A Week in Our Lives-March 11, 2013

What a busy weekend we had! Lots of family and lots of fun!

On Friday night after work, we headed down to the Konopka's house so we could spend all day Saturday with them. We were there to celebrate Mrs. Konopka's birthday! We went for a walk at the park, checked out the petting zoo and then headed out for a delicious dinner. 

Landon is now a pro at the playground! 

A Week in Our Lives- March 4, 2013

Another chill weekend for us. It was Hoboken St. Patty's Day on Saturday, which in years past would mean getting up early to get our drink on. Now it's more about avoiding the crowds and drunk, stupid people.

We spent a lot of Saturday just vegging and then later went out to grab dinner. 

A Mommy and Landy Selfie

A Week in Our Lives-February 18, 2013

Thank goodness for 3-day weekends! We've had two in a row and could really get used to it! 

After an entire week of a sick baby, Landon finally seems like he's getting back to normal. In the past week, we've been to the doctor 4 times! The first was for his 18-month visit, but then 2 sick visits and another visit for a shot later, hopefully he's done with the doctor for a while! 

On Saturday, we took advantage of our Groupon for a year-long membership to the American Museum of Natural History. We saw the Planetarium, North American Mammals, Ocean Life, Planet Earth, and Dinosaurs. When we weren't holding him up to the dioramas, Landon was sitting straight up in his stroller in awe. He loved the museum. Unfortunately, he fell asleep a minute before we got to the Dinosaur room. 

Landon's first NYC taxi ride

A Week in Our Lives-February 11, 2013

Hi Everyone! It's been a busy few weeks for me at work. I've been preparing for a presentation I give three times a year. It was last Tuesday and I'm so glad it's over! I get a chance to breathe! I wasn't able to post last Monday because I was away from my computer so this will be two weeks of updates.

Last weekend, my little guy turned 18 months old! I feel like that's a huge milestone month because now he's officially a year-and-a-half. For people that don't have kids, I feel like they are always confused when parents refer to their children's age by month. Before Landon, I always found it strange. So now, until he gets closer to 2, I'll say he's a year-and-a-half.

A Week in Our Lives-January 28, 2013

It was so nice to have a three-day work week. We had off for Martin Luther King Jr Day and Bartek and I both took off on Friday to get some skiing and snowboarding in! 

I haven't been snowboarding since 2010! In 2011, I was pregnant and for some reason was shocked when my doctor told me "absolutely no snowboarding"... I don't know why I thought I could! And last year, it never snowed so we never went! We've been having some extremely cold days in the Northeast. On top of the few times that it actually did snow this year, it seemed like a perfect time to finally hit the slopes. We went to Mountain Creek, which is just 20 minutes from my parents' house, and figured that since it was Friday afternoon, it wouldn't be too packed. 

My first time down the mountain was pretty rusty. I kept falling and wouldn't let myself ease up. On the second run, I finally got it down but stupidly took the turn down the bunny slope and ran into some big patches of ice. I fell HARD on my butt and now I have a huge blue bruise on my bum the size of a softball! I was so pissed that it happened on my second run. After that, I was so nervous about falling on the bruise, that I actually fell even more. My legs got really sore and stiff after just a few runs. I wish I could've stayed out longer, but my body just couldn't work. I can't wait to get back out on the slopes (after my bruise goes away)!

A Week in Our Lives-January 22, 2013

It's been a lovely week for us. Having a long weekend to look forward is always good. Here are some pictures from our week!

Landon wanted to be on the couch all by himself. Such a big boy!

The Past Few Weeks in Our Lives-January 14th, 2013

Since I've been MIA for the past three weeks, we have lots of catching up to do! So many things happened over those few weeks! Get ready for a photo bomb!

We had such a perfect Christmas. Landon is slowly starting to get it and by "get it" I mean he's interested in all of the Christmas decorations and loves opening presents. I'm sure next year will be filled with even more fun as he understands Christmas more and looks forward to Santa coming.

Checking out the Konopka's tree...looking for a good ornament to steal

A Week in Our Lives-December 10th

Another week down, another week closer to 2013! 

It's been an incredibly busy week for us. I got a promotion at work (!!) which was a huge surprise! I've been at the company for six years. It's crazy how fast the time has gone. 

Bartek is finishing up his classes for the semester and then he has a nice, long break until February. He's only 3 semesters in, but it seems like he's been at school forever.

We did so many fun things this weekend. Here's some cute pics of pizza-stained face Landon.

And Bailey being tired of Landon's shenanigans 

On Saturday, I joined the boys (and girl) to do some good ol' shootin.

Kayla hit nearly all of her practice targets, crushing the boys!

I hit 11 out of 25 targets, the worst out of our group (hah!), but twice as many as the last time I did it.

Later in the afternoon, we took the boys to the park.

Bailey is obsessed with the playground. He loves it more than Landon!

That night, thanks to my mom and dad babysitting, Bartek and I got the chance to go to a friend's holiday party. Lots of fun all around.

On Sunday, my mom and I did some holiday shopping. Holy cow. That was exhausting. I think I'm still trying to recover!

And, of course, lots of fun coming up this weekend. Cookie exchange, possibly snow tubing, working on the Christmas cards and some more holiday shopping!

A Week in Our Lives-December 3rd

Welcome to December. 2012 is almost over and if you believe the Mayans, just 18 days left of the world. But I like to stay positive and think we have many more years ahead of us. 

This weekend was packed full of fun. My new scooter arrived! I ordered it to make my commute easier since the PATH is still down with no end in sight. Here I am, going for a test drive on Saturday morning. It's going to take a lot of practice for me to get comfortable with it. I'm not as young as I used to be.

Later on that morning, we went to Home Depot to pick out a Christmas tree. This was Landon's first time picking one out. Last year, I don't think we even took him out of his carseat while we got one. 

Here he is inspecting all of the trees.

In the little tree aisle. We have no room in the apartment for a big tree!

Our tree was so little that it could stand up in the back seat, no problem.

Decorating! Landon loved the nutcracker ornament. 

This weekend, Bartek was the greatest husband ever and watched Landon while I hung out with friends. I celebrated my friend Kayla's birthday on Saturday with pizza and cupcakes. And on Sunday, I went with friends to the Jets game. The game itself was really sad, but we had a good time anyway. It wasn't too cold, either, so we didn't freeze our butts off.

And much more fun to come this week!

A Week in Our Lives-November 26th

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving. This year was a Bamond-Thanksgiving. We switch off every year between mine and Bartek's family. Unfortunately, they both live too far away to celebrate together. Here's some pics from our holiday.

Dad carving the turkey

Bartek and Landon in a turkey coma

Our beautiful and delicious desserts 

Facetiming with our family in Delaware

Matching Christmas PJs. So adorable

Family shot 

Bartek with his Godson, Wyatt 

An attempt at a Christmas photo

On Friday, Bartek and I had to part ways. We BOTH had our ten-year high school reunions. It was great to see everyone and catch up. 

The ice luge

Catching up with old friends

Friends for, like, a bazillion years

And then on Saturday, we had some more fun with friends going out in Morristown for our friend, Erika's birthday, but I don't have any pics because Bartek can't take non-blurry photos. 

Anyway, it was an incredibly busy, but super fun week in our lives. As Christmas is getting closer, it seems like our weekends are so full! It's an exciting time of year and I can't wait to get all of our Christmas decorations up.

A Week in Our Lives-November 19th

As much as I'd like to brag with tons of photos of a tropical locale from our vacation week, sadly there are none to be had. Some plans for our stay-cation panned out and some did not. We played a little golf,  terribly and embarrassingly, but we stuck it through to about 6 holes (I wanted to give up after the first one)! 

We saw Argo, which I've been so excited since I read a fall movie preview back in August. Review to come tomorrow. 

And I made my first filet mignon, from this recipe. It was amazing, although I did set the fire alarm off in the apartment. Oops!

Unfortunately, the rest of our week didn't go as planned. Our pup got really sick and he spent the day at the vet undergoing tons of tests while we waited at home for a call from the doctor to see what's up. But the call never came. So after two calls to the vet with no answers, we told them we were coming to pick him up no matter what. One HUGE bill later and no explanations as to what was wrong, we took him home for some rest and relaxation. Any Hobokenites out there, I DO NOT recommend Hoboken Animal Hospital on Washington. They try to take advantage of people in sensitive situations. Anyway, a few days later, Bailey is feeling much better. Not 100%, but getting there!

We also had plans to volunteer on Friday in Sea Bright cleaning up after Hurricane Sandy. But then our other child (the real one) got sick. So before we headed back home to the doctor, we drove through Sea Bright and saw the devastation. I hope we get a chance in the next few weekends to help out.

The shore has eroded so much that the waves are breaking just ten feet from the  sea wall

The cabanas from one of the beach clubs resting on the sea wall

A section of about 50 yards missing from these cabanas

The remains of Donovan's Reef, but they had a sign "We Will Rebuild"

Tents set up on the municipal beach parking lot 

Trucks ready to depart

It's so sad to see what happened to "our" shore town. I've been going to the beaches in Sea Bright since Bartek and I started dating in 2003. But they'll rebuild. 

Finally, on Sunday, everyone started to feel healthy again. We all went to the park for a walk and played in the leaves.

Healthy pup, but poor little shaved paw 

I LOVE THIS BANANA

 Only a few more weeks of leaves left! Then it's time to play in the snow.