Momma's Girl

I have been getting a lot of people asking me why I haven't written lately on my blog and when am I going to post again. Okay, not really, but I do need to write. First of all, Sammie (Sami - however you want to spell it) turned 8 months old a few days ago. WHEN DID SHE TURN 6 MONTHS OLD? She is growing way too fast and she wants do everything quickly. She is pulling herself up onto everything, she wants to walk, she is crawling on hands and knees, and she even has 6 teeth already. Why can't she just slow down and wait for things to happen?? I can see her now when she is 15 years old and some idiotic, greasy boy wants to take her out on a date. She is going to want to go and I will be fighting her to simply wait and slow down. I just want to enjoy her being little. The thing that frustrates me the most is that she won't stay put in my arms very long. It is almost torture to her to stay in my arms. She wants to be moving every where and exploring everything. The one nice thing is that she will still curl up in my arms and fall asleep at night. That is definitely one of my greatest joys! Especially since she is still a Momma's girl. If Stacey is in the room then she wants her momma. I don't mind being second best as long as I can still rock her to sleep each and every night...until she is 15...

Sammie in Motion

Samantha's Workout Video

Sit-ups, push-ups, army crawls - this video has it all for the baby on the go.

Disciplining Children

Disciplining children is hard! Yesterday, Hunter and Ryan kept fighting and arguing with each other, so I took away their Nintendo DS games because that seemed to be the stem of the argument. The fighting continued so I took away their computer privileges for Sunday and Monday. Ryan told me “That’s okay dad, you will forget about it anyway.” That is probably entirely true; however, coming from a 5-year old I am not how to take it. Either he has great insight into understanding my mind, or else my mind is an open book that even a 5-year old can understand…

Growing Up

I realize that my boys are growing up, but I think they may be growing up too fast. Last night, I was trying to impress upon Ryan's mind the importance that he goes to bed after he ate a yogurt and I simply stated "Ryan you need to get ready for bed." Ryan's response: "Hello...I am eating!" That statement sounds too grown up for a 5-year old!!

Scary

I miss you guys!!

Death Cab for Cutie at Red Rocks

Who?? The name is a little misleading as to what the band is, but I love the music and I got tickets to their concert at Red Rocks. It truly is a great experience to watch a concert at Red Rocks - but very loud -- even from the 43rd row!! Here are a couple of clips that I took of the show along with a clip of someone who filmed a little closer...

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Just Like Old Times

My buddy Chad came to visit me for the weekend. He was my roommate at Rick's College many years ago. Our wives don't let us get together too often because they think we revert to our College days when we are together. Not true! In fact, we only stayed up until 2 a.m. unlike the 3:30 a.m. mornings were used to. We had a fun weekend together. We went golfing, went to a Rockies game, went to a movie, went hiking, went to Red Rocks, Lamar's doughnuts, and ate a ton of food. We didn't sleep much, but we had a lot of fun. Here are some pictures:

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What is that?

The other night, Stacey and I were sitting in the living room, when Ryan walking in holding a white paper cupcake holder. And in his matter of fact talk he said "Mom, this isn't one of your boobie things..." Stacey and I did our best to stiffle our laughs until he left the room, and when he did then we completely lost it. Kids are funny! Below is what he was talking about...

Sammie's First Baseball Game

On April 22, 2008 Sammy attended her first baseball game with Stacey and I. The picture is from a cell phone so it isn't that great but we needed to memorialize her first game. She absolutely loved it and wants to attend more. However, she didn't really enjoy the stadium food but preferred her usual. Rockies lost the game 8-6 but Matt Holiday hit a HR to deep center field. Sammie loved that as the crowd screamed. She also loved the loud music that kept playing over and over.