Taking roadtrips to a whole new level

Currently we are embarking on our second roadtrip in 2 weeks. I am still in the process of completing the post from the first one. It will come in due time!! Anyway, thought I would document a few moments of this trip thus far.

First things first, Gusley is OBSESSED with Bob Marley, well just one of his cd's. More particularly, Three Little Birds and Buffalo Soldier. He carried the cd to the car and gave it to Jake as soon as we were ready to leave. We listened to it in it's entirety about 5 times. Possibly more. It does soothe him and it did put him to sleep so kudos to Bob for that!

Secondly, we are very proud of Gus and that he can recognize and tell us the sound that all but about 5 letters make. He also knows #'s 1-9. Each and every truck we pass he is calling out all the letters and numbers in the order they appear and waits for us to repeat it back to make sure he has it right! It is rather entertaining because we have to figure out what he is looking at and spelling! It certainly helps the time pass! Sometimes he will get us and call out the numbers on the radio and clock. He is keeping us on our toes!

And finally, I will have to being you up to speed from the trip 2 weeks ago.....Gus got carsick so bad that we had to purchase a new carseat the next morning. Once we got home we were able to really put some elbow grease into it and get it clean and it is now like new. Since this incident he has been in the new not so fancy seat. Here is the reason for the intro:
He refers to his butt as "boo, boo" (sounds like a cross between boo and poop) so tonight he began squirming and saying "boo,boo" and pulling at his backside. He did not have a dirty diaper he just had an uncomfortable bum. Pulled over put him in the fancy seat (yep, I packed BOTH carseats....hell after what happened last time I will always be prepared!) hebis sleeping so sound and looks oh so comfy.

I am enjoying my chocolate milk and powdered donuts while Jake sips coffee and we listen to Ben Folds Five and enjoy each others company!

Not sure if this will post on the 12th, but if so, Jake, through the past 11 years I would like to thank you for being my friend, boyfriend, fiancé, husband and baby daddy.....in that order!! I love you and am looking forward to many, many more years with you!

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Rainy Days...

Are good for stacking every single Mega Block we own......



Are good for a nice relaxing bath, Elmo jammies and a maraca whose batteries are dying because it has been on every waking hour for over a week now!

Are good for enjoying a new big boy bed and playing a few licks on the guitar!

Are good to mimic daddy!

Are good to mimic daddy just a little bit more!! Gus, your future must be really bright!! Shades on in the house on a rainy day!! I love you, Peanut! We had a great Sunday just enjoying each other!!!

Ukulele

Every night Jake plays his guitar for Gus and they sing and dance before or after (sometimes both) bath time!! We have showed Gus the ukulele before, but he really took to it the other night!! He LOVES it and goes get it when Jake gets his guitar! He doesn't know the difference. He thinks it is a guitar just his size. There is a commercial on TV with a ukulele playing in the background and when it comes on he goes get his and 'plays' along with the TV! When he is finished with it he props it up right next to one of Jake's guitars. I think a guitar is a bit much to fit in an Easter basket, but I do think we will be purchasing him his very own long before Christmas gets here!!

Blue Suede Shoes

The word of the day is BLUE!! Enjoy!!

He's got the beat!

Check out his foot on the foot pedal!!

Concentration......

I just love this....looking at him through his drum! He is having a great time with his drum set!

Daddy helping him with the beat!

Notice the school bus in one hand and a washcloth in the other!

Daddy, that song is really funny! Thanks for the fun times this evening!!

January 6, 2010 post....

I can't believe I already broke my resolution....the intent was there, I promise! Jake baked fish for supper (thanks, Gi-Gi and Paw for bringing that up to us) and mom and I fried some fish. Jake bathed Gus we had a little play time and Gus played the harmonica for us then it was off to bed for Gus. Every night he has to bring something to bed with him. Tonight was Jake's harmonica! The three of us sat in the bed and he played the harmonica for a good 5-10 minutes....it is so cute!! He breaths in and out slow then fast then slow and so on. He sounds much better than I ever do and that is no joke! Once the lights were out he cuddled up next to me and every few minutes he would play a few notes then snuggle back up to me. He did this about 5 times then the harmonica fell and he went limp and that is where I went limp as well and drifted into the great unknown! When I woke up the clock said 12:07am...so here is yesterday's post!

I will try to get some video of Gus with the harmonica and share on here. It is hysterical! He has revamped his nightly routine a bit. We still rock, but he lets me know when he is ready to go lay down in the bed and we go lay down and he snuggles up to me and slowly drifts off to sleep. It is just so sweet! I can't wait for him to wake up tomorrow morning....they are predicting 1-3inches of snow in the morning!! Should be beautiful when we wake up!!

There really is a Santa Claus!!!

Christmas morning was adorable. We all got up around 9am (I know for the next 10 or so years he will be waking us up at the crack of dawn) and Jake headed downstairs first to get the video camera ready to get Gus' reaction to everything. He called up to us when he was ready and down we came (while Jake got every step Gus took!!). Gus was a little curious as to why the camera was in his face, but he soon realized when he rounded the corner!!! He was a little shy at first but quickly went to every single item and checked it out. Then he made a second round. I think it is safe to say that he was a little overwhelmed!!! The rollercoaster was his big gift and he is really into music, hence the drum set and he loves to draw and color and doodle so he got an easel, colors, markers, chalk and a few coloring books and he got his very own kitchen with pots and pans and food to go with it! Here are a few of my favorites from Christmas morning.......

Sweet CeCe's = Yummy in our tummy!!!

We finally tried out the new yogurt joint in Franklin, Sweet CeCe's. It is awesome! You serve yourself and choose any topping your heart desires. You pay by the ounce so your total all depends on how bad you want to break your diet!! We had a great time and for all you Paramore and Twilight fans out there, we were in the company of Hayley, the singer for Paramore! I tried to get a picture of Gus and I with her, but she was trying to get out the door and had already been bombarded by all the teenie boppers in there!

Married to a Music Man.....

Lately it seems as though our evening routine is "music time" with Daddy and Gusley! It is very entertaining and fun. Jake breaks out one of his guitars and I take out some little jingle bells, maraca, jingle stick for Gus to play along with. I will start by saying in Gusley's eyes none of my musical instruments compare to his daddy's guitar! He is amazed by it! During the day when it is just he and I home all of a sudden I here a little strum and look at him and he has maneuvered his way to Jake's guitar and his just plucking away at it with a huge smile on his sweet little face!! I really hope he has Jake's musical gene!! To have married a music man and now to have a little 9 month old already into music, life is grand!

During one of our muscial nights!

Helping daddy.....it just needs a few more licks!!

Daddy, can I strum with you??

Another one of our "family nights".


I just love this picture. It says sooo much!!

FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE!!!!

08.31.08 Peter Frampton played downtown Nashville on the Riverfront on a barge and we went out to see the show. What a show!!! He sounded exactly like he did 30 plus years ago!! Jake was impressed as this is one of his musical icons!!






Aunt Lisa's daughter and her friend Josh evacuted up here as well so they joined us for some rockin margaritas and the show!!! Here we are me, Jake, Kristy and Josh. Notice, I have my funnel cake and lemonade!! Doesn't get much better than that!!

$9,000.00 Banjo Anyone??

This past weekend something came over Jake and he suggested we go to the MALL....so being the shopper that I am I took him up on his offer and off we went. We have been to this mall several times, but have never stopped in at the Gibson Guitar store. Today we did. Jake has been wanting to test out Banjo's just for the heck of it. He picked one up and was strumming along when this guy came and offered him another one to play....when we looked at the price tag it was $9,000.00!! What an expensive habit!! Here he is strumming on his 'ol banjo!! One day baby, on day you will own one!!

This is what the little one thought of Jake's tune!