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All The Poop Had to Go Somewhere…

Friday, January 8th, 2010

Abby told me in not so many words that this would happen…I didn’t listen.

We were in Vegas for a couple of days, living it up and having fun while Abby watched the kids.  When we came home she said everything went great and the kids were awesome…

Oh and Blake is eating like food is going out of style…

I should have realized she was telling me the poop of the century was about to erupt like a volcano and form a whole new portion of Earth called Poopland.

The day started out innocently enough.  We ran around town doing errands and catching up on non-holiday stuff.  Then we made a stop at Whole Foods for some lunch and shopping.  I am re-stocking our house with fresh wholesome food instead of all the crap we have been eating since Thanksgiving.

It always has to happen in public places…

While we were shopping I noticed the face…you know that I’m squirting a doosy of a twosie out Mom kind of face.  I figured no biggie, they have a nice bathroom with a place to change him so we should be fine…

Should is the right word.

We get into the bathroom and I check the damage…the diaper is completely full…so is his pants, so is his shirt, so is his back.  Okay, I’ve dealt with explosions before, this shouldn’t be a problem…

Did I mention his a wiggle worm now???

Oh yes, that started too.  Now it’s on my hands, my shirt, his hair, his hands and even in that tiny crevice of the “safety” belt that they put on a changing table that absolutely no one uses.  The poop is wedged in  that crevice…Awesome!

I finally kind of get us cleaned and get him changed into a new “just in case” outfit and I attempt to clean the changing table…Well hell, I’m just going to leave the rest of the cleaning of that to the staff here because now my half dirty kid is crawling on the really gross floor in the bathroom, trying to get some more gross germs on him because he doesn’t have enough from his own bodily waste.  Sweet!

I wash the both of us up the best I can in the sink and get back to our cart so we can pay up and get us home.  We both need to be bathed and sanitized.

Don’t worry, I told the staff about the changing table…hopefully someone got right on top of that.

Now we are checking out and I am getting all the groceries out when I discover…yes this is true and beyond gross…there is Blake poop on a portion of the groceries in the cart.  And not just a tini-tiny bit…oh no, there is like a plethora of poop, just sitting there, contaminating a whole slew of things.  The check out people look at me as if I’m one of the grossest, stupidest people that they know.  Luckily someone hands me a container of sanitation wipes and a garbage and I go to town throwing away the food that can no longer be eaten and clean off the cart.  Oh, the part where Blake sits has poop all over it too.  How I didn’t see this before I put him back into the cart is beyond me…so you guessed it, he is now covered in the poo once again…This day cannot get any better!

I continue to clean it all up, pay for what was still okay and embarrassingly get the hell out of there.  One of the employees follow me and the cart out to my car so that he can then take said cart and burn it out back once we are done with it.  He proceeds to tell me that he thought the grossest thing he’s ever seen before was a dirty wet diaper in the grocery cart, but this…this was just spectacularly worse than that.  Thanks Dude, I needed that pep talk!

We get home, we bathe, we change, we finally get clean…the joys of being a Mommy :)

So to recap, Blake ate a shitload of food for a couple of days and in the span of thirty seconds at Whole Foods gets rid of it.  The poop was so immense that it went up and out of his diaper like a waterfall into the cart full of groceries.  We go through two sets of clothing and forced the grocery store to probably destroy the cart and the changing table because there was no other choice in the matter.

Blake, you are one nasty dude…you are sooooo very lucky that you are cute…oh and yes I will tell your girlfriends this story when you are older, I don’t care how embarrassed you get because it will be just a little payback…Love you!

An Ice Cream Tradition…

Monday, December 7th, 2009

There is a Newman tradition that I believe started with Travis when he was a baby…I might have to get my facts straight on that one.  Oh and since I just put all of his baby pictures on disk…you’ve got it…here is a baby picture of my hubby!

Travis When He Was a Baby

Travis When He Was a Baby

So…yes, he was an amazingly cute baby and you can see his red hair already!  And also, my children look exactly like him…I know this and now you do too!

Back to my story…

I believe Grandpa Newman started a tradition of giving the baby their first taste of ice cream.  He was delighted to see the faces of the babies as they discover the wonderful new flavor and texture of this famous desert.  What started with Travis continues into the next generation!  Brook was given her first taste of ice cream on Thanksgiving of 2005.  It was her first turkey day and the first day she learned ice cream is good.

Brook at 4 Months Trying Ice Cream for the First Time

Brook at 4 Months Trying Ice Cream for the First Time

So fast forward to this past Thanksgiving.  The tradition has continued and Grandpa Jay gave Blake his very first bite of ice cream.

Blake Having His First Bite of Ice Cream

Blake Having His First Bite of Ice Cream

Both kids liked this tradition, although I think both of them were a little wierded out by the coldness of the dessert.  The fact that both of them tried ice cream for the first time on Thanksgiving is completely coincidental.  It’s just that this is a family event and since all the family likes to witness this tradition, Thanksgiving seems the appropriate time.  We were also able to get a picture of four generations of Newman boys…this is a great shot!

Four Generations of Newman Men

Four Generations of Newman Men

Grandpa Newman couldn’t resist giving Blake a few bites of ice cream also…

I’m not going to wish life away, but I must admit that one day, when it’s Travis’s turn to give the ice cream to the grandchildren, I’ll fondly look back and remember when my babies had their turn…

Gotta love traditions :)

The Boy Can Dance…

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

So, yesterday while at Old Navy I discovered that Blake was bouncing up and down to the beat of the music in the shopping cart…

HE WAS DANCING!

It was super cute and if you bounce up and down, he usually will copy you…but, really the time I love it the best is when he does it on his own.

Here is proof that my boy has moves!

Also, notice how awesome I am!  How do you ask…well, I figured out how to use my camera to take a video of Blake, how to upload it onto YouTube and how to transfer it onto the blog.  I’m rocking this blog thing :)

Picking Pumpkins…

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

This year we chose to try to get out of the heat of Phoenix and go up North to a Pumpkin Farm.  I found a couple in Chino Valley which is near Prescott and while it was cooler, it was still not very “Autumn” like.  We were going to go to Freeman Farms, which actually is a pumpkin farm, but they were no longer letting you go out into the pumpkin field to pick your own pumpkin and that was the only draw to that farm in my opinion.  So, instead we went to the Windmill Farm Pumpkin Festival and we had a blast!  They are actually a nursery and event facility, but they do a really nice job transforming their property to a Harvest Festival.

Brook in the Pumpkin Area of Windmill Farms

Brook in the Pumpkin Area of Windmill Farms

They had an area where you could buy food and sit and listen to some live music and toss some horseshoes…

The Live Music and Windmill Farms

The Live Music and Windmill Farms

Brook and Travis Playing Horseshoes

Brook and Travis Playing Horseshoes

Blake had fun discovering what pumpkins were and understanding the texture of hay…

Blake in the Pumpkin Patch

Blake in the Pumpkin Patch

We tried to get a good family photo in the pumpkin patch, but with two kids, it’s kind of hard…

The Newman's Picking Pumpkins

The Newman's Picking Pumpkins

They had a hay ride, a “train ride” and pony rides…Notice Brook and her cowgirl hat…I tell you she has gone Country :)

Brook on the "Train" Ride

Brook on the "Train" Ride

People Getting Off the Hayride

People Getting Off the Hayride

Brook Riding the Pony

Brook Riding the Pony

All in all it was a great family day and a great first pumpkin patch experience for Blake.  I will admit that the Midwest is a much better place for the Harvest Festivals, but this one was great and it was very rustic, country, cowboy Arizona like.

It was worth the drive and I can see us trying to go even further up North next year…maybe Flagstaff?

Happy Halloween Everyone!

Blake and I at the Pumpkin Festival

Blake and I at the Pumpkin Festival

Baby’s First Word…

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Two nights ago Travis and I were giving the kids a bath and getting them ready for bed.  As I was putting Blake’s pajamas on, him and I were talking…and although I don’t think he knows what the word means…he said…

BABY!

Blake at 8 Months Old

Blake at 8 Months Old

First official word people!  He can almost say bye-bye when he is waving too…you know they sound kinda the same.

But, now everyday since, he has been talking like this, “ba-by, ba-by, ba-by.”

If you go, “who is the baby?”  He will repeat the baby part…it’s amazing.

Yes, we did get it on video and if I had my cool little pocket video camera that easily uploads with only the USB cable, I would have posted it right here on the site, but alas I don’t have it yet.  I do have an idea though and if it works, I will put it on the blog ASAP!

But, I wanted it to go down in the books that Blake has officially said his first word and it wasn’t Mama or Dada.

Although, we are still having the Mama/Dada contest and hopefully (as I cross my fingers) he will say Mama before Dada.

My little 8 month old can say a word…I am so overjoyed with happiness!