Joey vs. Fogo

Ok, it wasn't as "epic" as the title, but we went to Fogo de Chao for Joey's birthday meal (we actually used a gift card that Anna gave me for my birthday and had a nice dinner with her and Chad). I have probably seen Joey eat more, but honestly I was worrying about my own food :-) I could eat those cheesy popovers as a meal... Anyway, Joey was impressed with the salad bar but took our warning to not fill up there! Here is the evening in pictures...

the house specialty drink, which I described to the bartender as, "that green drink that you make here"

Joey pre-meal Joey post-meal...still happy, but a lot more full!
we're thinking of dining out profesionally...

b-day dessert

papaya ice cream thing topped with liquor!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOEY!!

sewing project!!

I have been wanting to sew more, but have been so busy. One of the mom's from swimming saw a pair of pants I made and thought they were cute so I said, bring me in a fabric you like and I'll make a pair for your baby! So she did...AND I had some extra fabric left over so I made a bag too!! I got the instructions from a blog that my friend Jamie sent me (I yelled at her for sending me said blog because there are SO many cute idea and I don't have enough time!!). Anyway, I made this bag, and I imporvised by adding a cell phone pocket on the outside!! Such talent...haha!

Here are the pants. I lined them with pink flannel...

and here is the bag!!the inside lining is the pants print...
I LOVE this bag! The original blog was about repurposing an old sweater into a bag, so I might try that too! So many things I want to make!!!

baby alaina

Laura and 3-month old Alaina crossed the river for a nice little playdate. Laura is enjoying a nice 6 month maternity leave, so she had some time available :-) Alaina is quite a good baby and we enjoyed having them visit. I can't wait until the can actually "play" together! For now, we had to settle on trying to get the "impossible picture of two kids where they are both looking an smiling" picture. You know the one, with multiple attempts, and not real "perfect" picture! haha! I bought some jammies for Juliette a while back and they had a little baby pair, so I picked one up for Alaina so they could match :-)

the first one, and only one w/o Alaina crying :-)

juliette most likely focusing on Nemo on the tv...

my favorite

caribou

Before swimming Juliette and I stopped at Caribou. they had a little table there that entertained her for quite a while. She kept her little milk and banana bread on her napkin and was a very good girl. She even gave some customers some nice smiles :-) Sorry about the fuzzy pic...bad setting on my phone camera...

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Today Joey turned 33 :-) We made him some cupcakre during the day that we were all able to enjoy. As usual, Juliette probably enjoyed them the most!

helping blow out the candles

eating the cookie off the top

well, all the frosting is gone...

sick bug...boo

We've been sick. Juliette was sick and had her cough going quite well for a few (sleepless) nights. So the beginning of last week was rough, not much sleep for anyone! We even took a trip to the doctor, which mommy is usually against, but two nights of no sleep can change a persons mind! The dr gave us a perscription for a cough supressant, which I know they say is ineffective in kids under 2 and even under 6, but not this kid! Thank god that it helped her get some sleep!! Then, mommy got a little bug, and it carried over to this week, but I have been managing fine because that's what mommy's do! We're tough! (Luckily dad hasn't caught anything!).

I also had to take off Monday and Tuesday since daycare was closed (cool side story...Karen, my daycare provider, got to go to DW with her daughter and daughters family for a Wishes and More trip. Her grandaughter, Kylie, has Tuberous Sclerosis, and was granted a trip...sooooo cool!!). SO it was kinda of a bummer that my forced vacation included me being sick and a snowstrom keeping us from doing much, but that kid of ours is just so damn cute that I got over it :-) Here are a few pics...

eating off of her new big girl plate

watching the mixer when mom was making bread

ok, we did get out for a quick trip to the mall :-)

NYC

Gramma and Papa are off to NYC...we brought them to the airport this morning and can't wait to see what fun presents they bring back!! We wore our last present from them (our stylish jacket) when we dropped them off :-) When we were parked, I turned around and told Juliette to take out her nuk and smile...here is the result:

p.s. Happy Birthday shout-out goes to Owen, who is the big 0-2!! Happy Birthday O!!

valentine gifts

Here is Juliette reading her card to her daddy that she got for him...it was something about hugs :-) present from gramma jule and papa

cool...a touchy book
What are these? Socks? With Minnie on them?
kisses for Minnie!

Happy Valentine's Day...again :-)

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

This was Juliette this morning...wearing her Mickey-in-a-heart t-shirt! She is pointing to Mickey in case you couldn't find him! HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

Also, as a side note, this girl isn't even in school yet and she sent out valentines to 19 of her little friends! She didn't mail them until today though...she had a busy weekend!!

"side!"

Juliette was looking out the window by our door and saying, "side". The poor girl just wanted to play outside, and now that it was 45 degrees we could actually go out!! She was still a little coughy, but it was just SO nice...and we were out for like 10 minutes. Can't wait to finally get sledding!

walking with daddy

cute

more interested in the rocks than the snow

not happy when we had to tome back inside!!

Hope you're all out enjoying the weather!!

cookie!!

Juliette was a bit under the weather this weekend, but that didn't stop her from enjoying some Thin Mints. She ate 4, after barely touching her lunch. And she ate them all while sitting with me and watching Finding Nemo. I would've let her eat 100!

cookie face

Could we fit anything more into a day???

Saturday was a busy day in the Davern house! Juliette wasn't feeling that great, but she was a trooper all day! We woke up in the morning and went and got Joey a new car... yes, another Cadillac. He is very happy. It's his first new NEW car...so that is fun for him. I have never been a huge Caddy fan, but at least this one is a little more sporty, and less oceanliner :-) It also has AWD, which is what he really wanted, and a dunroof for some fun. His payment is also the same as his old car and it saved us from having to buy new tires (and tabs were due this month too!). Here is a pic I got on the web...black on black...So we got done with all the car stuff around lunch and went home for nap time (when mommy escaped for a nice mani/pedi/blow-out at the salon). Then we brought Juliette over to hang with Gramma (and special guests Unkie B and Antie K) for the night while we went out to our Valentine's Day dinner. But first we made a quick pit stop at Golf Galaxy for Joey's present from me...a new driver: Joey's present for me was a new pair of earrings in a little blue box...good work!This year for Valentine's Day we went out to Murray's with Noelle and Rian...it's a late wedding gift since I have accepted that fact that I am pretty sure I threw their gift away (it was wrapped in tissue paper and in a Macy's bag...which I have been known to use for trash). Oh well, they got a BETTER gift!! It was a super fun night! Noelle said she had just read something about how gifts are better given as "experiences", which I agree with...so much fun! Here are some pics from our night:

all dolled up...in jeans :-)

the first bite...her reaction: "shit, that's good steak!"

with our (finished) bottle of wine

happy couples!

final photo op

Looking back...this was kind of the "Day of Joey"...new car, golf club, and steak. That guy is spoiled!! So am I :-)

too busy to blog!!

This was just a CRAZY week...busy at work, busy at home. It's part of my lifelong cycle of trying to catch up! Oh well, we're living life!! And you know what...I wouldn't have it any other way!

And since I don't like to post w/o a pic...here is one of her putting Doug in the carseat...

a few projects

Earlier this week I spent a little time working on a few projects. Today is Juliette's friend Harrison's 2nd birthday (HAPPY BIRTHDAY HARRISON!). She really wanted to go to his birthday party, but he lives in Chicago, so we couldn't make it (side note- glad we didn't plan on going since they just got hit with that blizzard...). Anyway, his party theme is trains...so we made him some special train pajamas!

Also, on Thursday, we went to go play with our friend Lauren and meet her 3 week old brother, Jake. I forgot to take pics and only got through about half of my thoughts when we were there, but we're planning more playdates for the future so I'll catch up with all that then. Anyway, I made some pants for baby Jake. They are even lined!! Classy! I just have a feeling he's gonna like baseball...