It really is such a small world!

A lot of blog readers have followed the story of Stellan, myself included.

MckMama, Stellan's Mom, would constantly refere to Stellan's doctor at Children's Hospital in Boston, only as Dr. A leaving me to wonder if it was my doctor.  Today she posted this article, which confirmed that Dr. A is in fact that doctor that treated me for all of my post ablation follow up care.  The doctor that did my 8 hour procedure correcting 8 pathways in my heart, moved away shortly after and Dr. A took over.  Dr. A is a wonderful doctor!

My SVT was not as severe as little Stellan's as I was 2 months shy of 14 years old when I had my ablation.  I can say, that when ever my heart would trigger into an "SVT attack" (as I call them) it was terrifying!  Hopefully little Stellan will have no memory of that feeling.................because it is an AWFUL feeling!

What a small world :)

The Reveal

Internet, that picture up there was all I needed to see to determine it was time to go 'snippity snip' on Mr. Mean's hair!  I don't even have the right words to describe that picture!  It just makes me laugh!

Is he glowing or what ?  I took that picture at the time not because of his hair, but rather because his little ears were sticking out from his head a little bit and the sunglight behind him was making them GLOW!

However, after seeing the sequence of pictures, they just screamed to me 'cut his hair!'

So, can I have a drum roll please............................

Ta Daaaaaaaaaaaa!

Mr. Mean's first hair cut by his Mama at 8.5 months old!  Isn't he handsome?

Friday Fragments

"down in fragle rock............"  That song pops in my head every friday when I get my frag on thanks to Mrs. 4444!

*Hallie over here talks about her lonely little mosquito.....well we have a lonely little lady bug that resides in our bathroom.  A couple of weeks ago Thomas Trouble didn't believe me or Einstein when we told him.  We had to bring him in to show him.  Did you catch that, a couple of weeks ago?  Yeah, lovely lonely little lady bug is STILL there.  Sometimes she's gone but by morning she is right back in her spot.

*This might be a little TMI for some of you to take but I STILL have the lovely little baby line on my belly above and below my button.  Seriously, I evicted Mr. Mean almost 9 months ago...........enough already!  (Thankfully my hair has stopped falling out!)

*I've been debating 'New Year's Resolutions' in my head recently.  I decided I am not going to make any this year (at least not publicly) because I always FAIL at them.  However, one thing I want to try in 2010 (OMG that sounds so crazy to say......twenty ten) is 'A Picture A Day.'  I want to try to take a picture every day for 365 days.  I plan to do it and link it somewhere over on my side bar----->

*I started my Christmas shopping on Wednesday night.  I am going to try to finish it rather quickly so that the week leading up to Christmas I can really enjoy baking and what not.  Family, do you remember what I was like at Christmas time last year in my 7 months pregnant state?  LOONEY doesn't even come close!

*Today I went shopping for a sweater in my attic.  It has been 2 years since those sweaters were packed away.........2 years!  Hopefully in a few weeks after I've gotten my SHRED on for some time, they'll all fit marvelously!  (yeah I know, you people in my region are probably like why the heck are you wearing a sweater today when it's 60 degrees out!  I know I know, weird.  But my office is chilly!)

*Thomas Trouble has been driving out of my freakin mind this week!  Some how, some way, he's lost his ears.  That boy does not listen to a single thing I say!  And when he does listen, he'll say "but Mama, I'm just being a puma, etc. etc. etc." as if that makes climbing on the back of the couch okay.  Seriously Internet, I LOVE HIS IMAGINATION, I do.  But for the love of God, this character stuff has got to calm down a teeny tiny bit!

*We have been trying really really hard for the past month + to eat really really healthy and all I really really want is an almond joy ice cream loaded with jimmies!  I want it so bad I could scream!  And the really really terrible part of this...........I can't have it until next spring/summer because Tootsie's is closed!

My guys this fine Friday Morning!

 (Could our eyes be any more different?)

Happy Friday All!

Days like today........

*Edited: I've been told he's having a great day. So it must have just been 'morning purging of snots' and I totally over reacted in my post!

It's days like today, that if I think about it for one second longer, I'll be in a puddle of tears.

*(Disclaimer......I am not looking for pity or sympathy. I'm simply just purging the mind.)

Mr. Mean has a cold. And when he would sneeze this morning, no joke, his snots were hanging past his chins! And I sent him to daycare today because he didn't have a fever and because I am hoping that it was just the 'morning purging of snots.'

I know how I feel when I have a cold without a fever..........LOUSY. And I feel extremely guilty for sending him and feel mad that I simply do not have enough leave to stay home with him because what about when he does have a fever. I have to have a couple of hours left over just in case, sort of like 'leave insurance.'

I was secretly hoping that he woke up with a fever this morning so the decision about whether or not to send him would have been made for me.

And I'm not feeling badly that he's not being taken care of because I know he is. He's being taken very good care of. I'm just feeling bad that I'm not the one wiping his boogers today.

It's a very uneasy feeling to be pulled in two different directions.

On another note, this chick was eyeing my muffin top last night while I was out Christmas shopping.And I've heard so much about her lately and she was on sale, so I said to her "Jillian, you're coming home with me tonight!" Oh yeah, I'm starting the SHRED. I've got 15lbs left of 'the baby weight' and I want it gone!

Is It Just Me Or.......

Following the lead of Hallie over at WWoW on this one.

Is it just me or........do little 3 year old boy toes digging in your back, in the back of your pajama pants, in his sleep drive you crazy? Cause I've about had enough! I am not hopping in with him tonight when he cries for me at 1am! Nope I'm not!

Is it just me or........do little 8 month old giggles in the middle of the night make you smile? SMILE and then go right back to sleep, right? Cause no way am I about to party with you at 3am Mr. Mean! Nope, you better knock that crap off!

Is it just me or........does forgetting one teeny tiny detail of your morning routine throw off your entire day? Because I forgot to put my mascara on yesterday and let me tell you I was off!

Is it just me or........does the sound of people chewing their food make your skin crawl too? Internet, it makes me crazy! (I seriously think I am undiagnosed sensory issues! Just ask my family!) I can't deal. Call me on the phone while you are eating and I can't talk to you. Sit right next to me on the couch eating pistachios, and I will run to another room! Sorry if I offend you, but I just can't deal with it!

Is it just me or........do you repeatedly forget to take things out of the freezer for dinner every night? I FAIL big time at this! Almost every day I forget to take chicken or whatever else is on the menu, out. It makes me go nuts! Today however, all the ingredients are already in the fridge!

Is it just me or........does this picture make you laugh too? Whenever I need a chuckle, I look at it. I'm telling ya, he's got a little evil in there some where! This picture was such a surprise when my sister took it. Neither one of us saw it in the moment. It wasn't until later when she was proofing our session. CRACKS ME UP!

He's a grinder!

Internet, I had to climb in with Thomas Trouble last night and for the love of God I wanted to strangle him.................

HE GRINDED HIS TEETH ALL NIGHT LONG!

It's like nails on a chalk board! And totally gives me the heebie jeebies! I have tried to reproduce this noise in my own mouth to try to figure out how he's doing it, and I can't.

He only does it in his sleep. Just thinking about it, I get goose pimples! How do I stop this? Why is he doing this? Please make it stop before the people in white suits come and take me away!

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I just love this picture of Mr. Mean!

Hard to believe he use to look like this, huh?(And you wonder why I call him Mr. Mean? Just look at that scowl!)

Purell me, STAT!

So recently we decided to take the kids out for an afternoon to the Providence Children's Museum.

Internet, WHAT ON EARTH WERE WE THINKING?

Thomas Trouble HAD A BALL! He loved being able to walk/run without holding any one's hand. And he loved TOUCHING (shriek!) everything! Mr. Mean was content. I think he's going to be like his Mamma and be a total people watcher. He's nosey as hell! Einstein LOVED the water room. I seriously think HE had more fun in that room than any little kid. So much so, I was almost embarrassed to claim him! His inner engineer was really coming out in there!

Me......we'll I was not so content. I was stuck on, holy effing sugar balls, I am marinating in one big germ infested petri dish!

I'm not kidding Internet, I couldn't get beyond it. Little kids everywhere touching everything. It was like a nightmare! I know what kinds of things my own 3 year old touches.........multiply that by a hundred or so! (shivering!) (And yes, I know, I knew what I was getting myself into!)

Last night was most definitely a tubby night!

You know what else I couldn't get beyond...............the activity table with 'caps'. Laundry detergent caps, hairspray caps, milk bottle caps, apple juice container caps, etc. etc. Why haven't I thought to keep these things as toys? Oh right, because TT certainly wouldn't play with them in my house but of course he would in someone else's! Yeah, me and Einstein had fun quizzing each other as to 'what the cap came from'.

Einstein also had fun building bridges.Me and Mr. Mean had lots of fun in front of the silly mirrors!

TT at the water table! (I couldn't get one of Einstein because he was here there and everywhere in the water room!)Me and two thirds of my guys!

Excuse me while I go switch my Purell iv.

Friday Fragments

I missed last week but I'm back again to frag with Mrs. 4444.

*I'll start with the obvious.........Holy long week Batman! Having a day off in the middle has really made it a struggle these past two days!

*I have a date tomorrow night courtesy of my wonderful in-laws! Honestly, I can't tell you the last time me and Einstein have gone out.........alone. Yippy skippy!

*Last night Thomas Trouble said "Oooh Jesus!" "What the heck?" "Darn it!" and "Oh gosh!" all with in minutes of each other. And, he used them appropriately. The funny thing is, I only say one of those things so I don't know where he got the other 3! He's testing a lot of sayings these days. And believe me Internet, I know he could be saying a lot worse things!

*Along with testing the waters with some fresh sayings, TT has also said a lot of very very sweet things to me this week..........multiple times he's told me "Mamma, your the BEST!"

*One more about TT............I think I have a future band geek on my hands. And I'm totally cool with it. He loves hearing the high school band practice near our house. (You can hear it at night because they practice in the school parking lot.) And he LOVED seeing the marching band in the Veteran's Day Parade the other day. And when we got in the car to come home after the parade, he asked me to play "parade" music. He stumped me. Luckily I still have my free Sirius subscription and the Pops and the Symphony channels satisfied him. And he wanted it "Big Loud!"

*Tuesday at work was pretty cool because my office is located within the building of a MAJOR Defense contractor that we do business with and I got to go out on thier production floor and see their products. Vewy vewy intewesting! (yeah I like that stuff!) That's ALL I can say about THAT though.

*TT got a faux racoon skin hat from his Nana and Pop for his birthday. While he thinks it's pretty swell, Mr. Mean thinks it's SUPER swell. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves, although, I will say............he turns into a bit of an animal while wearing it! Rawr!

*This guy is 6 this week, although he's not with us any more. Don't be sad, he didn't kick. He's just with another family. He was the bestest dog ever though...........er.......um......aside from eating my house. His name was Ripley and he would love, love, love our house now! And he certainly wouldn't have taken on an enormous German Shepherd like a genetically incorrect dog named Norman did this week! Nope, Ripley would never have done that!

*Heard this from a certain someone getting off the toilet this morning............"Big nuggets!" Have I told you lately that I feel really outnumbered in my house? Because I do.

Happy Friday Internet-ians!