Am I stil alive ?

Yes, I am. I'm also busy, tired and my computer at home getting a little wacky, so I'm posting at work :)

I went to my cousions wedding this past saturday with my dad, sister and Jimmy. We left at 8am and arrived at 12pm in Binghamton, NY. The ride usually takes us 4 hours but we made it in 3 this time? We really weren't speeding I guess the traffic has changed in that direction. When we arrived at the hotel I told Jimmy were here and he starts yelling "I'm so excited! I'm so exctied!" he was thriled beyong thrilled that he was going to a wedding (everytime we see one on tv or pass one on the road he wants to watch it) and was excited to see his cousions, the last time we saw them was 2 yrs ago. While we were waiting for our rooms to be ready we saw some family at the hotel across the street (we didn't make our reservations in time so we booked at another one) and we hung outside and caught up for a little while. James was all over his cousions he was hysterical. We showered and dressed and drove to the church, Jimmy could have been better behaved, but he wasn't talking or yelling at least, he kept whispering to everybody and up and down and laying down and on peoples laps but within our pew. Melinda (bride) was beautiful, they arrived and left on a trolly which was pretty cool.

We had 1 1/2 hrs before the cocktail hour began we hung around the church for a while talking to people, then headed back to the hotel I crashed out for about a 1/2 hour I was so tired from waking up early and the ride up. We left the hotel at 4:45 for the 5pm cocktail hour, I was suprised by the lack of food at the cocktail hour. Later when I was talking with my cousion Sal (brides father) he said the food he ordered was the amount the coordinator had suggested, when he asked her what happened, whay there wasn't enough food she said "they're from long island" :) so he had some more food whipped up and set out. We enjoyed some drinks and chatted while Jimmy ran around and climbed some trees with the kids.

The reception was nice we had fun dancing, Jimmy danced with everybody but me, including non family members. Me and Lisa had fun dancing with out cousions. The last hour of the night I couldn't stand my shoes anymore so i peeled them off and danced barefoot. After the reception was over my cousions in my age group and the rest of the bridal party met at ChiChi's to still hang out. They had a really crappy band that was so lound you couldn't hear eachother even when you were screaming, so we moved to the other side of the resturant and took up 5 - 6 tables in a row, there were about 20 of us, then drank laughed and ate nachos all night.

The next morning my family all met for breakfast at Friendlys next door and 25 of us took over half the place, loud Italians :) the bride and groom missed their "6:30am" flight because it was really 605am and they arrived there at 6:05am and they arrived at 6:03am so Melinda joined us for breakfast and her new husband slept cause he was wiped out.

A New Addition !!

Today we went to the mall to find something nice for Jimmy to wear to my cousins wedding in a couple weeks, had lunch and visited the pet shop as usual. I've been thinking about getting James a gunia pig for a while now, every time I went to look for one the stores I visited were out. Gerbils are ugly, hamsters are cute but both are too small, a guiniea pig is a good size. So the had white smooth girl who is so pretty and had a very sweet temperment, so we took her home :) named her Sweet Pea and shes getting used to us. I'm giving her 2 days to get used to her new cage before I start handeling her.

BBQ anyone ?

We grilled up some cheese burgers, chicken, corn on the cob, had baked beans, potatoe salad, pasta salad, regular salad :)and Lemon Ice for desert, I bought a watermelon too but we didn't break it out

Happy 4th of July!

Last Night we walked down the street and sat on the lawn, Dad and Lisa and Heidi found us and we sat and watched the fireworks from Etra Park. Its so much easier then going to Etra and having to deal with all the traffic and deal with over 1 hour long traffic to get home when it normally only takes under 5 min. So we enjoyed the fireworks from the other side of the trees :)

Today we took a walk around the condos looking for any for sale signs for a friend of mine who's looking to buy. I think we'll head out to the pool soon and then go grill up some stuff later at dad's house.

3rd of July

Crazy day today. Went to go look at a new furniture store they were having a sale 1/2 off everything in the store so i snagged some stuff. Got Jimmy's hair buzzed down, went and bought a new parakeet for Grandma, her's was sitting on Dad's shoulder as he walked out the door and he felt him a second too late the bird flew away, and now we're home relaxing for a little while, mabye go to the pool in a few and watch the fireworks at 9:30, you can see 'em from my house which is great cause I won't have to deal with traffic :)

Jimmy "The Fish" Bell

Jimmy and I went swimming yesterday. His swimming classes have helped his confidence becasue he was swimming by himself without help from me or a bubble/floaty. He was jumping in the water to me for a good hour standing up, without holding my hands and kept telling me go far back Mommy! He was really having a blast and was so proud that he could swim by himself :)

Think I'm a proud Mama ?