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Kelly, I am so sorry I didn't mean to hijack your PTR with the mention of Girls Just Want to Have Fun. Our VHS tape we had Mary Poppins on growing up followed Girls Just Want to Have Fun. We watched them religiously until the tape physically broke!
Nothing new with planning. Last night we (Mike, Dylan & I) went to the Cardinals game. Thsi time we were in a luxury box - you know a/c, free food & drinks, etc. It's a nice place to bring Dylan since he can run around and doesn't have to stay in a seat. And what was better was that we won!!! YEAH!! This is the 4th game I've been to this year and so far only had to purchase tickets to one game - how am I getting so lucky?! Maybe I should play the lottery.
Fun, fun, fun......so glad you got to enjoy another ballgame!!!
I'm not a huge sports fan, but living with a house full of men, you learn to adapt!! Peter & Nathan love to go to ballgames....usually to watch the Orioles in Baltimore (I know....they stink!), but their favorite is football. We all 3 will go to see the Carolina Panthers vs Chicago Bears in Oct!!!
It's to your advantage that you love sports.....as you will have a housefull of "men" as well!!!
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Just stopping in to say Hi! I remember the stress over the big girl bed. I think they both did just fine. I hope it continues to go well with Dylan.
Sept 23rd will be here before you know it I'm sure!
Hi Ginger! Thanks for stopping by!
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All this talk about baseball and no Braves talk ??? LOL that's all we watch around here in fact Eric has a weekend planned this weekend to watch two or three games with his guy friends.
But box seats rock with free food too!
I just bought Alice on DVD so I plan on watching it soon...I hope I like it now I own it right??
Braves?? Who are they? Just kidding!! Have you seen the new Alice yet? Watching it at home - it went by a lot faster than I remember it in the theater.
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Fun, fun, fun......so glad you got to enjoy another ballgame!!!
I'm not a huge sports fan, but living with a house full of men, you learn to adapt!! Peter & Nathan love to go to ballgames....usually to watch the Orioles in Baltimore (I know....they stink!), but their favorite is football. We all 3 will go to see the Carolina Panthers vs Chicago Bears in Oct!!!
It's to your advantage that you love sports.....as you will have a housefull of "men" as well!!!
I do enjoy watching sports, although I'd rather watch a game in person than on tv any day of the week. Soccer is on almost all the time at our house with DH - and that's ok with me as I grew up in a soccer family. We don't watch much football at all - if any, it's college - and usually Texas (Longhorns - that's where Mike went to school). I'll be pk having sports on in the house a lot - besides there are other rooms I can go in if need be too.
51 days to go: Wolfgang Reitherman, long-time Disney animator, retired.
No planning for this trip, but I did send out an e-mail to family about going next year for baby's 1st birthday - since we went for Dylan's it's only fair that this baby gets to go too. Mike, Dylan, baby, & I will be going next year September 17-24 and most likely my parents, Mike's parents, my brother & his new wife will be joining us. I gave them info on the 2 resorts we'd like to stay at (AKL-our home resort) or BLT and whether or not they were going to stay with us if they went. This gives me 4 months before I have to make the initial reservation.
I wish we could decide on a name for baby soon - I called Dylan, Dylan from the moment we knew we were having a boy; it's so much harder this time around. We narrowed it down to Derek or Anderson, and I'm still thinking maybe Lukas. Decisions! Decisions!!
I wish we could decide on a name for baby soon - I called Dylan, Dylan from the moment we knew we were having a boy; it's so much harder this time around. We narrowed it down to Derek or Anderson, and I'm still thinking maybe Lukas. Decisions! Decisions!!
I like Lucas, but then again, I also like Derek. I understand the whole name thing. From the moment I got pregnant, I knew if it were a boy, his name would be Ashton...no question. But for some reason I couldn't decide on a girl's name, and even when we came across the name Hope in the baby name book, and we both knew how much meaning that name had for us, I still said I wanted to go through the entire book just in case.
The name has to be special because that is what they will be living with for the rest of their lives. So take your time, it will come to you when you least expect it.
First - Congrats on baby boy 2 arriving soon. Name advice - if you don't mind- try yelling both Dylan and prospective name. make sure they don't tongue tie you. Think how many times you may need to call them to dinner or to come in from outside. My name vote is Devyn.
Second- Happy b-day to you and Hubby glad you get adult time to celebrate it. and 30 is fun when you have a few Little ones.
Third- the shirt is cute and funny don't stress.
Forth- Go Red Soxs (OK I really only watch the Pats football)
And finally I love the facts.
Just make sure the first, middle and last names flow nicely when you yell them LOL Like Jason Fredrick Steinfeld!!! Who flused that GI Joe down the toilet!!?? Then you know it's right.
Good luck with the decisions--I would vote against having 2 D names . . . Its certainly up to you, but I'm violently against "theme names" I have cousins who are Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul and a friend who named her girls Savannah and Brooklynn!
I said Devyn because that's my little mans name and he is sweet and cuddly. We call him triple D (Dare devil Devyn, after 2 girls the lack of fear was a surprise even tho I was a y/o teacher) and bubba (because that's how Becky said baby for a while)
You now have 2 votes for a name that can roll out easy.
I like Lucas, but then again, I also like Derek. I understand the whole name thing. From the moment I got pregnant, I knew if it were a boy, his name would be Ashton...no question. But for some reason I couldn't decide on a girl's name, and even when we came across the name Hope in the baby name book, and we both knew how much meaning that name had for us, I still said I wanted to go through the entire book just in case.
The name has to be special because that is what they will be living with for the rest of their lives. So take your time, it will come to you when you least expect it.
Last time I had a girl and boy name picked out so either way I was prepared. This time we had a girl name (which changed from the original one I had picked when pregnant with Dylan) so of course it had to be a boy now.
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I'm caught up now.
First - Congrats on baby boy 2 arriving soon. Name advice - if you don't mind- try yelling both Dylan and prospective name. make sure they don't tongue tie you. Think how many times you may need to call them to dinner or to come in from outside. My name vote is Devyn.
Second- Happy b-day to you and Hubby glad you get adult time to celebrate it. and 30 is fun when you have a few Little ones.
Third- the shirt is cute and funny don't stress.
Forth- Go Red Soxs (OK I really only watch the Pats football)
And finally I love the facts.
Thanks for reading along & commenting!
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All 3 names are great! making a decision!!
Thanks! We need it!
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Just make sure the first, middle and last names flow nicely when you yell them LOL Like Jason Fredrick Steinfeld!!! Who flused that GI Joe down the toilet!!?? Then you know it's right.
The middle name will be Michael (after DH) no matter what and I think all the names we've picked go rather well with that middle name.
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Good luck with the decisions--I would vote against having 2 D names . . . Its certainly up to you, but I'm violently against "theme names" I have cousins who are Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Paul and a friend who named her girls Savannah and Brooklynn!
Someone else said no to the 2 'D' names too, but I think that's Mike's favorite name right now and the reason I like it more is because it's not so popular. I hear you on the 'theme' names, but we didn't set out to find another 'D' name - it's just happened to be a top 3.
Every time I ask Dylan between Derek or Andy (Anderson) he picks Andy, so that may be what we go with. Although if you don't give him a choice he says his baby brother's name should be Percy (from Thomas the Train).
Thanks Heather! Yes we wanted Dylan to feel like he was part of it. His daycare director said that her kids all picked their other kid's names and they still feel special about naming their sibling. So Mike & I came up with name we liked then narrowed it down (basically with the other one of us nixing the other's likes) and let Dylan choose between the top 2.
That's not much of a game! I mean you know who's going to win when you go to see the Orioles play!
Not necessarily true. They beat the Red Sox quite a few tines this season already and swept them once. Even beat The Yankees too .Ok, yes the O's aren't great, they can still beat some teams ahead in the Wild Card Race in their division. Sorry again Kelly, not trying to hijack again.
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Peter & Nathan love to go to ballgames....usually to watch the Orioles in Baltimore (I know....they stink!
), but their favorite is football. We all 3 will go to see the Carolina Panthers vs Chicago Bears in Oct!!!
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I remember the stress over the big girl bed. I think they both did just fine. I hope it continues to go well with Dylan. 
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So take your time, it will come to you when you least expect it.
Like Jason Fredrick Steinfeld!!! Who flused that GI Joe down the toilet!!?? Then you know it's right. 
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