More Kyle!

I just love these pics of Kyle!

Eating spinach on Sunday night...(yeah...didn't really go over):




Being super cute on Monday am while I got ready for work:

Have good week, everyone! :)

I love Saturdays!

Saturdays are sooooo fun! No work, just hang around the house doing chores and errands and hanging with Kyle Monster!

Here's another scrapbook layout that I did this morning...from the train ride that we did on the Heber Valley Railroad in June:

Kyle has figured out how to get into the drawers and cupboards in the kitchen. He got out a ladle and a saucepan and started to "cook":





I was going to take the ladle and saucepan away from him, but then I realized that this activity was not nearly as destructive or hazardous as some of his other exploits so far today, which have included (1) throwing toys down the stairs and laughing when they hit the hard wood entry way; (2) putting a toy truck in the toilet; (3) grabbing the kitty's tail so hard that she squeaked, and then laughing; (4) systematically taking the paper flowers from the pot in the entryway and trying to eat them; and (5) throwing corn off his high chair tray onto the floor and laughing when I told him no. So, the ladle and saucepan stay. Nothing else going on. It is blissful!

Fall Fashion with Kyle

Here to show you some of fall's best looks is Kyle, modeling an array of outfits designed to carry you stylishly through autumn and into winter.

Fall means one thing in this house...football. What better way to show spirit for your favorite team than with an attractive windsuit with your team's logo and colors? Here's a football bet that's sure to be a winner no matter who's on your fantasy team. For his first trip down the runway, Kyle shows off this Washington Redskins outfit that can be worn through autumn and into the playoffs season! Next stop, FedEx Field!



One of this fall's key buzzwords is "roomy." You certainly don't want to invest in fall fashion only to find that you've grown so much that by February, your clothes are too small. Here, Kyle shows off the right way to wear some of this season's larger looks with a navy blue Nike sweatsuit.

Summer may be over, but that's no reason to fuss. There's still plenty of time to wear fashions from America's Favorite Pasttime before the World Series is over. Here, Kyle (a little overdue for his late afternoon nap) models a stylish one-piece romper to show his support for the Nationals. Hey, maybe he's upset over the Nats' disappointing season?

Thanks for joining us for our mini fashion show. We'll be back in March to show you all the fabulous looks for Spring 09!

Scrapbook Fun

I dug out my scrapbook stuff in an endeavor to get at least partially caught up on my scrapbooking. I'm not as far behind as I thought I was...but there's a lot to do. I haven't done anything since Christmas 2007! Yikes! I did three layouts, and took digital pictures of them. Here they are. I know, nothing to write home about...but I thought they looked cute:

Swimming pool from August:

Basketball (Rocky Mountain Revue) from July:


Ocean City from September:

Have a great week! I still need to do Kyle's fashion show...which I will try to get to tomorrow....

Kyle the Big Boy

Here is Kyle after I got him ready for school this morning. He is getting so big, and getting to be such a big boy. I am just floored thinking about how fast he is growing. He got moved up a class in school, and is now with the 18-month-olds. He really seems to like his new class, and the teachers tell me he is playing well with the other children. I think we're gonna have a blast at Disneyland next month!

Washington, D.C. and the Nationals game

Here's another set of highlights from Washington, D.C. and the Nationals game from last week. First, on the way into town, we caught up with Jeff's cousin Larry, who is a mail carrier in Gaithersburg. He is so funny! Those two make quite the pair:

We took Metro from Shady Grove to the middle of town and then just walked around. Here I am in front of the White House:

We went over to the new Nationals stadium to watch the game. Jeff took this picture of the mascots for me. For some reason, I laugh hysterically at oversized mascots...especially mascots with oversized heads:

Here we are at the game:

It was tied at the end of nine innings and went all the way to 14 innings! We didn't leave the game until after midnight. Here's Jeff expressing how we both felt as we waited for the train back to Maryland:

It's good to be home and to have a day to get adjusted before going back to the office tomorrow. Kyle's been so fun today! He's taking another nap now. As soon as he wakes up, I'm going to try to get him into some of his new clothes for a fashion show.

Maryland highlights...so far

More mobile blogging! Haha. We are having a great time in Maryland. Here are some great pictures from our adventures so far.

Dinner at Maggiano's:

At the Redskins game:



On the deck at Fager's Island in Ocean City:

A view off the deck of the condo in Ocean City:

Mini-golf in Ocean City:

I'll post more later. We are having such a fun time! Today is visiting Washington D.C. and the Nationals game. We'll be flying back tomorrow. Have a great week, everyone!

Kyle goes to the hair salon

Yesterday I had a hair appointment, and Kyle's regular sitter Jenna was not available. Therefore, Kyle had to go with me. He did not like it. I felt kind of bad for him. It can't be much fun to be a boy baby that has to sit in your car seat while Mommy gets foils in her hair. I had to keep him in his car seat, though, because he kept trying to walk around the salon and pull all of the hair products off the lower shelves. Don't worry, though. He didn't have this face the whole time he was there. Everytime one of the hairstylists or other customers would walk by, they would smile and play with him, and he would laugh.

I tracked my bar exam application. Yesterday it was in Memphis and today, right now, it is in the Fed Ex facility in West Valley City, Utah. Hopefully, when I check later this afternoon, it will say, "On Fed Ex vehicle for delivery."

Bar application done!

I'm still so excited about my MPRE score. 109! It's so funny that I scored just one point less than the last time I took it. I don't care, though. It's still way over the minimum score of 86. Yippee! And, I sent out my bar application by Fed Ex yesterday afternoon as well. Now I'll have something to track online. (I love to track shipments with Fed Ex and UPS. It seriously makes me happy. I know, I'm a moron.) I sent it two day delivery, so it should be there by Thursday at the latest. One more big task out of the way.

In other exciting news, Kyle's school is having a fundraiser to buy supplies for his class. They are selling Christmas products! I took a catalog to work and sent one to my mom and dad. So exciting! I am officially a fundraising mom now!

Also, it rained yesterday. I love rain. I never liked it much before I moved here, but a nice rainstorm at the end of summer is so relaxing!

I know, I need to post some pictures. I'll try to work on that this week before I leave.

Score reports are in!

109, baby!!!

:)

I Hate To Wait

Anyone who knows me well knows how much I hate to wait...for anything. Waiting in line, waiting for Christmas, waiting for someone to return my call, waiting for my Diet Coke in a restaurant. Well, today I am waiting for my MPRE scores. I logged into my NCBE account and it says that my score report is "not ready yet." I am obsessively-compulsively checking every 30 minutes to see if it is posted. I hope it will be ready soon. I think there is an 80% chance that it will come either today, tomorrow, or possibly Wednesday. I will post as soon as I get it.

Cabo San Lucas highlights

Hey, everyone! I just got home, and I'm so tired, but I wanted to just post a few pictures from the Mexico trip. Here we are at La Golondrina...so yummy! Best seafood restaurant in Cabo!

At Mi Casa...super delicious Mexican food!

On our way to go scuba diving near Pelican Rock, close to Land's End.

Beach picture. The cruise ships anchor in the bay.

The famous arch at Land's End:

Me at the pool:

We ate at Mango Deck our first night there.

Inside the marina at CSL:

The hotel pool:

I'll write more later this week when I have more time. It's going to be a super busy week just getting caught up on everything. And can you believe that last play of the Washington game? SO BOGUS! Argh! I am sure there will be lots of smack-talking at the office tomorrow.

Dateline: Cabo San Lucas

Is this what they call mobile blogging? Hahaha. I am taking some time at the hotel´s Internet desk to post a brief update. We have had a super fun week so far. The hotel is great!! We have been scuba diving and on a snorkel adventure. We have a ton of great pictures. (I will have to wait until I get home to upload them.) I think we are going to go scuba diving again on Friday. Jeff loved it! He has been talking about nothing else since then. Cabo is fun but also HOT and HUMID. We are right on Medano Beach in the middle of everything. I do miss Kyle, though, and I can´t wait to get home to see him. Have a great week, everyone!