Hand Kissing

Lately The Phi has been asking a lot of questions about when PR Dad and I were "dating". She wants to know what we did and where we went. I try to answer all her questions and give her details about the days we spent in Orange County wandering the beaches. Or the trip to Disneyland when we took The Chone. All the concerts and nights at The Roxy and other small little bars where we watched live bands.

The other morning she went into our bedroom to say good-bye to PR Dad before she left for school. She asked him...

"Dad when you are Mom were dating did you do a lot of hand kissing?"

(you know like when a man kisses the top of a woman's hand)

He answered her "I don't think there was much hand kissing going on"

I butted in and said "what are you talking about? That's all we did until we got married!"

He came back with "If we were just hand kissing how did this kid get here?"

How To Cram A Week's Worth of Spring Break Fun into One Day

Last week The Phi had a week off from school for Spring Break. The weather was nice and warm and poor Phi spent most of the week stuck at the office with me. On Wednesday I took a half day and The Phi and I went to the little local movie theater to watch "How To Train Your Dragon". The Phi LOVED the movie.

So PR Dad and I were feeling bad that The Phi spent most of her Spring Break at the office so on Friday we both took the day off to let The Phi do whatever she wanted to do. It took a while for her to decide what she wanted to do.

Our first stop was mini-golf!


After 18 holes The Phi was thirsty so we got her a blueberry Icee to cool her down.


After we left mini-golf The Phi wanted to go to "the shops" so we headed to the nearest mall and wandered the stores for a while. We let her go into the Disney Store and check out all the Twinkle Toe Sketchers. We built up an appetite and The Phi chose to have an early dinner at John's Incredible Pizza, which is an all-you-can-eat pizza, salad, pasta and dessert buffet with different themed rooms. The Phi stocked up on 3 cheese pizza and fruit punch and settled into the "Toon Room". Big overstuffed furniture with bright colors and lots of TV screens playing cartoons. After filling our bellies we headed over to the game room area. We loaded up our game card and let The Phi loose.

She played ski ball...

She shot some hoops....

She raced some cars....

She played her Dad at air hockey....

She beat her Dad at air hockey.....


Her last request was a trip to Target (she is so our daughter) where she had a blast trying on dresses with me.

I think we succeed in cramming a weeks worth of fun into one fun-filled day.

Why does he always have to be right?

Over the last few weeks I have been experiencing pelvic pain. Toward the end of my pregnancy with The Phi I had a lot of back pain. This time is started earlier and its not my back but my pelvis. Like down there. Like my whoo-haa bone. It was getting bad, like to the point where I was a giant pregnant lady with a pimp-limp. Not as cool as it sounds. And it was getting worse everyday. Of course pelvic pain is a normal part of pregnancy for a lot of women and all those "helpful" websites and books basically said "SUCK IT UP! IT WILL END WHEN THE KID IS BORN".

So what would any good wife do? Constantly complain to my husband. PR Dad kept telling me to walk more. Take a few breaks at work and walk around my office park. But really the thought of walking more did not appeal to me. My few trips from my office to the copy machine AND back were excruciating enough.

He also told me to bust out the maternity belly band that was in the box of clothes my BFF Sam had given me. But do I listen. Of course not. He is a man and has no idea what he is talking about. He knows nothing about the female gestating body. (Even though last time I had the back pain when I was pregnant with The Phi he made me wear his back brace and it helped).

A few more days of the pelvic pain and I could not stand it. It was getting to the point where it hurt so bad to put one foot in front of the other. That night I exclaimed, "I am going to try the maternity band tomorrow". You know so it sounded like it was MY idea. So the next day I wore it and what do you know. A significant less amount of pelvic pain. And I wore it the next day and guess what? NO pelvic pain. By the third day I was skipping and running through grassy fields without a care, or an ounce of pain. The maternity band totally worked, and DAMMIT! PR Dad was right. AGAIN!

Easter

Our Easter was wonderful....

There were baskets and bunny tracks.....

happy kids and curlers in their hair....


helpful dogs cleaning up bunny tracks.....

snuggles with bunnies......

beautiful pink dresses, curls and bows....


family pictures.....

egg hunting in playhouses.....


baskets full of candy.......

a dip in the water......


male bonding over taking apart a slide.....

and bubbles.........

lots of bubbles!

3 years

When I changed the calendars to April, today's date jumped out at me. The 7 looked bigger than all the other numbers. No doubt the hardest day of the year for my family. Memories of my cousin Roman's funeral have been swimming through my mind all week. Even 3 years later it is so vivid still. One of those days that doesn't seem to fade with time. Like the hurt and the anger, it just doesn't seem to fade over time.


I have made a decision that today will not be about being sad. Even though I am sure tears will be shed. Today we will celebrate the amazing man my cousin Roman is and be thankful for the presence, guidance and love he still gives our family every single day. We will talk about him, look at his photos, and wear him on our chests. I will whisper to the baby in my belly about her cousin Roman. Who she may never meet on this earth, but will be an important part of her family. Who will watch over her and love her from heaven.

I think about my cousin Roman everyday. I miss my cousin Roman everyday. I also feel his soul and see his spirit everyday.

Have A Wonderful Easter

Love the Punk Rock Family,

Joey, Elissa, The Phi and Baby Blu

Project 365-2010 #60-90

*music- Here Comes the Sun- The Beatles"

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