SPF- Behind

So recently I have discovered a passion for reading. I have breezed through books that would normally take me months to finish and I credit this all to riding the metro for an hour every day. I guess I can't complain about the metro too much, huh? So last night, during our nightly walk, we stopped in our local library and I got a library card. I know what you're thinking, wow, what a fifth grade thing to do, get a library card! Well, you're right I felt like a kid again. It was everything I remembered... stuffy book smell and all. I checked out two books that I'm excited to read, Running With Scissors and The Three Junes so if you've read either, let me know what you think by leaving me a comment.

My SPF this week is a picture of me hiding "BEHIND" a book.

By the way, Mr. J is proud of himself for taking this picture. Happy Friday everyone!

Smoking!

Saturday was filled with baby WE. He's home and D&S are somehow managing to operate on less than 4 hours of sleep a night... sheesh... I'm so not ready for that! D's parents came up to meet baby WE and being the extrordinary cooks they are, provide some delicious meals (that Mr. J got to partake in). Here's some pics of little WE.


JR holding WE. Of course he came in toting a stuffed Donkey and a blanket that said "Future Senator." Way to start him off early, JR!




Mr. J's scary face


Here are the men with their "It's a Boy" cigars.


S holding baby WE


D's mom waking baby WE up from his rest

And finally, the title of this post... our friend JR aka Mr. I-want-to-ban-smoking-completely is smoking a cigar!

Stuff Portrait Friday

So over at Random & Odd, she does Stuff Portrait Friday where you get a hint at what to post a picture of, but the picture you decide on. This week it was "TWO" anything to do with two. So here's my "TWO":


Our friends J&B are twins and this is their birthday cake. They have been TWO of the best friends Mr. J has had and so they are my "TWO."

Here are some other pictures from their birthday party which was in North Carolina on March 3rd. By the way, these were J's roommates in college. They are a wild bunch!!


J & little H


B&W's little girl R making her game face


College Roommates (all grown up now)

Baby has arrived!

Little baby E has arrived. I got a text message from J this morning at 8:15 am that our good friend S was in labor and shortly thereafter, baby E was born. At 8:57 am little E arrived weighing in at 8 pounds, 15 1/2 ounces and 21 1/2 inches long. Mom is doing fine and let me tell you, he is such a cute baby!



I must take a break here and say that baby E may not be called baby E after all. He may be baby W. That's yet to be determined. So until that time, I'm going to continue to call him E just because that gives me something to call him instead of baby.









Here's some shots of the new family. S's mom has been here since the weekend so she has been able to coach S along. I can't tell which is happier, S to have her mom here or her mom just for being here!

Here's some final pics of us with the new arrival!

You had what delivered??

One of the biggest hassles for me has always been grocery shopping. You have to lug around a cart, walk up and down the aisles and then stand in line while someone "checks you out." Gross. I dread it with a passion. On Saturday, we knew it was grocery day. We stewed on it and after about two hours of putting it off, I decided that I would try Peapod by Giant. For those that don't live near Condo C, you may not be familiar so let me explain. Peapod is a grocery delivery service offered from the local Giant supermarket. You go online, pick what you want from the grocery store and then they deliver it to your home. What could be better, right??? I pulled the laptop into the kitchen, clicked my way through cool whip, bananas, etc. and formulated my grocery list. Placed the order, waited til my delivery time and boom, there are the groceries.

I agree with others that I've talked to, this is addictive. Our Peapod delivery man was nice enough to bring our groceries into our kitchen, gave me a list of the items I bought and informed me that they were, unfortunately, out of queso. It was the easiest thing I've done all week! It's as if we went to Giant, walked the aisles and stood in line... but we didn't. This may have changed our lives. Especially now that we are down to one car.

These are the little things that we will miss when one day we don't live in the big city. Hopefully by then, whereever we land will have the same service, but for now, big city life is really paying for the lazy (like us). This has made me think about all the other things that we take for granted having at our fingertips here in the city. Lately, the metro has been the biggest blessing. I'm definitely thankful for the public transportation that gets me to and from work daily (now I am not thankful for the $6.60 it costs me a day to get to and from work but that's for a different post). We're also thankful for the many restaurants around condo c that we frequent (a little too often I admit). We know we're lucky. We won't live here forever so it's good we've got this point in our lives to enjoy all these nice-ities. Wait, did I just make that word up?

D&S are having a baby!

The big news in Condo C these days in the arrival of our friends D&S's baby. They are having a boy (baby E) and he is due literally any minute now. S is so beautiful, she has had an amazing pregnancy and been blessed with very few complications.

Here she is at one of her showers opening a present. If you didn't see her belly, you wouldn't even know she was pregnant! When she was visiting us one night last weekend, baby E was rolling around and kicking so she let us feel of her tummy... wow... it was amazing! We both were so blown away that there's a full sized baby in there and we were feeling his feet, butt, etc.

Needless to say, we are VERY excited for the birth of baby E. It's like every time the phone rings we jump to answer it to see if it's them saying they are on their way to the hospital! Pray for a smooth delivery and once little E has arrived, I'll post pictures. I'm sure he's going to be oh so handsome, of course.

The Wii

Since the Nintendo Wii has come into our home, things have changed. Sure, it's great for playing with friends. Sure it's funny watching your friends bowl for the first time. Sure, baseball is difficult so it makes you mad. As you can tell here from a recent tennis match up:


J & D playing tennis



But ladies, let me warn you. The Wii is an addiction. Yes, I said it, an addiction. Not only is J addicted to the Wii, but I am addicted to the Wii. Not to mention the 120 hours Jason spent defeating Zelda, but we are now addicted to the original Super Mario Brothers. It's like I cannot go on with life until I defeat this game!

However, some games are not good for our marriage. For example, last night it was Mario Kart (yep, the old school version) which I personally hate. But J wanted to play so we did. Of course, he wins every time and I get frustrated and mad. It doesn't help that he knows every single course and I've only played the game twice. So yeah... not fun for us.

But overall, the Wii was a great purchase. I'd rather us stay in and bowl than spend the money to do it for real (and might I add, I'm fairly good at bowling on the game but not in real life). I give a 10, especially for entertaining.

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