Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Monday, September 14, 2009
Monday, November 05, 2007
Happy Birthday To Me
Everyone keeps asking how it feels to get older. I have to say that part doesn't bother me in the slightest. I just keep getting all these reminders to enjoy the moment because all I truly have is this moment, right now so I don't want to waste it with stressing out about getting older. Mostly I'm just really grateful. My dear friend Jamie was in the hospital this weekend and gave birth to her baby girl Olivia but had a major snafu with the c-section and ended up in emergency surgery where they had to remove her uterus and give her a blood transfusion. It was so wonderful to hear her voice this morning and to know she is on the other side of it. She sent me a party in a box so we will have a birthday party tonight thanks to her!! She is so sweet she's just had a baby and come through a life threatening surgery and she keeps calling me to make sure I'm ok today.
I miss my mom even more so today. She always made my day special even when I didn't want anything. She kept telling me about the movie Little Miss Sunshine so we watched it this weekend and I could almost hear her laughing with us at the end. I think she would appreciate me wearing one of the little tiaras that came in Jamie's party box. Bear and Coop keep eye balling me like they want my tiara!
Bear got Cooper's cough and fever this weekend and they both had us up at 4 am on Saturday and then with the time change we got all discombobulated. Bear went to sleep at 5:30 last night and Cooper was out at 7:30. So today we are adjusting nap times. Bear still has a slight fever so I didn't take them to the gym. Jim was good to me and we sort of spread out my birthday celebration. We had a splurge dinner last night and he let me open one of my presents last night. I'm finally with the now generation and have the cute little iPod shuffle. I was up figuring it out and getting a workout play list together. This morning we continued the tradition of blowing bubbles like GiGi loved to do.
After the bubbles we went for a walk around Lake Lynn. My new iPod came in handy since I couldn't go to the gym. They both fell asleep halfway around the lake and I was jamming to some Madonna and Gwen Stefani. I honestly had to resist the urge to dance but I did belt out a few, "I ain't no hollaback girls" along the way.
On the way to Lake Lynn I let them get out and chase the geese and Coop got to climb his first tree!
My favorite part about our walks-
I miss my mom even more so today. She always made my day special even when I didn't want anything. She kept telling me about the movie Little Miss Sunshine so we watched it this weekend and I could almost hear her laughing with us at the end. I think she would appreciate me wearing one of the little tiaras that came in Jamie's party box. Bear and Coop keep eye balling me like they want my tiara!
Bear got Cooper's cough and fever this weekend and they both had us up at 4 am on Saturday and then with the time change we got all discombobulated. Bear went to sleep at 5:30 last night and Cooper was out at 7:30. So today we are adjusting nap times. Bear still has a slight fever so I didn't take them to the gym. Jim was good to me and we sort of spread out my birthday celebration. We had a splurge dinner last night and he let me open one of my presents last night. I'm finally with the now generation and have the cute little iPod shuffle. I was up figuring it out and getting a workout play list together. This morning we continued the tradition of blowing bubbles like GiGi loved to do.
After the bubbles we went for a walk around Lake Lynn. My new iPod came in handy since I couldn't go to the gym. They both fell asleep halfway around the lake and I was jamming to some Madonna and Gwen Stefani. I honestly had to resist the urge to dance but I did belt out a few, "I ain't no hollaback girls" along the way.
On the way to Lake Lynn I let them get out and chase the geese and Coop got to climb his first tree!
My favorite part about our walks-
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Sully’s 1st Monihan Birthday Party
We made the trek to NOVA to celebrate Sully Bear turning one! It was an amazing get together of friends and family. Some of mom’s friends came and made it even more special as her presence was just really felt. The boys flitted around as they love to do and basked in all the love and affection showered on them. We had a bubble machine, took the birthday quiz, and opened a gazillion presents. Then the boys went right upstairs and fell asleep utterly exhausted. Our only lesson learned is going forward we can only serve foods that the boys can eat. Cooper has gotten very good at reaching onto the serving table and they both broke out pretty bad after the party. We are thinking of making little signs to pin on their backs that say, “Don’t feed the boys.”
It was a wonderful birthday party. We are very blessed to have such wonderful family and friends to help us celebrate!! Thanks to everyone who came out and was a part of Sully's special day!
Sunday, May 27, 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAR!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEAR!
We had a big day for our little Sully Bear. We started the celebration a day early with Haley and Bebba with a late lunch. We kept him up a little bit later than he was used to and for the first time ever he just fell asleep in his high chair. So we softly whispered happy birthday to him with his “cake” and took some pictures to commemorate the special occasion. This morning we woke up and headed out to Chapel Hill to check out the area and see where Haley had moved to. We loved the little town of Carrboro. They have live music out every Sunday from 11-1 in front of Weaver Street Market. (It turns out I had been there back in college when I went to visit Cristina at Guilford. It was my first trip to a natural food market!) We watched a lot of people dancing to the music with and without hula hoops and having picnics really just a huge lawn full of people having a really nice time. Inside were some of the cutest shops set up sort of like the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA. Jim wanted to walk the streets of Carrboro so we started off and within a few blocks I started complaining of being hot (I was wearing all black and my feet were burning!) So we headed back, found a bench and fed the boys some lunch while listening to the music.
Haley was still shopping and buying out Target so we decided to drive around Chapel Hill a little bit and found an amphitheatre tucked away and played around there a little bit. We finally made it over to Haley’s new apartment complex and blew some bubbles while we waited and then she arrived so we got to see her nice new apartment. A nostalgic day for me as it brought me back to the days when Katie and I first moved in together. We made our way back home after purchasing some bathing suits for the boys. We got home and I couldn’t wait until tomorrow to take them swimming so we suited up and headed to the pool! It was packed with people and we were a little nervous because this was Bear’s first trip and Cooper hasn’t been a huge fan of the pool. First thing was the bathing suits with floatation devices built in were just too big! Bear was like a little turtle trying to roll around and move but not able to go anywhere. Bear took to the water with zero fear. I had to hold on to him before he went headfirst in the water. Coop got over his fear pretty quickly and then they both got in their little floats and floated for a long time while watching all the ruckus around us. Jim and I were tired so we came on home but Bear was insistent he still get to hold his raft all the way home.
The evening was hard because I knew we had to open presents and I just really missed having GiGi there. She had the innate ability to make every birthday so special and fun. Once Bear realized he could rip apart the bags he went to town pulling out all the tissue paper and of course the fighting over the toys began immediately. We bought an airplane for Bear since Coop got one on his birthday from Emily and they fight over it constantly but that didn’t matter because they both wanted this airplane too! As a matter of fact, Cooper took that airplane to bed with him.
It was a wonderful birthday celebration. Our little guy is one year old. It boggles the brain that we have another toddler now!! Happy Birthday Bear!
We had a big day for our little Sully Bear. We started the celebration a day early with Haley and Bebba with a late lunch. We kept him up a little bit later than he was used to and for the first time ever he just fell asleep in his high chair. So we softly whispered happy birthday to him with his “cake” and took some pictures to commemorate the special occasion. This morning we woke up and headed out to Chapel Hill to check out the area and see where Haley had moved to. We loved the little town of Carrboro. They have live music out every Sunday from 11-1 in front of Weaver Street Market. (It turns out I had been there back in college when I went to visit Cristina at Guilford. It was my first trip to a natural food market!) We watched a lot of people dancing to the music with and without hula hoops and having picnics really just a huge lawn full of people having a really nice time. Inside were some of the cutest shops set up sort of like the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria, VA. Jim wanted to walk the streets of Carrboro so we started off and within a few blocks I started complaining of being hot (I was wearing all black and my feet were burning!) So we headed back, found a bench and fed the boys some lunch while listening to the music.
Haley was still shopping and buying out Target so we decided to drive around Chapel Hill a little bit and found an amphitheatre tucked away and played around there a little bit. We finally made it over to Haley’s new apartment complex and blew some bubbles while we waited and then she arrived so we got to see her nice new apartment. A nostalgic day for me as it brought me back to the days when Katie and I first moved in together. We made our way back home after purchasing some bathing suits for the boys. We got home and I couldn’t wait until tomorrow to take them swimming so we suited up and headed to the pool! It was packed with people and we were a little nervous because this was Bear’s first trip and Cooper hasn’t been a huge fan of the pool. First thing was the bathing suits with floatation devices built in were just too big! Bear was like a little turtle trying to roll around and move but not able to go anywhere. Bear took to the water with zero fear. I had to hold on to him before he went headfirst in the water. Coop got over his fear pretty quickly and then they both got in their little floats and floated for a long time while watching all the ruckus around us. Jim and I were tired so we came on home but Bear was insistent he still get to hold his raft all the way home.
The evening was hard because I knew we had to open presents and I just really missed having GiGi there. She had the innate ability to make every birthday so special and fun. Once Bear realized he could rip apart the bags he went to town pulling out all the tissue paper and of course the fighting over the toys began immediately. We bought an airplane for Bear since Coop got one on his birthday from Emily and they fight over it constantly but that didn’t matter because they both wanted this airplane too! As a matter of fact, Cooper took that airplane to bed with him.
It was a wonderful birthday celebration. Our little guy is one year old. It boggles the brain that we have another toddler now!! Happy Birthday Bear!
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Happy Birthday Katie!
Happy birthday to our dear friend Katie who turns thirty something today! I hope you have a wonderful day today!!!
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