Where have I been?

Man! I can't believe I've let this blog go for so long! I'll try to get better! No promises....


Things in our workd have been busy &, hectic but good. Summer brings out a very tired little boy most days, and mom and dad are feeling the same. We've had a lot of excitement going on around us. At the end of June one of Mike's good friends had a baby, so we squeezed in a few visits with the little guy. What a cutie!


Jeff came into town for Father's Day and again for the 4th. We enjoyed our visit with him, and even had a chance for the four of us (Jeff, Mike, Joelle and I) to all go bowling together! (Thanks Grandma Carol for watching Adam!)


The week before the 4th Mike got an abcessed tooth and the poor guy was so miserable! I have never seen him in so much pain. The infection decided to make itself comfy in the roof of his mouth, I won't go into details but it's still there and not pretty! Mike ended up missing all of the July 4th Fun - but I still made sure Adam had a good time doing fireworks with his uncles and spending the night at Grandma Wendy's.


Adam is having a blast at the summer program at Daycare. They do so many great activities with the kids! Last week, they had the Zoomobile and my brave little man touched a trantula (Ewwww!) , armadillo, parrot and chinchilla. I can't believe in a few short weeks (7) he'll be FOUR! Where has the time gone?


As for me, I've been busy with my scrapbooking. I recently opened up my own store and have been selling my designs to make a little money for having fun with! I am almost caught up with our 2007 scrapbook, my goal is to have it ready to share at Christmas time! I am learning more each day and wish I could do this full time instead of my day-job. Mike puts up with a lot from me with the scrap stuff, it does take a lot of time, but in the end it's worth it as I make a name for myself and continue to grow my business :) Maybe someday I will be able to do it full time!



Alright, I'll leave you with a couple of recent photos - but you know where to find them all, right?

Mike and I at our Game of Love this year (Twins vs. Yankees) it was our 5th Game of Love

We got Adam a T-Ball set and he LOVES it! Our little All Star!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone!

a little bigger:

Fun at Grandma Wendy's

Adam spent last Sunday with Grandma Wendy. Grandma took Adam to an Easter Party complete with a visit by the Easter Bunny (and his little twin!)

The spot on his chin are his "Teeth" he wanted bunny teeth. Silly boy!

This is as close as he would get to the Easter Bunny - but it's still a cute photo!

Just a few sprinkles on his cookie!

At the playground at the Community Center!

All in all, I think Adam had a lot of fun with Grandma Wendy!

Great Weekend at the Krueger House!

We had a great weekend! Let's start at the beginning. On Friday, I picked Adam up at daycare, like usual, and in the care he explained to me how much he loves getting a jelly bean when he pees on the potty at school. A "ding" went off in my head as I pulled into Walgreen's - explaining to Adam that I will get him jelly beans for at home - if he goes on the potty.

I'm. A. Genius.

Starting Friday night, Adam peed on the potty. He pulled his pants down, climbed up onto his stool and did it. No questions asked.

A fluke? A desire for a couple of jelly beans? At this point, I wasn't sure.

Then Saturday - same thing - he would run into the bathroom and do his thing into the potty.

It started becoming a reality, my son is going to be potty trained!!!!

The true test was Sunday, he spent the day at Grandma Wendy's house - and went to an egg hunt (more on that later!) which meant an unfamiliar potty and time running around.

When I went to pick him up, I got the good news - not only did Adam have no problem using Grandma's potty but he also announced he had to pee in the middle of Walmart, was rushed to the bathroom and did it just fine!!!!

This is huge - I'm thrilled that he is finally getting the whole potty thing down, but even more thrilled that I won't be spending nearly as much on diapers! (Perhaps we can invest the money we'll save in Mike's other love.)

Grrargh!

If it's not one thing it's another, right? Like last week, my car started making this horrible siren-like noise when I was in reverse - I finally got a chance to take it in yesterday for repairs. It wasn't as bad as it could have been, but still.

Then there's the sick. Between Adam's ever running nose, allergies for both Mike and Manda and tons of doctors appointments for my chronic sinutis...

But what's getting to me the most these days is work. It's challenging to be more experienced then your boss. I have to cut her some slack, she's new to our organization and doesn't know what's going on most of the time - but it's getting to an overwhelming point. She is so indecisive. She refuses to make any decision outside of our weekly team meetings - which doesn't really work.

Right now, I am frantically trying to finish all of our materials, get quotes and get them to print. BUT I can't. She won't proof anything and takes every single suggestion she gets from other people (locally and nationally) as a rule/requirement which means I am constantly re-doing my work.

There's nothing I can do about it either, I just have to suck it up and do what she wants as frustrating as she can be. I just don't think she understands that my job revolves around her approving. I can't move forward with any projects until she approves. Oh! And she has to have the last word/say in everything. Something can be perfect and she'll make me make a change for no reason. Like the shade of the pink font I used.

I know this makes no sense, and I'm just grumbling. But at least you'll know why I'm a giant crank the next time I see you!

Travel Back in Time!

I am working very hard to get caught up with Adam's scrapbook. I have a few pages I ened to do with scissors and glue to finish up his first two years (2005 and 2006) but have been creating his 2007 album digitally. I have a list of all of the events I want to scrap and am slowly working my way through it. My goal is to stay caught up with 2009 and get 2007 scrapped this year. 2008 will come when 2007 is done!

This weekend I scrapped like crazy and had fun reliving some of our memories - wanna see? I know you do!

When I'm ___ I can ___

Lately Adam has taken to making decisions about his life. He understands that he is too little/young to do some things - so he makes a decision as to what age he will be able to do said thing.

For example "When I'm sixteen I will go on an airplane." or "When I'm twenty-five I will drink beer like daddy."

It's quite humorous to hear his desires as well as the age he thinks it's appropriate to do so.

Yesterday, his statement make me sad and happy at the same time.

"Mommy, when I'm 5 I can have a sister."

What? I asked, hearing the word sister and not really understanding.

"When I'm 5 I can have a sister."

"You want a sister?"

"Henry said sisters are fun. When I'm 10 I can pull her hair."