Weekend "funny"

Maybe one of these days I'll get some new pics posted here...that would be nice, huh? It just takes my old computer a really long time to download the pics and then upload them on here...this is me whining about time again!!

This weekend (actually, starting Wednesday night), we had our nephew Stephen in town visiting. He watched Nate all day Thursday and Friday (don't worry...he's almost 24 and pretty mature!) and he did a great job. No emergency calls at all! We didn't do much this weekend...just ran some errands on Saturday. Here's the "funny" story from the weekend...

We went to Lowes because Stephen works there and he wanted to get us something for our apartment. So we get there and I notice Nate needs a diaper change. I take him to the ladies room and get him on the changing table. Boy...this was a STINKY and disgusting diaper! And Nate is now at the stage where he will not lay still for a diaper change...he is constantly trying to turn over and it amuses him to no end that we are always flipping him back over and scolding him! This is happening now in the Lowes restroom, only the changing table is very small and I have to leave my wipes in my diaper bag which is hanging just behind me. I was getting him wiped, and he rolled over while I was reloading. So I pick him up to turn him back over and notice that his shirt is wet...soaking actually. Then I see that the whole changing table is wet...covered in PEE! He has peed all over the table, his changing pad, his shirt, and now it is on me because I picked him up! I still hadn't gotten all the poo off and now there's pee everywhere! So I have to take his shirt off, he's naked now, and I put him in the sink (at LOWES) to rinse him off. Of course there's no soap in the dispenser!! But there was an amused lady in one of the stalls listening to me talking to Nate and laughing about what's happening. (BTW, did she offer to help me? NO!) I finally get him rinsed off and realize I have no backup outfit for him in my bag. Rookie mistake. Man, this is a nightmare!! Now I have a naked baby, still need to wipe off the table before I put him back down and get a new diaper on him. This is extremely difficult while holding a wet, squirming, naked baby! UGH. Finally I get him dressed again, minus shirt, and take him out to the boys (who have called during this time to find out where the hell I am!). DJ was totally embarrassed by Nate's "white trash" appearance, and I was mortified that we had made such a mess in the restroom, which I did try my best to clean up. Wow, now I smell like pee and poop because there was no soap in the restroom. Great...and we still have to go get groceries before going home!!

What a great time. One that will cause me to make sure to pack extra clothes for every outing. I guess every mom has to have one of these moments. Oh, and we did stop at Old Navy and bought Nate a shirt before heading to the grocery store. Did I get a new shirt? Nope. Oh well! Till later... ;)

Update on New Lifestyle....

Ok, so it has a week and a half now and DJ and I have been eating really well. The "diet" part of our new lifestyle is working out great! I'm not going to lie and say that we have cut out all of the sugar and processed food...but we have cut out the majority of it! And you just have to treat yourself every once in a while, right? Well, these two food-lovers do!

As for the "working out" part of our lifestyle change: not so good. We are TRYING to get some kind of work out in as often as possible. But with our hectic schedules and this awful summer heat, it's been a challenge to say the least! We just can't subject Nate to the treacherous heat every day...his body temp skyrockets just like mine and after only a minute or two he's covered in sweat. So walking in this heat is out of the question as long as it's in the 100's. I lost 3 pounds the first week...probably mostly from cutting out the majority of my daily sodas and drinking a lot of water. DJ is doing well too, although we're not sure exactly how many pounds he's lost because our scale at home is too unreliable. (I get to use a scale at work that is more reliable.) Hopefully I will have lost a couple of pounds this week as well. We both feel better, so I guess that's all that matters, right? Anyways, that's what's going on in our world!

Nate is back at the babysitter's, and is doing great! He's got one tooth on the bottom that REALLY wants to pop out, but it's not quite there yet. He does get a little fussy in the evenings sometimes and I just assume it is from teething pains. We've got some teething tablets that seem to give him some relief. And if he's really fussy, we give him a dose of tylenol and that seems to work well too. Oh, and the big boy is quickly outgrowing his 6-9 month clothes and getting into his 9-12 month stuff! I'm about to have to clean out the drawers to make room for the new size! Tomorrow he turns 8 months....WOW! Time is going by way too quickly. Love to you all! :)

A New Lifestyle.....

Today is July 5th. Today marks the first day of the University of Texas at Arlington's Summer Slimdown Contest. I joined a team of 5 of my coworkers for this weightloss competition, and we weighed in today. Today I learned that I weigh 174.2 pounds. I'm throwing it out there for everyone to know....because I am going to change this!!! Of course I am not doing this without DJ...I had to make sure he was on board before I agreed to join this team, which we named "The Biggins"!! Today we will start moving and cut out all the crap! I am going to try to lose 25 pounds in 6 weeks.......crazy? Yes, I know. But it's really not THAT much, is it? For my height, I would still be overweight even if I lost 25 pounds. And I will go for more later. Today I am feeling positive and hopeful. Today is a good day. We'll see how tomorrow goes!!!!

Someone tell me....

How do you change your background on these blogs? I tried doing it once, but it didn't seem to work. Now the new one flashes in front of the old one for a second, but the old one always stays. I want to change the look of this blog, but need some help!! :)

Surprise, surprise!

For those of you who didn't know this, DJ's mom and two of our nieces have been staying with us all this week to watch Nate while the babysitter is on vacation. Next week my mom comes to stay, so we are super blessed to have such great family! This morning at work I got a text from Jessica, our niece. She said she was in Waco with Chuuuuuuuck (her boyfriend whose real name is Curt), and could they come surprise Nana and the girls and come see Nate? OF COURSE!! So they started driving and got here around 3:30 or so. Stopped by DJ's work to surprise him, then came to the apartment to surprise Nana and the girls (and Nate!). What a great surprise for them and a good time for all of us! Yes, our tiny apartment is a little crowded, but it is worth it for us all to be together.

Tomorrow is the RANGERS game! My mom, dad, sisters, brother in laws, and all the kiddos are going to the Ballpark in Arlington to enjoy a game. And we're taking the girls, Amie and Jamie, to their first Rangers game. Since I work in Arlington I will just meet them at the ballpark and Lori and family will be bringing DJ and the girls. We're all really looking forward to it. Maybe I'll even get a "hoooooootttttttttddddddddooooooooggggggggg!" If you've ever been to a baseball game, you get that reference....

As the week draws to a close, we are sad to see Nana and the girls (and Jessica and Curt) go. But we are also looking forward to my mom staying with us for a week. Every once in a while, a girl just needs her mommy! And I don't get to spend much time with her when she is here, so I'm looking foward to a whole week! But we will miss all of the spoiling Nana has done, we are so blessed to have her in our lives. She is the BEST!! Ok, that's it for now....goodnight! :)

Father's Day and other stuff

It occurred to me today after I talked to my good friend Adriane that I have let some momentous events pass by without blogging about them. So I thought I'd catch you all up on what's been going on in our household!

At the end of May we took a trip down to San Marcos to see DJ's family. Our niece Jessica graduated from UT in May, and boy did they ever have a party for her!! It was so great to see all of the Vargas family, and meet lots of relatives Nate and I had not met before. And I met Christopher's girlfriend and we took so many pictures that I really need to post, and we just had a ball. As usual, the time was too short but we had a blast. Hopefully we'll get back down there to get the boy baptised soon!

Last week (on the 16th), Nate turned 7 months old! I know I keep saying this, but I am just so flabbergasted by how quickly he is growing up. My little baby is changing so much and becoming a big kid...or at least in my mind he is. DJ and I joke all the time about how he's soon going to be leaving us for college....and it's actually true! Time flies so fast, it's unbelieveable.

Anyways, so at 7 months he is sitting up very well on his own, grabbing objects from EVERYWHERE, rolling, rolling, rolling...still no crawling....drooling a lot (still no teeth), loving his feet and playing with them all the time, talking a lot, and has recently started making a new sound familiar to me from my nephew Bryson: the "huuuuuh, huuuuuh, huuuuuuh, huuuuuuh" sound when he is frustrated or bored or otherwise unhappy. An example of him grabbing random objects...the other day I looked over at Nate as he was playing in his exersaucer and he was chewing on something and grinning at me. As I got closer, I discovered that he was happily gnawing on a popsicle stick! Choking hazard??!! HECK YES!!! I asked DJ, "How did he get this??" DJ sheepishly said, "I don't know...I must have left it on the coffee table." He had eaten a fruit bar and left the stick out. No more leaving things out unattended...we must be diligent now!! Man, babies have a knack for spotting random objects and grabbing them before you even knew it was there. YIKES!!!

So, as we all know it's been HOTTER THAN HELL in Texas this summer. And we're barely even into summer....it's going to be a long one! We decided to start taking Nate to the pool so he can get used to the water...I really want him to be a strong swimmer and confident in the water. Even though it was really hot, and it was late in the afternoon so Nate was super tired....he LOVED it! He splashes with his arms and grins so big...and just loves when we twirl him around and around! I'll try to post a video soon of his first time at the pool, it was a blast! We've taken him a couple times now and he really likes it.

DJ had a really great first Father's Day. He was able to spend all day with his wife and baby boy, and we savored every moment. I cooked him a yummy breakfast (huevos rancheros and bacon), we went to the pool, he got to play his video games, Nate and I took him to Texas Land and Cattle for a steak dinner, and then we watched a movie after Nate went to bed. Well, part of a movie that is...I never seem to be able to make it through a whole movie in the evenings anymore!! I'm so lame now. :) Ahhhh, oh well.

For me, summer has been really hectic at work with freshman orientations every week. Nate's babysitter is off for the next 2 weeks, so we have our moms coming to watch Nate during the day while we're at work. This Saturday DJ's mom (Nana) is arriving, bringing Amie and Jamie, our nieces. We can't wait for them to get here! We're going to have so much fun just hanging out, eating Nana's cooking, and then we're taking the girls to a Rangers game on Friday evening! Nate can't wait to see his cousins and Nana. :) Then my mom will take over the next week. My parents are also arriving this weekend, although they are not staying at our apartment. It's Ramsey's 5th bday this weekend, so they're coming to celebrate. They'll be at Lori's place all week, then she'll come here next Sunday. We're looking forward to her staying with us too...she always helps me get stuff done around the apartment that I haven't found time to do. Little tedious things that I hate doing...she somehow motivates me to get it done! Plus I just really miss my mommy! It will so good to be around her, and I'm sure I'll get used to the luxury of having our moms here to help us with Nate.

Ok, it's late now (and by late I mean 10:16 pm!!) and I'm turning into a pumpkin. More soon! Love to you all!!!

Phone-filled weekend

This weekend, we house/dog sat for my sister Lori and her family. Since I have been promising DJ an iPhone for a while now and next weekend IS Father's Day, we decided that we would go to the AT&T store on Saturday and bite the bullet. And don't you know, Saturday morning at 4 am, DJ knocked over a glass of water and killed my phone too. Not only did I lose my beloved blackberry (aka crackberry), but I lost all my phone numbers too!!!! UGH. So we had to shop for 2 phones. This reminds me....if you're reading this, I probably need you to send me your phone number(s) because I need to replace all of them!! My new phone is ok, but it is not the same and I really miss my blackberry. It magically came on yesterday and I got all excited....then I discovered that the phone thought it was March 2, 2006!!! Yikes, it was only out of service for a little over 24 hours, so I don't know what was the deal with that!

SO...we got our phones and then went over to Stonebriar Mall for a bit. DJ ended up buying me two new shirts and some pants for work, so BONUS for me!! Gotta love MACY's and their awesome sales!! And Nate got some shorts and a new bathtub...he outgrew his a while back and we just kept using it...legs hanging off and all! Nate loves his new bathtub ducky! And he looks adorable in it. Needless to say, DJ has been absolutely glued to his iPhone since Saturday. I can just picture Thanksgiving Day...all the boys lined up on the couches playing on their phones, occassionally looking up at whatever football game is on! Boys and their toys.....

Ok, so here are some pics of Nate in his new tub. Enjoy!