Happy 2nd Birthday Moon Pie!

December 8, 2009 Dear Zoe: Wow! Mommy cannot believe it has been a year since I wrote my last Birthday letter to you. Today you turn 2 years old. This past year has flown by. It seems like just yesterday you were still in mommy’s belly. So many things have happened in all of our lives throughout the year. Baby Kendall was born to Aunt Caryn and Uncle Danny in February, baby Emma was born to “Aunt” Kari and David, you met your cousins Connor, Candace and Celine and your Aunt Lori and Uncle Kelly for the first time, you went to your first amusement park (Hershey Park) and immediately decided that you liked “chochit”, you took swimming lessons and swam like a fish in Grammies and Granddaddy’s pool all summer, and you are sleeping in a “big girl” bed. Plenty else has happened as well. Sadly, you also lost your two best buddies; Finnegan and Jackson. But you know that they are safe up on the moon and you now have a new best buddy – Brody (aka Buddy). Mommy and daddy are so proud of our little girl. You have exceeded any expectations that we have had for you this year. You are talking up a storm and mommy and daddy really have to be careful what we say. You are also beginning to go potty on the big girl potty and before you know it you will be wearing your princess panties. Mommy thinks you are growing up way too fast. Next thing you know, you will be headed to school on that school bus we watch the kids get on in the morning when I am home from work. But no matter how old you are, you will always be mommy’s little girl and my love for you gets stronger and stronger each passing day. I love you Moon. I hope you have a very Happy Birthday and that all your wishes and dreams come true this next year and for the years to come. Love, Mommy

No denying she belongs to me.

Playing with Moon in her playroom before a run last night.

“Purse mommy”

So she grabs her purse.

“Keys”

Puts her keys in her purse

“Cards”

Makes sure her "cards" (an old credit card and some pictures) are in the purse she choose are in there.

I then ask her where she’s going

“Shopping”

Oh lord.....

Please don't grow up to be Samantha Ronson

I mean you can be a DJ or even a lesbian, I don't care.  Just don't date anyone that even remotely resembles Lindsay Lohan.  And at least be the pretty lesbian not the butchy one if you choose that route.
 

Dear Moon

While I think you are stinkin’ adorable and cute and cuddly I do not find you so stinkin’ adorable and cute and cuddly at 1:30 AM when you decide you want to get up and watch TV and read books until 4:00 AM.


I knew it was going to be a rough night when I took you out to the living room and the first thing I saw when I turned on the TV was Billy Mays. You know mommy despises him. So we flipped through the channels until mommy decided it would be the perfect time to catch up on Intervention episodes she has missed on On Demand. Well once you and mommy got about 10 minutes into the show mommy wised up and thought better of letting you watch Brittany shoot crushed up pain killers into her arm so we turned on the E True Hollywood Story. That wasn’t much better than Intervention as it was also about drugs and drinking and Rock Star Wives. Oh and it certainly wasn’t putting you to sleep either, it was just holding your attention since there were kids on the show. I will admit that it was kind of cute when the one little boy said “daddy” and you took your paci out of your mouth and said it back. At that point I almost went and got your “daddy” since you wanted him but mommy was nice and decided to let him sleep this time.


So we changed the channel again to what was one of the only “safe” things on to watch in the middle of the night.


HGTV.


I guess after you got your fill of House Hunters International, Property Virgins and The Property Store or whatever that Canadian show is called you had enough and wanted to read. Mommy had to draw the line there. While I admire your desire to read and look at your books 3:30 in the morning is not the right time.


Moon, as mommy explained to you last night; you get to sleep and take naps during the day. Mommy has to function and work to make money to keep clothes on your back, food on the table and a roof over your head. Please please please I am begging you to sleep through the night for at least a week straight so mommy can get caught up on her sleeping through the night.


If you do it again tonight, its “daddy’s” turn.


Love,



Mommy

Jail Break

4:10 PM yesterday –message from voicemail....

J: “Hey P, give me a call when you get a chance on my cell phone.”

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4:38 PM when I finally got around to returning the call.



S: “Hey, what’s wrong?”

J: “Well, nothing is really wrong…er yet. Something could be wrong on the future or soon.”

S: “What is that supposed to mean?”

J: “Well, when I got home Moon was half asleep so like I always do I went to put her in her crib so I could let the dogs out and do some stuff. She was NOT happy. She started screaming and making that mad grunting noise. Well when I came back inside I heard this thump and I thought to myself, she did not just do what I think she did. Sure enough two seconds later I hear her door handle jiggle.”

S: “Shit.”

J: “Yep. So I put her back in there again and kept the door cracked so I could watch her. She did it again!”

S: “What are we going to do?”

J: “I don’t know?”

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4:52 PM - I get this email with this picture attached.


Subject: Zoe....

Is now escaping from her crib!

John G.

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6:13 PM


S: “Hey, I just got off the bus. What’s going on?”

J: “Your mom just called laughing hysterically at that picture.”

S: “Yeah I know, I just got off the phone with her too. She said I did the same thing when I was a little over a year old.”

J: “Fuck. Hold on.”

giggle giggle, squeal squeal

J: “Ok, I’m back.”

S: “What happened?”

J: “She just jumped out of her Pack N’ Play”

S: “Dear god. I will talk to you soon so you can go take care of the escape artist.”

My life as I knew it will never be the same. All forms of baby jail have been broken out of. How am I ever going to get anything done anymore? Oy.....

Happy 1st Birthday Moon!

December 8, 2008

Dear Moon:

 

Today you are a year old.  Mommy cannot believe how quickly this year has passed.  So much has happened in both of our lives.  I have grown into this person I never thought I could be.  I love like I never thought I could love (besides your daddy) and I now realize how precious life truly is.  You have grown too.  You went from being dependant on mommy and daddy for everything to becoming more and more independent each day.  Moon, you have learned so much.  You learned how to sit up on your own, crawl, stand and even walk; all within a year.  You even know how to eat big people food with all the teeth that appeared out of nowhere.  Your hair is longer and you are a bit heavier and taller as well.  You even have your own little personality which makes me and your daddy laugh every day.

 

Moon, you have accomplished so much this year.  When I look at you I see determination and a bright future ahead of you.  You are so curious.  You love books, your blankies, "Dora Dora" and your dogs.

 

I love you more and more each day and I look forward to watching you grow.

 

Love,

Mommy

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Some emails I found.....

So Proud

April 13, 2007

Friends -

Not quite sure how to start this but to first let everyone know how
important our group and the TEAM is to both Sarah and I. We look
forward every weekend to getting out on the trail not necessarily so much to run
but to talk and socialize amongst friends. You may be asking yourself,
"what this is about, why such an ambiguous" Well it's nothing bad,
we're not leaving, just a small surprise we wanted to share. We are going to
be adding another head to the trail. Sarah's pregnant. See you guys soon.

John

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I THINK I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A BOY. Ha!

From: Sarah
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 12:01 PM
Owen
Palmer
Reece
Trenton
Trevor
Isaiah
Keagan
Keiran
Kesler
Channing
Cooper
Brady
Braeden
Brennan
Breckin
Cole
Parker
Bailey
Camdyn

From: John
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 3:22 PM
To: Sarah

I think that I really like Cole and Braeden.
John
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From: John G
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:50 PM
To: Sarah
Subject: how are
My girls??? Is my Zoe kickIn? I am bored I am waiting for a customer to show up and then leave

John


From: Sarah
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:54 PM
To: John
Subject: RE: how are

She's kicking. I found that hot banana peppers really gets the girl worked up too!