yet another posting

I have created a monster... I cannot stop posting...

So I told myself last night that I wasn't going to turn the TV on today. This is going to be difficult -- I did give in and watched a TiVoed episode of Scrubs while I ate my cereal, but other than that, I have not turned it on. What was I supposed to do while I ate? Stare at the wall in silence? I excuse myself. So then what have I done today, you may be wondering. Well, Boston and I took a nap in my bed. A good way to waste some time :) Although I don't like sleeping with him there. Until he falls asleep, he points at the ceiling fan and talks to it (or to me, I don't know). I can't fall asleep with that. But I managed today somehow. Plus, I was dreaming that I woke up and put him into his crib. So naturally I thought I could move because he wasn't there anymore. Needless to say, I smacked him in the face and knocked his pacifier clear out of his mouth. Miraculously, he did not wake up.

Then we woke up, I got him dressed in an outfit which Joe told me, "is probably the coolest outfit," and then we both ate. Okay, I'm boring myself typing this. I really needed to clean the house. In my dream, my mom was sleeping over at our house for some reason and I was dreaming that she was going crazy in my apartment because it was so dirty and she couldn't clean it up. So if your reading this mom, you may post a comment to verify that this would indeed be something you would do -- can't relax until it's clean. So I did a lot of cleaning. Yawn.

Okay two more things. One, here are some pictures. The first one is from a wedding that we went to in Indiana like 3 weeks ago. Boston wasn't walking yet, but he liked dancing with us and bounce/jumping on the floor. The other pictures are of Boston and his airplane backpack from Great Grandma Donovan. He really likes to carry it around and every once and while he wants to wear it. I don't know why he has no pants on. The rest are of one of the best purchases ever. I was at the Dollar Tree (you must go buy this if you have a child) and found this fake cell phone. Those ones at Target are totally Fisher-Price looking and they don't fool any child. Nothing beats the real thing. Well, this $1 phone looks like a real Nokia phone. The screen obviously is just a sticker, but the buttons make real phone noises when you push them. Boston likes to carry it around and if you say "hello" he'll put it to his ear. Number two will be below the pictures, please scroll...

For those of you who don't know, Joe was convinced (by me) to try and grow as much facial hair around his mouth as he could. This is as much as he could muster. But I think it looks really good :)

Spongebob No Pants and his backpack. (I think that BK commercial is funny and Joe does not)

(excuse the runny nose) He likes to stare into cameras. I was surprised I got this one because he kept inching closer and closer... till he can poke the screen. Awfully annoying.

Doing a Transformer pose with a Transformer in his mouth. His backpack converts too. A tribute to Michael "Black Mamba" McNamara.

A great investment!! Oh how real!! Now that you have his number, give him a buzz...

Placing a call.

What a handsome boy, on an awesome phone, wearing a cool outfit.

Okay, on to number two. Note: unless you are Rachel Pereira or know her and her husband OR are my sister or brother, you probably won't find this funny so you may want to just call it a day. That post I made last night was ridiculous. Joe finished reading his chapter and then we went to bed. I had read my friend Rachel's comment on a previous post (about Boston eating sand) and it made me laugh. I told Joe that I thought it was funny that he and Bruno (her husband) are so similar. I was picturing the three of us and the Pereira's and their boy at the beach -- Bruno and Joe knocking sand out of their kid's hands and Rachel and I sitting there just laughing at their unceasing frustration. Then I said to Joe, "I can't wait till she reads this (4 Things) post. She's really gonna laugh at that." Thinking about her reading it made me laugh even harder. Obviously, I'm laughing by myself. Joe thinks I'm crazy, but he is used to it now. THEN I start thinking about that post. "You can't play Quidditch with the Sorting Hat on..." and I almost busted my gut. Thinking of his response, "at Hogwarts" made me laugh even harder. And then I though again of Rachel reading it and needless to say, I think I laughed for 10 minutes. Every time I thought I had regained my composure, it started again. I had mascara streaked down my cheeks because I laughed too hard for too long. When it was all over, I had to go lay on the couch because laughing so hard had woken (is that a word?) me back up and I couldn't sleep. And now Rachel, you have made me laugh yet again because I read your comment on the 4 Things post and you laughed so hard you spilled a muffin on your computer. Thank you.
Finally, my dear sister, I truly appreciate your posting name. I knew it was good when I gave it to you 10 years ago, and it is still good to this day. Now I'm just waiting for DMWTKD to emerge and make his posting debut. I'll have to call Modelcraze and set up a reunion of some sort. Your birthday sounds like a perfect time :)