Who are the people in your “neighborgood”?

  • January 16, 2010 at 12:43 am

*edit: It was pointed out to me, no where in this post did I explain “neighborgood”. That is how Addie says it. It’s not a typo.. but thanks for keeping tabs on me, most days I need it!*

This isn’t really about the people in our neighborhood, but Addie does mention my parents neighbors when prompted.

Another conversation in the wee morning hours from anout 2 months ago. I got recording a little late, as I had to wait for a stoplight to find my phone. Addie remembers everyone, she will most likely grow up to be one of those people that never forgets your name, and you are struggling to remember theirs. Ack! I hate when that happens. Good thing she will be around to remind me of everyones name!

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Addie counts

  • January 16, 2010 at 12:00 am

Addie and I have some of our best conversations in the wee morning hours when we are driving to one of the Grandmas houses for a fun day. On this particular day, Addie sat in the back seat singing “one, two… one, two.” So I grabbed my phone and started recording. It is dark, very dark, so there is no image.
(This was actually taken about 2 months ago, but of course I am just around to posting it. She can count much better now. I guess I should record again, but for now, this will give you a good idea of her counting skills!)

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The post without a title

  • January 15, 2010 at 10:18 am

For reasons I don’t feel I need to explain, I am not tagging this post or putting anything in the title that could make it “searchable” or “findable” via google.

Lets just say this… This was Addie’s first time doing this all by herself. We have done this together.. but she has never been alone while doing it. She had SOOOOO much fun. Now, we can’t get her out of there! We take her in and she pushes the button by herself to turn it on! Confused?? Just watch the video, it will all make sense…

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So FRUSTRATED!

  • January 14, 2010 at 6:31 pm

for anyone who has visited my blog in the last few days, and gotten any number error messages, my apologies. I thought my troubles were over, but as it appears, they might be just beginning.

I switched my hosting service from siteground.com to justhost.com. The primary reason for the change was monetary. My account was up for renewal and siteground wanted $8.95/mo with a 12 month contract, Justhost was only 2.95/mo with a 3 year (prorated refundable contract). When I contacted siteground they said new domain names could get hosting for $3.95/mo, but renewal did not have the option.

So, I decided to swap over to justhost.com. They make it sound easy, pay us, tell us your domain name and we will take care of the rest! They did, sorta.

I paid them, and my account was golen for about 2 days. Then I tried to restore my old blog… that is when the problems started. The username I had with siteground was already taken by another person at justhost, so I had to be assigned a new username to which my old blog didn’t like… you following me here??

So my old blog was looking for one user name and my new blog was looking for another. No communication between the two. Justhost tried to change my username to match my old blog.. but that caused billing issues so my account was flagged and DELETED!

Oh crap. Now what, I pay $8.95/mo for service where I know my blog lives happly or give justhost.com another chance. I have to admit submitting support “tickets” is ridiculous! They never get answered by the same person and you just end up running in circles.

I got a bit frustrated with this, checked the Better Business Bureau and found a phone number for sales. I figured they could either get me with someone to help, or cancel and refund my account. Either way I would be happy.

Now, let me start by saying I usually don’t like getting support from people with accents, and it’s not meant to be racial, but simply the language barrier is difficult to break through at times… Justhost.com the people have accents… but they are BRITISH!! Oh joy! Talk to me all day! I love british accents. (think: the rain in spain, falls mainly on the plain — tha rayyn in spayyn faaauulls maayyynly oon the plaayyyn.) LOVE IT.

On top of that, they are RIDICULOUSLY helpful. Now if I have an issue, I submit a ticket, give them 1 chance to fix it, or at least start fixing it and if that doesn’t happen I call. I can only assume the same group that answers the phone is the same group that answers the support tickets.. but you would never know, as phone support is fast, effective and gets it done.

As it sits right now (5:26 pm on 1/14/09) My blog is up and running. I can read it, access my archives, comments and admin portion.

Michelleandjess.com and michelleandjess.com/abb (my two other works in progress) are down and I cannot log into the admin panels to fix it. I will keep you posted as to how it goes.

In the mean time if you need to talk to a real person at justhost.com, finding a phone number that actually worked was a bit of a task for me. So here ya go. 888-755-7585, press 1 for sales (even though you want technical support they will help). They are super friendly and actually WANT to keep you as a customer. Major points in my book. It is still undetermined what will happen as I am waiting to hear back on my other two pages… I’ll keep you posted!!!

As a final note, the customer service at justhost.com is better than that of siteground.

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Addieism#1

  • January 7, 2010 at 9:03 pm

Addie’s first Kidism. What a milestone! The other day as Addie and i were driving home, we were chit-chatting about this and that. The conversation went something like this:

Me: What does Daddy Say?

Addie: Bee-Bum (as in Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum)

Me: What does Mommy Say?

Addie: I-Uvvv-Ooooo

Me: What does Ali Say?

Addie: Hand?! (As in Hand Hand Fingers Thumb)

Me: What does Grandma Steph Say?

Addie: Well Duh!

Clear as day it was. I am not quite sure if I was just supposed to know what Grandma Steph says so the “Duh” was for me or if that is actually what Grandma Steph says… Kids. Better yet, My Kid.

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Awww Snap!

  • January 7, 2010 at 8:43 pm

As it turns out, systems fail. Like the one hosting my account. I have since changed my hosting company and hope to have fewer issues now. But, my latest posts and drafts have been lost. As was my super cute background for this month.

So…. with a few more hours time I should be back up and things will be back to normal. When it rains it pours. C’est la vie.

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78 Weeks

  • December 11, 2009 at 5:54 pm

Addie,

What a fun little person you have become, and so much has happened since my last love letter to you.

18 months have passed since you welcomed your Daddy and I into your world. I remember looking at you in my arms for the first time and thinking to myself, “How did this happen? How did we create a life?” I stopped asking questions I would never know the answer to and just watched you. Watched your body rest, watched your fingers curl and your toes wiggle. At that moment, I never thought of you as a Toddler.

This stage seemed so far away, and yet here we are. Here you are! And oh! How you amaze me! Lets ramble off a few recent accomplishments so I can stick I time stamp on them later. In the last few weeks your verbal skills have come so far, you know everyone’s name in our extended family and get such a kick out of saying “Tow-eea” (Victora) and “Show-ee” (Zoe). Daddy is one of your favorite people, and you are constantly running around looking for him saying “Daadddyyyy, Coming??”

The other day, when walking into the grocery store, you saw a silver van, you immediately started shouting Gaummie! Gaummie! Gaummie! (Grams Bobbi). I thought to myself, did you just recognize Grandma Bobbi’s Car?? Additionally, every Wednesday when I drive you to Grandma Stephs, we turn onto her street and you sing “Teff, Teff, Teff” to yourself in the backseat.

I still  have a hard time picturing you in the future, and yet, I’m ok with that. The last 18 months have gone by so very quickly. I think for now, I won’t try to picture you at age 2 or 5… but simply my independent little 18 month old girl.

Love,

Mommy

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Addie’s Wish List

  • December 7, 2009 at 11:51 am

These are some things we think Addie might enjoy this year for Christmas: (Click the picture to be taken to a link)

A new Chair for downstairs

DORA

 

 

A fun tunnel to climb throughtunnel

 

Any Toy Box will do (I just liked this one)bench

 

 

She LOVES to push things around and go “shopping” in the cupboards

shopping cart

 

 

She loves to put money in a piggy bank, so that or a cash register would be great!

cash register

 

And of course, we love having the ability to spend time together. This year should be especially fun as Addie improves her verbal skills. Passes to Discover Gateway, the Hogle Zoo, Tracy Aviary, the Aquarium or just a play date with you! keep in mind we LOVE hand me downs! So if your kids have old toys they are not playing with anymore, or you find something used on Amazon, snatch it up!! Books and family time items are always welcome. You could write Addie a story and draw some pictures for her to color in the book. Arts and crafts such a s playdough, glitter, feathers and dress up are starting to be come a real hit, so bring on over your old craft box and lets have some fun!!

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Jess’s Wish List

  • November 28, 2009 at 11:35 pm

santas got a gun

Yep. Santa with a Gun. Doesn’t get more Jess than that does it? (Click Santa to be taken to Jess’s wish list page)

Anyone who has tried to buy a gift for Jess, knows he is just about the hardest person to shop for. Period. He won’t tell you what he wants, for fear it is too expensive. And when he finally does tell you want he sorta wants, it is the day before Christmas and you already bought the “this will do” gift.

This year is going to be different. He made a list. I checked it twice, all sorts of gifts both naughty and nice. So please, check out the link below and feel free to call me (or him) with questions. Everything on Jess’s wish list page links to a place you can buy it online… how easy is that?  Happy Shopping!!

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Halloween, it’s only 2 weeks late. Cut me some slack!

  • November 19, 2009 at 12:38 pm

Halloween seems like so long ago, so I feel like this post is VERY overdue.

What a fun day for Addie. We woke up early and practiced trick or treating. Then, Addie geared up in her Elmo Costume and off to Grandma Stephs for the morning while Jess and I went to a Wedding. She always has such a fun time at Grama “Teff”’s

Addie was able to join us for the reception, and of course, we didn’t take any pictures but she was so stinkin cute! She danced for Nolan (her official God Viking), and rand around twirling and showing people her dress.

After the reception a much needed nap, and off to Grams and Grumps’ house. It was about this time I realized I hadn’t taken any pictures. BAD MOM. Bad. So we took Addie for a quick jaunt through the neighborhood to show her off. The neighbors we delighted andwe collected some candy (for me, Addie is still on a no-sugar diet). Don’t worry, thanks to Auntie Lisa Addie got lots of healthy goodies to gnosh on while I ate her candy.

So, here are some pics of Addies first real Trick-or-Treating. I have much more to post about my night (Grams and Grumps kept Addie so I could go to a halloween party, and be a DD for some friends at the Coffee Connection). Plus, yes I know I need to post about Mexico, I will get them all up by the end of the weekend.

The joys of not understanding “Candy” She thought sticks in her pumpkin was great! Every stick we found along the way was picked up and put in her basket… Anyone want to hire her for Yard Cleanup??

Walking up the steps to her first house, fortunately no sticks. Apparently it is hard to balance with a pumpkin when you are Elmo, so Grams had to help her up the stairs.

The best thing about Trick or Treating with Addie this year, when she got a piece of candy, she gave back a stick or another piece of candy! She loves to share, although eventually she tried to give back hte candy and take back her stick. Sticks are very important to a 1 year old.

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