The Date

My son and I had a wonderful time last night. He wanted chicken for dinner, so we headed over to Frisch's Big Boy. I had a coupon for a free kid's meal, so it was the perfect place to go! Plus, I love their salad bar. It's a pretty good price, and it helped me eat healthy.

After helping my son eat his fries, we paid, and then headed to Easton. We caught the evening showing of Curious George. It was soooo adorable! The monkey was so cute, and I even cried once or twice (it's a pregnancy thing). I don't think we will be buying it, but it was def the perfect movie for us to see!



We have one busy weekend coming up! Do you have any weekend plans?

Trin's 13

Thirteen things about Trinity13. 1. I'm eating pretty much all the time now. 2. If I don't, I get super nauseous. 3. I'm getting tired of food...even looking at it is making me sick. 4. I'm hoping this only lasts for another 3 weeks. 5. But, I could sure go for a Frosty!!! 6. We had our membership meeting last night. 7. And it's official, my hubby and I are now members of a church again!!! 8. I'm having a hard time coming up with this list today. 9. My son and I are going on a date tonight. 10. We are going out to eat and then we are seeing a movie together. 11. Tomorrow, him and I are going to a church event. 12. They are having a huge birthday celebration for all the kids...so there will be games, face painting, and tons of food!!! 13. I wish my hubby could join us, but he will be practicing the rest of the week (the band he is involved in is having a concert this Saturday). Other 13ers

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Cash? What's that???

I don't carry cash and I never have. It's just not in my routine. I deposit my paychecks (via the ATM) and then go on my way. I hardly ever withdraw cash from my bank account. In fact, when I do have cash in my wallet, it feels so weird. I horde it for weeks since I'm not used to spending it and it makes me feel rich with it in my possession. Then I would usually spend it on fast food since they only took cash.

But now all fast food places around here take the card! About 9 last night I was craving a roast beef sandwich (from here), but as usual, I didn't have any cash. Boy was I happy to see that Visa sign!!! I was able to appease the baby with a late night snack...and a jamocha shake (hmmmmm!!!).

Seeing that credit card sign also has it's drawbacks. I used to be able to save money (and help my waist line) by not having the cash to stop and eat, but now I can eat whenever and where ever I want! It's really not helping my bank account!!! But, do you know how great it feels to charge $1.59 on my card for one of these?

Too Old?

Yesterday I was changing in front of my four year old, and I started to think that he could possibly be to old to see me unclothed. In the past, he has taken showers with me (to save time) and seen me dress. But how old do you think is too old to be undressing in front of your kids?

I remember seeing my mom undress in front of me...in fact, she still doesn't have a problem sharing a dressing room with me. But then, of course, it's different with my dad. I was about 5 or 6 when I had to start knocking on his bedroom door since he didn't want me walking in on him.

So, because I have a little boy, should I start watching how much skin he sees? Should I make him leave the room cause I need to shower or change? What was the age cut off for your kids?

Church

Yesterday I had the chance to visit the church where my hubby and I were married. Though the service was good, it really made me miss the church that I am now attending. I missed all the great songs that we sing as well as the music directors. I also made me realize how much I love hearing my pastors preach. I just have more appreciation for what my church means to me. I really feel at home there, so it was weird to visit another church...even to one I attended for over 7 years.

So, I am very thankful that God showed us to our new church. We had been looking for over a year for the perfect church for us, and I'm very glad we have finally found it!! We have been attending since November of last year and we have already gone through a membership class. But this Wednesday should make us official members after we have our meeting with one of the pastors. I'm very excited to see how God is going to work through us in this wonderful church!!!

Tired

I am oh so tired today. It's raining out so it's making me even more sleepy. The house is pretty quiet since the boys are playing, and it's nice and dark in the living room. I could just zonk off right now. I thought about getting myself a cappuccino, but those make me even more tired. There's just something about having a nice warm drink in your belly...makes my eyes very heavy!

I can't wait till my afternoon nap! My hubby is a little jealous because of it, but it takes a lot of work to schedule in some rest time. After lunch I have to get two little down for a nap (not always easy), my son in the shower, dry him off and dress him, fold laundry, pick up toys, and find some form of entertainment for my son before I can rest for about 90 minutes. Then I'm up again to feed the boys their dinner before the red heads are picked up. But if I didn't get my 90 min nap in, I'd be going to bed at 8! I don't think I could live with myself if I went to bed before my son! :-)

Well, I hope you all have a great weekend!!! Any special plans?

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things on Trinity13's to-do list. 1. Sleep! 2. Figure out my mileage for our taxes. 3. Add up all the receipts that we are claiming on our taxes. 4. Encourage my hubby to actually finish our taxes this weekend. 5. Take a nap!! 6. Find a maternity dresses for Easter (you think it's too early to be wearing maternity clothes?). 7. Stop wearing jeans-I have already split two of my favorite pairs trying to squeeze my big belly and butt into them. 8. Learn how to brush my teeth without gagging. 9. Lay down for a little bit!!! 10. Teach my parents how to sell things on eBay. 11. Try to get a free meal out of parents (see above). 12. Go to the movies-I have a free movie pass that needs to be used by the end of this month. 13. Get some rest!!!! Other 13ers

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Baby Names

As some of you know, I am a planner. I plan out vacations months (and sometimes up to a year) in advance. I also schedule my day out to things that need to be accomplished each hour. I plan for Halloween 6 months ahead, and I try to get my Christmas shopping started by December 28th. In other words, I love schedules. I like knowing exactly what I should be doing at any given hour.

My planning has also included baby names. My hubby and I had my son's name picked out before he was conceived. We have also had a girl name picked out (since 1997-when we were dating). We both love this girl name and I thought it was a given if I'm carrying a girl. But boy was I wrong!

My hubby and I have another boy name picked out, but it's a neutral name. So my hubby suggested to me that we just name the baby this neutral name (and forget our first choice for a girl's name!). That way we, and the boy, can just call the baby one name. The hubs really loves this name and he thought that it could avoid confusion in the end.

So, I don't know what to do. I love love love the first girl name we picked out, but I also really love the neutral name. I know we still have over 6 months to decided, but I didn't think I had to make this decision. I thought that our girl name was taken care of...but like I said, I do really like the neutral name we picked out.

Ahhh, what to do, what to do.

Crazy Blogger

Good night, I have had a ton of problems with blogger recently! Last week it keeps giving me errors, but today I can't even see my blog. All I have is a white screen. I have even tried typing in trinity13.com, but it brings me back to trinity13.blogspot.com, so I still have this stupid white screen. Maybe I need to rethink staying on blogger. I hate this!!!

Snot-Nose Kid

When I watched the red-heads Friday, the youngest had a snot nose. Since then, my son has also had a snot nose...and I have no idea where he got it! :-)

So all weekend my hubby and I have been cleaning up snot. My son's shirt sleeves have white and green streaks on them and he has been sniffing constantly. I feel so bad for him, but all I can do is carry around a box of tissues. At least the kid has gotten better at blowing his nose. (But unfortunately, my hubby has used his crazy twisted toilet paper routine to get some of the burgers out!)

I, on the other hand, have been stuffed up for a few weeks. I had to double up on my nightly pillows so that I can breath through the night. Ahhh, such is life!

How did your weekend go? Any colds going through your household?

Night Out

Last night my mom treated my sister and I to a Chonda Pierce show! It was excellent!!! She is so funny! Chonda has written several funny books, but she is great to see live. It felt so good to just be able to relax and laugh! And it was really cool to be sitting so close to the stage. Since the seats were first come, first serve, the three of us made sure to get to in the building right after the doors were open. We found great seats six rows back, but then my mom noticed a few seats in the front row!!! So, needless to say, we had a great view of the show!

Oh, we also had a great dinner before the show. We tried to get into The Spaghetti Warehouse (which is right across from where the show was), but the line was out the door! So, we headed down to the Phillips Coney Island restaurant (that has been downtown since 1912). I hadn't been there in years! Last time I ate there was when I worked downtown over five years ago. They have the best (but little) hot dogs!!! It was sooo very good!

So, the three of us had a great time last night! It was wonderful just spending time with my mom and sis for a while. (Thanks again G and Lo for watching the boy!!!)

Sorry

I'm off to the dentist, so I don't have time to do my normal Thursday Thirteen! :-

But have a great Thursday everyone!!!

Finally!

I'm online finally. My laptop wouldn't connect, but my hubby has fixed it up for me!!! (Thanks dear!!!)

I thought about not even getting online today (since I'm on vacation of course!), but I couldn't keep my fans in anticipation! :-P

I've thought about taking my son to a movie today since we haven't really done anything this week. For the most part, my son and I have just hung out at home together. We have watched movies, played on the computer, and had a ton a fun...but all here at the house. We did go grocery shopping yesterday, but that's really not doing anything special. So, we really need to get out!

Btw, you know morning sickness can happen all day long? Fun, fun!!!

Get Off My Butt!

I was so lazy yesterday. My son and I stayed home and laid around all day. We didn't do a thing! It was wonderful!!! But today, we actually have things to do. I have a ton of laundry and dishes to do as well as grocery shopping. We are running low on food in the house, and I need to get ingredients for the pistachio cake I'm making for tonight. My hubby and I are trying out a new cell group this evening and they want green food items (cause Friday is St Patrick's Day)...so the cake will be perfect!

So I'm off to get everything accomplished before lunchtime...cause after lunch it's nap time!!!! Lately I have not been able to go through the day without my nap. I tried yesterday and I about passed out, so it is in the schedule for today!

Have a great Tuesday everyone!!!

Great Weekend

My family spent a great weekend together. We helped my parents celebrated their 28 year anniversary at a really good restaurant, and then we went went bowling! We were out till 11:30 last night having a blast at the bowling alley. We went with my parents, brother, sister, and her boy friend. And the alley actually had shoes that fit my four year old! They were soooo cute!!!

My son did so well with the bumper lane he was on. He would pick up his light weight ball, walk up to the foul line, put the ball down, and then push it as hard as he could. He didn't get any strikes, but he was able to spare a few times! He actually scored higher than my sister's boyfriend! Heehee!!!

Btw, my son didn't get up till about 10 today, so it was wonderful being able to sleep in!!! Ahhh, life is grand!

Friday!

Yeeeeeeesssss, today is Friday! And I'm off today! I don't have the red heads till next Friday people! Next Friday! That's right, I have 7 days off in a row!!! That means I won't get paid till next week, but get to spend some quality time with my boy!

I would love to take him to see a cheapo movie today since it's raining out. But if it's nice next week, we will def have to get to the park. It's so hard to get out of the house with three boys (four and under), but we will be able to do so many things since it will just be me and the boy. I can't wait!!!

So, do you have any plans for this weekend?

Thursday 13

Thirteen reasons Trinity13 loves her new house. We have been living in our new place for about 3 months now...and I love it more every day! 1. It's in a nice, safe area 2. We are in a much better school district 3. It's twice as big as our old house 4. We have a large living room 5. I have a food pantry! 6. My son has his own play room 7. My hubby has a room to call his own-The Cave 8. I have a basement where I can store things (our old place only had a crawlspace) 9. The house still smells new to me! 10. I don't have to mow while living here!!! 11. We are about 2 blocks away from a pool...that will be great for this summer! 12. We have a fireplace! 13. It costs a couple hundred less a month than our old place!!! Other 13ers 1. PJ 2. BSTS 3. Shannon 4. Veronika 5. Barbara 6. Texas_Ivy10 7. D. Challener Roe

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The Site Of The Day!!!

Awww, thank you so much for choosing me for the site of the day Michele!!! I can't believe it! I feel so privileged! And for those who are visiting, I do have some "glorious news to share"! My husband and I are expecting our second little one in October! I'm due around the 24th, but I'm hoping to make it past trick-or-treat night since I already have a costume (when I was prego with my son, I wore a Pillsbury Doughboy outfit for Beggars Night). But I don't think my doc will let me go 10 days late again like she did with my first.



This is the picture I'm sending out to all the relatives to let them know of our good news! I thought it would be better than calling everyone since this way they can show it off.

Btw, I have a feeling that I'm carrying another boy. Even though I would love to have a girl, I think it would be great for my son to have a little brother. Then we can try for our little girl!!!

Any predictions?

It's True

In case some of you didn't pick up on it from my post yesterday, my husband and I are indeed expecting our second child!!! We found out in the middle of February that God had blessed us again (btw, we started trying Jan 2004)! But, my hubby and I wanted to keep it a secret until my son's birthday party. We knew that a majority of our family would be gathered here, so it was the perfect time to announce our big news! My mom actually stood up when she heard, but I think Lo had the first reaction. I heard her excited voice before anyone else!

My husband is so excited! He doesn't even talk to me anymore, only the baby in me! Heehee! It's so cute!!! He will kiss the baby goodbye in the morning as well as right before bed. I think he is more excited than I am!

Okay, I'm off now to go throw up! Later all!!!

Par-tay!

We had a wonderful turnout for that party on Saturday. If I counted correctly, we had 27 people in our house! By 6:30 everyone had their bellies full with movie theatre concession treats (thanks again for helping out PJ)! Then we sang happy birthday to my boy before cutting the star cake (btw, have you ever cut a star shaped cake? Not easy!). While everyone was enjoying the dessert, my son opened his gifts. He got some wonderful things! He got a ton of outfits (which he really needed!), a gift card, a few books (including this cute one!) and puzzles, cars galore (including a Hot Wheels bank and chair), a few movies, Star Wars figures, a huge kite, Lego set, Leapster game, a drawing center, Color Wonder set, and a few other great things! The boy def had fun tearing through the tissue and wrapping paper!!!



Btw, of all his gifts, this one is my fav (my hubby and I thought it was perfect)! If you can't see the words on the shirt, click here.



Then around 8 we put in a movie for the kids in the "movie theatre" (aka, the Cave-what the finished part of the basement is called). The night before my hubby was able to string lights down the stairs to go with the theme...I think he did a wonderful job! They look great!!! Most of the guest left around 9, then we put the boy to bed about an hour later. Then it was the adults turn to watch a movie. Seven of us headed down the the "theatre" and watched Walk the Line! I just love love love that movie!!!



I hope your weekend was as great as ours!!!

I'm Just About Ready!

We have just a few more things to do today to get ready for the party tomorrow. I need to clean up the bathrooms and wash the rugs. I also need to vacuum the carpets and mop the kitchen floor. I'd think we will also move around the couches here in the living room. I want there to be enough room for everyone that will be coming (about 24 people).

I don't think I'll be able to post anything tomorrow since I'll be busy preparing all the food. I'm making and decorating a double-decker star cake in the morning. Then I'll be attempting to make some star shaped popcorn treats. I also have some star candy molds that I will try to put to good use as well!

So, I'm off now to make up some goodie bags for the kids! I hope they like what I have for them!!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

T Thirteen!

Trinity13's Thirteen Things 1. My son had a wonderful birthday yesterday! 2. He has a birthday doughnut and a birthday bowl of cereal for breakfast. 3. Then we went out shopping for food for his birthday. 4. We got hotdogs, sausage dogs, nachos, pretzels, and popcorn for the Saturday party. 5. As also got supplies for his star cake! 6. After his dad got home, we decided to head to Easton and eat at Max & Erma's. 7. Then we saw the movie Doogal after dinner. 8. It def wasn't the best movie I have ever seen, and I was even bored at times. But, it was a kid's movie for my son (looking back, we should have just seen Curious George) 9. All in all, I think the boy had a wonderful birthday! 10. Today I don't have either one of the red-heads since the oldest has whooping cough! 11. He's contagious, so his daddy is staying home with him. 12. I hope he is better by this weekend so he can come to the boy's party!! 13. My hubby is home sick today...so it's kind of nice to just be here with the family. Other 13ers 1. PJ 2. Shannon 3. Jen's Horde 4. Better Safe Than Sorry 5. Leslie 6. D. Challener Roe 7. Texas_Ivy 10

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Happy Birthday!!!

Today we are celebrating my son's fourth birthday!!! I can't believe how old he is! I remember how much my hubby and I wanted a child of our own. We tried for exactly 11 month before God blessed us with him.

I had a pretty easy pregnancy. I was nauseous most of the time, but only got sick on Sundays for some weird reason. I lost weight at the beginning since I was eating really healthy, but I gained quite a bit at the end of my pregnancy since I wasn't working by then.

My son was definitely comfortable right where he was. When he was a week late, the doctor gave me the option of a Csec or a long natural birth that would probably led to a Csec (since I'm shaped funny). So, I opted for the Csec...which I guess was an answer to prayer! I always prayed for a quick, easy, and painless birth, but I guess I should have been more specific!!

So, my doctor gave me a couple of dates to choose from for my Csec. I was really neat to pick out my son's birthday-March 1st!

So 10 days late and an epidural later, my son was born! I remember hearing him crying till my husband held him. As he talked, our son settled down immediately! He def knew the sound of his daddy's voice!

I feel so blessed to have my son in my life! He amazes me everyday with the new things that he has learned. So, happy fourth birthday sweetie!!! Your momma loves ya babydoll!!!



(Btw, thanks for all your great advice yesterday! I really appreciate it and I will be sure to remember it the next time I get a rude comment!)