Am I Talkin To Myself?

Today is a special day...it marks exactly ONE YEAR since I quit my job to become a full time stay at home Mom. WHOO HOO!!

Best thing I could've done...and I'm so happy that I am able to do it! Shout out to my hubby who also makes it possible for me to do this!! I can't believe it's been a whole year...that went fast. My son is amazing and I love being able to spend every moment I can w/ him. And of course now I'm gonna take this opportunity to throw some great new pics of him on here to share with you all...

LOOK AT MY LITTLE GUY! These pics were taken this past week when we took a trip to an animal rescue zoo... it was a really nice day, and a great place to bring your kids.

I got some celebrating to do today, as well as some house cleaning, laundry, food shopping...and bathing. SOOO, catch ya later!

Today is a special day folks...I got a FavIcon for my lil blog. Me so proud...check it out above and also right here:

ok so that's HUGE and i didn't mean it to copy that big but oh well...one trick at a time...i need a break from workin on this FavIcon thing. geez.

Pretty cool eh? it's a j. for jaime. get it?


**shout out to Beth (A Mom's Life) for her "Works for Me Wednesday" post - How To Create a Favicon in Blogger - Works For Me Wednesday, where I learned how to do this cool new trick! thanks!

GIVE US A SENSE OF HUMOR LORD,
GIVE US THE GRACE TO SEE A JOKE,
TO GET SOME HUMOR OUT OF LIFE,
AND PASS IT ON TO OTHER FOLK

yeah...that guy-------------------------------------------------------->

Now I personally was a Bo Bice fan that season, and Constantine and his "gaze" into the camera kinda gave me chills. not the good kind...but I do remember that my mom was a HUGE fan Constantine's that season. So I could totally picture her going all lil girl giddie stalker-like on him.

But the cool thing is that he didn't just turn around and keep walking...he turned around to my mom and started talking to her! She said she asked how his career was doin and he said really well and that he was working really hard. He was playing in "Jesus Christ Superstar" in a nearby town and was in her town going to the beach (with a group of fellow Greek girl groupies, she added). He even invited her to go see him in the play. She was so starstruck that she never even got his autograph! GASP! cuz, that like...may be worth something someday...to some one.

Anyways...she just kept on saying how gorgeous he was and used the word "statuesque" over and over...like a Greek God? lol...but she said he was pretty built and in great shape...he is very tall too, like over 6 ft. I was visiting there later that day and when we all took a long walk on the boardwalk and thru town...I ADMIT IT...I was actually lookin for him- hey, ya never know.

So there ya go folks...another reason to go visit the Jersey Shore this summer. lol!

It started out a great day. My friend and I took our sons to the annual Bike Rodeo in town where they have all sorts of cool stuff, and also try to educate kids about bike safety.

There was even a helicopter that landed in the baseball field and I got to take my son right up to it! He was in HEAVEN. A co-pilot took our picture...









After hours spent in the hot sun, we were sweaty and dirty and hungry and tired. SO we decided to take the kids to McDonald's and let them play in the playplace while we actually got to attempt to relax and cool off. Well, before I go there let me take a step back. You see there was firetrucks at the "rodeo" and they sprayed water from high in the sky out of the ladder hose. My son had a blast and got soaked...so I took off his pull-up (training pants) and left his shorts on. We are in the last stages of potty training (so i hope!) and figured we're outside...let's see how this goes! He always tells me when he has to pee if he doesn't have a pullup on at home.

SOOOO. We get to McD's and I said to my friend, "I should probably put a diaper on him, I'm nervous something may happen". To which she responded, and I agreed, "he just peed before we got here, he should be ok. And he usually tells you. This can be a test to see how he does".



WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!



He plays a little in the playplace...eats his Happy Meal...goes back to play for a few...

Next think i hear from high above, "Mommy my poopy fell out of my pants! Mommy my poopy fell out my pants!" There was a Dad there w/ his little girl...and i think one other small family. I don't know if/who heard my son...but in seconds i was crawling up that playground and grabbed my son---who was also covered in PEE all over the front of his pants...I snatched him up, told him to SHHHH...went over to my table, grabbed my bag, gave my friend the "LOOK" as i said, "I GOTTA GO"! I took him to the bathroom where he kept on advertising that he had to show me where the poopy was so i could clean it. After successfully shutting him up as to not be completely humiliated...we got cleaned up and changed and I went back to the playplace. I told my friend what happened QUIETLY. At that point there was only one other Dad there w/ his daughter.


She looked at me and said, "SOO, someone's child pooped in there and Gavin crawled thru it? Should we go tell them so it gets cleaned up?" So I again grabbed my son and flew out the door as to NEVER return to that McDonald's again....and my friend proceeded to tell the girl at the register that some lil kid had an "accident" in the tunnel and her friend was so upset that her son crawled thru it that they left...what a great friend I have!

HEY?! At least we told them...most people would just leave without sayin a word.
And so THAT is my most humiliating toddler story to date.