just when i got used to 5:30 splittsville

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I'm still at work & it's 9:20pm!!!

todd's slumper party

slept over sherri's last night to keep her & Todd company. Boy does this little baby have an amazing set of lungs....he can cry at the snap of a finger & then start laughing two secs later!

One of the things he really enjoys is a bath (and yes, his little tub sits in the sink)...he was soooooooooo cute, but pictures are not going up due to the pee-pee presence in all :)

riding on the NJ turnpike on TWO wheels!

Q: how many dads arrive on a Harley?

A: mine does!

a tree grows in.......

my hubby bought me a baby japanese cherry blossom tree for our front yard
check back next week to see the blossoms!

Todd does Hoboken Brunch

this past saturday I needed to get my Todd fix.....and when showing up in Hoboken at 12:30, we needed to go where all the other Hoboken-ers go.....TO BRUNCH!

Here I am pushing Todd....

Derek thought he could do a better job....
well, Todd arrived at the cafe in one piece, but only to fall asleep (again) as soon as he looked at the menu (no matter how hard I tried to convince him that eggs benedict is worth the trip, he was ok with just mom's milk....whatever!)
once back from brunch it was time for me to change him - he's being such a good boy!
then some snuggily time with his aunt mishy (and her fingers)....
then it was time to be facinated with derek & the oinky pig...
i think derek is teaching him to pop the oinky pig in the snout!!

Matty J. w/ Maddie K.

matthew is now going on 2 weeks old (13 days to be exact)....so what is a baby to do?

SLEEP!

maddie is too excited to sleep.....ya think he hears her?
how can an infant sleep thru a cute kiss like that?????
ok....awake time
more like....feeding time!!!!

another restless night

got home around 9pm last night...chugged the last of the triaminic & went to bed. Around midnight randy woke me up & made me take a swig of nyquil (guess I was the only one who was able to sleep thru my coughing fit)....and I do feel a bit better today!

how they grow!

this past weekend randy & i celebrated with some of derek's Staten Island buddies for a post b-day dinner. Looking back at some of the pics over the last 4 years is amazing (for one thing, I was taller then all of them). (l-r) anthony, derek, brett
Here is derek with his friends exactly 3 years ago:

(l-r) mike, brett, boris, anthony, derek

WOW...good thing I'm not going thru a mid life crisis or anything!

tastes like grape

another restless night, another day chugging the triaminic....i wish this cough will FINALLY stop!

Squeezing on the bus....

i had a very strange trip into work today. After sleeping for the last 2 days (I was really siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick on sunday & monday), i figured i'd sleep on the express bus in the morning. I always try to sit in an inside window seat (it gives me a place to wedge my iriver). Well, two stops after i got on the bus a lady sat down next to me....I was almost sleeping already, but within 1 minute I was wide awake. I'm not EXACTLY sure what she was doing - but it was either BUTT SQUEEZES or KEGEL SQUEEZES. You think I'm kidding??? I dont kid about this stuff - I mean, it's an express bus & we don't have separate seats....i can feel her thighs clenching & releasing! Luckily i felt so crappy, after 5 minutes I fell asleep. I woke up as we were entering the Lincoln Tunnel.....squeezer-woman was asleep, but on the ramp up the P.A. I felt the squeezing begin again.

So weird!!!!!

Todd goes shopping!!!!

what is Todd to do when Aunt Shelly comes over on a friday afternoon (april 6th)...why, go shopping!!!! Here is Sherri bundling Todd up in the cutest (preppie) outfit & loading him into his carseat

I can tell you that Todd is NOT a hat lover...but his mommy is, so the cute hat stays on!

Once we got back it was time for dinner...Thai for the grown-ups, but while the food is on it's way, I got to feed Todd

the more i look at todd's face, the more i see baby sherri!!!

Mr Matty J has arrived!!!!

When the babies come, they come full force.....just over 2 mths ago Sherri gave birth to TJ and just a few weeks before that my cousin Emma (Howie's wife) gave birth to a gorgeous little boy named Landon.

Here is my newest "nephew" (I just looooooove being everyone's auntie) , aka Barbara & Andy's son:
Matthew Jay

Born at 7:50pm on Monday (yes...he's a passover baby)

weight: 8lbs 2 oz
size: 20.5 inches

Happy B-day Derek!!!

Happy B-Day To You...Happy B-Day To Yoooooooooou, Happy B-Day....Happy B-Day...Happy B-Day To Yoooooooooooooooooooou!

I think he had a pretty good day......he got the present he's been waiting a long time for:

wonder if it hurt...notice he's sitting pretty damn straight up in the chair!!!