Randy, Jamie and Julianne

Surprise Baby #2 coming in February!

2011-09-26T22:14:00.000-04:00

We are expecting our second little bundle of joy and are so excited to meet this new addition to the family!! Julianne is getting really excited too she likes to talk to the baby and give my belly kisses. She is a big helper these days and has been taking good care of me, especially when I complain to her and she comforts me in her own little way (rubbing my arm and telling me its going to be okay) she is such a little mother , its cute! She loves to take care of her babies and I hope she will like caring for her new sibling!! My sister n law is also expecting her 3rd in January, and we get to find out what she will be having this weekend! I never actually thought we would be pregnant together, especially only 4 weeks apart, so its been fun being pregnant together and then getting to watch our babies grow up at the same rate!! Randy and I will be having our +20 weeks sono tomorrow and will NOT be finding out the gender, Randy insists, I am alittle tempted to know this time around, but you can never be prepared for a newborn(that's what I tell myself), just hoping for a healthy baby!!! I have been feeling great and all my check ups are right on track, every time I ask the heart rate they tell me the same thing, its been 150. I'm thinking its a Girl because my pregnancy has been the same and I also want Jules to have a sister :) But we will find out in February! Hopefully I can post some sono pics soon, but here are some belly pics:)

13 weeks preggo

16 weeks preggo after Hurrican Irene

17 weeks preggo

Go Pioneers!

20 weeks preggo

Strawberry Pickin

2011-09-26T21:29:00.000-04:00

I had lots of fun things I want to do this summer with Julianne and one of them was to show her the strawberry fields. She loved the strawberry fields, but mostly eating the strawberries. We went early in the morning to avoid any field trips, and we got there just in time because as we were finishing a group of kids started coming up our row to start picking. It was a fun experience for both us, since it was my 3rd time to pick and Julianne's 1st. We got the big bucket and filled it to the brim, I'm estimating we got 6 qt, so it was probably $1/qt.!! They tasted so good you don't even need sugar on them!! Julianne was my little helper she helped pull the wagon and she also tasted them to make sure we got the ripe ones. I picked my little heart out because I knew she was going to get antsy (and playgroup was at 10)so it probably took me alittle over 30min. to fill the bucket. When we got home I washed them and cut the stems and then layed them on a cookie sheet, so they wouldn't stick together when I froze them. The other half I'm sure will be devoured in the next day or so. I used the frozen strawberries in smoothies or thawed to have as toppings on shortcake=Yummy!!

May 2011 Strawberry Pickin

Julianne's 2nd Birthday!

2011-03-20T23:05:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday to my little girl, she turned TWO on March 13th! She is so much fun and full of personality, well actually she is becoming more of a challenge, but I guess that comes with every age!. She talks so much and pronounces her words really well. She loves to have books read to her and has started asking But WHHYY momma. She also likes to sing songs like twinkle twinkle little stars, ABC song, Jesus Loves Me, Patty Cake Patty Cake, just to name a few. And she has RECENTLY started to take an interest in the potty; last night during her bath , she said she had to go poop, so I quickly took her out of the tub and sat her on her singing potty and she went pee, I was so proud of her for telling me and waiting to go in the potty, that was a BIG accomplishment! Then just today I put some undies on her in the morning I asked her if she needed to go sit on the potty but was more interested in eating her breakfast, so then she peed in her highchair. But then later in the afternoon I knew she would eventually need to go #2, she usually poops before her nap time(just in case you were wondering :) so I didn't put anything on her and I kept asking her, so I told her I would read her a story while she sat on the potty. I was really into the story reading hoping she was too, so she could go #2 easier and not think about it! And about 2-3 stories later she had a nice surprise for me. I just hope she continues to take an interest in the potty and I have the patience!
Julianne's Stats
25lbs and 33 1/2 inches tall

Julianne had a great time at her Birthday party, she was excited to play with (or next to) her 2 cousins Luke and Will, who live in Northeast, MD, 2 hrs away. The weather was great so we had a cookout after church and then opened presents and enjoyed the Elmo Cupcakes ! We got her a Radio Flyer Trike , it has a handle to push and steer, so she can learn to ride it eventually on her own. She likes to be pushed on it, so I'm looking forward to using it more when the weather gets nicer.

Thanksgiving and CHristmas 2010!!

2011-01-10T00:10:00.000-05:00

The Holidays have quickly come and gone! We had a great time here in Salisbury during Thanksgiving and had much to be thankful for.....health, family, Julianne, friends, church, jobs, cloths on our backs, hot showers, the gym, Chinese food,our car- Camry, playgroup, staying home with J, my new nephew coming in April, planes, rainy/snow days, Maui vacation, world wide web, pizza, jewelry, hot tea/coffee, just to name a few

The Andrews group

The kids table is expanding with new husbands and babies

The wonderful food

Grandma Stansbury's rolls that I made for the dinner!

Luke and his Dolphins hat

Jules looking through her books in her "new" bed. I took the side rail off and couldn't put it back on, so she has been converted into her big girl bed!!

Christmas 2010 was a whirlwind.......................................................

Randy had a much needed long vacation starting on Wed. 23rd, so we relaxed at home a few days and finished up shopping and wrapping presents. Then Christmas Eve is almost always spent at Uncle Joe&Aunt Marge's house, it s always fun to get together with family, especially with Merritt&Joey !!

On Christmas morning we woke up late and then headed over to the Scott's house to have our delicious breakfast, french toast, eggs, bacon, scrapple-ewww, and muffins!! It makes me hungry just writing about it!

We quickly opened our presents and then headed to the airport to catch our flight to KC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jules asleep on the plane, its so great when they FINALLY go to sleep on the plane, especially when they are a lap child!!

Rosie(cousin Merritt's dog in KC) "washing" the dishes

Aunt Bonnie &Uncle Steve's tree

Once we arrived in KC we went to Aunt Bonnie's house to see my dad's family, who I haven't seen in quite some time!! Then opened more presents we we arrived at my parents house in Olathe, KS!!

THEN we left the following morning for NEBRASKA, all 8 of us packed into the suburban. It was a smooth trip for the most part, but the way home was another story!!!!!!!!

Opening presents at Aunt Susie and Uncle Dennis' House

Preparing the dinner

Sister Angela gettin her groove on, belly and alll!! She is having a BOY in April!!

Cousin Maddy in her new Chair, Jules loved to follow Maddy around and Maddy loved to take care of her

Our trip in a brief description, because somehow everything I just wrote got erased!ugh
1. Left Aunt Susie's house Monday morning, Jules got the stomach bug, threw up probably 6 times in a matter of 4hrs.
2. We(Randy and I) got stomach bug the next day, couldn't move
3. The Oak Park Mall is amazing, and I can't believe all the new stores, including American Doll Store
4. Crown Center is so much when you get to take your kids there
5. The Plaza lights are always the highlight of my trip
6. P. F Changs have the best lettuce wraps!
7. We got our appetite back when we went to Jack Stack BBQ, yummy cheesy corn and burnt ends!!!

We are looking forward to 2011 and hope to sell our lovely little bungalow, because we have outgrown our 869 sq ft house!!

The front side of the house

The side view

The kitchen area

The kitchen

Living area

Our bedroom

Jules cute bedroom

The beautiful bathroom

Happy New Year !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Fall!!

2010-11-18T23:00:00.000-05:00

The last few months have been pretty busy! I started working at Uptown Cheapskate a resale store for the younger people. I work two days a week and really enjoy working there. It is great to get out of the house and take my mind of things; and it definitely isn't as challenging as my other job :) For Halloween we went to Olive Garden and we left Jules giraffe costume on while we ate, and of course she gagged and threw up on her costume, so we quickly changed her. Fortunately we took some pics before going out. Love that smile!

Julianne is 20months old and (stats for grandmas) ~33in tall and weighs ~24lbs. She is small but mighty and turning into a little toddler with quite a personality!

She is talking more and more and starting to put words together and sometimes sentences. She likes to point and name things, toes, eyes, ears, nose, etc etc..She tells us she lubs (love) us, most nights before bedtime, which melts our hearts. We say our night time prayers and she lists all the family members and pets by name. Its funny how the night time routine gets longer, now that she can talk and make requests. Lately she has been asking for water, so we get her a sippy with a small amount of water in it, she takes a few sips and then drops it in her bed. Then sometimes I hold her for a bit before putting her in bed and she will say chair, because she wants me to sit down and hold her. Sometimes she will say mommy and then my name. The other day Judy watched her and she said bye Jamie!! it was so funny I had to laugh!

She is also becoming such a little mommy, she takes care of all her babies, feeding them their bottle, giving them their paci's, swaying them and singing to them and sometime making the shushing sounds to get them to sleep. I think she gets this from Jack the little boy I watch 2 days week. And now that Jack can hold his own bottle she tries to hold the bottle for him and takes it out and then puts it back in his mouth and he just watches her and waits to get his bottle back.

I thought I would wait to put her in her toddler bed but I'm going to go ahead and transition her soon. She sleeps in a toddler bed at my in laws house, so she understands she must stay in bed, with an occasional reminder "GET BACK IN BED" . But I'm hoping it will be better for when we go visit my parents she can sleep on the floor or on an air mattress. (fingers crossed) But its just another reminder of how big our baby girl is getting :(

We are excited about the upcoming holidays and Christmas now that she plays with toys and gets excited about presents. We took her to toys r us to get an idea of what she might like and she loved loved the baby dolls and all the accessories!! This year we are spending Thanksgiving here at Shad Point (my in laws house) and Christmas in KC!! We are excited to come home and see my family and friends and congratulate my sister and bro n law for their Newest arrival in April !! We are so happy for them and can't wait to find out what they are having. They know what they are having because she's a nurse in the L&D unit and peaked already!! We have much to be thankful for and feel truly blessed! I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Our 5th Anniversary!

2010-09-11T23:38:00.000-04:00

For our 5th Anniversary Randy surprised me (2hr notice) with an overnight get away in Ocean City. The messenger (mother n law Judy)was to come to the house and give me my orders and Judy was going to watch Jules as well. It was a great surprise to get to go away for a relaxing night alone with Randy!!We didn't stay right on the beach, due to Hurricane Earl , but more inland. It was a nice get away, to relax and not have to worry about all the responsibilities. We went to an Italian Restaurant Angelo's, which wasn't that impressive, we tried to go to OC Wasabi-Japanese, but the wait was too long. Randy gets off work late so we were starving, but next time we will try that restaurant. After dinner we played miniature golf. I was in the lead at first and Randy ended up winning by 1 stroke, I usually beat him in miniature golf , so I thought I would be nice this time! ;) But it was a very nice evening outside, you wouldn't have thought there might be a Hurricane coming through the next day. After mini golf we stopped by Dumser's Ice Cream and shared a brownie Sundae that was O so good!!! It was so nice to be together and enjoy each other company.
The following morning we were expecting a heavy downpour and strong winds outside, but it was sprinkling and a little windy. We watched the Hurricane news coverage and it reminded me of when we were on our honeymoon in Palm Springs, CA, watching the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina!!

In the morning we ate the continental breakfast , it was a hot breakfast too, with eggs and bacon and everything else you would want for breakfast. We took our time (without any interuptions and actually doing my makeup and hair) getting ready and left the room right at 11, check out time. We went to a few stores at the outlet, Osh Kosh and Marshall's, to get some stuff for Julianne and then ate lunch at Panera. It was a relaxing trip and it was so good to get away for a night and not have to do anything for change!!!

Dumser's yummy brownie sundae

The news crews were prepared for nothing

The King size Bed was so comfortable

Happy Fourth of July!!

2010-07-03T12:11:00.002-04:00

My sister n law Mindy, nephews Luke and Will, and Julianne and I went Blueberry picking at Garden of Eden in Salisbury on Friday! We had so much fun and enjoyed the beautiful scenery! We took the ferry on our way there and that was quite an adventure, because we weren't sure which side of the river it was on, but we finally figured out that we had to cross the river so thank goodness we had the ferry to get us across! The kids loved the fact that they were riding on a boat in the car!

Julianne having a good time running free between the blueberry bushes

Concentrating on getting the biggest berry and as much has possible in a short time, because it was closing soon

She loved eating the berries and picking them from the bush

She was eating the berries off the bush and I had to swipe a few of the yucky green berries from her mouth

Luke, Will and Julianne having a good time picking berries

The results = homemade blueberry muffins , they were delicious!!

Randy and Julianne on Uncle Joe's dock

EEEKKK, be careful

Julianne

We are so thankful for our freedom and we hope you have a restful, relaxing and safe fourth of July weekend!!

15 months

2010-06-30T23:15:00.002-04:00

Julianne is 15 months old and turning into a little toddler!! Wow Her personality is really starting to show, she talks or babbles, but also says words- words like hi (she says hi to anything that moves no matter how far away) bye bye, bite, cracker cookie cake (they all sound the same), bana, juce, more, babee, mamma, dadda, allll done, birdie, kitty kitty, and much more, she trys to repeat what we say and is becoming a word sponge, its fun watching her language develop, she still uses the sign for more when she really likes something
She plays with her toys, she also loves playing with her baby dolls and giving them kisses and loves books
She climbs on top of the ottoman and then stands up on the ottoman with no fear, she would even climb the ladder to the slide by herself if I wasn't there. A church close by has a nice new playground, that we frequent and she loves climbing in the playhouse and looking out the windows.
She still has 6 teeth, has had all 6 six since April, so we are wondering when the next few will pop through, 7th tooth just popped through :)
She gives us open mouth kisses and hugs our necks and we just love it, hugs = kisses
She weighs 20lbs, but I think she weighs a little more than what the nurses said, they aren't always accurate, especially with a squirming baby. Her height is 31 1/2 in and her head circumference is 47cm
She still takes about 2 naps a day morning and afternoon a longer afternoon nap.

She drinks out of a straw and is trying to figure out the utensils, what a mess that is, but usually doesn't last very long and I have to put the food on the spoon and hand her the spoon , so she can feed herself

Summer!!!!!!!!

2010-06-01T22:31:00.000-04:00

I love a sleeping baby!

Cousin Michelle

My new adventure!

2010-05-01T14:54:00.008-04:00

Jack and Julianne in the morning

Julianne entertaining Jack

Jack playing with the ball

Trying to get the ball

So recently, I have taken on a new adventure of watching my friends little boy Jack(3m old), while she goes to work! I'm so glad I was able to help her and feel very honored to watch her little one. He is a very good baby and only fusses' when hungry, tired, gassy, or needs a diaper change, isn't that with all babies!! But our days seem to vary, sometimes I'll have them on the same schedule -both will be napping at the same time (at least an hr)or one will be eating while the other is sleeping, so every minute of the day is precious, especially when they are BOTH asleep!! But so far it has gone smoothly. Julianne is more self sufficient and independent, I have weaned her, so she is eating and drinking all by herself, except spoon feeding. I nursed her for little over year and felt it was worth every struggle(cup feeding, syringe/tubing method, frenulectomy, mastitis, engorgement, and pumping)! I recently saw one of the nurses (Mother/baby unit)and she said your the Girl that really wanted to BF, that's how she remembered me, I was on a lot of drugs and stubborn! But Julianne hasn't shown much jealousy towards Jack, sometimes she'll lay her head on my knee while I'm giving Jack his bottle and I will set her beside us so she can be by us and she's always curious of Jack. Sometimes she'll wake up in the mornings and point to the door and say baby and even tries to say baby Ack (Jack). Jack also enjoys watching Julianne and the noises she makes (screaming)! We have also been able to enjoy the great outdoors with a few walks , I put Jack in the stroller and Julianne strapped on my back or we push Julianne and Jack in the red wagon with Jack sitting in the carseat, they both seem to enjoy it and its always refreshing to get outside. But having two babies is a lot of work, so NO I'm not ready for another baby of my own!!!

A work in Progress

2010-04-22T21:22:00.012-04:00

We are downsizing and selling Randy's car ! Its a Cadillac CTS 03' , it a great car !!

Julianne hard at work on her laptop April 2010

Trying to figure out how to use the mouse :)

Julianne started walking at the beginning of March. She took a few steps here and there, but then got down and crawled to where she needed to go. We would encourage her by holding her hand and helping her with her balance. Lately she has really caught on to walking, taking more and more steps on her own. Its fun to watch her learn to walk, she still is a little unsteady, her little legs are stiff and make wide steps, her arms are up helping her balance. More recently as of the middle of April, she is mainly walking!! Luckily the house isn't that big and the poor thing is encaged in the living room , but she can still get to the hallway and her room to explore.

Her personality is really starting to form, the other day when I was trying to get her away and out of the trash can, she kept getting into it, so I slapped her hand and said NO and she took her other hand and slapped my other hand and smiled. I was stunned , but didn't react. Discipline at this age is hard , because you don't know what they really understand, but then you think they need to learn at a very young age to correct the bad behavior. And they don't really know how to control their emotions or communicate what they want, so she is having more tantrums and crying spells, especially when tired or hungry! So it can become a struggle at times, but I try and compliment her when she does good things like putting the sippy cup in the cup holder and not throwing it, or putting the food she doesn't like to the corner of her tray, instead of dropping it on the floor. I know she will be testing us more and more and hopefully we will stay consistent and not give in to her. We went to a seminar for Parents on how to Help Kids Become Genuine Disciples and learned a lot of good information that will be most helpful as she is growing and becoming her own person. But it discussed how boundaries are enforced to help the child feel secure and how we need to model Christ , because we are the most influential persons in their lives and hope they will come to a personal faith with God. We really enjoyed the seminar and got a lot out of it, so hopefully that will show through in our child! :)

Maui II

2010-04-06T15:11:00.010-04:00

My Parents!! The trip was planned after my mom told us that it has always been a dream of hers to take her family to Hawaii. So my sister Angela planned the trip and we were blessed to all be together in beautiful Hawaii!

My little hottie sis Dawn

My gorgeous big sis Angela and cool bro n law Josh

My little hula girl!! Thanks for the hula outfit Auntie A

Our family of three at the Luau

In Lahaina enjoying our fish tacos and fish &chips at KIMO's, with some old friends I grew up with (Rachel &hubby Dante and they are expecting in Sept. !) and my friend Danielle's mom Kathy C. and her friend Crystal and baby Brody ! KIMO's had a beautiful view of the ocean and saw some more whales. We were told it was mating season, so the males were trying to compete for the females attention, so we got to see alot of whale Action on the boat trip :)

Our Pina Colada's very tastee

The crew going out to snorkel! I got really close to a sea turtle , it popped its little head out of the water and just looked at me, it was pretty cool! And the fish were very colorful and so was the coral reef!

Maui I

2010-04-06T14:47:00.009-04:00

Mom and I at Kamoale Beach

After a long day of whale watching and shopping in Lahaina , we came back to Kihei (were we stayed) and got some pita's to eat at the beach to watch another beautiful sunset!!

We got to go to a Luau, the Wailea Marriott had a great Luau with all you could eat food and drinks and the entertainment was pretty cool too, fire dancing and hula dancing (we got on stage and learned to hula (well we tried at least)

Our entertainment at the pool, who needs free mai tai wed. when you've got this girl!

This beach was by the Fairmont hotel and it was a nice beach and not so crowded! By the last beach day we were experts at getting all ready, packing every little thing for the baby, applying sunscreen, hats, sunglasses, lunches and beach equipment! We were loaded down!!

One of the many sunsets we saw in Maui! We always woke early(due to the time difference) so we tried to get out and see the sunrise too!

Flights to & from MAUI

2010-03-25T18:05:00.009-04:00

Jules climbing all over the beach chair

It's rough being pushed around in my comfy seat

Playing with her new laptop

What's more peaceful then a sleeping baby

Our flight went about as expected. All of our connections were on time and no unexpected delays which was wonderful, we waited in a long line to take off at PHL. but it wasn't too bad. Our main concern that day was Jules and how to keep her occupied. She did pretty good - slept the whole way to PHL. The PHX flight was long , but fortunately the guy in the window seat helped entertain Jules, he has a traveling "buddy" (little rub toy- that's eyes pop out when you squeeze him) so he showed it to her and talked to her , which was nice to get a break. She slept maybe 45 min on our 4 hr 45 min flight. But we walked the aisles and she enjoyed looking at all the people. Our Maui flight was VERY long and our patience were running thin, but thankfully we had an open middle seat, since I asked the guy if he could sit in an open seat because that plane wasn't suppose to be full , he gladly agreed! So Jules had her own seat and we got her new laptop to play with and watched some baby videos on the laptop. She did great and loved climbing all over the seats and walking down the aisles again. We had a women in front of us (we call her girlfriend, because she kept calling Jules that) who talked to Jules and made noises, faces, etc to keep her entertained. But the last 2 hrs of our 6hrs 30min flight she had a breakdown and started crying really loud and we couldn't get her to stop, tried everything and she was not happy, so Randy walked her down the aisle and the flight attendants offered her some shortbread cookie, which she sorta calmed down, so I was relieved and so were the other mothers on the plane!! She was overtired, hot and hungry!! They stood at the back of the plane for a bit to cool off and feed Jules her cookie, a much needed break for me!! And then we arrived to MAUI and the LONG flight was worth it!!!
And the way back home was VERY tiring, since Maui time was 6 hours difference, we tried to sleep on the plane, and we did get some sleep in but with some interruptions. But it was good to get the long flight over with first. The flight to PHL. was uneventful Jules slept some and played at our feet when she would get restless or we would walk the aisles with her! Then we got stuck in PHL from 3-7:30, because of weather! I was so glad we had the stroller so she could sleep in the stroller and we could rest our arms!! We made it home at ~9pm. It was a LONG day overall but we are so thankfully we got to go and spend time with family!!

She's a YEAR OLD !! Where did the time go?

2010-03-19T08:57:00.035-04:00

Opening her presents in her new Red wagon

Eating her birthday cake , she loved the Chocolate frosting

Silly face

Opening her new piano toy

March 2010

February 2010 Bath time

January 2010 Great Grandpa and Grandma Stansbury came to visit our home

December 09' meeting Santa :(

November 09'

October 09'

September. 09' eating lots on new foods

September. 09'

August 09'

July 4th in KC with Grandma E

June 09' Father's Day at Perdue Stadium

May 2009 Mother's Day

April 2009 Easter

2 weeks old

7:02 pm on March 13, 2009 she arrived in this world, (8 lb 8 oz. and 19.5 in) what a long day it was and the best day. Truly a miracle, SHE was our BIG surprise , a healthy baby GIRL Julianne Lynne !!

Where did the time go, I can't believe she is 1 years old (20lbs and 29in). She has lots of personality and doesn't meet a stranger , always friendly to everybody. She is a very happy baby and we feel very blessed and hope she stays that way through the toddler years. Julianne is a world traveler, she has flown to Kansas City twice, Florida, California, Hawaii, with layovers in Philly, Charlotte, Phoenix, and driven to Nebraska, so she has been to Missouri and Iowa and Delaware. We have loved watching her grow and change ! She has taught us how so much about love and patience. I am excited to see how she will change these coming years- but not too fast please!!

My Pal Violet

2010-02-28T17:19:00.007-05:00

Julianne loves her Pal Violet. She lights up whenever she sees Violet or hears her sing. Violet was a Christmas gift from Aunt Angela and Uncle Josh. Julianne has figured out how to push the paws to make Violet sing and talk. We know when Julianne is up from her nap or in the morning, when we can hear Violet talking. Violet is programmed to say Julianne's favorite color (pink), favorite animal (dog), and favorite food (bananas). She also tells Julianne she loves her and spells her name and many other things. They are great pals and thanks aunt A and Uncle J!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T08:07:00.002-05:00

I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband who supports us, encourages, understands, and loves me at all cost! I love you so much!
I got my sweetie some sweets, don't they look yummy!

To love for a day is sweet, but to love for all our days is even sweeter!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Almost a YEAR OLD!!

2010-02-14T07:26:00.007-05:00

I can't believe our little girl is almost a year old. Yesturday she turned 11 months and we celebrated by taking her to Finding Nemo on Ice! She really enjoyed the first part but got very tired towards the end of the show. We were surprised how well she paid attention, she would even clap when everyone else did!

Julianne 11 months:

She is cruising and using a little walker, sometimes she forgets to move her feet when the walker gets ahead of her and shes barely hanging on to the walker. But its a start!

She loves to pucker her lips and makes a pop noise with her lips

Julianne is a really friendly baby, she waves and says HI to everyone, some people say hi back and others walk away , its quite funny

She crawls really fast and knows when shes in trouble and crawls faster to get away!

She screams when she doesn't get what she wants, especially when its food.

Lately she has been trying to stand up in the bath tub, so more toys are needed in the bath tub!

She loves bananas, apple pie, corn, any kind of bread, beans, cheerios, crackers, eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, nursing (down to 2 sessions afternoon nap and bedtime:)

She gives daddy high fives

Sleeps through the night

Julianne got a Leap Frog My Pal Violet for Christmas, she absolutely loves Violet and she sleeps with her every night. Violet talks to her and sings songs, she knows how to push the paws to make Violet talk , every morning we can hear Violet through the monitor , so we sing along with her :)!!

She loves her cousins Luke and Will, they are playing really well together and its fun to watch them as they get older

We barracaded her in our living room with gates, so she tries to squeeze through tiny area to get out, like between the recliner and couch, sometimes she escapes and tries to hide in the bathroom, so the bathroom door is always shut. Luckily she doesn't have too many places to hide, becuase our house is a little over 900 sq ft!! :)

She loves to flip through the pages in books and then moves on to the next one, until all the books are on the floor

Just a few things she has been doing lately

She is a joy to be with everyday and we are having so much fun as parents!

Julianne's Dedication

2010-01-27T15:33:00.008-05:00

Mark 10:14-16
He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the knigdom of God like a little child will never enter it. 16 And he took the children in his arms put his hands on them and blessed them.

Sunday, January 24, 2009

At Cross Pointe Church of the Nazarene

Baby Dedication

My Surprise Party

2010-01-27T15:07:00.015-05:00

While I was away dog sitting in San Diego, Randy planned a surprise Birthday Party for me ! I was completely surprised because- I was really looking forward to Julianne's dedication(family was in town, etc..) the next day, so my Birthday was no big deal to me! Well Randy did a great job planning with the help of his family. The day went as follows

-I made a nice big breakfast for my family (Dad&Mom Ellis, Grandpa/ma Stansbury) Egg/sausage Cass, muffins, dunkin donuts, coffee. It was a delicious breakfast!

-Then we headed out to Ocean City, MD to see the sites and walk the Boardwalk. It was really cold and Julianne was not a happy camper, so we didn't get to spend much time there. Most of the stores and restaurants were closed due to the winter season. But we did get Dolle's popcorn and Candy Kitchen Taffy. Next time they come will have to be in the summer so we can get Rita's, Thrasher's, and crab cakes on the Boardwalk.

-We freshened up and then headed to Tokyo Steakhouse for my Birthday dinner. The atmosphere is fun and the food is very good. My mom and I were the only ones at our table to catch the shrimp in our mouths, we always look forward to catch the shrimp in our mouths :)

-Then we ran a quick errand; we had to exchange Julianne's shoes so I was taking my time and they were all telling me we need to hurry ! Well I thought they were hurrying because Julianne needed to get to bed or might be fussy. But I was like no she's fine they will call me if they need me. So four stores later (we were looking for white Patton shoes) we quickly got in the car and headed to the Scott's.

-I got to the door and peaked through the window and saw all these people , my family and friends waiting to Celebrate my Birthday with me!! It was a long day but I felt so loved and blessed to spend it with my family and friends!! Thank you Randy and the Scott's for a great day of celebration!!

A recap of Christmas

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We had a wonderful 2009 Christmas ! Our Christmas Eve was spent at Aunt Marge's house, where we exchanged gifts and ate some delicious food. I brought the deviled eggs! Then we went to the Christmas Eve Candle light service at church, its always a special service. But this year I spent most of the service in the nursery with Julianne. After the service we went to Uncle Dave and Aunt Debbie's house were we exchange gifts and ate more delicious food!!

We had a great Christmas and really enjoyed spending it as a family of three. Julianne enjoyed tearing the paper and putting everything in her mouth, so we didn't go overboard with presents, we just got her empty boxes. ;) But after we opened our presents to each other we went to the Scott's house to eat a big breakfast and then opened the presents with them! And lastly we ate some more. Somehow I managed to maintain my weight(due to nursing:) but will be eating healthier this coming year as I increase in age and not weight! Beware lots of pictures to follow

Hotel Del Coronado

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San Diego/Coronado Bay Bridge, its so much shorter than the Chesapeake Bay Bridge!

Hotel Del Coroado

My Beautiful Beach Babe

They had separate condo buildings you could rent, that had access to the beach or pool

Stopping for lunch at a pizza place- Pizzeria Village

They had some little shops, boutique's, and yummy Yogurt(Yogurt Escape). It was another beautiful day and Coronado Island is such a beautiful place!

San Diego Part II

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The weather has been really nice, so I've tried to plan activities outside for us to do (we are in San Diego, right). We went to Ocean Beach and walked the Pier, looked at a few shops, and had the best smoothie at OB Smoothie. Unfortunately I forgot the camera, so no pictures of that. We plan to go back there sometime soon.

This is a great little park in Ang's hood, we frequent this a lot during our walks

The other side of the park, notice the people walking the tight rope

We went to the World Famous San Diego Zoo. It was such a nice zoo, this is by far the best Zoo I have ever been too!

The Giraffe's , Julianne just watched in amazement

This poor dog to the right is the Cheetah's companion, they said it was raised with the dog.

We rode the Gondola through the Park!

She took two naps while at the Zoo

Elephants I like Elephants

A snake Turtle, they are weird looking reptiles

Duck watching, while sucking her thumb!!

We went to another Incredible Park called the Balboa Park. We had a nice picnic there and so did Willie, he ate half our food!

Julianne bossing the dogs around

They love to wrestle

Look what I caught Willie doing, up on the couch, were he's not suppose to be!!!

But don't you love the cool windows

Adventures in Dogsitting

2010-01-03T16:07:00.014-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

Sorry , we haven't updated this blog in awhile! I hope everyone has a fabulous new year, we sure are enjoying Twenty Ten in San Diego!!

We went to First Church of the Nazarene on the Campus of Point Loma. It was a Warm and friendly church, wasn't as big as I expected it to be. They don't really use the main sanctuary due to different music (contemp/traditional), I was planning on going to the classic service, but it was very crowded so I kinda listened in the lobby area and then went to the contemporary service. I enjoyed the music there. I left before the service ended so I could go tour the campus. I wished I would have toured this campus 10 yrs ago!!

Josh Angela's House. It's so cute!

Willie...

A barricade of Pillows to keep Willie away

Annie is a good dog, with a mean bark!!

POINT Loma

Amphitheater

Happy Halloween!

2009-10-31T20:49:00.007-04:00

On Halloween night our church had Trunk or Treat, it was alot of Fun . Randy brought the Froggy van and set up the big frog, so we had a froggy theme. He also promoted Operation We Care, an organization that collects and sends packages to troops during the Holidays. This was the 4th year for Trunk or Treat and it was a hit! They had hayrides, smore's, pumpkin carving, and roasted hot dogs. Chris and Mindy won the prize for best treats, they made Chili and handed it out to the adults and kids. We hope everyone enjoyed their Halloween!
Julianne was the cutest pumpkin!

Randy, Chris and Steve are going to the Miami vs. NY Jets Sunday!!! Should be a lot of fun as long as the Phins win!!

7 Months

2009-10-19T20:19:00.016-04:00

Have a Happy Halloween!!

Julianne is over seven months old and is changing so much. Her personality is starting to develop and she is becoming VERY active. She is curious with everything in arms reach and everything goes right in the mouth. At her 6 months Dr. appt she was 16lbs 2oz and 26 1/2 in. long, so she is growing and we can definitely feel it in our arms, especially when I'm pacing the floors at night to get her down. She has started eating baby food, like carrots, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes, bananas, applesauce, etc... She even drinks from her little sippy cup; she gets really excited when I give it to her and she looks so darn cute when she sips from her sippy. Julianne is quite the rollie pollie, she is getting close to crawling, by getting up on her hands knees and rocking back and forth. She is sitting up on her own , but still alittle wobbly. She is babbling a lot and enjoys listening to herself talk. We are enjoying every moment and new milestone in her life and are having so much fun being parents!

Fall is Here!!

2009-09-20T21:15:00.029-04:00

Last weekend of summer, so we decided to go to the beach and walk the Boardwalk, eat Thrasher's Fries, and bask in the sun.

It was Delmarva Bike week and TONS of motorcyles were in town

Julianne is 6 Months old, we can't believe it

Time for the real food, well baby food like rice cereal, squash, and soon carrots and applesause

She really likes it

She can even whistle !!

Ocean City Beach Tower

Shopping !

Daddy and Julianne

Chewin on her toes

My Beautiful Blue Eyed Girl

Happy Anniversary

2009-09-01T21:34:00.013-04:00

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband of 4 years!! I'm so glad I have you by my side during the happy and sad times of life!! I look forward to many more years to come! We are so blessed to have each other and our beautiful daughter! Love ya !

September 2, 2008 at Phillip's

September 2, 2005

SHE IS GROWING TOO FAST!!

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August 2, 2009

July 09

Sponge Bob at the Beach

1st visit to the Beach July 09

Jamie, Julianne and Jadh

Grandma Ellis

Cousin Carson and Madison

Aunt Dawn

Our Angel

Brother's at Disney in June

Julianne's growing!!

2009-05-31T15:08:00.045-04:00

Julianne's is almost THREE Months old, so we needed to update the blog! This is a picture blog with date and description under the picture. I can't believe how big she is getting and how much she is developing!! Hope you enjoy the pictures!!

3/17- Great Grandma Stansbury made this beautiful balnket for Julianne, she loves it. Thank you Grandma Stansbury

3/31 Sleeping in her Co-sleeper

4/16 Her first bottle

4/18- Taking a nap with mommy

4/19-Playing with her favorite cousins Luke and Will, she gets to play with them when mom and dad go to work

4/24 - Sleeping through the Salisbury Festival

Grandpa Scott

4/26 - Her cute baby sunglasses!!

5/10- Kisses for my little girl

Beautiful Girl

Mother's Day with Grandma Scott, Mindy, Luke, Will, Jamie and Julianne

5/11 My First Mother's Day with my family!!

Luke and Randy at the Cole's Circus, the boys were amazed at all the tricks and animals.

It was so loud in there and she slept through half the show, and then woke to see some of the show

5/13 - TWO Months old

5/15 Sleeping in her little bed

5/16 - She likes to sleep on mommy

5/18 - Going for a walk

I made a Smith Island cake for Steve's B-day

5/19 - Julianne's getting more head control and always busy scanning the room

5/23 - Sleeping in her Big bed, we have just started putting her in her own bed and she is doing really well in her own room!!

5/26 - We never thought spit up could be such a nuisance, this is the bottom carseat base, with a puddle of spit up, and I had just washed the carseat cover too!! She is a spitter upper!

She fell as sleep while nursing, so I put her in the crib like this

5/30 - Love those Big Blue eyes!

Going to Celebrate Daddy's birthday with a crab feast by the river. She wore her New York Yankees onesie! Happy Birthday dad!

On the changing table, she loves to look at the colorful blanket on the wall

5/31 - Julianne sittin pretty! Such a sweet girl!

We love our precious little girl !!

Gotta Love the FAM!!

2009-04-22T19:36:00.010-04:00

Jamie's Mom and youngest sister Dawn arrived the day we headed home from the hospital to help out and visit when Julianne was born. It was a very special and emotional moment for Jamie when she was introduced to their new granddaughter and niece Julianne!!

All of our family and friends have been unbelievable in helping and supporting us and we can't thank them enough.

Here we are Easter Sunday (We miss you Chris!!)

Here is our little Angel!!

Julianne is a month old!!

2009-04-15T15:17:00.017-04:00

Julianne just turned a month old on Monday the 13th. We can't believe how fast the time as gone and are amazed at her accomplishments and growth. She is more alert , she makes eye contact at short distances, scans the room and takes in all the sights and sounds, she moves a lot by flailing her arms around and kicks her little legs. Julianne makes the cutest faces when she's awake and asleep. I can spend the morning watching her sleep and watching the different facial expressions that she makes. So far she sleeps pretty well, she wakes about 2-3 times at night for a feeding, but its always about the same time and then she usually falls back to sleep. Her weight has been good, at birth she was 8lbs 8oz and then dropped to 7lbs 12oz at the hospital (we stayed 4 nights) then gradually 8 lbs 4oz, then at two weeks she weighed in at 9 lbs. I was a little worried about her weight from the start, because at the hospital they told me she was dehydrated and lost 8% of her weight, so it was pretty overwhelming to a first time mom, but we have overcome it and now at one month she weighs 9lbs 10.4oz ! She is a healthy Baby Girl !

10 days old!!

Opening Day! We'll try to forget they lost!!

Happy Easter!

2009-04-12T18:32:00.003-04:00

Hey Boys! Meet your Cousin!

2009-03-15T20:19:00.017-04:00

Sunday after church Julianne's cousins Luke and Will stopped by to see who this new member of the family was!

Luke had been practicing how to say Julianne since late Friday night-and it payed off in a priceless moment!

Will was wondering who this chick is.

Luke brought the gifts for his new relative!

Luke is fascinated!

This is one proud uncle and now a proud FATHER!

Luke was so precious with her-notice the button on his jacket!

Safe in her big cousins arms!

One more with the two first borns!

Get in there Will (second borns rule! Your Aunt Jamie and Uncle Randy know that's for sure!)

Here the are-Judy and Steve's three grandchildren- Julianne, Luke and Will!

Hospital Guests- Sunday, March 15, 2009

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Mike and Kara Arce (He is the Mike from the Mike & Randy Show)

Ms Agnes, Blair and Ben

Mrs. Joy Slaven

Rev. and Mrs Parker

Alex and Kelly- getting married soon!

Brian and Amanda- they created Julianne's room- we'll get back to that later!

Mark, Jenn and Noah Deweerdt

I got to hold thier daught Hope, she came too!

Aunt Lois Campbell!

Hospital Guests- Saturday, March 14, 2009

2009-03-15T18:49:00.015-04:00

Our First guest of the day was Pastor Joel!

Then a little later his wife Pastor Janelle

Meghan Simons, and Ben!

Bill & Kristen Vernon

Carolyn Chalada

Cousin Michelle and Landon

Miss Pam Mitchell

Kendra and Elias Wagner (missed you Evan!)

Mr. and Mrs. Gary and Phillis Vickers

Uncle Dave

Jerry and Stacy Messick

Jamie and Mandy Gladden

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!!

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WE are so sorry there aren't many pictures with Jamie, we promise more to come!

High five!

Proud Daddy and the Doc! Dr. Winnacott!

Grandma Scott!

Grandma and Grandpa Scott!

Suprise, It's a girl!!

The big reveal!!

We are Family!

It happened!!

We are in this together!

Daddy thinks she is a 10 but the judges gave her an 8.8

Daddy's little girl!

Who said he wouldn't do it? Oh yeah he did!

Let's Do it!

It was a very long day and we promise the story of the day will be coming!!

Julianne Lynne Scott-March 13, 2009!

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Here is our precious daughter!

Our First Family Photo!

More to come in the next few days! What a long but amazing day!

Keep on Pushing!!

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PUSH

2009-03-13T15:01:00.001-04:00

Delivery Day Webisode 2!

2009-03-13T13:55:00.002-04:00

More Delivery Day Updates! Just the pics!

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Thankfully Karen was there to greet us and take us through!

It the Egyption Flu...Going to be a mummy!

Almost a Mommy!!

Yesterday- 6 hours before going in!

Delivery Day Webisode 1!

2009-03-13T11:12:00.001-04:00

March 13, 2009- You might want to remember it!

2009-03-13T09:23:00.003-04:00

We are at the hospital! We arrived at PRMC this morning at around 1:30- The water has been broken, the epidural is in and now the waiting begins. Jamie is doing well and our sister in law Mindy is here and is a huge help! Today is the day!!! We will update soon!

Tick Tock!

2009-03-11T06:45:00.002-04:00

So we are three days away from the due date! We have been waiting patiently and can't wait for Baby Scott to be here! We have no idea whether we are having a boy or a girl and signs are saying it could be either. It should be an exciting week. We have been taking a lot of walks around the neighborhood and love that the Salisbury University campus is near by and we can walk through. We have done a little of the nesting and are sharing chores like normal. The baby is very active and seems ready to enter the world but for some reason hasn't made it out yet! We'll keep you posted!

WEEK 38: TWO WEEKS FROM THE DUE DATE(But maybe sooner)!

2009-03-01T20:42:00.006-05:00

The clock is ticking! Baby Scott will soon be here!! We are so excited and are as ready as can be for the arrival of our baby!! We can't believe it is here although Jamie feels like she has been preggers forever! We will do our best to keep you posted!

All belly!! Baby Scott is almost here! Week 38!

Isn't she lovely?

Mommy to be by the crib!

Daddy to be had to get his picture taken (he did kind of help with the crib- Grandaddy to be did most of the work!)

2009 Valentines Day means 4 Weeks Until Baby Scott!!

2009-02-14T21:19:00.013-05:00

We had a wonderful final Valentine's Day as a married couple without children! We had plans to go to the missionary dinner at church but decided to go out to eat and spend some time together- sorry missionaries-we will be praying extra hard for you now!

Well last Valentine's Day was quite an adventure see link below:

http://jandrscott.blogspot.com/2008/02/happy-valentines-day-kinda.html

This year we tried Uno's again-mainly because we knew we wouldn't have to wait long. We had a little hiccup with our appetizer but the manager took it off the bill! We love free stuff. Oh yeah we had a gift certificate for Uno's too(thanks cousin Michelle!), that may have factored into our decision! It went well, then we went to the movies only to see a long line and we decided to take care of some shopping instead!

Jamie worked all day and Randy and his Dad were busy putting together the crib for baby Scott!! Thanks so much to Grandma and Grandpa Stansbury for the most wonderful crib they purchased and mailed this week!

It was an overall a good Valentine's Day-except that Randy's brother Chris started his trek back to Iraq early this morning.

We had a wonderful time with Chris and the fam throughout the last few weeks! We celebrated his return with some great food, parties and even a fight. It was actually our hometown hero Fernando Guerrero's fight- he won!

Here are a few pictures to catch up!!

36 Down and 4 to go!

Time to Catch Up!

2009-01-26T06:12:00.022-05:00

It has been a busy couple of weeks to start the new year! We have been attending Birthing Classes, getting ready for a baby, welcoming visitors and more!! Here are some pictures of 2009 so far!

Jamie had Shower number 1!

Randy's brother Chirs is in town! He returned home from Iraq on January 26th for a three week R & R! We are so happy to spend some time with him!

Jamie's Mom came to visit all the way from Kansas City for Jamie's Birthday and a Shower.

Jamie opens up a Birthday Present!

We Went to Tokyo for Jamie's Birthday Dinner: His name was Larry...i'm serious!

After Dinner we headed over to Randy's Aunt and Uncle's house for a joint Party: Cousin Michelle and Jamie both were born on January 23rd!

Jamie Blowing out the candles on her pre-birthday cake!

Our Nephew Will Celebrated Birthday #1 on January 24th!We think he liked his cake!

Our Friends Brian and Amanda were kind enough to plan, design and to finish the Baby's Room! Thanks so much guys-Great Job!

Even Randy Got Into The Act!

The Finished Product!We hope baby Scott Will Love it!

Bump Pictures and Christmas!

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Here is the Christmas Card we didn't send!

Randy's Brother Chris and his Christmas picture in Iraq.

The Lovely mother to be!

She is pretending to add this ornament(BUSTED!)

All Smiles!!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-25T19:04:00.009-05:00

We spent our 4th Christmas together as a married couple today! We stayed home this year and can't wait for the year to come! We are looking forward to 2009, baby, Randy's brother Chris returns home from Iraq, possible Hawaii trip and all the great blessings we don't know about yet! We had a great day but miss all the loved ones we couldn't be with! We hope you had a blessed Christmas!

Thanksgiving Recap

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The Yummy Homemade rolls I made , thanks for the recipe Grandma

25 weeks

Thanksgiving feast at the inlaws

Chowin' down

Chelsey and I domininating in Sequence

The natavity scene in the living room window

The purchase Randy made for me on Black Friday at 5am. Thanks hun!

We set up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. It was a challenge because the top prelit lights went out, so we decide to take them off and undue every clip holding the lights up. Then finally we put up a strand of lights for the top!

Landon (cousin Michelle's son) celebrated his Birthday at Coco's Fun House, the kids had a great time!

X Ray Baby

2008-11-17T07:06:00.004-05:00

Here are the latest pics of Baby Scott!Everything looks good so far. Our photograper (can't think of the real name) steered clear of the identifing area so the suprise is still on! This looks really freaky to me (Randy) and I couldn't tell what was what so I'm glad she labled these.

We will get pictures of the mother to be soon(once I figure out who she is)!

Baby Bump and Trunk or Treat!!

2008-11-02T16:00:00.019-05:00

Jamie's Senior Pictures! Ok, just kidding here she is at 21 weeks!!!

TRUNK OR TREAT!!!

We were happy to open our trunk for some fun on Halloween! It was our church's trunk or treat event Halloween night. We had a great turn out and gave away a bunch of candy! Everyone who wanted to hand out candy was invited to bring your car and candy and decorate your trunk. We went with a baby theme (no surprise)! We have a car seat that was already donated to us that was the centerpiece, we had baby blankets, baby accessories and all kinds of props for the trunk. We also had a table set up for a baby pool, guessing dates, times and the gender of our baby. We had a lot of fun with it and a lot of folks guessing. I hope we know the winner because they get a prize, if not we get to keep it!!

Our nephews Luke (the Pirate) and Will (Alligator).

He we are!

Randy's favorite quote from a movie he claims he has never seen!

This is our Baby Pool table, it was a big hit!

We were parked right next to the fam!! Here is their "trunk".

Evan, Kendra and Elias!! This was Elias' 2nd Halloween!

It was a fun night except Randy's car broke down after the event, at least it looked like we were the first ones at church on Sunday and the last to leave!!! We hope that gets straightened out soon!!

Some Fall Fun and Relaxation

2008-10-28T15:39:00.021-04:00

Jamie is now officially half way through and starting to really show! She is feeling the baby move and it is all becoming so real!! It is quite a weird feeling, and the movements are becoming more persistent and known. She is addicted to baby shows and anything that involves kids. There are a lot of Baby shows out there by the way!! Bring Home Baby, Birthday, Runway Mom, and many more.

We have scheduled our second and last sonogram on Thursday, November 6th. We are still trying to keep the gender of our baby a mystery but our last chance to find out is at this appointment so we may be a little tempted.

People are starting to notice Jamie's baby bump and she is getting the stares and questions!! Her coworkers and patients are starting to ask the question too. She's had two dizzy spells at work in the mornings from not getting enough breakfast-protein, luckily people were around to help get juice/milk and snack. She got rep remanded by her boss and nurses, so she has learned her lesson and knows to start with a healthy breakfast.

Judy, Mindy and Jamie went shopping for some maternity clothes so Jamie doesn't have to borrow Randy's Clothes or squeeze into those uncomfortable pants. Yoga pants are really comfortable!

The weather is starting to get colder , but we put on our long john's and get some exercise in, Jamie also has a prenatal yoga video that she likes to do and always tries to stretch in those unusual positions, its harder than it looks!

What is she watching or why is she stretching like that?

Mindy trying on the silly wig and Will's not so sure about it.

Will and his mullet

Luke with wild hair , Mindy and Will in his mullet

We went to Plaza Tapita (a Mexican restaurant that we go to) with Steve,Judy, Mindy and boys. It is always very tasty and service is good.

Luke and Will

Happy Halloween!

Almost Half Way There!!

2008-10-20T07:23:00.008-04:00

Here is Jamie at almost 20 weeks!!

Walk it out!!

Set the timer and got a little too much ledge.

Reality is setting in!! March will be here before we know it!!

Growing...

2008-09-21T15:54:00.003-04:00

I am 15 weeks and have a little pooch so far. I am feeling much better than I did in the 1st tri. , I definitely have more energy! I started my new job at the hospital in the activity dept. , it's going really well. I do a lot of transporting patients (by wheelchair/recliner chair, if not too heavy), current events, crafts, bingo, dominoes, and individual visits, etc... I have about 6 responsive/4 unresponsive residents that I visit , so it can be challenging at times. But overall its going really well and I enjoy the people I work with!
Tonight(Saturday) Randy is having a fundraiser at Skateland , so I will be joining him and the froggy listeners, it should be a lot of fun and hopefully I'll get asked to couple skate, haha. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Yes, It's Official-We're Having a BABY!!!

2008-09-15T08:19:00.007-04:00

Well the secret is out! We are planning for a baby in March of 2009!!! Here is the first picture of Baby Scott and Jamie reading up!

We Have Big NEWS!!!

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Click this link and scroll down until you see the one labeled "Baby Daddy" and find out what happenend! Listen carefully!

http://www.froggy999.com/cc-common/podcast.html

Yeah it's Kind of a big deal!! More to come!!

Randy's Goodbye Trip to "The House that Ruth Built"

2008-09-14T17:18:00.016-04:00

It was a bittersweet Saturday afternoon for Randy and his friend Mark as they traveled to the Bronx to bid farewell to "The Stadium", a sports cathedral that has hosted some of the greatest moments in sports history, famous heartwrenching speech's, concerts and religous functions. Most importantly it was home to Randy's beloved New York Yankees since 1923! Randy has been to Yankee Stadium 3 times now and has savored every second while inside! This time he and Mark sat in the famous bleachers among the creatures in deep centerfield behind Monument Park and really close to Randy's favorite Yankee Don Mattingly's plaque. We had a great time and took tons of pictures but had a hard time saying goodbye to such a historic venue! We had a chance to see the under contruction new "Yankee Stadium" right next door to the old one. We also drove through Manhattan and Harlem (by accident) to soak it all in! It will always be looked upon as a positive memory but was tough! We look forward to many new memories at the new Stadium and hope it has as much lore and luster as the original.

Kiss it goodbye! Go Yankees!!!

Our 3rd Anniversary!

2008-09-05T10:15:00.009-04:00

We celebrated our 3rd anniversary on Sept. 2! It was a nice day and we enjoyed our day off together. We ate lunch at Market Street and then went to visit Mindy and the boys at Shad Point. Later that evening we went to Ocean City and ate a nice meal at Phillips by the Sea. Jamie got the delicious crab cakes and Randy got the crab, mushroom, scallops, lobster medley. Later we sat outside on the porch and watched the older people sing and dance on the boardwalk, it was pretty funny. We are excited about the many more anniversaries and memories to be made. Its hard to believe we've been married for 3 yrs, live in our house for 2 yrs and Jamie living in Salisbury for 3 yrs! The time goes by so fast!

Trip Home to KS

2008-09-05T09:59:00.012-04:00

Jamie went home to Olathe, KS on Aug. 14th. She had a great time seeing family and friends that, she she rarely gets to see. She surprised her sister Angela, brother n law Josh, Grandpa and Grandma S., who weren't expecting her to visit. It was great to see their reactions and surprise look. We all went to Stephanie's wedding at Union Station, it was a beautiful wedding! Dawn was the maid of honor and looked beautiful. The trips home always seem to short and not enough time to spend with the people you love, but my trip home was special and will always be remembered.

Finally.... Bathroom remodel pictures

2008-08-26T09:21:00.008-04:00

The bathroom is finished and we are very happy with the results. It is much bigger than the old one and much cleaner! Randy's dad Steve did a great job and we can't thank him enough for all the hard work he put in it. We tried to save money by being crafty, the vanity and sink were purchased at habitiat for humanity and we painted it and got new hinges and knobs, so it looks like new, but recyled. Also our wonderful friend's Amanda and Brian gave us the tile, from her uncle's old tile business. We almost didn't use it, so we are thrilled we used it because it goes great with the wall color. We welcome guests to come stay and use the bathroom, and yes the corner toilet works, some people are afraid to use our corner toilet.
Have a great week!

One Hot Country Night!

2008-07-24T07:49:00.016-04:00

We went to Harrington, DE for the Delaware State Fair! It was our first trip to the fair and we had a blast. Randy's station (Froggy 99.9) hosted two great artists! Mike, April and Randy welcomed Rodney Atkins and Brooks and Dunn on the stage. It was a great night and we even got to meet both Rodney and Kix and Ronnie!

Rodney was really nice and posed for a couple of pics with us and visited for a while. He has a song called "Watching you" about he and his son. His son came out on stage after he was done, it was a really cool moment.

Our meeting with Brooks and Dunn was very brief but cool, they went through the long line quickly but it was nice to meet them.

We had a fun night and we got to show off the stations giant Frog!

We had an interesting shuttle ride back to our car, the lady on the car told us that they switched the signs and our car was no longer where we remembered it was. We eventually found it and rolled out!

Be Our Guests!!

2008-07-22T15:29:00.030-04:00

We welcomed the Ellis' (Jamie's Parents and sister Dawn)a few weeks back for the 4th of July! We had such a wonderful time with them and wish we could see them more! We went to Baltimore on the Wednesday to meet them for some supper and the Orioles vs the Royals at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. We stayed at the Tremont and they stayed at the Marriott overlooking the Lovely Chesapeake Bay. We took in a game, had some cheesecake and went to Body World(We had to do something educational!). We then traveled to back to our home for a good old fashioned cookout! Randy grilled some tasty Brats, Burgers and Pork! We enjoyed the food, family and fellowship!

Randy had to work on July 4th in the morning and at the Stadium later but it was a lot of fun! There was no game but a fireworks show that was delayed for a little while due to some intense storms! We also had a great picnic at our neighbors Ron and Joyce's house with them, Steve and Judy and Uncle Joe and Aunt Marge. It was delicious!! We also got to see the Willey's Horses and Kittens and Mr. Ron took us for a boat ride on the Wicomico River.

We went to the beach on Saturday and had a lot of fun there. We ate lunch at Harrison's Harbor watch and walked the boardwalk. It was a little cloudy and rainy but we were happy to be together and see all the sights.

On Sunday we went to church and then over to Randy's parents for a Chicken and Dumplings lunch Yummy! We watched our wedding video on Sunday night and had a good laugh! It was fun to share all of those memories!

Our last day together was Monday, we relaxed, went to lunch and then shopping. Randy had a game Monday night so everyone went to watch the Shorebirds! The 'Birds won 2-1 in 11 innings! Our Guests had an early flight on Tuesday Morning so it was a sleepy ride(starting at 2AM) to BWI but we made it there and back in one piece!

We had a wonderful time and cherish the memory of their trip! We do have to give a big thank you to Steve for meeting the deadline and getting the bathroom done in time!

Happy Anniversary Chris & Mindy!!!

2008-07-20T14:49:00.006-04:00

Six years ago today we were all in Sandwich, IL to unite Chris and Mindy in Marriage. It was a hot and beautiful day. Please remember them in prayer as they are apart, Chris in Iraq and Mindy and the boys in Germany. We wish you a Happy Anniversary and look forward to both your returns and reuniting.

The Happy Couple!

The Bride Mindy and the Bridesmaids

Grandpa Shotts , Chris and Randy

Face Full on Cake! (Chris was a lot nicer to Mindy than Randy was to Jamie!)

Oops wrong leg!

Captain and Mrs. Christopher Michael Scott!!

Happy Anniversary, We love you and miss you so much! We pray for you everyday and can't wait until we are all together again soon!

Dinner at the Beach with Friends!

2008-07-09T07:45:00.005-04:00

It was fun visiting with Brendan and Mary a few weeks back at Macky's. They were spending a few days in OC during the South Atlantic League All Star break. He broadcasts for the Lakewood BlueClaws. We finished just in time before the rains came! It was a delicious and we enjoyed dining outside with a great view of the bay!

We stayed caught in the rain for a while and made it to Dumpser's for dessert.

Summer Daze!

2008-07-08T14:18:00.006-04:00

We are certainly in need of an update! It has been a crazy few weeks. We went camping at
Assateague Island!

A few weekends ago we went to Assateague Island and camped on the beach with our friends Brian and Amanda. We had been planning this trip for weeks. We had a great time and love the sites and sounds. Well some of the sites were a little strange. If you aren't familiar with Assateague you wouldn't know that wild horses roam the beach and campsites at will. This is usually very cool except the fact that the ranger doesn't follow them and pick up the messes! We did fight the bugs and the wind! We were happy that Amanda and Brian are camping pros and set up everything and we were only responsible for breakfast. We went out for breakfast. We discovered the Fractured Prune, a delicious donut shop outside of the Island. The one thing we all forgot was silverware, which made the breakfast decision and easy one. We enjoyed great steaks the night before and loved eating them with our bare hands, now that is roughing it!

Happy Father's Day!

2008-06-15T13:56:00.006-04:00

The card we gave Dad

They are so level headed

Chris, Randy and Dad
Dad and Jamie

We hope you have a great Father's day! We love you and can't thank you enough for loving us through the years. Happy Father's Day!

The bathroom Update.........

It's coming together real nice!

Heat Wave!

2008-06-10T15:22:00.016-04:00

Wow, it certainly has been hot the last few days!!! Saturday was no exception, we attended an outdoor wedding on one of the hotest days of the year! Our friends and Randy's co-workers Bill and Kristen tied the knot on Saturday, 06/07/08(Easy for the groom to remember!), and Randy was a groomsman.Randy had to wear a pink tie which had been the topic of a great debate! The Wedding was at 4:30 and the sun was beaming down in the faces of all who were in the ceremony. It was a beautiul wedding in a great setting, Baywood Green Golf Course in Long Neck, DE(about six miles from Rehobeth Beach). We had a lot of fun with friends and enjoyed the air condition in the Reception hall! Sherman the Shorebird even made and appearence(long story)! Here are some picks from the day:

This is the setting of the ceremony at Baywood Greens:

Here is the Bride and Groom trying not to sweat!

Riding 1st class for more pics!The girl next to me's last name is Mattingly!Awesome!

Here we are all cleaned up!:

He had to kiss his bride!!

Sherman the Shorebird was Randy's hot date to the reception:

Here is Mike, April and Randy(The Froggy morning show team)!

Here we are with Bill and Kristen Vernon!

Of course we couldn't wear the clothes only once-we wore them again at Church on Sunday-He we are with Steve and Judy:

We had a great weekend and look forward to updating you on our bathroom remodeling project soon-It is coming together well!

Our Baseball Trip and Demo

2008-06-03T21:45:00.029-04:00

Our last few weeks summarized:

On Memorial weekend we went on a 'Baseball' trip and enjoyed a Nationals game and the next day we enjoyed an Orioles game, both teams won. We weren't too happy the Yanks lost, though! Our friends Evan, Kendra and their son Elias joined us. We also enjoyed the great food we don’t get on the Eastern Shore like P.F Chang’s and Chipotle. The weather that weekend was great, but got a little sweaty at times, so we walked around the stadium, it was Jamie’s first time at Camden Yards (Orioles) and both our first time at National’s Park, it was just built. The Nationals Park was very impressive, it had the huge flat screen behind CF and flat screens on the walls of the outfield, and TV’s at every section, so you wouldn’t miss a play. Camden Yards had a great park too; they had a lot of standing areas and picnic tables so we could get some shade. The trip was great and we enjoyed going with our friends and are thankful for a smooth trip. On Memorial Day the Orioles honored the many service men and women who sacrifice their lives for our country. It was a neat tribute to the soldiers and their families, we can’t thank them enough.

After we got home from our trip we got to rest a little and get ready for the demolition we were about to do on our bathroom the next day. Randy and his dad tore everything out, to the frames. We are going to install a new bathtub, vanity, water heater, new pbp? pipes, light fixtures and tile floors. It is a major remodel for us (Steve) and we are very excited to see it all come together. Steve has done most the work and Randy is trying to learn, (when he doesn’t have baseball games to call) so hopefully they can have patience with each other. So far no one has gotten hurt, well except when Randy sacrificed his toe to save the corner toilet from breaking! We will post pictures as soon as we can, we are staying at Randy’s parent’s house, since we only have one bathroom and the water is turned off. We have enjoyed our time with them and always enjoy the meals they give us, but we don’t want to over stay our welcome, so we told them not to cater to us, which Randy disagreed and always gets spoiled by his parents anyway. Randy talked about the experience on his radio show and said he felt funny going home to the house he grew up in and then sleeping with me, while his parents are in the next room. We hope to get the electric, drywall, and tub installed by the weekend; you can keep Steve in your prayers, he has been exhausted every night, so hopefully things will progress faster.

We also Celebrated Randy’s Birthday with some friends and family. It was a great time and thanks to all who made it special for Randy.

Randy got a hammock from his parents for her birthday and I got him tickets to Yankees stadium (its the last year they play in the ball park)!

The disfigured beams in the wall, they were pretty much free floating.

Our house is really old and we weren't sure why the boards were in all different directions.

Randy and his dad bonding

The old tub and old water heater, they were heavy!

The view from our hotel room in Baltimore

Randy waiting for the tickets, this was quite a hassle, SWEET!

Camden yards

Luke Scott (Not our two year old nephew) is giving the starter a look with a batter in the box.

We got the outlets in!

Before we took down the drywall, this is where the corner toilet goes

The hall way before demo

The bathtub before

The corner toilet before demo

The Navy service men and women at Camden Yards

Not a bad seat huh?

He's got an itch

He's got an itch too

Camden Yards, we sat under the big screen and came close to catching a home run

Nationals Park in DC

They won on a wild pitch!

We took the Nats Express motor coach to the ball park, it was very convenient

The Nationals Park, we sat to the right of the foul pole.

Happy Birthday Randy!!

2008-05-28T11:28:00.008-04:00

Today is a very special day, Randy turns a year older! He is having a relaxing day of destruction and remolding our bathroom! He and his dad started the construction yesterday, taking out the old old water heater, tub/walls, and tearing down walls. It has been quite a sweaty process. We will post pictures later.
Here are some pictures of the Birthday Boy

Randy on our Honeymoon 05'

Christmas 07'

He's gettin old and senile

Playing tennis in Palm Springs 05'

Baseball, Birthday, and Backyard Fun

2008-05-20T07:20:00.013-04:00

Randy and his partner calling the Shorebirds game. It was very crowded, about ~8,512 in attendance and the Shorebirds won!

Steve's "Surprise" Birthday Party during our small group time.

Thank you Agnes (on left) for making Steve's favorite- Coconut Banana cream cake

It was delicious and there was some leftover for Steve to enjoy all by himself!

Ron leading the Happy Birthday song and Steve thinking of his delicious cake he was about to eat

We switched out our old refrig for a new and update refrig. The white refrig. looks much better than the old.

More digging to find the right pipe

Trimming the bushes on the side of the house

A bird pooped on Randy's foot, while we were enjoying our delicious Hamburgers Randy grilled

It barely missed the back of Jamie's head and ended up on Randy, it was so funny!

Enjoying the beautiful weather and laughing at Randy getting pooped on!

Good Times with Poets and Pirates

2008-05-13T17:06:00.022-04:00

We were able to enjoy a long day of great country music this past weekend. Randy's work (Froggy 99.9) had a listeners bus trip to M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore (Home of the Ravens) this past Saturday. It was Kenny Chesney and The Poets and Pirates Tour feauturing Gary Allan, Leann Rimes, Big and Rich, Brooks and Dunn and of course Kenny Chesney. We took off from the station studios at 10AM and did not return, thanks to traffic, until 2:30 on Sunday Morning! It was certainly a long day but very fun for both of us! Randy and his co-worker April were 'in charge' so that means we stopped at the Annapolis Mall so he could go to Chipotle! When we arrived in Baltmore traffic took us into the city a little to far and took the scenic route to the bus parking lot but it was fun to see the city and Jenna (Bush) Hager's new neighborhood! It was our first time in that stadium but we took our time going in because we knew we'd be in there for a while when we decided to go in. We went to Camden Yards (Orioles Park) and looked around for a while. We also saw a couple of 'Future Country Stars" on a side stage under an overpass between the stadiums. Phil Stacy who was a finalist on American Idol was one performer and the another was David Nail from Missouri. They were both pretty good. We saw a Tim McGraw look-a-like and we had to snap a shot of Jamie with him. Randy must now note when we saw the "Brooks and Dunn Hot Chicks" handing out fans Jamie refused to take his picture with them! We were hanging out with our friend and Randy's co-worker Randi all day. Randi had some pretty cool connections and got us into the press box in the middle of Big and Rich's performance so we saw them, B & D and Kenny from there. It was Kenny's record label who welcomed us in so we got to meet a lot of the Baltimore, Washington and surronding area radio people and it was really fun. All the perfomances were awesome and it was a really good time! The ride home was a little long as we were stuck in traffic for an hour and a half but did make it home safetly! Our bus driver actually used to haul the church teen group when Randy's Parents were sponsors so Randy and JR had plenty of reminising. Everyone was on thier best behavior, even April's husband Denis-well kinda! Jamie was most excited during Kenny's performance and Randy was wishing the Ravens were gonna take the field! Good times!

Randoms!

2008-05-05T20:23:00.009-04:00

We enjoyed the Salisbury Festival and BBQ'ed for the first time: We'll post more later!

Delmarva Fun!

2008-04-21T21:20:00.007-04:00

This weekend we went to Pork in the Park at WinterPlace Park, with our friends Amanda and Brian. We ate some delicious BBQ (but not as good as KC BBQ, of course) , funnel cake, kettle corn, Carmel apple, french fries w/ vinegar on top. And then we waddled to our car and went to a movie. We saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it was really funny. Here are some pictures: We also celebrated Judy's Birthday on Sunday night, Jamie made her a Smith Island cake! It took her quite some time to make the cake, but was well worth it!

It started pouring rain early this morning and I woke up in a panic, because my windows were down, so Randy went outside to roll them up (thank you dh)! It rained all day, so the b-ball game was cancelled and we got to enjoy a nice dinner at the Outback. Randy's parent had another tree limb fall through their roof this afternoon, luckily no one was hurt and Steve was home to cover the hole's in the roof. Here are some picture's :

This is what our city water looked like on Saturday night, it was really disgusting and we went to bed without brushing our teeth!!

Now That Was One Crazy Week!

2008-04-06T20:52:00.012-04:00

This week has been very hectic week in the J and R Scott household! Jamie picked up a second job taking pictures of new born's at the hospital 12 hours a week. Randy re-joined the new "Mike, April and Randy Show" weekday mornings on Froggy 99.9! That means early wake-up calls for both of us! Randy had some late nights this week as well, with activities every night of the week. Monday it was flag football (2 Wins by the way!), Tuesday and Wednesday he made appearances on our local Fox 21 news at 10pm wrapping up American Idol as an "expert". Oh yeah and the Shorebirds season started Thursday!! The 'Birds are 1-2 after a rain out today. Randy is not traveling with the team this season but is doing all the home games.

We wanted to give Jamie a taste of home so we traveled 40 miles to Sonic in Virgina. It was a long ride to eat a meal in your car, and it wasn't the healthest meal, but was well worth it!

As far as the Idol "expert" goes, a rotation at Randy's work is set up to appear for a minute after Idol on two newscasts a week. He was the first to guess who would be voted off! Can you say bragging rights? Dolly Parton was the guest of the week and you know some boob jokes were inevitable! Jamie had the camera video taping at just the right times!!
Day 1:

Day 2:

We also recently attended one of Randy's co-workers weddings. Congrats to Beckie(Roxi) and Phil! We forgot to take our picture with the bride and groom, whoops! The wedding was only 10 minutes! Fastest one we ever did see!

Here we are outside of the Fountains in Salisbury:

Here is Randy with Billiam and Mike:

One thing that has been tough to handle this week is Randy's
brother Chris' deployment back to Iraq. He is scheduled to leave
his Wife and two young boys for at least a year in just a couple of

days. Please pray for Chris, Mindy, Luke and Will as much as you

can. Please remember the hundreds of thousands of troops in the

same situation. This is a tough time for a lot of families and we

hope and pray for all of them.

ABC's

2008-04-01T12:48:00.003-04:00

ABC's.......
A-Attached or Single? Married
B-Best Friends? Husband, mom, sisters and a few girlfriends
C-Cake or Pie? Pie - Cake
D-Day of Choice?Friday
E-Essential Items? Eggs, Cheese, Milk?.
F-Favorite Colors? Green
G-Gummy bears or worms? Gummy Bears
H-Hometown? Olathe, KS
I-Favorite Indulgence? MintChoc Chip Ice Cream or Reese's Peanut Butter Blizzard
J-January or July? I love my birthday month and I love summer, so both
K-Kids? in the future
L-Life isn't complete without? My Family and friends
M-Marriage date? Sept 2nd, 2005
N-# of brothers and sisters? 2 Sisters, 1 Sistern-Law, 2 Brothern-laws
O-Oranges or apples? Oranges
P-Phobia or fears? what is under our house in the crawlspace, that gives me the creeps
Q-Quote? "I Love Hotpockets"
R-Reason to smile? My workday is almost over
S- Superman or Wonder Woman? Wonder Woman
T-Tag someone? Randy
U-Unknown fact about me? I had a lot of different jobs
V-Vegetable? Green beans
W-Worse habit? grind teeth
X-X-Ray or Ultrasound? never had one
Y-Your favorite food? Pizza
Z-Zodiac Sign? Aqua.

Update: Randy has a hectic week ahead , he will be on the nightly news (Tuesday and Wednesday)commenting about American Idol, hosting Shorebirds dinner, and the Shorebirds season opening day is April 3rd. Hopefully he survives the week!

Spring is here!

2008-03-27T14:38:00.006-04:00

We are so thankful for Christ's sacrifice and the love he has showed us. During the Easter week Jamie went to the Thursday Maundy Service at church, it reflects Jesus last encounters and the many ways of suffering and darkness. It was an amazing service and how thankful I am to know that he overcame that darkness and suffering! The service ends in complete darkness and we are asked to leave in silence.

On Sunday we went the Scott's house for a delicious Easter meal, Ham, greenbean casserole, pineapple dish, strawberry pretzel salad, homemade rolls, lemon marigue pie and chocolate pie, etc... We hope you all had a wonderful Easter! We love you all!

Here are some pictures. oops wrong order ...... have a good weekend!

We are in need of an update!

2008-03-19T18:36:00.009-04:00

We went to spend the weekend in Baltimore a few weeks ago and had a blast. We were only approached by one bum and we saw him the next day and completely caught him in a lie! We enjoyed the City, P.F. Chang's and Chipotle!!! We shopped, walked the streets and ate. Randy had a free night at the Tremont and we had a cool room with a great view. We were on the 23rd floor and it was cool just to crack the windows and hear the sounds of the city. We were also able to visit with our Uncle Brian and the Annapolis Mall. We had a great weekend together and it was good to get away!! Here are some of the Pictures!!
The Inner Harbor on a Rainy Day!

From the 23rd Floor (Mattingly Suite).

More to come!

Happy Birthday Mom!

2008-03-03T22:31:00.005-05:00

Happy Birthday Mother! I hope you had a wonderful day. Love you very much!

Happy Valentine's Day, Kinda!

2008-02-15T08:51:00.012-05:00

We woke up to quite a surprise on Valentine's morning;SNOW! We heard it was going to snow a little over night but as the always say here "no accumulation", but they were wrong. We had a few inches of snow and went for a nice long Winter/Valentine's day walk. We saw some pretty things and enjoyed spending the morning together before we headed off to work.

We made reservations for dinner at 7 pm at Vinny's La Roma just around the block from our house for the big night! We didn't get too dressed up but cleaned up well for our big date! We arrived right on time and were seated right away. The hostess put one menu down between us. We are both pretty frugle but Jamie is a league above me. The Menu was for Valentine's Day only and had a few selections that looked pretty good. Jamie looked at the price immediately $79.99 per couple. WOW! We planned on spending 50-60 bucks including tip tops! We need an exit plan so we came up with an excuse that I recieved a call and we needed to leave. Another couple followed our lead, thier excuse wasn't as good as ours though! They said they were in a hurry, LAME!

We got in the car and headed south as we talked about our next move. We thought of a few different places, made some calls and figured out that we would almost have to wait until 9 o'clock to eat if we went anywhere to popular. (We talked about our experience one V-Day at the Outback when we didn't eat until around 11pm, didn't want that again!) We landed on Unos Chicago Grill and only had to wait 30 minutes and we though that was pretty good! Our waiter was a little bizarre but he was competent enough to get Jamie's water with lemon and my Iced Tea no lemon within a few minutes. We figured we would order one of our favorite appetizers since it was a special occasion the Shrimp and Crab Fondue. He came back a few minutes later to get our order. I ordered a steak and Jamie ordered a chicken pasta dish. After a half an hour and now Fondue he showed up with my salad and an excuse, blaming the kitchen for the fondue's absence. We finally got it and it was pretty good. The guy would go away for sereral minutes on end and we could tell the other couple near us was getting as frustrated with thier experience as we were. Our meals finally came out and Jamie's was good but mine was bleeding, it even mooed once. I like it medium-well and this steak looked like they gutted it, cooked the outside and stuffed the inside back in after the outside was brown. I have a policy after working in a restraunt, seeing the movie Waiting and hearing horror stories never to send back a meal to the kitchen. So we got a box and I will finish cooking my meal at a later date! We got our check and got out (by the way the "10 ounce steak appeared to be no more than 7 ounces and it was a $19 STEAK!!).

We made it home watched Father of the Bride and checked in for the night. We live in the heart of Salisbury University off campus housing and have had very few disruptions believe it or not but V-Day 2008 was a little different! Our neighbors decided to have a party. The party wasn't too bad, it was the people coming and going that were loud and woke us up a bunch of times. Our house is on a corner and about 10 inches from the street!

It was a little ironic that before we left for the evening I read Chris and Mindy's (brother and sister in-law) blog on how miserable thier V-Day was. I thought wow, Jamie and I have it made: no sick, crying kids that need diaper changes, and constant attention. I thought we get to go out and have great evening, just the two of us! WRONG! Oh well at least its Friday!! Hope everone is well and your Valentine's Day wasn't as bad as ours.

Let's Get You Caught Up!!

2008-02-10T14:26:00.000-05:00

Well, it has been a while since we posted but a few cool things have been happening in our lives the last few weeks! Randy's parents have returned from visiting their other son Chris and his family in Germany. Baby Will is a few weeks old now, Luke is a year and a half, and Mindy is happy to no longer be pregnant! We had a lot of fun Dog and House watching while they were gone! We enjoyed the walks with both Riley and Kailee. It was tough for Judy and Steve to leave but we know they are happy to be home. We picked them up yesterday from the airport and they are busy trying to catch up on sleep, trying to get back on Eastern Standard time.

Randy made his national Television debut this past weekend as well. It was a proud moment of course. He was a groomsman in a televised wedding.Not just any wedding, a REDNECK WEDDING!! Two listeners of the Country station he works for (Froggy 99.9) were getting married and needed help to pull it off. Country Music Television (CMT) has a show called My Big Red Neck Wedding and selected Gail and John to have their marrige featured. The wedding was in mid-December and held at a Flea Market/Gas Station/Restraunt/Bar. Yeah, real classy venue! Anyway for helping pull of the wedding Randy and his co-workers Mike and April were asked to be in it. The groomsman wore bright green John Deere T-Shirts and nuses around thier neck as ties. The ladies wore bright Orange T-Shits with picures of Dogs on them.

A lot was cut from the actual show, since they record several hundred hours of footage for a half hour program. Randy was in the background for the parts featuring the ceremony but did have his moment in the sun when the Bride and Groom went on the mechanical bull. We will leave that a mystery and we hope you all can catch the re-runs on CMT. It was a neat experience and made our wedding look awesome! You should watch it if you can, these folks are truly redneck and it is a pretty funny episode.

We have enjoyed 2008 so far and are having fun hanging out with friends and family. The baseball season starts April 3rd but Randy is only doing homegames this season and won't travel. We will try our best to get along!!

We were so Happy the Giants won the Super Bowl too!! 18-1, YES!!! Sorry TOM!!

A Kansas Girl with an Eastern Shore Dish

2008-01-29T07:39:00.001-05:00

It's no secret that making the adjustment from the Midwest to the east coast has been no "Piece of Cake" for our Kansas Sunflower but we may have reached a milestone this past weekend. Jamie decided to put on the apron and try the most popular Maryland-eastern shore dish. No it wasn't Scrapple (Google it our Midwest friends), Fried Chicken, Crab cakes or any other delicious dinner treat. She may have conquered the granddaddy of them all when it comes to dessert a Smith Island Cake! Now this is one of the most time consuming, incredibly yummy desserts in history. Think of this, eight layers of yellow cake with chocolate and peanut butter in between! We had a great reviews, thanks Dad Steve, Aunt Marge and Uncle Joe and Randy's friend Bill. It was perfection!!

I don't think it is the healthiest snack but certainly worth the calories!!! I see a new posibility in the works: Kansas Kakes by Jamie!! Too bad this would blow Kansas' mind!!!!

It Was a Birthday to Remember!

2008-01-27T16:00:00.000-05:00

We celebrated Jamie's 28th Birthday on Wednesday, January 23rd! I gave her a quick "on air" wish early in the morning, so early she missed it! Here she is holding a red rose and the card that I gave her.

Here is the story about the rose: I went to Jean and Ken's Flower Shop on my way home and should have know better when there was a sign on the front door that said don't let the cats in when entering! After picking the perfect rose I stood at the counter and waited to check out. You know those moments in life that you think should be in a movie. This was about to happen. Cats were all over the place and one was starring right into my eyes, time seemed to freeze and I kid you not Lionel Richie's Endless Love was playing on the radio and we shared this moment. Then the cat tried to rub up on me but I quickly moved away paid and got out of there! That was the weirdest few moments of my day!

The card was pretty funny too, it was one of those that plays sounds. It was Lili Von Shtupp from Blazing Saddles and it said "Ohh a wed wose, how womantic". We have had several laughs every time we open it! The writing said on the front: A single red rose traditionally means I love you, on the inside: But in this case it means I love you and You're Smokin' hot!, Happy Birthday to a women with lots of Blaze in Her Saddle!

Here is a picture of her old phone and her new one! Jamie had never had a "new" phone before, she always had hand me down phones so this was a big deal! We had it all planned that this would be the only gift for her birthday but after our credit and a mail-in rebate it only cost three dollars! So she also got a phone case, and some lotion to make up the difference. She got some other great gifts from friends and family and is very thankful! I love being able to joke about her being two years older than me, but that will only last for a few more months until late May! Oh and she can receive pictures and texts on her new Chocolate LG!!!

We went to Plaza Tapatia and shared Fajitas for her birthday dinner. Since it was Wednesday night we headed to Church afterword and Jamie helped teach the 5th grade Caravan class. We were excited to find out later in the night that our nephew William Stephen Scott was born! The only thing was that it was the 24th on German time and that is his official birthday not the 23rd so he just missed Aunt Jamie's Birthday by four hours and five minutes.

The Little Man Who Finally Left His Womb!

2008-01-24T07:59:00.000-05:00

William Stephen Scott is here!! Will was born at 4:05am on January 24 (Just missed Aunt Jamie's Birthday by 4 hours and 5 minutes) and was 9 pounds even and 21 inches!!We are so excited for Randy's brother Chris and our sister in law Mindy! Here he is:

He was named after one of Mindy's grandads(William) and after both of Chris and Mindy's Dads Stephen)! We can't wait to see more pictures and one day meet him!!