Baby Babble...

The day started looking at this old picture.....




These little nuggets (Alex, to the right, being hugged which such emotion from his cousin Christian, who rocked the T Shirt diaper look very cutesie) were once upon a time wee little babies. Now Alex, 9 and Christian 10 live a time zone apart and Christian has a brother, Carlos aka gordo 7. Here he is at 3 months...




Now look at them! Well in the picture below it's (starting from the left) Christian, Nice boy (don't know his name), and Carlos aka not so Gordo anymore



And here is my son Alex...



In general, however, I really do like kids. All ages, strange enough. Even the pain-in-the-ass-I-think-I'm-cooler-than-anyone-but-I'm-a-dufus kid (I think it's because I specialize in Middle School Monsters). And since I'm not having anymore, I like them especially since I can give them back to mommy.

Alex asked me a question earlier this week. He asked, "Mommy, why can't you have another kid so I can have someone to play with all the time?" I was clearly left with my mouth open because he knows that I don't want anymore kids and the thought of him having to share (money, toys, a room), he wasn't trying to hear that. He looked at me with his chinito eyes and it was so sincere, it almost broke my heart. Then I said, "But Alex, if I have a baby he will be little and you can't play with him until he is older, and that means you'll be 16."



That was his reaction. Therefore the whole mommy-having-another-kid-so-I-can-play-with-someone-everyday quickly turned into "Oh No. Nevermind. That's not cool."

I really don't want any more children because I think it will take away A LOT from Alex and let's face be honest, myself. I went to a friend's house and she has the cutest 5-month-old, who couldn't take his eyes off Alex. And Alex was enjoying every minute of it. But as soon as we got in the car he said "Yea Mommy. No more kids."


What's the moral of the story/post?

1-I LOOOOVE my kooks (Alex, Christian, Gordo)!
2-I think China's one-child policy is totally awesome.

Sportstastic TIMES! Part tres!

Sad face? Why? Is it because I am going to briefly talk about the NFL Lockout? YES!
Here are some questions I have gotten


"A what?"
"What's this lock out all about?"

and the ever shocking question
"Who cares?" ::gasp::

There is a chance there may not be a 2011-2012 NFL football season.

What the hell am I going to watch on Sundays from August through February?!??!?!?

I don't just watch Miami Dolphins games (please refrain from making fun of me. please. and thank you.) during football season. I watch them ALL! It's so fun! Just watching at home while grading is a great Sunday Funday for me!

Ok besides my selfish reasons for wanting NFL to proceed, millions of people also enjoy watching the sport. They get together with friends, go to a bar, or restaurant, or someone's house, or the actual game, and it is SO MUCH FUN (and all this fun is certainly paying the owners and players a pretty penny). So all in all, it's a win-win situation for all involved, right?

Here is how I am simplifying this lock out:

-The players want to play.
-The players have stated many times they’re content with the current system and revenue split… NFL owners and players each split roughly 50 percent of the revenue pie.
-NFL owners, however, DO want more and are adamant about reducing the share of league revenue set aside for player salaries by roughly 18 percent ($1 billion) beginning next year.
-The revenue split since 2002 has been roughly half.

There are other issues amongst the players and owners and you can read all about it on

www.nflplayerlockout.com

Cheers to tailgating, fantasy pools, and scalping tickets!

Sportastic..Tuesday....Continued...

Look at my boys doin' what they do.....



Well not really. They are just talking-maybe about a play, maybe about a beer- who knows. I just LOVE those pinstripes!

My last post was about Derek Jeter and all his greatness, but sad to say he won't be playing in tonight's All Star Game in Phoenix (I Hate ARIZONA BY THE WAY. STATE ROAD 93 IS DEATH TRAP USA) because of a previous calf injury that he didn't care about because he plays this past weekend in hopes of hitting his 3,000th hit-which HE DID DO, AND he was the first Yankees player to do so...just sayin'


Let's talk basketball...

My green-tastic Celtics lost in the semis to the supposedly high, mighty, and undefeatable Miami Heat. As some of you may remember, there was this big media circus last summer when Lebron James and Chris Bosh (mostly Bron Bron) joined the Miami Heat (South Beach, as Bron Bron put it)

Did what? Get so cocky and LeChoke at the end? YES. WE. DID.

Don't get me wrong-Dwayne Wade is (well, was) a humble, young, and talented player. Lebron has got skills too, and so does Bosh. And then this happened....

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/nba/news/story?id=6648286

(As they walked out of American Airlines Center after practice, Wade and James pretended to cough and wheeze, smirking as they repeatedly covered their mouths with their shirts while being filmed by Miami CBS affiliate.)

"Whoa, did y'all hear me cough? I think I'm sick," Wade said before turning toward James and chuckling. [uhmmm no, Mr. Wade. Y'all weren't coughing. Y'all choked.]

This came two days after Nowitzki scored 21 points, including a critical driving layup in the last minute, while playing with a 101-degree fever during the Dallas Mavericks' NBA Finals-tying Game 4 win.)

Wade had already made it clear that he believed the story of Nowitzki playing through illness and injury -- the Mavericks' superstar tore the tendon in his left middle finger in the series opener -- had been overblown.

"I have respect for him as a great player. I'm not going to get into the injuries," Wade said Wednesday. "Everyone is injured at this time. I'm not going to get into the fun-loving story of him being sick, either. Once you show up on the court, you show up on the court. Everyone is equal. "

OH and it gets better ....

Wade, who once had a shoe commercial that glorified his toughness, is dealing with his own injury now. He suffered a bruised left hip during a first-quarter collision with Dallas reserve forward Brian Cardinal during Miami's Game 5 loss, causing him to miss two extended stretches of the game.

"I don't talk about injuries," Wade said after Game 5. "It's unfortunate that I had to leave the game, but I came back and I finished it. ... Once you're on the court, you're on the court. I don't have no excuses."

And of COURSE my fairy tale ending

The Dallas Mavericks went on to #beattheheat in game 6 in MIAMI.

The bandwagon's empty.....again......

Sportastic Sunday

I will most definitely start off with Derek Jeter.





Derek Jeter, for as long as I can remember, is an athlete who not only did Yankees' fans fall in love with, but he also captured the eyes of some of the ladies :: wink wink ::


On Saturday July 9, 2011, he has his 3,000th hit in the majors. And the hit was a home-run. Even Jay-Z captured the moment on video! He was even waiting in the locker room (because of course the Jigga Man got it like that) to congratulate Jeter on not only his 3,000th hit, but he also went 5 for 5, including the game-winning run in the 8th inning.

Just in case you were sedated for the weekend here is the interview conducted by the YES (Yankees Entertainment Sports) network-

• Jeter’s historic day at the office made us all feel like little kids again. Or, “It brings you back to a child,” as Jay-Z more succinctly puts it.
• Jeter is a true Yankee, personification of all that makes the game great. “He’s a classic example of a Yankee, a winner,” says Jigga. “Someone who just puts on his hard hat and goes to work every day, and just really wins.” You forgot about the lunch pail, Jay!
• Jeter’s game was so cinematic that no one would have believed it in a movie. “Naw,” Jay answered when asked if Hollywood could’ve scripted the Captain’s performance. “He couldn’t even have woken up and said, ‘I’m gonna go 5-for-5, win the game, hit a homer’…it’s just, it’s a storybook, it’s amazing.”
• Still, the guy who gave Jeter’s 3000th hit back is nuts. After Jay pointed out that he was waiting near the guy who caught the 3000th hit home run ball and gave it back for nothing, the reporter started talking about what a great guy he was to do so. The rapper agreed: “Yes, he’s crazy, but OK…better man than me.”

Jay Z is just a modest billionaire hip hop mogul waiting to pay his respects with a quick handshake. Gotta love it!

Empire State of.... Mind-y! Ha!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8

Catchin' Cartoons

Look at this cartoon family.....


Seem pretty normal, right?





It's a cartoon. How bad could it be?












This is the Griffin family, the focus of the series Family Guy. They are lewd, crude, and on the hunt for food-especially Peter, the dad. As I type this, I am actually confirming with Alex the names of the characters.

Yes, I allow Alex to watch this. He is 9 after all. No more "baby" stuff. But this is quite a difference. But he knows very well that he is NOT allowed to repeat anything that
is said on the show. And believe it or not, he doesn't. Alex is a pretty good kid when it comes to cursing. He doesn't do it at all. A few years ago, my brother Jesse, sent me a link to something Family Guy related and it was actually quite funny. It's PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdpPZDv5Xv0

Holy Hiatus, Batman!

It's been a while since I've blogged ( I know. I know. Bad Blogger)

But I'm back! (cheers and applause)

A lot has happened since my last post........

1. Alex and I drove to Universal Studios-amazing!
2. I became a year older (Zoinks)
3. Spring came and went
4. Alex is 9 years old. NINE! That means I was pregnant 10 years ago!.
5. Another school year down the drain.
6. Did a cross country road trip from Miami to Los Angeles.
7. Sold my house
8. Moved back in with my mom

Ok so the last 2 weren't as exciting, but they are life-changing. I am finally getting out of stinkin' Miami. This dump sucks and I can't wait to get the hell up out of here. But I will miss a few things:

1. My friends, of course, but we are only a phone call/text/bbm/tweet/skype away.
2. 75 degrees in January.
3. The beach--well sometimes. I prefer the pool better and there are many pools in Vegas.
4. $25 pedi/mani/eyebrows. I love you, Olguita!

How can I forget? I am addicted to Words With Friends on the IPOD touch. Better than being addicted to drugs and alcohol, right?!?!