Mom and dad and T-I-R-E-D so far this week and I think a lot has to do with me. Where do I begin? Let's start with trying to corral me to get my diaper changes. I think it is a huge amount of fun to roll all over the floor, try to sit up etc, anything to prolong the actual changing of the diaper. Mom really enjoys it when I have a really dirty butt because then she has to keep my butt off the carpet, try to get me clean and hold me down. Then, once we accomplish that, it is time to fight going into the car seat. We sat in the garage for 10 minutes yesterday morning battling it out over the car seat. Mom is really strong and she felt really grown up fighting with a 2 year old. Once I gave up and got in, we had a long talk. Something about choices and sometimes I won't have one. Blah, blah, blah. I was busy taking off my shoes and socks. I don't fight the car seat all the time, just enough to make mom and dad a little batty.
What else? I don't like going in the grocery cart anymore. It took both mom AND dad to wrestle me into the cart in the Costco parking lot the other night. I screamed and writhed and then finally managed to stand up, seat belt on and all. I got to get out at that point because I was being a bit embarrassing. That was exactly what I wanted and then I got to lead the little Goedel parade around Costco. Good times!
Finally last night. You all remember how dad turned my doorknob around so I could be locked in my room, right? Well, last night about 11, I wanted to come out. I tried to be polite about it and knocked on my door. When no one came, I figured no one heard, so I started kicking my door and yelling for daddy. Sooo, dad got up and came and slept on my floor. I guess he snuck out later because I woke up at 2 and he was gone, so I repeated the whole process again. Mom came in the first time but she isn't as nice as dad and didn't stay, so I gave them 15 minutes and knocked again. Dad came in again and slept on my floor again. I LOVE my dad! Mom can take a hike.
So that is our tired little week. I love testing my boundaries!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Crazy Coincedence!
Guess what I learned to this weekend?! I learned how to turn my doorknob and open my own door! Waahoo! I could taste the freedom! I really didn't want to go to bed Thursday and raised a huge fuss. Mom usually just lets me work it out on my own and she left to get ready for bed herself. She got her teeth all brushed and turned around and there I was! I scared the jeepers out of her but I think even she was impressed. Dad tried to get me down for round two but I came out of my room lickety split. I had this figured out! Sadly for me, dad is very handy and had my doorknob turned around lickety split and next thing I know, the door is locked and I CAN'T GET OUT ANYMORE! Oh! The torture! Just to make them feel even more guilty for locking their only, precious daughter in her room, I fell asleep in front of the door. Hmmppff- that will show them.
On Friday night, Jesse came over to babysit so mom and dad could have a date night. Jesse said I was good but I sure had a LOT of ener
gy. That was putting it kindly- Thanks Jesse! I had so much fun I went looking for "my Jesse" when I woke up the next day.
Saturday was quiet and boring.
Sunday, mom and I went for a hike at Sabino Canyon. I kind of didn't get the point initially because I wanted mom to carry me but eventually I was ready to roll. While we were walking along, mom heard someone call her name. We turned around to see the parents of moms good friend Heidi. She hasn't seen them since college and what a random place to see them! Apparently although they were thoroughly enjoying the 5 degree weather in Indiana, they couldn't pass up the amazingly cheap plane fare to Tucson. It was 81 degrees today so I say they made a good decision! Hopefully, next time we can spend more time catching up. After our hike, I ate a quick lunch and then dad took me to the horse races. I love horses and loved watching them running but I didn't love the wait between the races. I thought the bleaches were a lot more interesting and besides, I wasn't winning anything. I really didn't give dad much time to even think about which horse to bet on so we just watched. It was a beautiful weekend and I enjoyed every minute of it! Have a great week!
On Friday night, Jesse came over to babysit so mom and dad could have a date night. Jesse said I was good but I sure had a LOT of ener
gy. That was putting it kindly- Thanks Jesse! I had so much fun I went looking for "my Jesse" when I woke up the next day.Saturday was quiet and boring.
Sunday, mom and I went for a hike at Sabino Canyon. I kind of didn't get the point initially because I wanted mom to carry me but eventually I was ready to roll. While we were walking along, mom heard someone call her name. We turned around to see the parents of moms good friend Heidi. She hasn't seen them since college and what a random place to see them! Apparently although they were thoroughly enjoying the 5 degree weather in Indiana, they couldn't pass up the amazingly cheap plane fare to Tucson. It was 81 degrees today so I say they made a good decision! Hopefully, next time we can spend more time catching up. After our hike, I ate a quick lunch and then dad took me to the horse races. I love horses and loved watching them running but I didn't love the wait between the races. I thought the bleaches were a lot more interesting and besides, I wasn't winning anything. I really didn't give dad much time to even think about which horse to bet on so we just watched. It was a beautiful weekend and I enjoyed every minute of it! Have a great week!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
My parents are the Fockers
If you haven't seen the movie "Meet the Fockers", go out and rent it because then you will know what I'm dealing with. Mom and dad aren't quite as eccentric as Mr. and Mrs. Focker but lordy, I get a "good job, Kiddo" or a "Nice one" every second of every day. I get applause when I get in my high-chair, when I pick up my toys, when I say something nice, when I stack my blocks, when I eat more than 10% of my dinner, even when I have a poo. Doesn't everyone poo? Why is mine so special? Hmmmm? I gaurantee that when I bring home MY fiance, there will be a Jordan Wall of Fame to see. It will include such gems as my hospital bill from my birth, my first drawing from daycare, all my purple "participant" ribbons, zillions of photos, report cards, science fair stuff, girl scout badges, "lunch helper of the week" awards and who knows what other embarassing stuff. I think mom and dad realize that it is getting ridiculous but they just can't stop themselves. It's a disease. I'm kind of loving it though because I can kind of do no wrong. Tee-hee.
I am pretty amazing if I do say so myself. I'm learning words at a mile a minute and say something new to shock mom everyday. Yesterday when she picked me up from daycare and we walked out to the car, I said "No parking lot". We use the parking lot in the morning to drop me off and she parks in the driveway of daycare to pick me up. I was just pointing that out to her. She isn't sure where I learned parking lot but I did. And then I pointed out all the "people walking" and then "more people walking". And do you know what mom said? "Wow, kiddo, nice words, you're so smart, good job, nice one" etc., etc.
I am pretty amazing if I do say so myself. I'm learning words at a mile a minute and say something new to shock mom everyday. Yesterday when she picked me up from daycare and we walked out to the car, I said "No parking lot". We use the parking lot in the morning to drop me off and she parks in the driveway of daycare to pick me up. I was just pointing that out to her. She isn't sure where I learned parking lot but I did. And then I pointed out all the "people walking" and then "more people walking". And do you know what mom said? "Wow, kiddo, nice words, you're so smart, good job, nice one" etc., etc.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Sleeping is for pansies!
We actually have something to write about this weekend!
Dad had his first bike race of the season and his first race as a category 4 rider. (He was a 5 last year, so he gets lots of new, tougher competition now.) He drove up Friday morning to ride in the time trial with his new time trial bike. It didn't make him quite as fast as he thought it would but he didn't do bad. Mom and I left around noon to drive up. I think mom planned that so I would sleep on
the way up. I obliged her and crashed about 10 minutes into the ride and didn't wake up until we pulled into the hotel. "Sweeeet" mom was thinking (until I wouldn't go to bed that night) Anyway, our hotel was very cool. It had a big atrium with a huge pond and huge Koi fish swimming everywhere. The nice people at the front desk gave me all kinds of food to give to the fish. We also had a glass elevator that was great fun. I got that figured out pretty quick. Mom and dad liked the hotel because it had a free happy hour every night and they made sure to take full advantage of that.
Friday night, I just didn't feel like sleeping. Mom and dad had their happy hour and now it was mine. I finally went down about 9:30 and slept until a really late 5 AM. That was when dad had to leave for part 2 of his bike race. Mom and I spent the morning shopping at the most ridculous shopping center ever. It is the fancy mall in Scottsdale and at first mom was a little intimidated by all the hoity-toity people there. (I wasn't intimidated though because I was wearing my Ralph Lauren shoes. No one had to know they were from Ross and my sweats were from Target) Anyway, we got over our feeling of inadequacy when mom saw the prices on the stuff. She realized how much smarter she was than all those people. Who would really pay $1700.00 (yes, 1700) for a mini skirt or $100.00 for a cotten romper for a 2 year old??!! Crazy people!
While we were busy annoying the wealthy people, dad was crashing on his bike. He is just fine, a little sore but none the worse off. There was a big crash right in front of him and he rolled over another rider and landed splat on his left side. He did manage to finish 34th after his first official race crash. After he dragged himself home, we all went to the zoo and it was soooo fun. I got to run through tunnels, go down slides, watch the Wallaby's and yell at them to JUMP! (which they never did), play on a big tractor and go into the petting zoo with all the goats and chase them around for awhile. I got put back in my stroller because I think mom and dad were I hoping I would go to sleep. Who can sleep at the Zoo??!! I did sleep for about 10 minutes on the car ride back to the hotel. All I really need is a 10 minute cat nap in the car to keep me going to rest of the day and the night- much to mom and dad's dismay. We got back and went to an early dinner because we absolutely couldn't miss happy hour today. Mom and dad get kind of worn out when I don't sleep. I made it until 9:30 again on Saturday night- later than mom!
On Sunday, we went out to watch dad in the criterion part of his race. It was a 10 lap, 30 minute race. He almost crashed again but was able to avoid it this time. Mom and I watched and cheered him with great enthusiasm until I spied the jumping castle at about lap 1.5. Fortunately for mom, she could see the race and watch me at the same time. Dad finished mid-pack, or so mom tells me. We headed home after the race and mom put me to bed at 7!! Can you believe it? 7??!! It was good to be back in my own bed.
This picture isn't of me but of the tiger in the tree. He made 3 huge jumps all the way to the top of this huge tree. We kept waiting for him to jump out of the enclosure
Dad had his first bike race of the season and his first race as a category 4 rider. (He was a 5 last year, so he gets lots of new, tougher competition now.) He drove up Friday morning to ride in the time trial with his new time trial bike. It didn't make him quite as fast as he thought it would but he didn't do bad. Mom and I left around noon to drive up. I think mom planned that so I would sleep on
the way up. I obliged her and crashed about 10 minutes into the ride and didn't wake up until we pulled into the hotel. "Sweeeet" mom was thinking (until I wouldn't go to bed that night) Anyway, our hotel was very cool. It had a big atrium with a huge pond and huge Koi fish swimming everywhere. The nice people at the front desk gave me all kinds of food to give to the fish. We also had a glass elevator that was great fun. I got that figured out pretty quick. Mom and dad liked the hotel because it had a free happy hour every night and they made sure to take full advantage of that.Friday night, I just didn't feel like sleeping. Mom and dad had their happy hour and now it was mine. I finally went down about 9:30 and slept until a really late 5 AM. That was when dad had to leave for part 2 of his bike race. Mom and I spent the morning shopping at the most ridculous shopping center ever. It is the fancy mall in Scottsdale and at first mom was a little intimidated by all the hoity-toity people there. (I wasn't intimidated though because I was wearing my Ralph Lauren shoes. No one had to know they were from Ross and my sweats were from Target) Anyway, we got over our feeling of inadequacy when mom saw the prices on the stuff. She realized how much smarter she was than all those people. Who would really pay $1700.00 (yes, 1700) for a mini skirt or $100.00 for a cotten romper for a 2 year old??!! Crazy people!
While we were busy annoying the wealthy people, dad was crashing on his bike. He is just fine, a little sore but none the worse off. There was a big crash right in front of him and he rolled over another rider and landed splat on his left side. He did manage to finish 34th after his first official race crash. After he dragged himself home, we all went to the zoo and it was soooo fun. I got to run through tunnels, go down slides, watch the Wallaby's and yell at them to JUMP! (which they never did), play on a big tractor and go into the petting zoo with all the goats and chase them around for awhile. I got put back in my stroller because I think mom and dad were I hoping I would go to sleep. Who can sleep at the Zoo??!! I did sleep for about 10 minutes on the car ride back to the hotel. All I really need is a 10 minute cat nap in the car to keep me going to rest of the day and the night- much to mom and dad's dismay. We got back and went to an early dinner because we absolutely couldn't miss happy hour today. Mom and dad get kind of worn out when I don't sleep. I made it until 9:30 again on Saturday night- later than mom!
On Sunday, we went out to watch dad in the criterion part of his race. It was a 10 lap, 30 minute race. He almost crashed again but was able to avoid it this time. Mom and I watched and cheered him with great enthusiasm until I spied the jumping castle at about lap 1.5. Fortunately for mom, she could see the race and watch me at the same time. Dad finished mid-pack, or so mom tells me. We headed home after the race and mom put me to bed at 7!! Can you believe it? 7??!! It was good to be back in my own bed.
This picture isn't of me but of the tiger in the tree. He made 3 huge jumps all the way to the top of this huge tree. We kept waiting for him to jump out of the enclosure
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Bonus Day
It started out being a boring kind of week. Mom is sick, so she isn't much fun to be around and we just seem busy doing not much. Mom is still excited about the hair thing and bought me some cool barrettes on Monday. I liked them so much that I made her put all of them in my hair at once. I looked so pretty! I wore some to daycare today but I made mom take them out before we even got there. I gotta work into this stuff you know.
Yesterday, Tuesday, daycare was closed because the water was shut off to fix a leak so mom and I got the whole day off together. Mom would have been more excited except she felt like poo. We did go to Sabino Canyon in the morning and spent all afternoon outside in our backyard. Can I just tell you how much I (we) love our backyard?! I just love to wander all over and go running and jumping off things
, dig up rocks and swing. Mom and dad just love being able to sit and not see mounds of dirt and concrete. I love it so much, I decided not to take a nap yesterday and spend the afternoon outside. I think mom was counting on me to take a little rest so she could have a break but I just didn't feel the need. It was kind of painful for mom but we did take a little cat nap about 5 watching Giada on the Food Network.
It was back to school and work this morning. Mom was in good company at work as at least 99% of the staff is sick. Gross. We are all good at daycare though.
Everyone have a lovely Valentine's Day- even those of you who think it is a Hallmark holiday. We will send loving thoughts your way anyway!
Yesterday, Tuesday, daycare was closed because the water was shut off to fix a leak so mom and I got the whole day off together. Mom would have been more excited except she felt like poo. We did go to Sabino Canyon in the morning and spent all afternoon outside in our backyard. Can I just tell you how much I (we) love our backyard?! I just love to wander all over and go running and jumping off things
, dig up rocks and swing. Mom and dad just love being able to sit and not see mounds of dirt and concrete. I love it so much, I decided not to take a nap yesterday and spend the afternoon outside. I think mom was counting on me to take a little rest so she could have a break but I just didn't feel the need. It was kind of painful for mom but we did take a little cat nap about 5 watching Giada on the Food Network. It was back to school and work this morning. Mom was in good company at work as at least 99% of the staff is sick. Gross. We are all good at daycare though.
Everyone have a lovely Valentine's Day- even those of you who think it is a Hallmark holiday. We will send loving thoughts your way anyway!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
More yardwork.
Here's the re-cap: Friday night we met our friends Brian and Christina for dinner. I got grilled cheese and this time, I didn't just lick the cheese off the bread- I ate the whole thing. It was made even more tasty when I discovered the cheese dip. You gotta love processed dairy products! YUMMY! Afterwards, we went to Frost for some Blueberry sorbet. I was so good all night and I just couldn't keep it in anymore. I ate most of my sorbet and then made mom chase me all over the store. I crawled behind tables and chairs and ran down the hall. Mom and dad noticed the well behaved 2 year-old next to us and wondered what they were doing wrong.
We slept in Saturday which was good because we all needed it. We had a nice relaxing morning and then mom got to work painting our new walls and benches in the firepit. Mom got to do it both Saturday and Sunday and it was a real exercise in patience for her. She is a "big picture" person and doesn't like to get bogged down in the details so when you come over, please try not notice all the mistakes and paint blotches on the bricks. While mom was busy making a mess, dad and I went to watch Papa Vern bowl. He had a great game and I cheered him on, yelling for him to make a strike- which he did! I had all kinds of fun running around, crawling on all the chairs and getting in the way of some pretty serious bowlers.
Sunday, we all went to home depot for more paint stuff. Because it isn't a project until you've been to the 'Po at least twice for it. Mom finished up the painting and dad tried to keep me out of the paint pan. Deep Aubergine shows up really well on clothes. Grandma Sue stopped by in the afternoon and I wore her out RUNNING, RUNNING all over the backyard. I sure love that game.
It was a beeeeeautiful weekend here with temps near 80, so yardwork wasn't such a chore. We'll post some pictures soon. Have a good week!
We slept in Saturday which was good because we all needed it. We had a nice relaxing morning and then mom got to work painting our new walls and benches in the firepit. Mom got to do it both Saturday and Sunday and it was a real exercise in patience for her. She is a "big picture" person and doesn't like to get bogged down in the details so when you come over, please try not notice all the mistakes and paint blotches on the bricks. While mom was busy making a mess, dad and I went to watch Papa Vern bowl. He had a great game and I cheered him on, yelling for him to make a strike- which he did! I had all kinds of fun running around, crawling on all the chairs and getting in the way of some pretty serious bowlers.
Sunday, we all went to home depot for more paint stuff. Because it isn't a project until you've been to the 'Po at least twice for it. Mom finished up the painting and dad tried to keep me out of the paint pan. Deep Aubergine shows up really well on clothes. Grandma Sue stopped by in the afternoon and I wore her out RUNNING, RUNNING all over the backyard. I sure love that game.
It was a beeeeeautiful weekend here with temps near 80, so yardwork wasn't such a chore. We'll post some pictures soon. Have a good week!
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Voting and Pigtails
So far, this week has been very exciting for mom anyway. We went to vote on Tuesday and this is the first time she has been excited to vote in a long, long time. We are hoping for a "Change we can believe in"! (Go Obama!) Well, mom is anyway. I reside in a "red/blue" house but mom and dad seem to cross the divide fairly well- most of the time. Anyway, if you live in a state awaiting a primary, 2/3 of our house highly encourage a vote for Obama. Okey-Dokey, enough politics....
Mom came to pick me up from daycare today and Ms. Kacee found enough hair on my head to put in a ponytail! Mom was so excited (again! Told you this was a good week for mom!), she could hardly contain herself. I really enjoyed my pigtail too and was kind of disappointed when it had to come out. I wonder if I have enough hair for 2 pigtails?!
Craziness!
This is a picture of me after drawing on my head and eating my yogurt. How much fun is it being a kid?
Mom came to pick me up from daycare today and Ms. Kacee found enough hair on my head to put in a ponytail! Mom was so excited (again! Told you this was a good week for mom!), she could hardly contain herself. I really enjoyed my pigtail too and was kind of disappointed when it had to come out. I wonder if I have enough hair for 2 pigtails?!
Craziness!
This is a picture of me after drawing on my head and eating my yogurt. How much fun is it being a kid?
Sunday, February 03, 2008
The Weekend
Another weekend flying by. Dad and I had a nice long 3 day weekend and mom got to slog it out with the usual 2 days off. Dad and I got to spend all day Friday together, so I started by sleeping in-so awesome! Dad and I had a leisurely breakfast and then headed to the zoo. It was such a beautiful day and all the animals were out. We also saw our friends Paige and her mom Jen. ( They weren't in the cages or anything- they were walking around like me and dad.) After that, we came home and dad tried to get me to take a nap but, NO DEAL DUDE! I was bouncing off the walls until it was time for bed. Poor dad.
On Saturday, we just laid low. Mom and dad had to save their energy because they were actually planning on leaving the house that night for a friend's birthday. Grandma Sue came over and played with me while the parental units tore up the town....until 9 o'clock. They kept blaming poor Grandma, saying she was the old one and needed to go to home, but we all know the truth, don't we?!
On Sunday, we headed up to the fancy mall. We found the new toy store (thanks for the heads-up, A-Team!) What a fun store- there was so much for me to play with! I definately liked it better than the dog store which was my favorite. Dad even bought me a cool new art easle (probably hoping I would stop coloring on the furniture), crayons, paint and brushes. This only child thing rocks! I'm going to ask for a pony for my birthday!
Make sure you get out and vote on Tuesday!
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