Oh Sh!$, that's a fire

So, last night Kevin and I were sitting on the couch watching TV when we heard a helicopter flying overhead. In our neighborhood that's not too uncommon since we have hoodlums and a prison near by. BUT, this one you could tell was low and close. It shook the windows. So, Kevin being the little boy inside, ran out front to see what was going on. I heard him say something and then call for me. So, I get up and go out to see what he's talking about. I go to the end of the driveway and look down the street and there it was. Behind the park the ridge line on the hill was on fire. OH CRAP! It's dark, luckily no wind, and there is a fire CLOSE to us.
What to do, What to do???? So I call mom an dad. I called to warn them that we may be coming over if we get kicked out. Dad said that if the helicopters are already there and the wind was still we should be fine. Ok, he's the fireman, he should know. But they say they will leave the doors unlocked in case.
We keep hearing the helicopters and we go outside to look. I never actually saw it, but Kevin got to see a water dropping by one of them. SO, w/in an hour they had it out and we were all good. It was just not a comfortable feeling to walk outside and see a hill on fire near you. Thank god for the quick response from the fireman.

Party Times Are Changing

Saturday was the Halloween costume party at mom and dad's. It is the second annual party. The party started at 7. People slowly started to arrive, but not as many as usual. The normal party crowd is gettin' golder. Not moving as fast and do not really want to dress up. Mom has found some newbies who came and were a great addition. But, it wasn't quite the same as old time 'Kormann' parties. It took until most had left and the original partiers to start the dancing and being goofy. So, times are a changing. I guess Amy, Matt, Kevin, and I are going to have to keep the tradition alive. Mary definitely has the Kormann party gene in her. She was so happy to have the people around and she was shaking her booty on her own. She made it until about 9 or so, which is a good hour past her bed time. I've got my hands full.

But, even thought I could not have some drinks, it was a good time. It was fun to see some people I only see at these parties. Some who have not been around for 14 years. Crazy. SO, since I could not drink I pigged out on the food. Yummy food. Guess I'll find out what that did to me tomorrow at my doc apt. Oh well, it was worth it.

I was a woopie cushion from Walmart. It was the only thing I could find to fit me and my belly. But it was comfy and no one really knew I was prego. Kevin was Homer, of course. We are not really creative.

I don't know if you can tell who this is with Mary. He really pulled this off. This is dad as a gang banger. He had the Dickies hanging low showing his boxers with the pulled up white tube socks. It was great. Mom was the sexy cop who would arrest him for being a bad boy.

Pirates were the big thing this year. This is Bob and Georgi. He had a talking parrot with him.

This was Waldie and Leslie as 50's people. They were showing off their dance moves on the floor.

Below is Corie showing off what she is supposed to be. She was one of the women from the war time going off to work.

Pumpkin Fun

Today Mary and I had a morning together with pumpkins. We went to our closest pumpkin patch to visit all the pumpkins. Mary got dressed in her poodle costume and went wondering around the patch. We were the only ones there. No one in our valley does anything early, and we got there at 11. So, she was amazed at all the pumpkins and sizes. She really wanted to look att he small ones though.

This was her first favorite one she found. She picked it up right away and carried it around for a bit. Then we were off to new and better pumpkins.

'Nice Pumpkin' She pets it like it is the dogie and not her. HAHA

Then we found the box of really small pumpkins and other small vegetables. She liked this yellow thing and had to show it to me. Then she saw this pumpkin. "THIS ONE MOMMY" is what she said as she pointed to it. Well, how could I resist that. Yes, we bought it.
Here it is in our wagon. Mary had to go get us a wagon and then climb into it. Then I had to give her a ride. A bumpy ride in a wagon with her pumpkin was the best.


Here is our carved pumpkin. She was very interested in what Mommy was doing to the pumpkin. When we were done she said 'ARMS'. SO, I went to the yard and found to sticks to poke into it. I can't get the sticks in, so I will have Kevin or Papa poke them in later. We plan on taking this to the Halloween party at mom's tonight to light up and show off. She is going to love it and want to go out and see it all night long. Pretty darn cute. Her first Halloween where she can understand things. Christmas is going to be so much fun!!

awwwww clean

Three weeks ago I went away for the weekend and left Kevin home alone. I left him a list of simple house chores to do to help me with my house cleaning. WELL, needless to say, they did not all get done. He did come to realize that in order for this house to be clean while I'm pregnant that we may need a little help. So, today I finally got some help. He found a local house cleaner to come in and do some work. Of course, she's Hispanic. Where we live, that's what we'll find. BUT, she did a super job.
Mary and I left the house about 9:00 this morning when she arrived. We went and spent the morning at mom's house. They are in Havasu for the weekend so we had an empty house to go to. We figured we all didn't need to be hovering around her while she was trying to work. Heck, that's what doesn't help me when I have to do it. She started upstairs. Kevin said she was up there for like two hours and then worked downstairs for another hour or so. She even swept the garage. It is so nice to have a clean house and I didn't have to do it. I want to go shower in my clean shower, but I don't want to ruin it. She charged $75, which isn't bad for how long and how much she did. But Kevin said we can really only afford that once a month. Well, next month come fast cause this house won't stay clean long. I think I'm going to have to start selling more things on craigs list so I can afford a house cleaner more often than once a month.

Camping Weekend

Mary is the queen of the hill here. SOOO happy to be camping at the beach.

Well we had a great time. It was fun camping with new friends and doing something different than our usual routine. Everyone we camped with all live in our little town of Val Verde. They all had kids who wanted to play with Mary. It was nice to meet others in our valley that are nice and like to do what we do. A couple of them knew each other from their church and the others were friends or neighbors. They were a lot calmer than camping with our usual group, which was a nice change. No one really drank. Kevin brought out wine and slowly someone would want a taste. Kevin wanted to go to the brewery, of course, and no one really was interested in going with us. That's ok, we went anyway. But it was a nice calm weekend.

Mary is making a sand angel here.

We arrived about 4:30 on Friday. The wind was CRAZY, but we didn't let it stop us too much. There were four other couples and a total of 9 kids, including Mary. Having the kids around to play with Mary was GREAT! She was the youngest with the next youngest was 4. They all loved Mary and were happy to play with her. Well, she is mature for her age. = )

The funny thing was that WE were like the cooler people in the group, for once. WE had the motorhome. Not a fancy motorhome, but a motorhome at all. One other couple had a trailer, but it wasn't as cool as the motorhome. One family was in a tent trailer and the other two couples were in tents. The wind was about the blow everyone out to sea, but we were cozy in our motorhome. It was pretty cool for once to be that person. THEN they have all camped there before but I guess have never really walked around town. Well, we all went to dinner the first night and we took them out to a pizza place. We were walking through town and they were all amazed at what was there and how cute it was. We pointed out all the good spots to go to and so on. We were so the know it alls. Pretty cool.

Mary was in heaven playing with all the kids. All she wanted was her friends. It was SOO nice to let her play and know she was ok. I still had to keep an eye on her, but I knew she was happy and content to do what she was doing. I did not have to entertain her for once. I was actually able to relax for once and not have to worry about her too much. We will definitely have to keep these friends. Actually there was a girl who was 13 who babysits for the other families. Mary loved her and she loved Mary. SO, we may have found a local babysitter. That would be wonderful. Give nana and papa a break.
Mary was too busy playing with her friends that she didn't really want to take naps. Well, I wasn't going to have that. She would be a little stinker near the end of the day. SO, she eventually took her nap and then played more. She went to bed later than usual each night, but she was busy playing and wearing herself down. So when she did go to bed, she was OUT. There are train tracks right next tot he campground and the 7:00 train would wake her up. She would sit straight up and say "choo choo" and then she would say "friends! Outside!" It was cute.
This was Mary at 7:00 Sunday night at home. She was so exhausted from the weekend she needed to catch up on her sleep. She never falls asleep in the living room, but today there was no stopping her.

New Friends

We have made new friends, Kevin and I. Most people say they met their date or significant other off the internet, well we met our new friends off the internet too. I had posted our entertainment center on Craigs list and it sold. I ended up selling it to someone who actually lives in our little town of Val Verde. They live not too far away from us. So they come to pick up the unit and when they come to the door the wife recognizes me. We had taken the mom and tots swim class together this summer. So, we already kinda knew each other and her youngest was about the age of Mary.
So they come in and look at the unit and the kids are playing. They have three kids. The oldest is maybe 7, but they all got along great right away. They decide to take the unit and will come pick it up later in the week. We just all seemed to hit it off and were talking like we already knew each other.
We talk back and forth on email to arrange picking up the unit. The husband comes and gets it on Sunday. Half the unit fits in his van and Kevin puts the rest in the Durango and follows him back to their house to unload it. He notices they have a pop up trailer in the driveway. They like to camp. Then he sees he has a fireman's sticker on his car. His father in law is a fireman. OK, these are our kinda people. So, Kevin is thinking how can I not sound queer and ask this guy to be our friend??? haha. Well, I email Stephanie and she writes back they thought the same thing and now we're going camping with them this weekend at the beach. THey happened to have an extra spot we could take. It was meant to be. The beach is going to be a little cool this weekend, but it's ok. We'll deal. We need to use our motorhome more than three times a year.
So, since we've never hung out with these people before we're not sure what we're into. We have our little routine and such with mom and dad and their friends for camping, but who knows what this will be like. I'm sure it'll be fun, but a new experience. Good thing I can't drink yet. I wouldn't want to make a fool of myself the first time. Kevin on the other hand I will have to keep an eye on.
So, I will report back with all the fun details!

Scary Monsters

Mary has started this thing about being scared of monsters. Not sure where she got it from. so, she has started waking us up at 5:30, 4:50, and today at 6:00. Calling out for me. She's loud too.
Yesterday Kevin went in to get her and the first things he says is "light on". Well it's dark still at4:50 in the morning, even at 6 now. He did not turn on the light. So, picture this........she's scared of monsters and Kevin goes in, won't turn on the light, and picks her up and he has no shirt on and he's a hairy guy. Mary gets scared more and I hear her say "shirt on please, shirt on please". Made me laugh down the hall. Poor girl.
So I got her a night light to scare the monsters away. So today she made it until 6, which is ok with me. It's the 5 o'clock hour that gets me.
We think it is half due to monsters and the other half that she needs to pee. She is doing so great with her potty training that she wakes up dry 90% of the time at night. So, we calm her down from monsters and then we go pee. When she woke up at 4:50 we put her back down and after going to the potty and she sleep for another hour.
SO, this is a new fun thing. It's kind preparing me for feedings again. She's not quite ready to go potty on her own since she can't pull her panties up and down yet. Soon I hope. AND she's still in her crib so she can't get out on her own to pee. She loves her crib, so why take her out of it yet. I will need it in about 5 months, but that gives me time to transition her. I'm just not ready to give her the freedom to roam in and out of bed yet.

Craigs List Pro

I've become a Craigs List seller. It's so easy. A month ago, or so I posted and sold our elliptical machine and now I just sold our entertainment center unit. It's great to get things outa the house that are in the way and get them to people who can use them.
I actually bought something on there too. I found a baby walker for $10. All the latest baby walkers are huge and don't fold. I found an old fashion sytle one that will work great in our little house. It has a hole, but fixable and doesn't make it look trashed. SO, now the new baby has a walker for down the road.
So, if you need to sell something, Craigs List is the way to go. Or give it to me and I"ll do it for ya. I only charge a small selling fee. = ) Hey, a stay at home mom needs to make some sorta living. Mommy/wife doesn't pay much money.

Mary is getting a little SISTER

Yes, we are having another girl. I wasn't convinced at first, but each time the ultrasound girl looked, it was more clear. So, another girl it is. We are telling the sex this time and keeping the name a surprise. We don't have a name yet, but when we figure one out it will be a secret. = ) Poor Kevin is going to be surrounded by girls. Oh well!

A Night of Laughs

Last night/afternoon we used our auction item from the MS dinner. We, Kevin's sister and brother in law and us, all got to go see Jay Leno and go to dinner at a nice restaurant. We had VIP tickets. It was pretty cool. We got to park in the NBC lot and just walk into the show and sit in saved seats for us. They were not the best seats, but they were cool. The cameras were in the way to really see the guests or Jay, but we were there.

Jay is a really cool guy. He came out before the show in jeans and a button up shirt and talked to the crowd for a bit. Then 5 minutes later he was in a suit and we were taping the show. When the show was over we got to go down and take a picture with him and shake hands. It was quick but cool. Then we got a tour of backstage of the building. We saw dressing rooms and the studio for Access Hollywood, which used to be the old Johnny Carson studio. There is a star on the floor where Johnny's desk would sit. Then we were escorted outside where Jay came out again and would take pictures before he left the studio. So, of course I had to do one again. He gave me a strong hug when we took our picture. Pretty nice. Kevin had to take one with a MADD magazine. If you get a picture of a 'star' with a MADD magazine and send it in you get a free 3 year subscription. Pretty cool. How often do you get a chance to do that!
Then Jay got in his car and drove home. They say he drives a different car, of his 100's, to work each day. This was his car of the day. This one is a 1954 Dodge Coronet Suburban

Then we were off to dinner, I was starving. Along with the VIP tickets the package came with a certificate for Morton's Steakhouse. It was just down the block from the studio. YUMMY. We had a really nice dinner. I think I put the baby in a food coma, until I gave it the YUMMY chocolate dessert. It was to die for.

P.S.............I know this is the same shirt I wore in the last entry. It seems to be one of the only ones that still kinda fits me. I need to go shopping for some new clothes, bigger ones. I'm growing FAST.