A Story to Make You Cringe and Scream "NO!"

I had this horrifically embarrassing memory pop into mind last night while attempting to fall asleep. Its one of those that you shove into the depths of your memory bank hoping it will never rear its ugly head again.

No such luck. It reared its ugly head, and so now I have no choice but to blog it and let you all feel the horror right along with me.



Background: when I lived in Denver I worked for Wells Fargo Bank. It was one of those jobs that you absolutely dread going to everyday. Somedays I thought shooting myself in the kneecaps might cause less misery, but meh, it paid the bills. The branch manager was....oh, how do I find the words? Ok the only words floating through my mind right now are a little on the harsh side, so let's just leave it at he thought he was God's gift to bank management and that was far, oh so far from the truth.

Part of my job as "Lead Teller" was to open the branch some mornings. That included going in, turning off the alarm, looking around the branch to be sure no bad guys were there, then give the all clear signal to the other employees waiting outside.

Ok, so I have set the scene for you. Now come with me as I take you into my horror. One chilly Denver morning I pulled into the parking lot of Wells Fargo Bank. I entered into the side door of the branch to start my usual search for any bad guys. As soon as you enter the bank, the employee bathroom is the 1st door on the right. I always opened that door immediately to ensure no crazy murderous bank robbers were hiding out in there. This particular morning, I turned the knob as usual, opened the *unlocked* door to find...

...and this is NOT a joke oh how I wish it were...

MY BRANCH MANAGER SITTING BUCK NAKED ON THE TOILET. PLAIN VIEW. I SAW IT ALL. MY BOSS. NAKED. ON THE TOILET.

Oh the horror.

Are you cringing and screaming "NOOOOOO!!" right along with me??

Oh my sweet friends it was HORRIFIC I tell you. I first of all did not even know he was in the building, and who in their right mind would be sitting buck naked on the toilet in the employee bathroom of their workplace during the time when everyone shows up WITH THE DOOR UNLOCKED when you know someone is about to search the building????

And what exactly do you SAY to your boss when faced with him after such an unspeakable thing like that happens?

Well if your me you avoid him like the plague, but that can only last so long.

So when the inevitable happened, here's what he said to me...

"Well, we're all family here, right?"

Um........ no dude.

We are NOT family. And even if we were, I don't see my family members sitting on the toilet naked. Never. Ever. Nevereverever.

So on that note, if you're reading this at work, think twice before walking into the bathroom! You may want to consider knocking first.

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It's almost that time!

The time has come.

My baby is going to be ONE in 16 days.

Unbelievable.

We are of course throwing him a big 1st birthday party.

We will also be ordering all sorts of special birthday stuff from cafepress just like we did for Mylo - a customized t-shirt, invitations, and magnets for party favors.

Do you remember what was on Mylo's special birthday stuff?

Click here to see

Where in the world would we get such an amazingly cute picture like that custom made just for our child, you ask?

From our amazing friend, Chris Oatley, who is an animator for Disney. Anyone see Tinkerbell? That would be thanks in part to Chris. :)

And lucky us, he's done it again for Phinny!

Hip-Hip-HOORAYYYYYYYYYY!

I am SO SO thrilled he helps us make our boys' birthdays so special with this amazing gift!

So are you excited to see Phinny's special picture??!!

Well...

...you're just gonna have to wait.

Just a little.

I love keeping you all on the edge of your seats. I know, I'm so mean. ;)

I'll give you a glimpse 'cause I'm nice like that.



Mylo's special picture was an octopus.

Any guesses on what Phin's is??

THANK YOU UNCLE OATS!!!

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We have some firsts!

Isn't it so fun experiencing "firsts" with your kids? I love it. I get SO excited any time either of them do something (and really it could be just about anything) for the first time!

We've had a couple of pretty significant firsts for Phinny the past couple of days.

He's been doing LOTS of standing on his own, but last night he actually took a STEP all by himself without holding onto anything!! This picture was taken right after the exciting step, and of course he wouldn't do it again...



Since we are just 2 weeks shy of his 1st birthday, he's well over 20 lbs. , and he's completely grown out of his infant car seat, we put Phinny into his "big boy" carseat for the first time this morning!!



He loved his new view of the world, and I loved looking back at my precious guys and seeing both their sweet little faces! Next thing you know we'll be having moments like this.

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Don't Miss Out. Seriously.

Today is the last day to enter to win something from Hazelaid over on SIMPLE. There are only 35 entries so far which SHOCKS me because their products are A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. We have the amber necklaces and they are making a HUGE difference in alleviating pain - especially for Phinny while he's going through the tumultuous task of teething.

I'm half tempted to enter the giveaway myself because I want one of everything they have! But that would be pretty shady! So YOU go enter!! Now. Go on. It could be you! Click here to enter.

And...

My very own Mylo is featured on their site!!

Check it out.

Oh, and I've got a coupon code for you to use to get 10% off!! Use code SIMPLE10 at checkout - this is valid through 11/19/09, so hurry!!

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My Little Helper and His Tripp Trapp

Its no secret that in our house we are huge, HUGE fans of Stokke products. They hands down make the best products for babies/kids and I want to load up my house floor to ceiling with their stuff. If you happen to ask me my advice on what high chair to get, you will get an earful about how amazingly wonderful the Tripp Trapp Chair is, so set aside a few hours for that. Lately, someone has discovered that his Tripp Trapp Chair is mobile, and this has opened up a whole new world of possibilities for him. :)

(take note of what he says at the end....MELTS my heart!)

This is good news for me peeps! Soon enough he'll be able to do this all by himself...whoot! And before you know it, he'll be getting Mommy's coffee started in the morning and fixing MY meals.

See, we're off to a good start with him getting his OWN water...

And on another note, someone's been doing LOTS of standing on his very own...

All of a sudden my babies are all grown up. Time for another?

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He Just Won't Let Go

Pretty much the most exciting thing that could ever happen to Mylo is for him to get a balloon. And I love it too seeing that they're pretty much helium filled hours of entertainment.

However, Mylo has a little problem of "letting go" when it comes time to eat.

Here he is a few weeks ago...



Here he is just the other day...



Cracks me up.

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Just a Post to Post Cute Pics of my Cute Kids

My creative juices are not flowing lately. I have nothing witty or sassy to write about today. So I'll just let you see some cute pics of my kids. :) We had LOTS of fun Halloween festivities this past week, and here are a couple shots of the kiddos.

Cutest bat you ever did see...
(with chocolate around his mouth of course.)



Showing off his bat wings...



Pumpkin face...



Hope everyone had a safe and FUN Halloween!

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