Amazing, Amazing, Amazing...Oh My Keith!

Well I had the privilege...and I do mean privilege of seeing Keith Urban in concert on Sunday night. Oh my goodness it was AMAZING. We had floor seats, which meant we were standing most of the time because if someone in front of us was standing we had to stand too just to see him. Well that was fine by me because I was standing and clapping and singing and dancing almost all of the night. I was really bummed in the beginning because they were supposed to be performing with Sugarland that night and on the way to the concert we heard on the radio that Sugarland wouldn't be performing because the lead singer was sick. Well I was beyond upset...they were actually why Mike got me the tickets. I really like Keith Urban but I love Sugarland. Well let me just say that Keith made up for the loss. He must have played 10 different guitars all night long. I knew almost all of the songs which is great for me because I love to sing...and sing I did...all night long. He was such a great entertainer. I mean it was more than just singing, it was straight rock 'n' roll all night. He sang sweet ballads, rock songs, fun dance songs...he really had everything. Awesome!! His band was great too. He came out in the audience a few times and performed on little side stages...one of the times he was only 15 feet from us. I'll post some pics at the end here and that's when he was really close...too bad we didn't take our camera so the pics are just off of Mike's phone which didn't take the best shots. And we got to see his wifey, Nicole Kidman, like 10 feet from us too. Mike said that made his night. I can't even begin to describe how much fun I had. It was my first concert and I had no idea what to expect but I LOVED it. I think he will be so hard to top. I want to be a concert junkie, but not just for anyone, I really just want to go see him again and again!! Thanks babe for the best birthday present EVER!!!

PS Keith you would be proud, I even pulled out my old Keith Urban CD and I've been listening to it ever since the concert. I'm still in awe.

Becky

Let the countdown begin...5 days

Only 5 more days until I get to go to my FIRST CONCERT!! Yippee. A couple of months back Mike surprised me by buying tickets to go see Keith Urban and Sugarland on the 19th, the day after my birthday, as a present. I can't believe now its only 5 days away....I'm super excited. Yeah for great hubbies!!

3 nights and counting....

Well we have big news around here....okay maybe not that big to all of you...but to us its a big deal. Van has had 3 nights now of no accidents or pull ups. He has been potty trained all day, including naps, for over a year now but the all nighter was the clincher. So he's been doing pull ups at night so its still easy to get off if he got up to go potty on his own. And every so often we would try it to see if he was ready and up until now, I hadn't really had that feeling. Then last week I noticed every morning that his pull up was dry plus he's been getting out of bed on his own during the night to go to the bathroom. So Friday night we decided to go with just his boxers, no pull up, and he did it..accident free. When I went to bed that night around 1130, I woke him up to go potty, which he did, and then he got back in bed and went to sleep. He got up around 645am and was perfectly clean...and pretty proud of himself. And so has been the story for the last 2 nights. Last night we got him up around 1130 too but he didn't get up this morning until 730am....yep, thats right, he made it a full 8 hours perfectly dry. Dare I say my child is fully potty trained....24 hours a day? I know it will be so when we aren't doing the "extra" wake up when we go to bed but I think for now its better safe than sorry. We are very excited!!! Yeah Van!!

God is Good!!

I just found out that 2 women I care about are having babies!!! Not only is this exciting because babies are always exciting, but these are 2 people that have not been blessed with an easy road when it came to bringing their babies into the world. Its so hard to have people you genuinely care about struggle with getting pregnant when you have 2 amazing healthy blessings to hug and kiss daily. However, an answer to my prayers...both of these amazing god loving women have been blessed as well. God is good. Can't wait to see them grow during their pregnancies and watch them enjoy all of the blessings and trials of motherhood. I will be praying for you my "D squared".

Long Overdue...

I know, I know. You all have been patiently waiting...or some rather impatiently.

As all of my fellow mommies can understand, at the end of the day...the only time I have to blog, I am so tired that I just want to veg out watching tv or doing nothing. I know keeping a blog isn't hard work, but for all of you complainers...you should really try it. Some weeks I find myself so motivated and with a lot to say....and then there are other times I keep trying to sit and blog and so many things come up that need taken care of. Well this delay is somewhere in between.

So I feel like we have been really busy. Van and Ava started recreation classes a few weeks back and are thoroughly enjoying them. Ava takes a little tumbling class that she has to be the little star of...I swear she is beyond her years...at least in this daring physical stuff. She just steps right up, in front of the boys or whomever is trying to go first, and throws herself down on the mat ready to try whatever the task may be...sometimes wheelbarrow walking, somersaults, log rolls, balance beam walking....she just goes right for it. I really think she is cut out for some sort of circus acrobatics or something...maybe one day we'll see her in the Cirque Du Soleil. Van goes to that class with her and has one before her that is more focused on doing crafts and stuff which is right up his alley. He's so quiet and reserved in public that he just likes to do the quiet activities. He has started soccer though and is starting to break out of his shell. Of course he is the shy one in the group so the teacher has taken a little liking to him which is nice because he usually needs just a bit of coaxing to join a big group that he is unsure of. But he has come home after both practices so excited with sunkissed cheeks ready to tell me all about it...so I know he really likes it.

Mike and I have been hanging in there too. We officially accepted an offer on our condo a few weeks back so once the short sale gets approved by our lender, we will be in escrow. Its all very bittersweet for us...but we have had to make some tough decisions just to get by lately. We know we are seeing some of the consequences from some bad decisions we made and are dealing with them the best we can. We are holding tight to our budget and haven't seen an overdraft charge now in almost 2 months...I know it sounds small but we were just being so lazy that it seemed like they kept racking up. Mike is actively looking for a band to play with since his new found talent on the drums. He is VERY good for only playing for around 4-5 months. He will be very modest about it, but he really is good. He is playing with a new one tonite and we're hopeful that this could be a good fit. I'm excited for him. Mike has and will always be my dreamer...he has so many goals and dreams in life and if possible, I'd like to see them all come true...especially if they are reasonable. He's young so why not go out and do all the things you've always wanted to do but never thought you really could, right? He's not sacrificing his family, his beliefs, or his morals for these little moments of happiness, so I'm all for it. I'm putting away working and just getting by. The days go by so fast I can't even believe another month has past. As our little ones get bigger, I feel like time goes even faster. We've even pondered the idea of "another" little one as of late...no this is not an announcement of any sort...we've just been talking. The rational side of me is like heck no....we don't have the money, the room, the car space, etc etc...but my husband tries to play to my emotional side....so who knows.

Well that's about all I can squeeze in right now, I'm hoping to get some reading time in tonite too. But, here are a few cute pics we just took when our little ones were having some fun in the sun. Enjoy!!

Be back in hopefully less than a month this time...

B