1. This post has been open on my desktop for 2 days. I had honest, good intentions of posting on an actual Tuesday….see title above. Whoops.
2. This #2 used to be #1……..This will be a quick and dirty ToT. I am behind on work, very, very, behind.
3. Orange! Taryn’s new favorite color. Talk about suspense overkill. I had a cute way of announcing it but well, that was months ago and with my schedule being what it is, cute announcements just aren’t in the cards right now. So, it’s orange. There it is. Figured I better come out with it before it changes again.
4. My FedEx guy this year hates me already. I can’t decide whether to tell him to “suck it up dude, it’s gonna get worse before it gets better” or bribe him with cookies. Maybe both?
5. All the comments to the photo of Jase and I….wow, thank you! If you know me in real life, you know I don’t look like that. Katie’s magic makeup and Sara’s magic camera. Heck, you may have never even seen me where my hair down depending on how long we’ve known each other. I wear it back because the kids pull it, and because it’s whispy and blows in front of my camera all.the.time. Hate that. Anyway…..the comments made me blush. Thank you.
6. This also made me blush.
7. The other day I was working on my laptop, trying to drown out the sound of crazy kids and focus. Then it was quiet for a few minutes and I hear Taryn talking to Teagan…”….come on Teagan….I’m bored….let’s go watch the dog poop….” ((I’m just keeping it real here people))….I hear Taryn open the back door and let the dog out, then a few minutes later I hear them both clapping and yelling “yay!! good girl!!” with their noses pressed to the back window. Poor Kylie, she gets no privacy whatsoever. I wasn’t quite sure what to make of this event, so I just laughed, shook my head and went back to work 😉
8. Speaking of keeping it real. Alli spotted this at my house the other day and told me if I was ‘realllllly’ keeping it real around here, I had to blog this. So, here it is:
Yes, you know you have too much crap in your garage when it is actually labeled as such.
9. We had a party Monday night. Small, but fun. My mom sent us a big box of Saints stuff complete with jerseys, pom-pom’s, Saints food, all kinds of good stuff. Monday night football against their rival the Falcons, total cause for a party. We invited our neighbors across the street who are also from Louisiana. Big step for us. Sounds silly but last year when our neighbors right next door moved in, we waited until they got settled in and then gathered everyone up and went over to welcome them to the neighborhood. We had high hopes for great neighbors and were so thankful a family moved in. We were beyond bummed that the dad greeted us with uhmmmm, how shall I say it nicely, rudeness. And not just one comment, a bunch, we were so taken aback, it was bad. We came home shocked and so disappointed, just disbelief. Still to this day I wish things were different, that we could all be friendly, our children could play together….but that just isn’t the case and it makes us sad. Ever since that afternoon we’ve been a bit nervous and cautious about meeting new neighbors. Houses are popping up constantly as they are still building around us. I’m so glad we reached out to the sweet couple across the street this week, so nice and just really lovely, kind people. And oh yeah, THE SAINTS WON!!! 7-0!
10. I didn’t forget, the story of how Taryn got stuck in the elevator….
Taryn, Teagan and I went to the ortho office to have T’s cast removed (finally – woot!) on Monday. That morning I was chatting with my mom and told her Taryn was wearing her new jersey that she insisted on pairing with her new black boots she wore for pictures last weekend. My mom asked for an iphone pic and I told her I’d send her one later after Taryn got her cast off so she could see her without a cast too. So, we go to the appointment, the cast comes off, arm is x-ray’d, arm still bent, will go back in 6 months but it should correct itself during that time. We’re released and head out. We get to the elevator, push the button….we wait….and wait…..and wait. It’s a very busy building right next to Children’s Dell. So I pull out my iphone and ask T if I can take a pic of her to send to Gee….
You can see in the pic that as I’m taking the photo, the elevator door to her left finally opens. I throw my phone in my pocket without even looking at the pic, look down to grab the handles of Teagan’s stroller and by the time I look up, I realize Taryn darted into the elevator and the door was already closing. I lunged forward to catch it but it was too late. Homegirl was stuck. It was totally silent for about 4 seconds. 4 long seconds, I stood there in shock, and then she FREAKED. I can’t even describe the level of the freak out. I just start yelling into the crack in the door…..”calm down, I’m right here Taryn…..listen to me….stop screaming” And then it hit me that someone on another floor might push a button before we did. Without thinking I told her to PUSH THE 3 BUTTON TARYN! PUSH THE NUMBER 3!! YOU CAN DO IT, PUUUUUUSH 3!! And amoung the screaming I hear “uuuuuhhhhhooooookkkkkkkk”! Yes, the people walking past were staring at me like I was crazy and had lost my mind screaming into the elevator door. I was oblivious. She did it though, she pushed #3, the door opened and the freakout continued as she clung to me for dear life. I was so proud of her for making the door open and listening to me through her panic. That’s when it hit me that I could have just reached over and pushed either the up or down button myself….but whatever….(yes Jase laughed at me for this)….I was dealing the best way I could in the moment….but we figured it out.
You should have seen me try to get her back on that thing. NOT a fan of the elevator anymore. I’m just thanking God that no one on another floor pushed the button to call that elevator….can you imagine that?! I would have had to figure out if she went up or down (I’m assuming I could following the screaming if that thing would have actually MOVED) and then get Teagan out of the stroller and make a run for it. And that poor soul on the receiving end would have gotten much more than they bargained for when the door opened!! It wasn’t so funny in that exact moment, but by the time we made it to the parking garage elevator and I was trying to coerce her onto yet another elevator….I thought it was hysterical and was laughing (by myself).
OMG, poor Taryn! It is funny though reading the story and since I have a 6 year old daughter I know about freak outs. I’m glad she’s ok and that her cast is off, YAY!
HILARIOUS elevator story, too funny, glad everything turned out ok! Glad your busy, sad about your neighbors (though we have them too I think “they” are everywhere! and am a little jealous that you get to meet Jaiden next year but its cool…..I met Janelle so I guess its fair 😉
Thanks for the picture of T in her Saints stuff……but I think there were actually 5!!! Saints fans in attendance at that game! I want pics of the rest of the gang, too!
Poor Taryn! Elena would totally freak too — hopefully Taryn doesn’t hate elevators for too long!
oh my goodness. needed to laugh out loud tonight – the elevator story is just great. i can totally picture her freaking out like that (From the videos you’ve posted). glad she is ok!!!!
Oh my goodness, poor Taryn…I hate elevators, lol. One time while visiting my great-grandma the elevator car didn’t line up with the floor and it freaked.me.out! I will take the steps at every oppurtunity now:) And #7: Just plain funny! I *love* little kid conversations…their ideas of fun are just priceless!
OMG Lyndsay I lost count of how many times I laughed out loud!! Thank you, I needed that =)
Please continue introducing yourself to neighbors. I am so sorry it didn’t work out with one, but it is such a wonderful gift to be welcomed to a neighborhood. Nothing will make if feel more like home. You are doing a good thing, I promise!