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Photo… Dump? Deposit?

Photo dump just sounds so… blech, even though that’s kind of what this post is.  I take so many photos of the kids and random things and end up editing them and uploading them, but don’t always use them in posts.  So, I thought I’d just do a random mish mash post of things that happened and sort of fell through the cracks in the last few months.

CookieMonster

I love making cookies, but when I do I never hear the end of it and Enzo won’t stop talking about them, and he’d sit down and go through the entire batch in one sitting if we let him.

CookieTime

It’s hard not to take about a million photos of this little girl… especially since her brother doesn’t like to sit still anymore and is more interested in what’s going on behind the camera than being in front of it.

Sunshine

She’s not quite as serious as she was a few months ago.  Now she seems to be constantly smiling moving – not that that’s a bad thing!

BumboFun3

Sigh… soon she won’t be using the Bumbo.  She’s been doing so good with sitting up on her own. I still tend to stay really close, but even when she falls over she does it in such a graceful way… not like Enzo who would suddenly just tip and BAM.  I guess he got that from me.

Cake

Mmm… cake. I should make more of this.  However, the caramel sauce that day did NOT cooperate. Why do I have such trouble with caramel??

Toolbox2

This guy can be so serious as well… his determination lives on, however now that he’s a 2 year old he makes it known when he gets frustrated.  Sometimes he’ll just stay silent for a minute and huff, but other times he yells – more like roars – and throws whatever has made him mad.

GrumpyPants

In this case, he happened to be mad at Elmo for some reason.  Or me… and he was taking it out on Elmo.  That happens sometimes. So far we haven’t had to deal with much grumpiness from Phoebe (though I’m sure that will come), so let’s just end this post with another ray of sunshine, shall we?

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Random banterings with my significant life partner lover person…

It’s almost daily email strands like this that remind me of our first text conversation before/after our first date.  I suppose it’s silly things like this that make our relationship work.  It may only be amusing to us, but I’m sharing anyway because it’s my blog, and maybe I’ll want to remember these silly little things later. 😉

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From: Josh Shoberg [mailto:blahblahfake@hotmail.com]

SO IMPORTANT HONEY.  😛

From: hshoberg@blahblahalsofake.com

Don’t you yell at me.

From: Josh Shoberg [mailto:blahblahfake@hotmail.com]

Haha  I loled.  😛

From: hshoberg@blahblahalsofake.com

I’m not sure what one does when they lole… it sounds painful, though.

From: Josh Shoberg [mailto:blahblahfake@hotmail.com]

It can be.  Severe cases need to be treated promptly.

From: hshoberg@blahblahalsofake.com

Can you drive yourself?  I hope so…

From: Josh Shoberg [mailto:blahblahfake@hotmail.com]

I can at least attempt it.  It could be close but I guess it’s better to be safe than sorry.

From: hshoberg@blahblahalsofake.com

Perhaps.  I’d hate for you to wait several hours only to find out that your case was more severe than most.   I mean, what kind of trauma would that put the kids through if we got home only to find you on the ground unconscious because you loled.

From: Josh Shoberg [mailto:blahblahfake@hotmail.com]

You’re going to have to do your best to protect them from that.  If the Jeep is still in the garage when you get home don’t even mention it.  If you have to, just tell them daddy is sleeping.  😛

From: hshoberg@blahblahalsofake.com

Okay… if you’re willing to take that risk.  It’s been fun.

From: Josh Shoberg [mailto:blahblahfake@hotmail.com]

Hahaha  Yes ma’am!  😛

Ooh, almost time to get ready for my interview!

From: hshoberg@blahblahalsofake.com

Ooh!  Good luck!

What’s In A Name

While you might think that keeping your new baby alive is one of a parent’s biggest responsibilities and pressures, I think that choosing your child’s name is actually one of the most stressful parts of parenting.  Thankfully, once you make the decision it’s done and over, but making that choice is such a big deal because the last thing you want to do is to burden your child with a name they end up hating. While we looked up name meanings after they were chosen, we didn’t really put much thought into it, and ultimately didn’t affect our choices. I thought it would be fun to look up meanings now, though, and see if either of our kids seem to truly fit their name choices.

I went with SheKnows.com because they seemed to have the most information for names, including so-called personality traits, which was a fun bonus.  So, here’s the rundown (I did both first and middle names):

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Macaroni and Cheese Chips are pretty tasty…

I haven’t been very good about keeping up on things lately, but we’ve been busy and life is exciting right now. So, how about some random 20 (or so) questions?

1. What time did you get up this morning? 5 am
2. How do you like your steak? Medium well-well done
3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes” and it was awesome.
4. What is your favourite TV show? Mad Men
5. If you could live anywhere in the world where would it be? Maybe on a secluded island or on a mountain top somewhere.
6. What did you have for breakfast? Chocolate Cheerios
7. Where would you visit if you had the chance? Pretty much anywhere and everywhere
8. Cup 1/2 empty or 1/2 full? 1/2 full
9. Where would you want to retire? Somewhere warm, I think, but I haven’t been enough places to know for sure yet.
10. Favorite time of day? Probably the morning… I’m definitely a morning person.
11. Where were you born? Arizona
12. Do you have any pets? I think that’s kind of obvious from the name of the blog. 😉 Yes, Uzi and Ziggy
13. Any new and exciting news you’d like to share? Yes!  Bwahahaha, how’s that for unnecessary teasing? :p
14. What did you want to be when you were little? An astronaut or an artist.
15. Favorite flower? Sunflowers and Marigolds
16. Favorite fast food restaurant? Sonic.
17. From whom did you get your last email? Josh
18. Which store would you choose to max out your credit card? I think I’d choose Target because of the variety of things I could choose from. :p
19. Last person you went out to dinner with? Um gee… let me think. Josh!
20. What are you listening to right now? Florence & The Machine
21. What is your favorite color? Blue… or red.
22. How many tattoos do you have? Just the two