Sunday, July 31, 2011
FB 7/31
we are going to nyc in a few weeks and if anyone has any suggestions of things to do there i would greatly appreciate it. i think i have all the main attractions figured out but i am interested in some nyc secrets... this will be my husbands very first trip.
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Baseball
As I sit down to type this on the couch I have to keep one eye out for the baseball that is flying about the room. Daniel is sitting in his chair pitching over and over again and shouting "Oh yeah!!, go dude!! good job OT" because Oliver is actually hitting the ball. Even though I am still completely amazed that he can even do this, it is quite the norm around here. I know Daniel couldnt be happier even though after pitching for hours on end it might look otherwise.
To say that Oliver loves baseball is completely an understatement. He is quite obsessed. We usually have to take a bat and a ball everywhere, especially if we are going to be somewhere that Oliver might see one. Shopping at Dicks Sporting Goods is no longer an option due to the amount of bats, balls, gloves, and various other baseball related items sold there. The word baseball comes out of Oliver's mouth hundreds of times a day Im sure. He loves to play baseball anywhere, anytime and with anyone.
I wonder what the future holds for this passionate (slightly obessive) characteristic of our son.... but I could win the bank if I put some money down to say it involves lots of dirt, umpires, concession food and FUN in our future!
GO OT!!
To say that Oliver loves baseball is completely an understatement. He is quite obsessed. We usually have to take a bat and a ball everywhere, especially if we are going to be somewhere that Oliver might see one. Shopping at Dicks Sporting Goods is no longer an option due to the amount of bats, balls, gloves, and various other baseball related items sold there. The word baseball comes out of Oliver's mouth hundreds of times a day Im sure. He loves to play baseball anywhere, anytime and with anyone.
I wonder what the future holds for this passionate (slightly obessive) characteristic of our son.... but I could win the bank if I put some money down to say it involves lots of dirt, umpires, concession food and FUN in our future!
GO OT!!
Oli-ism's
Here are some of the things Oliver now says at 20 months
"Dada ho!me" - Dada home
elbow
Georgia
more
please
ba - paci
a choo choo - car, motorcyle, truck, train
bye bye pee pee - potty
chhheeessseee - cheese
NO!
ha - head
h'at - hat
Laura
Allie
Am'ma - Grandma
Gigi
baseball bat
bass tic ball - basketball
foo ball - football
go da's - go dawgs
jew - juice
apple - apples, bananas, lemons, all fruit
baby
tuck - truck
pool
shoe
light
fishie
moo ca - cow
hi
eyes
baby - this time it means belly
ill have to add more later
"Dada ho!me" - Dada home
elbow
Georgia
more
please
ba - paci
a choo choo - car, motorcyle, truck, train
bye bye pee pee - potty
chhheeessseee - cheese
NO!
ha - head
h'at - hat
Laura
Allie
Am'ma - Grandma
Gigi
baseball bat
bass tic ball - basketball
foo ball - football
go da's - go dawgs
jew - juice
apple - apples, bananas, lemons, all fruit
baby
tuck - truck
pool
shoe
light
fishie
moo ca - cow
hi
eyes
baby - this time it means belly
ill have to add more later
Friday, July 29, 2011
FB 7/29
I always wonder what the Publix cashier thinks of my purchases. For instance, I just bought three gallons of milk, a bottle of wine, one slice of Publix bakery cake and a fitness magazine. My purchases are very contradictory.
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
FB 7/26
oliver is now a pro at the tomahawk chop..... we are the three nuts in the golden moon section chopping for the past 30 mins straight! does this count for an upper body workout ;)
Sunday, July 24, 2011
FB 7/24
In retrospect, I clearly see now that the server was reaching for a plate not to shake my hand. Oopsie!
"Thats a wrap"
Yesterday was one of the coolest things I have ever experienced. Being behind the scenes of a major movie set, inches from incredibly famous actors is still surreal! However, I doubt showbiz life is for the Smith's. I'm not going to lie and say we are done because I'm not sure what the future holds. A lot has just fallen into our laps so to speak the past year with Oliver, so at this point we will definitely do something like this again but it isn't something I will chase after for my child, that's pretty much how I look at his modeling as well.
I wish the day would have ended differently but Im not one bit upset about it. I really feel very happy that we got to add this extremely brief adventure in acting to our stories. So here is our day.
I manipulated Oliver's schedule in hopes of having him well rested and happy for his 1:30 call time. I now know that was pretty pointless! We left for Conyers (an hour away) and immediately Oliver fell asleep and woke up as we got off the exit. We parked in crew parking, loaded the shuttle and headed over to the set. We went into the cafeteria (we were in an old warehouse so this wasn't a real cafeteria)... there was an entire spread of any kind of food you could want and about 7 different pies and desserts as well as a beverage station. At the back there were approximately 6 tables filled with tables. The rest of the tables had table cloths on them and people were scattered about eating lunch. We headed to the back cause I figured that was where the rest of the extras were. The person in charge of us approached us and we got started on paperwork. While we were filling out paperwork I heard very familiar voices and I looked up to my right and noticed I was about 2 feet from the entire cast of guys. It was Jason Biggs voice that I recognized! We were way too close for me to sneak a picture, although I attempted to figure out a way to do it until Daniel yelled at me. haha. Then Allison Hannigan and her daughter came over to the guys and talked for a min. She was holding her little girl who I googled and she is like 9 months or so older than Oliver. They stopped and said hi to Oliver and did the typical conversation that I do when I'm showing Oliver another baby or toddler. SOO COOL!!
After we finished that we were taken to our trailer. All the other extras stayed in the cafeteria for the day but us along with the other toddler had a trailer. We went and put our stuff down and were told to go eat.. We had just eaten but we didn't know what else to do, so we did as we were told. haha. Then we just walked around for a while and the big name stars were all over the place... i don't know why this surprises me, I discovered i really am star struck.
Everything up to this part was so awesome and i thought it was just the beginning of the excitement. Unfortunately, that wasn't so. We spent 7 hours in and out of our trailer, eating food from the cafeteria and food truck, trying to take pictures of the stars, and trying to entertain ourselves. It was all so close. They even had wardrobe dress Daniel and I in case Oliver needed one or both of us in the scene to make him more comfortable.
Our representative guy came in the trailer a few times to tell us that they were almost ready for us, it would 30 more minutes or anytime now.... but his last visit he came out with a different tune and let us know that "that's a wrap" Yep.. the toddler scene at the party was cut!! I tried to ask him for some compensation to maybe let us see the set or get a picture with one of the stars but he joked and said the only compensation he had was validating our time card.
So there it is... our day in Hollywood, well Canton was close enough.
I wish the day would have ended differently but Im not one bit upset about it. I really feel very happy that we got to add this extremely brief adventure in acting to our stories. So here is our day.
I manipulated Oliver's schedule in hopes of having him well rested and happy for his 1:30 call time. I now know that was pretty pointless! We left for Conyers (an hour away) and immediately Oliver fell asleep and woke up as we got off the exit. We parked in crew parking, loaded the shuttle and headed over to the set. We went into the cafeteria (we were in an old warehouse so this wasn't a real cafeteria)... there was an entire spread of any kind of food you could want and about 7 different pies and desserts as well as a beverage station. At the back there were approximately 6 tables filled with tables. The rest of the tables had table cloths on them and people were scattered about eating lunch. We headed to the back cause I figured that was where the rest of the extras were. The person in charge of us approached us and we got started on paperwork. While we were filling out paperwork I heard very familiar voices and I looked up to my right and noticed I was about 2 feet from the entire cast of guys. It was Jason Biggs voice that I recognized! We were way too close for me to sneak a picture, although I attempted to figure out a way to do it until Daniel yelled at me. haha. Then Allison Hannigan and her daughter came over to the guys and talked for a min. She was holding her little girl who I googled and she is like 9 months or so older than Oliver. They stopped and said hi to Oliver and did the typical conversation that I do when I'm showing Oliver another baby or toddler. SOO COOL!!
After we finished that we were taken to our trailer. All the other extras stayed in the cafeteria for the day but us along with the other toddler had a trailer. We went and put our stuff down and were told to go eat.. We had just eaten but we didn't know what else to do, so we did as we were told. haha. Then we just walked around for a while and the big name stars were all over the place... i don't know why this surprises me, I discovered i really am star struck.
Everything up to this part was so awesome and i thought it was just the beginning of the excitement. Unfortunately, that wasn't so. We spent 7 hours in and out of our trailer, eating food from the cafeteria and food truck, trying to take pictures of the stars, and trying to entertain ourselves. It was all so close. They even had wardrobe dress Daniel and I in case Oliver needed one or both of us in the scene to make him more comfortable.
Our representative guy came in the trailer a few times to tell us that they were almost ready for us, it would 30 more minutes or anytime now.... but his last visit he came out with a different tune and let us know that "that's a wrap" Yep.. the toddler scene at the party was cut!! I tried to ask him for some compensation to maybe let us see the set or get a picture with one of the stars but he joked and said the only compensation he had was validating our time card.
So there it is... our day in Hollywood, well Canton was close enough.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Friday, July 22, 2011
FB 7/22
daddy had to work late tonight so Oliver and I are having a date night....ya know the usual dinner, movie and a bloody nose from a head injury!
Monday, July 18, 2011
FB 7/18
Friday, July 15, 2011
FB 7/15
is loving today... The weather is perfect and my husband initiated and made all the arrangements for a date night tonight.
Thursday, July 14, 2011
FB 7/14
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Peachtree Road Race 2011
Well since I am here to blog about it, it is safe to assume that I survived... ;) And I couldn't be prouder of myself.. well I COULD have. lol
I hadnt really been training for the Peachtree which makes me very frustrated because I could have gotten done quicker but honestly I had a blast doing it so maybe being done quicker is over rated... if not, thats just what I am going to tell myself. My official finish time is 1:29:01... I placed 40714... I am having trouble finding out how many people actual;y participated or crossed the finish line but i think it was more than 60,000.... so i am happy about it.. my goal is usually not to come in last and since I came in 3rd to last on the last 10k that i did, I'd say its an improvement!
This race was alot different than the last 10K that i did, so different that I cant even believe that they were both 10k's. The sheer pride and patriotism is uncanning at the Peachtree! The support and excitement is completely overwhelming and honestly just magical. It is unlike any other experience in my life and its so weird that about 60,000 people do it every year because I felt like I was part of an elite group.
Since this was my first year doing it and i didn't submit any qualifying times I began the race in section Y which is the last group. We started out under an enormous American Flag and the announcer sent us off with " Who let the dogs out" blaring over the speakers. It was cool to be running down such a busy Atlanta street, listening to music blaring over loud speakers or onlookers radio's that they brought to cheer runners on. we got about a mile or two into it and I had to go to the bathroom already pretty bad. I saw a bunch of port a potty's so I ran ahead, hurried in and out and met back up with Kelley. We were soo nervous that we would be separated and wouldn't have our phones to call each other. We went along the route, people watching, running, walking, and smiling alot. We passed the Fur bus, keg stands, the chickfila cow, runners in crazy costumes and by standers in even crazier costumes. I wish I would have had a phone or camera with me to capture the spirit of Atlanta for this event.. so fun!!
Heart attack Hill was just that!! It was tough but it was rewarding to know when it was behind us. We first went up a short incline that I thought was perhaps Heart attack Hill, so when we finished the real one, we were overjoyed. The heat was really unbearable and the refreshing warm water from the fire hydrants really didn't help. I heard many people this year say that the heat slowed them down and with the latest start time in the race at 9:05 am... it was tough!
It was awesome running and walking by numbers that started before us. We started in a group of all Y's, then ran past some X's, then T's, then N's. It was soo neat to see how we were progressing. We did do alot of running for not training like we should have. But we did some walking too, one time when we were walking the bystanders shouted "Come on walkers, you can do it".... It definitely helped me pick up the pace! Getting to the turn off of Peacthree and heading towards the park was so exciting. We really pushed ourselves here but it was tough to go around all the walkers. It definitely slowed us down. We had to run up on curbs, around large groups of people and wait when there wasn't room.
At this point we could see it, a huge blue line painted completely across the street with a make shift bridge above it filled with camera men snapping away. "It" was in sight, "it" was within reach.... we gave it all we had and ran! We passed over the blue line, I threw my fist up in the air and smiled for the cameras.. Kelley and I stopped and iembraced... We talked about how proud we were... we had done it.. we had a runners high..... until we heard shouts "Your almost there"..... "Just a little further"..... "You can do it"..... we looked around and everyone was still running... We werent done.... the line wasn't the finish line... it was all for the photo opt... we still had another half of mile to go!!! WTF! Do you know how long half a mile is when you just gave your everything to the last half of mile and then did 5.5 miles in 85 degree weather before that?
Oh it was soo soo sad. I could feel my runners high slipping away.. then a man collapsed a few feet ahead of us. I heard his wife yelling "thats my husband"... medic's rushed to his side and a crowd formed around... we continued to go by and when I turned around just when he was almost out of my view I saw medic's rip open his shirt to perform the defibrillator. (I later heard on the news that he is doing just fine now).
So now we are almost dying... running across an anti climatic finish line and just ready to be at work. We go get our t-shirt which we had already seen was not the one I voted for and went to the S balloon miles away to meet the family... who were not there! I borrowed several peoples phones to try to call and sweated all over them... it was so hard to get through because so many people in such a small area were doing the exact same thing.. and i think i got lucky and asked people with crappy phones. We finally got through and went back up to Peachtree Road to meet them which was another disaster in itself and headed towards MARTA.
Poor Daniel, my mom and aunt Kathy missed us running by cause we were on the left side and they were on the right. I felt awful that they had walked and traveled so much to see nothing... we got on overcrowded MARTA where I had to stand and hold Oliver on the train... at this point it is almost noon and I still have had nothing in me except my daily pill :), some cold water on the way to the race and some warm water during and after the race.... I'm hot, tired and weak and honestly had to try not to pass out on the MARTA train while holding Oliver... When we switched trains, I just sat down on the floor of the train station.. Eww Gross!
Haha... ok now it sounds like a nightmare but I promise... it was soo worth it and I cannot wait to do it again next year... now ill be more prepared on expectations, bringing my phone, where the free bananas are, etc.
I hadnt really been training for the Peachtree which makes me very frustrated because I could have gotten done quicker but honestly I had a blast doing it so maybe being done quicker is over rated... if not, thats just what I am going to tell myself. My official finish time is 1:29:01... I placed 40714... I am having trouble finding out how many people actual;y participated or crossed the finish line but i think it was more than 60,000.... so i am happy about it.. my goal is usually not to come in last and since I came in 3rd to last on the last 10k that i did, I'd say its an improvement!
This race was alot different than the last 10K that i did, so different that I cant even believe that they were both 10k's. The sheer pride and patriotism is uncanning at the Peachtree! The support and excitement is completely overwhelming and honestly just magical. It is unlike any other experience in my life and its so weird that about 60,000 people do it every year because I felt like I was part of an elite group.
Since this was my first year doing it and i didn't submit any qualifying times I began the race in section Y which is the last group. We started out under an enormous American Flag and the announcer sent us off with " Who let the dogs out" blaring over the speakers. It was cool to be running down such a busy Atlanta street, listening to music blaring over loud speakers or onlookers radio's that they brought to cheer runners on. we got about a mile or two into it and I had to go to the bathroom already pretty bad. I saw a bunch of port a potty's so I ran ahead, hurried in and out and met back up with Kelley. We were soo nervous that we would be separated and wouldn't have our phones to call each other. We went along the route, people watching, running, walking, and smiling alot. We passed the Fur bus, keg stands, the chickfila cow, runners in crazy costumes and by standers in even crazier costumes. I wish I would have had a phone or camera with me to capture the spirit of Atlanta for this event.. so fun!!
Heart attack Hill was just that!! It was tough but it was rewarding to know when it was behind us. We first went up a short incline that I thought was perhaps Heart attack Hill, so when we finished the real one, we were overjoyed. The heat was really unbearable and the refreshing warm water from the fire hydrants really didn't help. I heard many people this year say that the heat slowed them down and with the latest start time in the race at 9:05 am... it was tough!
It was awesome running and walking by numbers that started before us. We started in a group of all Y's, then ran past some X's, then T's, then N's. It was soo neat to see how we were progressing. We did do alot of running for not training like we should have. But we did some walking too, one time when we were walking the bystanders shouted "Come on walkers, you can do it".... It definitely helped me pick up the pace! Getting to the turn off of Peacthree and heading towards the park was so exciting. We really pushed ourselves here but it was tough to go around all the walkers. It definitely slowed us down. We had to run up on curbs, around large groups of people and wait when there wasn't room.
At this point we could see it, a huge blue line painted completely across the street with a make shift bridge above it filled with camera men snapping away. "It" was in sight, "it" was within reach.... we gave it all we had and ran! We passed over the blue line, I threw my fist up in the air and smiled for the cameras.. Kelley and I stopped and iembraced... We talked about how proud we were... we had done it.. we had a runners high..... until we heard shouts "Your almost there"..... "Just a little further"..... "You can do it"..... we looked around and everyone was still running... We werent done.... the line wasn't the finish line... it was all for the photo opt... we still had another half of mile to go!!! WTF! Do you know how long half a mile is when you just gave your everything to the last half of mile and then did 5.5 miles in 85 degree weather before that?
Oh it was soo soo sad. I could feel my runners high slipping away.. then a man collapsed a few feet ahead of us. I heard his wife yelling "thats my husband"... medic's rushed to his side and a crowd formed around... we continued to go by and when I turned around just when he was almost out of my view I saw medic's rip open his shirt to perform the defibrillator. (I later heard on the news that he is doing just fine now).
So now we are almost dying... running across an anti climatic finish line and just ready to be at work. We go get our t-shirt which we had already seen was not the one I voted for and went to the S balloon miles away to meet the family... who were not there! I borrowed several peoples phones to try to call and sweated all over them... it was so hard to get through because so many people in such a small area were doing the exact same thing.. and i think i got lucky and asked people with crappy phones. We finally got through and went back up to Peachtree Road to meet them which was another disaster in itself and headed towards MARTA.
Poor Daniel, my mom and aunt Kathy missed us running by cause we were on the left side and they were on the right. I felt awful that they had walked and traveled so much to see nothing... we got on overcrowded MARTA where I had to stand and hold Oliver on the train... at this point it is almost noon and I still have had nothing in me except my daily pill :), some cold water on the way to the race and some warm water during and after the race.... I'm hot, tired and weak and honestly had to try not to pass out on the MARTA train while holding Oliver... When we switched trains, I just sat down on the floor of the train station.. Eww Gross!
Haha... ok now it sounds like a nightmare but I promise... it was soo worth it and I cannot wait to do it again next year... now ill be more prepared on expectations, bringing my phone, where the free bananas are, etc.
Monday, July 11, 2011
FB 7/11
I have a few new goals that I am starting to work towards today. I am feeling very strong, confident and unstoppable. I love who I am when working towards a goal. And a side note.... I want to tell my mom that I love her so much and think she is such an amazing person!
Sunday, July 10, 2011
FB 7/10
my boys are still sleeping so I'm enjoying breakfast and my book out on the deck with an amazing breeze. After such a busy week, I am feeling so relaxed!
Saturday, July 9, 2011
FB 7/9
I am sooooo excited... I just signed up to do the Disney Princess Half Marathon in February!! Now all I need is to find an Ariel costume, and of course train! OMG! :)
Thursday, July 7, 2011
FB 7/7
omg! I just realized that I'm about to eat my fifth hot dog at my second braves game this week. yuck!
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
FB 7/6
haha... I wonder if its going to be hard for daniel to pitch in his softball game with Oliver constantly yelling "Dada"for his attention! ;)
He finally got his attention:
He finally got his attention:
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
FB 7/5
headed to tailgate for the braves game for a staff outing! Hoping this one is as amazing as the last! :)
Monday, July 4, 2011
FB 7/4
so... I am kind of ready to do the Peachtree again!! You would not have thought this would be my status 5 hours ago when was suffocating on MARTA. haha….I definitely have an amazing new outlook on the fourth and had such a blast this am!
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Lake Day
It's the fabulous 4th of July weekend and we are thoroughly enjoying it already. Yesterday we got invited to go out on the lake with the gang (haha.. i sound like I'm from the 50's). I was extremely nervous to be going. Since losing about 70 pounds and then gaining back 8 since vacation (which i think i need to blog about) I think I was more self conscious and nervous about showing my body than I was 70 pounds ago. It didn't help that we arrived by land to Sunset Cove and you have to jump right into the water and swim out to the group on the boat. So we were there nearly 30 seconds before I had to remove the cover up and literally jump right in .... haha.
It was a great day! Not only did I have fun with everyone but I feel like I reconnected with people who I haven't seen in a while and had an amazing time floating in the water hanging on Daniel with a drink in my hand... It seriously couldn't get any better than that.
We did get to see an amazing showing just like what you would see on MTV the Grind or Spring Break... An entire boat of just booty shaking girls... which of course lead to a muscle man Jersey Shore type of fight including mace which we had front row seats for!
Did I mention it was an awesome day?!
Today we are going to our neighborhood pool party which I am sort of hosting. I joined to neighborhood social committee and today is the day when I get to meet a ton of neighbors. I am totally nervous!!
But I'm even more nervous for tomorrow!!!! Da-da-dum-dum-dum (not sure how to spell that!)
It was a great day! Not only did I have fun with everyone but I feel like I reconnected with people who I haven't seen in a while and had an amazing time floating in the water hanging on Daniel with a drink in my hand... It seriously couldn't get any better than that.
We did get to see an amazing showing just like what you would see on MTV the Grind or Spring Break... An entire boat of just booty shaking girls... which of course lead to a muscle man Jersey Shore type of fight including mace which we had front row seats for!
Did I mention it was an awesome day?!
Today we are going to our neighborhood pool party which I am sort of hosting. I joined to neighborhood social committee and today is the day when I get to meet a ton of neighbors. I am totally nervous!!
But I'm even more nervous for tomorrow!!!! Da-da-dum-dum-dum (not sure how to spell that!)
Friday, July 1, 2011
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