The Jack Chronicles

Day 2, August 22, 2009

Unexpected Outburst - When Jack started singing (rather loudly) Shake Your Booty while Father Joe was saying the Homily in church tonight.

Unbelievable Behavior - Jack sitting through an hour long mass like an angle (except for singing Shake Your Booty), and reading his book. He sat when we sat, he stood when we stood, he knelt when we knelt - all without being asked to. HE WAS SOOOOO GOOOD!!! :)

New Catch Phrase - "What's Up Dawg?" It's a work in progress, but he likes this one.

Foulest Body Smell - The toxic waste I removed from his diaper tonight. It started to burn a hole through the bottom of his pamper. It's a good thing I caught it in time. I thought Emmie was going to puke.

Hail Mary, full of grace......

Then home we went for some pizza and a nap. After Bags & Jack napped for a spell, we piled in the car and headed down the street. Gen - did you really think the boy was going to stay with us and not make an appearance????? He skipped all the way in! There's hope for him yet!! And to think - there's still one more weekend here with us!

Can You Say LCD T.V.?

The rest of the day went without any issues. After recovering from a midnight calling from the man, we all went out in the POURING rain to IKEA to pick up some more pot hooks. Nothing like having to walk the entire store to get to the stupid pot hooks which were at the very end of the winding path. Whatever, we got some exercise.

Thanks to Aunt Gennie & Pink, Cris had a Best Buy gift card that was burning a hole in his pocket. So, where else would I want to be with 3 children & my husband on a Saturday afternoon, but Best Buy. While Cris tortured Bags over at the PSP game aisle, Jack & Emmie checked out the huge T.V.s that are available in the Magnolia department. They were quite at home and reluctant to leave.

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Okay, we love our nephew, but after getting up for no apparent reason at 1am, the little cherub decided to wake at 7:30 this morning. I think I might be a tad too old to not have a full 8 hours sleep. And so, much to Gen's chagrin, the kids are watching Wacky Races with Penolope Pitstop & Mutley while Bags and I have some ice coffee.

New Jersey Jack!

So, whilst my beautiful sister and her wonderful husband are "Francing It Up" for the next 10 days, they have decided to entrust their amazing Jack with my parents and us.

After a torturous trip home from JFK in the middle of a nasty rain storm, we all sat down to a delicious meal cooked by Cuban Eddie. Jack particularly enjoyed the pernil, black beans, white rice. He finished his meal off with champagne grapes & a little rice pudding. He kept asking for "mo puddin".

So, since we are not going to be able to talk on the phone with Aunt Gennie & Pinkie unless it's an emergency, I thought we'd do a Jack Diary so that they could see what he's up to each day. I know, I'm a dork.

THE JACK CHRONICLES
Day One, August 21, 2009

First Violent Act: Beamed his cousin Emmie in the head with his green nalgene water bottle (She cried - he hit her pretty hard).

Brilliant Answer for Aunt T: "Jack, guess what?" (unsolicited) "Chicken butt" I couldn't have asked for more!

Second Violent Act: Trying to tear Cris' right ear off his head.

First Wild Animal Sighting: "TIT TAT!!" he dropped down on the floor and crawled over to Lucia and gave her loves under the dining room table.

All in all, the first few hours went off without a hitch. All children enjoyed hanging together. So crazy excited for the next 10 days!!!!

We miss you guys!! xoxoxoxoxo

January 1, 2009

Today, 1/1/09 included nothing but eating, lying on the couch, sleigh riding and wine & champagne. What more could one ask for??? Bags & the boy worked on the model airplanes. Em & I gave each other manicures. We watched to movies, napped intermittently, and ate Fondue while enjoying the Honeymooners marathon (oh, and some Brady Bunch for good measure).

We are in the midst of enjoying the many faces of Baguer. After not shaving for nearly a week, Baguer did as I requested (big mistake) and went with a goatee. Not a good look for him. Let's see what look he goes with tomorrow. Currently, he's contemplating a handle bar mustache. This should be interesting.

IT'S THE FINAL COUNT DOWN

Only 25.5 hours left in 2008 and we are Upstate skiing. For the first time ever, the four Baguers came Upstate sans Oma & Granddad. Unfortunately, due to Oma's radiation regiment, they cannot come up until 12/31/08 and are leaving 1/1/09! I don't think they will be here for even 24 hours. As much as it stinks, we are all grateful that she is in great shape, kicking the crap out of her cancer and will be here for many more new years to come. We got up here late Friday night and sat around Saturday & Sunday and watched the temperature reach an unnecessary 60 degrees fahrenheit. Fear not, the temp finally dropped Sunday night and we went skiing Monday - and man did it blow! Can you say ICE, ICE BABY. Well, in the famous words of Levan, who is one of the most positive people we know, "I take every condition and use it as a training experience". Em did that for sure. That girl was scared out of her mind starting out and I have the knees to prove it. She perfected the snow plow for the first half of the day until I nearly beat her with my ski poles. After I cracked the whip shel looked like a pro and way better than me. Needless to say, I spent the better part of today sucking down pain killers on the couch. I WILL be skiing again tomorrow though. Cris was all but ready to quit snowboarding until Aunt Gennie told him to get over it and suck it up. I'm certain he'll be hitting the slopes with renewed enthusiasm tomorrow. Unfortunately the only ski pix we have are from last year. Baguer has his job assignment for tomorrow. Skiing pictures from tomorrow and new year's eve pictures to come. Stay tuned.......