Surfing Confusion

Okay, I'm going CRAZY! About a month ago, while surfing the web (do people still say"surfing the web"? Anyways...) I found a website that had ADORABLE shirts for infants and toddlers. I can't find it again to save my life. I don't know what it was called, or what website I was on to get me there. If you know the site, can you please let me know?!?!?

It had toddler and infant shirts that had a big circle on the front. In the circle was a graphic (pumpkin, turkey, cupcake, ladybug, santa...etc) then the child's name was under the graphic. There were a variety of graphics for all occasions....they were freaking cute! I really, REALLY want to find the site again! I'm not sure if I got there from "POSH PARENT" or "Womb at the Innsane", or where...but if you know this site...PLEASE HELP!

thanks!

Flashback Friday

Nothing like braces and foreheads! Yep, we had a mouth full of braces and foreheads for days! Oh well! This was from high school...watch out...we were hotties! I think Dana was about 16 or 17 and I was 15 or 16! We weren't dorks I swear!

Pumpkin Carving

Pumpkin carving...so much fun! I used to HATE cleaning out the "guts" of the pumpkin. I LOVED carving the faces, but the guts...not so much. I think Mackenzi takes after me. She wouldn't touch the guts...but after it was cleaned out, she wanted to help! I let her choose what kind of face I'd carve in my pumpkin. She wanted round eyes, a big round nose, and a happy face...with NO teeth! We'll that's what she got!

Daddy carved a "scary" face, much to Mackenzi's dismay. She wanted him to do another one with a happy face.

Then I decided to carve the kids pumpkins with their first initial. So, we have a J, a Q, and a M. I think they turned out pretty cute...the Q was a tricky one. I'm not a smart carver, so Matt and I were TRYING hard to figure out just how to make it look like a Q and keep the\ to stay! We kind of figured it out. Unfortunately, the boys were EXTREMELY TIRED, so we had to carve pumpkins after their fussy butts went to bed.

Two...It's the magic number!

Guess what?!? My big boys have TEETH! This was quite a surprise to us when they started

popping up at the beginning of October. They're only 8 months...Mackenzi didn't get her 1st tooth until she was 10 1/2 months! They're so advanced! :) They BOTH have 2 cute, shiny, white teeth on the bottom! They're adorable! I've been trying to get some pics of them...but it wasn't working out...Quinn's is a little blurry, but that's all I could get! My goodness, I can't believe how big these studs are!

October 25, 2002

It was 6 years ago today that Matt and I met. For those of you that don't know how we hooked up...let me tell you! My family has longtime friends...The Dappers. Actually, they seem more like family than friends. Anyways, their daughter Chelsea was having a Halloween Birthday party and I went. Their neighbors (The Rogina's) came too. Trevor & Cody... were tiny and sweet 4th & 6th graders. They (the kids) decided to introduce us...Matt and his friend Eric came. It was SO embarrassing...I was upstairs and the doorbell rang...Matt walked in. Courtney, who was about 7 years old yells, "LACI...HE'S HERE!" So awkwardly, I went downstairs to meet him. We hit it off...went on a date a week later...and the rest, well that's history!

Flashback Friday

Okay...did I ever tell you that I loved the 80's? It was 1985 and even though I'm a mere 5 years old here...I loved it! Seriously Could I get away with dressing Mackenzi in matching starred shirt and shorts...no! But I rocked it! Gotta love the side pony tail too! I'd still rock that, if I could get away with it....and I cant, so I wont! Anyways...taking you back to 1985 on my shiny blue Schwinn!

A Quiet Toddler=TROUBLE

When there's a quiet toddler, it can only mean one thing...they're doing something they're not supposed to. Hurley (the dog) came into the room with something all over her eyelashes! HUMMMM....So I went to investigate. This is what I found...

Me: What are you doing?
Kenzi: Oh No!
Me: What's all over you?
Kenzi: Cream
Me: Where does that cream go?
Kenzi: On my butt!
Me: Then why is it on your face and in your hair?
Kenzi: I don't know?
Me: Did you put it on Hurley?
Kenzi: Yes! She likes it!
Me: No she doesn't...
Kenzi: It's make-up!
Me: No it's not...it's for your butt remember!

Geez...if per chance Hurley had a rash or kenzi did on her face, hair, arms, and shirt...at least it'll be cleared up by the $6.00 butt cream that got wasted!! AHHHH...toddlers!

Our Pumpkin Party

We had an AWESOME time at our pumpkin party this weekend. We carved apples, pinned the nose on the Jack-o-lantern, had a pumpkin contest, made crafts and PLAYED! There was goody bags, cupcakes, yummy food, and much more! I think we'll make it a annual party, because we had so much fun!

Pumpkin Picking!

We were supposed to go to Cal Poly's Pumpkin Festival this weekend, but we didn't make it. So we decided to go to the pumpkin patch at Montclair Mall! It was an awesome patch. The kids had a blast. Jace and Quinn LOVED playing in the hay...or should I say eating the hay. I must say that my kids were the cutest in the patch!

She picked this one for Jace...and later, a matching one for Quinn

BOO!

She and Daddy picked this one

Quinn

Jace

My big 8 month olds (Quinn on the left, Jace on the right)

Sliding down the fire truck slide!

Flashback Friday

I like to bloghop. Okay, so I made that word up...basically, I look at the "friends" on other people's blogs to see if I know them...or not! There are some that I really enjoy reading...even though I don't know them personally. It's kinda like reading a book. You don't know the people in a book, you read books because you enjoy it. I don't read too many books. When the kids are sleeping, I read blogs. Okay, back to flashback Friday. Some blogs that I like to read do this. I think it's kind of cool! Every Friday, I will post a picture from the past. Here's the first one!
Look at that studly 21 year old! This was taken of Matt at Huntington in the spring after we were dating for a whopping 6 months! Oh, how he'd LOVE to have that hair back!!!

Two Years Ago...

For those of you that didn't get a chance to know my Grammy, let me tell you about her. She was an awesome person and an even better grandma. She wanted to help everyone, her goal in life was to please others! She was very selfless. She loved buying presents for everyone, no holiday needed! She had a heart of an angel...and two years ago today, she got her wings.
This was a day that we all new would come, since she was fighting the battle of her life. She was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer in February of 2005. She lived 18 months with this disease. She fought hard. We knew that this day would come. On one hand, we welcomed it. She was in so much pain! We didn't want her to hurt anymore. On the other hand, we dreaded it. How could we live without someone that was so special to us. Such an important part in our lives! Well, it's been two years, and let me tell ya...we're doing it. We are continuing with our lives, just as she would have wanted. This doesn't happen without hard days. Days when we WISH that she could be here to experience these special things with us. Days like when my boys were born! You may not know this but she had twin boys too...my uncles, whose birthdays ironically are today as well. I am lucky enough to have "Felt" her there at the birth of the boys. Dream or no dream, I saw her there while I was in recovery, with a HUGE smile on her face, hands on her cheeks, doing her famous "OHHHHHH" expression. She was pleased, happy! I was happy too. There are other times when I wish she was here...times that aren't so special...like when I'm quietly feeding the boys...I think of her. Or when I'm driving in my car...she constantly pops into my head. She truly was an awesome Grammy. I'll leave you with one last memory! Matt & Kevin have Grammy to thank for our shopping habits! We used to go shopping all the time with grandma. She always had credit cards to her loved stores, Montgomery Wards, Bullocks, Broadway, Mervyns, JCPenny...after she'd sign her name at the bottom of the receipt, Dana and I would take turns and she'd let us sign our name! We were under 10 years old. It was probably a time consuming, unimportant thing for the poor woman working as cashier. But to us, it was done with complete joy and importance as we carefully, slowly wrote our name under hers! That is just one example of her love for us! I do miss her dearly. I am grateful for the time that we had with her. The experience that we had and the memories that we cherish!
Here are some pictures for you to enjoy. I must warn you...at the end of the slide show, the pictures are somewhat disturbing. They don't look like her. They look like a sick, frail woman. This is when the cancer got the best of her. But in the middle of the slideshow...those are the pictures that I hold dear to my heart! ESPECIALLY the one of her in the fuchsia dress with Tom Vetter. THAT IS MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF HER! Luckily that is what I remember her as when I think of her...not that frail, sick person! So here's to my Gram! Enjoy!

Me, Grammy, and Dana

Me & Grammy!

She was still recovering from a surgery just days before my wedding...but she came!

NKOTB Pictures

A Dream Come True...(he he he)

As a little girl, I had a dream. Unfortunately it never came true. I used to wish so much that I could do this one little thing. You see, I had a favorite singing group that I'd listen to non-stop. I would put on my skirt (with stretch pants underneath), my florescent colors, my side ponytail, my bracelets, and stand in front of my mirrored closet. I'd have my microphone in my hand and rock out to the best music ever, the best boy band ever. I'm not talking about 98 degrees, Backstreet Boys, or NSYNC. Before them...what started them...NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK! Yes, I said it...I'm a true NKOTB Fan! I loved them when I was little, especially Jordan and his batman belt. Oh how I wanted to go to their concerts. Once I sat with Dana and my cousin Tracy, watching with pure jealousy as Tracy's older sister Candy and her friends got dressed in their decked out late 80's outfits. We were bitter as they jumped into their limo with signs and posters, as if to rub our noses in it. They were going to the concert, but not us! Well, last night this dream came true...I went to my first New Kids on the Block concert...and loved every minute of it!

We rocked NKOTB shirts, florescent jewelry, and our cutest shoes! Dana and I busted out some old school NKOTB dance moves (good thing we watched the Hanging Tough and Step By Step concerts on VHS a trillion times when we were little, so we new all the moves). We sang our hearts out and swooned like 13 year old girls! We had a blast...a dream come true! I'll post more pictures soon...I didn't take my camera since it's Jethro big!

Happy Birthday!

Hello all....This is Jan, Laci's mom.
Um...I really KNOW my lovely daughter, who by the way turns 28 this very day! You say, yeah you're her Mom... well yes, but I figured out her password so I could jump on here and wish her the very best day possible!
I also want to tell her that I think she is a fabulous mommy, and a wonderful wife. Her family is so lucky to have her as a great role model and base to keep them safe and grounded! As I recall where I was 28 years ago, welcoming this beautiful baby girl into our lives, I can't help but think this is one of those BLINK moments. You know, the first birthday, that first breath, and cry... BLINK... kindergarten...BLINK...high school...Blink...college...BLINK wedding. Then the cycle starts again BLINK...Kenzi, BLINK....Jace and Quinn. It seems that life is really too short. Our time with our children is really not long enough, they just grow up way too fast!
So Laci, I love you very much! I hope you have a very Happy Birthday, and may all your wishes and dreams come true.
Love, Mom

Grandma Kelli Came to Visit!!

Matt's mom, Kelli, lives in Arizona. It isn't too often that we get to see her. The last time was when the boys were about 2 months old. She was able to come over yesterday and spend the day with me and the kids. Jeff and Kara (Matt's brother and our soon to be sis-in-law) came over and Kelli made us all a delicious spaghetti dinner. She spent the night and left early this morning! It was a very nice visit. Kenzi was on FIRE all day, showing off for Grandma Kelli! She was shocked to see how big the kids have gotten in the last 5 1/2 months...even Mackenzi. She thinks that Jace looks a lot like Matt, especially certain facial expressions he does. We all had a great time! I wish we could have visited with her longer, but at least we got to see her! Thanks for the visit!!