Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Picture Blog
So there really hasn't been anythign too interesting going on lately to write about, so enjoy some recent pictures of Jessica.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Weekend Update
So if you had read my previous entry, you would know that we went back up to Jersey this past weekend. I'll recap that for you in a moment, but figured I will give you a diet update first. So I weighed myself Friday morning before we left, to see the results of the first month of the diet. I lost 8 pounds. I was hoping for 10, but will take 8. The Wilson weekend definately did not help the matter, and in fact, I actually weighed myself before that weekend and after and gained back 4 of the pounds that I had lost before it. And of course, i am not getting off to a gret start this month as this past weekend put 3 of those 8 pounds back on. So it's back to work for me.
Now, to the weekend. We left a little after 6:00AM on Friday and thanks to my perfected skill of speeding and not getting caught, we made it to my parent's house in only 7 hours of driving time. We thankfully only hit a little bit of traffic, so we really made great time. We stopped for lunch and gas and stuff for about a total of an hour, so the whole trip door to door was only 8 hours. We got to my parent's house a little after 2:00 and hung out there with my dad for a while and then went to my sister's so that all of the cousins could met for the first time. We hung out there and actually surprised my mom as she didn't know that we were coming up. So my sister created a ruse to get my mom to come straight to her house from work where we were waiting. So we spent the rest of the night there and then stayed at my parent's house that night. Saturday morning was spent with the family again and Jessica got to see her great grandparents. Then Saturday afternoon, we went and saw Lisa's dad and then hung out with her brother and went out to dinner with him. Then back to my parents house again for some much needed sleep.
Sunday morning started again with the family gathering for breakfast as my mother made a huge feast that definitely contributed to the aforementioned gaining of 3 pounds. After digesting, we headed back to her dad's for a little while. I ran out to the store to grab some food and beer to bring to Shu's and learned the very valuable lesson to never go to a supermarket on superbowl sunday ever. Every register was open and they all had lines of like 7 and 8 people deep. It was madness. We left her dad's and ran to the hotel real quick to check in and drop some stuff off and then we headed to Shu's. Hung out at Shu's and ate some good food, drank some beers, and shot the shit with everyone. It was good to see everyone and catch up on whats been going on in everyone's lives. I don't think Jessica even sat down until the game started as everyone was taking turns holding her and passing her around. She did really well with everyone and was really good considering she was around a lot of strangers. She was a little upset in the begining of the game when everyone would be loud and cheer and Roger's high pitched cackle deeply distrurbed her. She got better as the game when on and i think I even saw her point and laugh at Kristi as she was crying during the last few minutes of the game because she couldn't take the pressure. I think I don't have to go in to the details of the game here. It was great. The Pats lost. NY has fired another salvo in the NY/Boston war and NY/NJians now have a new chant, 18 and 1. After the game we headed back to the hotel.
We left Monday morning a little after 7:00AM and again made great time thanks to my talents. We got home and unpacked the car and said hello to the boys, who were bouncing off the walls after not seeing us for 4 days, unpacked everything, caught up on everything we had to, and then finally got to sit and relax. It was a long, hectic weekend, but it was great to see family and friends. I am definitely not in a rush to do that drive anytime soon, but would love to get up there again to see everyone. As of now, it looks like our next trip up will be in May or June. There are a few events going on during those times and I'm sure we are not going to get lucky and have them all line up on one weekend, so we'll have to see what's going on, but this time hopefully we can spend a few more days up there so that we have more time to see everyone.
Now, to the weekend. We left a little after 6:00AM on Friday and thanks to my perfected skill of speeding and not getting caught, we made it to my parent's house in only 7 hours of driving time. We thankfully only hit a little bit of traffic, so we really made great time. We stopped for lunch and gas and stuff for about a total of an hour, so the whole trip door to door was only 8 hours. We got to my parent's house a little after 2:00 and hung out there with my dad for a while and then went to my sister's so that all of the cousins could met for the first time. We hung out there and actually surprised my mom as she didn't know that we were coming up. So my sister created a ruse to get my mom to come straight to her house from work where we were waiting. So we spent the rest of the night there and then stayed at my parent's house that night. Saturday morning was spent with the family again and Jessica got to see her great grandparents. Then Saturday afternoon, we went and saw Lisa's dad and then hung out with her brother and went out to dinner with him. Then back to my parents house again for some much needed sleep.
Sunday morning started again with the family gathering for breakfast as my mother made a huge feast that definitely contributed to the aforementioned gaining of 3 pounds. After digesting, we headed back to her dad's for a little while. I ran out to the store to grab some food and beer to bring to Shu's and learned the very valuable lesson to never go to a supermarket on superbowl sunday ever. Every register was open and they all had lines of like 7 and 8 people deep. It was madness. We left her dad's and ran to the hotel real quick to check in and drop some stuff off and then we headed to Shu's. Hung out at Shu's and ate some good food, drank some beers, and shot the shit with everyone. It was good to see everyone and catch up on whats been going on in everyone's lives. I don't think Jessica even sat down until the game started as everyone was taking turns holding her and passing her around. She did really well with everyone and was really good considering she was around a lot of strangers. She was a little upset in the begining of the game when everyone would be loud and cheer and Roger's high pitched cackle deeply distrurbed her. She got better as the game when on and i think I even saw her point and laugh at Kristi as she was crying during the last few minutes of the game because she couldn't take the pressure. I think I don't have to go in to the details of the game here. It was great. The Pats lost. NY has fired another salvo in the NY/Boston war and NY/NJians now have a new chant, 18 and 1. After the game we headed back to the hotel.
We left Monday morning a little after 7:00AM and again made great time thanks to my talents. We got home and unpacked the car and said hello to the boys, who were bouncing off the walls after not seeing us for 4 days, unpacked everything, caught up on everything we had to, and then finally got to sit and relax. It was a long, hectic weekend, but it was great to see family and friends. I am definitely not in a rush to do that drive anytime soon, but would love to get up there again to see everyone. As of now, it looks like our next trip up will be in May or June. There are a few events going on during those times and I'm sure we are not going to get lucky and have them all line up on one weekend, so we'll have to see what's going on, but this time hopefully we can spend a few more days up there so that we have more time to see everyone.
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