crib he was pimpin' it with his pj's zipped down to his belly button! One day I will walk in and he will be naked. Guess I waited a little too long to go and get him this morning. Even though it was 6:30am! But he did let me snuggle with him for about 5 minutes, so that was totally worth the wake up call.

This past Monday we went to visit a Preschool near our house. I have always loved it from the outside and when Will was about 8 months old, I could totally imagine Will having a blast there and me becoming one of "those" moms. We got to meet the Pastor, who was super nice. Will was not too fond of him. But that is okay because Mommy and Daddy liked him and the director of the Preschool. I think we might have found our church! That makes me happy too.

Anyway the director took us to the 2 year old room, I was holding Will and all of a sudden he wiggled himself out and said, "WOW!" He instantly fell in love and so did I. He went and played with some of the children and tried to get in on the arts and crafts project they were doing. But I was so shocked! He did so amazing and did not cry or even look at me for re-assurance. He played well, he took turns, and he made himself comfortable.

Unfortunately the 2x a week class has already filled up but the 1 day a week class still has openings. Lew and I were both in agreement that this is the place for him. We just got that warm fuzzy vibe from them. The director said she could put us on the waiting list for the 2x a week class if someone dropped out. So that is nice to know we have that as well. When I told Will it was time to go, he wanted me to pick him up but then he said goodbye and waved to all his new friends. So cute! Lew was like can he start now? Oh, Daddy's. Sometimes they are clueless. Even if you do tell them this is for the next school year. We love him though.

So this Friday Will, will be officially registered for Preschool. I am so excited, but at the same time I realize my little bubsy is becoming such a big boy. A big boy that is super smart and ready for this adventure.

Crib Talk...

Will recently got a new bed for his crib which we are hoping will be a nice transition into his toddler bed. By no means are we there yet, but I wanted him to have a nice comfy bed after a long day of playing.

Well, I think the new bed is causing my bubsy to get up at the butt crack of dawn! We just got him dark navy curtains to match all his bedding and I thought for sure that would keep him sleeping past 7am. No. Will has been waking anywhere between 5:30-6:30am! One morning he was up at like 4am and I rocked him back to sleep, which is not an easy feet when you have a 2 year old that is 37 inches long! But he did fall back asleep tell around 6am. So I am guessing he loved his old bed more than this one.

I am hoping that once he is able to run around more he will get a lot more sleepy. Right now we are still kind of helping him walk since his cast removal. He will walk for a little bit but his foot gets a little tired. Which I kind of knew would happen. So he has been riding his plasma car around the house or we call him the speedy crawler!

So today it is 6:00am and I am laying in bed awake since my bubsy is my personal alarm clock. Then what do I hear. Will having a conversation with his trains. We let him sleep with two small talking trains. Anyway he is in there talking to Thomas and Percy or they are talking to each other, not sure.

But I hear, "Tomiiiiiisssssss, oh no watch ouuuttt!" Then I hear what must be Thomas crashing into Percy. Then out comes, "Cccc(Percy) getch ya!" Totally hilarious! Then they must be racing because next he says, "6, 7, 8, 9...Reaaey(Ready) se(set) go!" One must have crashed into the rail of his crib because he said, "Oh, NO STUCK!"

Gotta love the crib talk! So sweet and cute. Ever since he had got his cast on his talking really picked up. I am thinking since normally he would walk to go and get what he wanted, with the cast on his foot he really has had to express himself.

It's nice to have another talker in the house. But now we have to watch everything we say because let me tell you his ears are open and TOTALLY listening.

Have you had any funny crib talk lately?

Painter-Buzz Cutter-Messy Hair-Train Lovin' Will...

We call it "fire". Will loves....loves.... to paint.

Bubsy's new haircut. I am not crazy about it, but he is not a fan of the haircut to begin with and to fix what was done, we had to buzz it. I definitely miss his locks. I think we are going to grow it back out. He is still my cutie though!

One benefit of buzzed hair, no bed head.

Will looking through his train tunnel. Not the best picture. I tell you what though, he is obsessed with trains. We got him some that are motorized and he prefers those over the nice wooden ones. I would seriously like to take the batteries out of some of them!