Via Talk

We just signed up for this phone service!! I'm pretty excited as they're offering 2 years for the price of one ($199 + taxes/fees). The upfront fee was under $240 then they charge $2.50/month for the "FCC Charges". Still under $300 for 2 years of fully loaded phone service!! That's less then $12.50/month and includes ALL our long distance calls. I'm especially excited because it's cheaper then SunRocket was and the only difference is that rather then having a second phone number we'll have a second 'line' so David and I can be on the phone at the same time talking to different people... EXCITING STUFF, that's for sure!

Anyways, if you're interested in this and want to check it out please do so through my linky lou up top.. I'll get credit! HOW COOL IS THAT?!!!

Aside from our exciting PHONE news...

Laynie's party was today. It was a big hit and she had a BLAST! Both kids were so tired by the time we got home. We let her open her gifts here rather then at the restaurant to keep it all in check. Probably not one of our brightest moves as she was soooo sad she didn't get to play with ALL of them. Nick was happy to just play with her wrapping paper and cards.

Anyways, I'm exhausted. I'll try to get pictures up in the next couple days!

TOUCHDOWNNNN!!!!!!!!! vikings!

SO... I've been working with Dominick on this practically since the day he was born. It has taken until TODAY for him to figure out what his "role" is. Prior today I would say "TOUCHDOWN VIKINGS", throw my arms in the air and clap. His response would be to look at me and smile.

TODAY we hit a MILESTONE!! While at a restaurant in our typical frenzy of "speed eating" I tried to stave off a screaming fit by saying, without the hand gestures "TOUCHDOWN VIKINGS" and guess what he did..........

ARMS UP.. FULLY up then a couple claps!

It was a great moment... even if I don't know the name of a SINGLE player on the Vikings roster!

Time continues to pass........

So.. Dominick turned one a few weeks ago. It's hard to believe as this year seemed to be the quickest to pass. I'm not sure if it's because I spent most of it in that transitional awake but asleep stage that parents with babies know too well or just a simple case of denial. Either way, my scrawny skin and bones boy is now a robust almost toddler constantly on the go boy.

Dalaynie started pre-school a couple weeks ago also. There's another moment of denial for mommy Johnna. David, Dominick and I all took her for her first day. We wanted to make a big deal of it... I was secretly hoping she'd have a HUGE meltdown and the teachers would see she just isn't ready. Of course, that wasn't the case.

We got there and she talked to her teachers and played with sidewalk chalk and kept going to the drinking fountain (just so everyone knows drinking fountains have always been a little obsession of hers). About 10 minutes of standing there David starts to suggest we get ready to go, she isn't really paying attention to us anyways. I stalled for a bunch more minutes (although it was over 110 while we were standing there, thankfully we were in the shade). Something got Laynie's attention and David took this as our time to go.

So... we walked to the truck, one of us much slower then the other. As we were getting ready to pull away I wanted to take pictures. She was playing on the climbing equipment. At the same time Laynie decided she wanted to swing so she made a beeline for them. I told David "OH NO, she's going to see us and scream thinking we're abandoning her because we (HE) didn't take the time to say good-bye!" She was run/walking to the swings when she came to a complete stop and had a blank look on her face. I thought this was the moment when we'd be able to run to her rescue, throw her in the car and bring her back home where she belongs. After about 10 seconds my fantasy bubble was burst as she cracked a HUGE smile, waved and said "BYE-BYE, I LOVE YOU" and that was that....

I was fine that day. The next day, not so much! I was in tears before I even got back in the truck then cried most of the way home. I settled myself down just in time to get into the house and pull up the Evite I sent for Dominick's FIRST birthday party. That sent me into another tizzy and I spent some more time in tears. Then I decided to take a nap with Dominick, which was really nice. I don't know what I'm going to do when they grow up and move on...

Now that this has been a book and it's almost midnight I'm going to sign off. I promise to post pictures of the past few months soon! (Including our trip to the Grand Canyon with Carol and family, Birthday parties, first day of school, first time "walking"...etc, etc, etc!)

OH MY... I've figured out how to add video! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!?? All I had to do was click the little "video" button. Here's one of Nick eating birthday cake. I'm also going to attach the "first steps" one I tried to add last month!! THIS IS SOOO EXCITING!!