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June 29, 2012

part 1: nyc

we decided to split the jersey shore trip into two legs by doing an overnight stay in nyc. i love going to new york, steve’s originally from chicago so he hasn’t seen much of it, and the kids have been in and out at best. thus, it was decided. we stayed near madison sq. park and walked everywhere. william and lindsey were troopers. seriously. schedules were upset in a huge way (the first night, we just kept walking… parker fell asleep in the stroller and i’m pretty sure it was 11 pm when we were saying, “look william and lindsey! that’s times square up there!”). we carried on nevertheless. we discovered, as we arrived and unpacked the car in front of the hotel, that a bag was missing. that bag was parker’s. (dammit parker!) would you believe me if i told you that 3 out of the last 5 or 6 trips to nj we’ve forgotten a bag (usually lindsey’s)? you should believe me because i speak the truth. at this point, i should be used to it but i was pissed. after we ruled out its being stolen right under our noses off the sidewalk, we called home to nathaniel who indeed discovered it. ON THE DRIVEWAY. (you can’t make this stuff up. we are a freaking circus, i tell you.) so, a few little things at baby gap and we were good to go.

we met up with my dear friend alison (and her cutie daughter lucy!), steve and the kids happened upon obama’s motorcade in the west village, and i enjoyed margaritas instead of waiting amongst those crowds. i hung out with reagan (who is even more charming than you imagine!) and alison into the evening. the following day, we had breakfast in bryant park, walked around central park, and took the kids to top of the rock (here’s where i need to insert a funny story. so, we’d just bought the rock tickets and were told to come back for the tour a half hour later. we step outside to kill time and hear a bunch of girls begin SCREAMING as a black escalade pulls out of a parking garage. we knew justin bieber had just performed on the today show a few hours earlier and it turned out, that was him (the story will grow with time into him having his window down and waving, “hey! hey you! bridget hunt! but really, i could just make out his face through the tinted window.). the group of screaming girls go sprinting after, and steve grabs lindsey’s hand and… follows suit. i’m not sure who was more excited–steve or lindsey. william, parker, and i watched, as they’re racing down the street thinking… what? they’re going to outrun bieber’s car? and then what’ll they do when they get there? it was hilarious. my husband and a bunch of teen girls. ripe.). anyway, the weather was perfect and i think the trip was a grand success. not to mention, it broke up our 7+ hour drive quite nicely.

thanks, nyc!

June 28, 2012

we’re back, we’re back!

we’ve returned home after being gone for two weeks. it’s nice to be back, although we’re missing the family we’ve left. we were in nyc for a quick 24 hours and then on the jersey shore the rest of the time. (you can see bits and pieces of the trip on instagram! i’m itsahuntlife over there.) we indulged in lots of pool and beach time, water ice, mack and mancos… and relaxing. parker had his first ride on the carousel and lindsey rode the waves in on a boogie board like she was a regular ‘ol beach bum. it was such a nice time.

i’ll be back real soon with lots of pictures.

annnnd… i can’t believe july is already upon us. what happened to june?!

(picture of cape may dunes taken via instagram)

June 26, 2012

bachelorette, part 7.

well, it FINALLY got sort of fun and less yawn fest. am i right?

they’re in prague. irish music plays. if they do highland games in croatia… whatevs! says abc! we do what we want!

date with arie.
+ eyewitness guide under her arm. em’s playin’ the role of tour guide today.
+ today’s buzzword is HOMETOWN.
+ i like her sparkly shorts though i’m not sure why everyone else is in winter garb while she’s got shorts on?
+ arie’s boring. he has gone downhill for me.
+ NEWSFLASH: CHRIS HARRISON IN L.A. : ARIE WENT ON ONE DATE WITH A PRODUCER A MILLENIUM AGO
+ (can we all agree the hype about this whole issue was WAY more exciting than the actual issue?)
+ kind of funny when emily kept stressing: LOYALTY. HONESTY. TRUTH. OPENNESS. as all her fave qualities. arie: “reflection of who i am//i agree//so honest//tell the truth//i wanna be more honest than honest//blah blah blah blah”
+ “my tattoo says CASSIE.” jk.
+ i still think it’s weird he didn’t mention it at least in passing. yep, weird. minus five for arie.
+ his hands caress the face/hair too much while kissing. not into it. minus 3 more.
+ “i feel like i’m on top of the world.” on top of a boat instead. less cool.

date with john.
+ john is going golfing at a country club with that outfit. not on a date in prague.
+ i’m calling him ‘funeral-mass-card-john’ from here on out because apparently a mass card scored him a lot of points even though it shouldn’t have.
+ he’s a ‘data destruction specialist’???? kate’s calling him a ‘paper shredder.’
+ body language, meh.
+ a little snafu with the lock. UH OH. QUICK, LET US FIND HOW THIS IS ANALOGOUS TO OUR REAL LIFE RELATIONSHIP.

back at the hotel.
+ jef and ice age match.
+ ice age is going cray.

back to the date.
+ emily says, “right?!” a lot. as in, “how beautiful is this castle?” “RIGHT?!”
+ “i gotta lock up a hometown” -john. whatever.
+ my brother in law went to bed at john’s date and his last words muttered: “this is incredibly boring.”
+ his ex “cheated with doctor dude”– doctor dude?
+ i do like the way john talked about his family. don’t see ’em together though.

back at hotel.
+ chris still losing his mind.
+ sean is going to find one person in the city of prague by yelling her name? right, abc. i think you helped with this one.
+ (em is smitten with sean)

commercial break: ice age commercial–how apropos!

group date.
+ doug hasn’t said dad yet!
+ amazing castle… blah blah blah… MY SON WOULD LOVE THIS.
+ legs touching is a problem?? i’m actually feeling badly for doug now. this isn’t going well.
+ a peck you’d give your grandmom. doug, you should’ve SWEPT HER OFF HER FEET with that one. instead, “thanks for that.” “yep.” and she just kept right on going with letting you go. so awkward.
+ i feel sad for doug the dad.
+ chris: “i’m not intimidated by sean at all.” RIGHT. and i’m a lamp.
+ i am soooooooooo not digging chris at all. he’s like a kid in love with an idol. it’s an obsession with emily.
+ chris is scared for people around him if he doesn’t get a rose. oh this is rich. and then he cries.

date with jef.
+ puppet thing is kind of stupid (what is abc’s obsession with bringing little kid stuff into this show? muppets, pixar… this is a show for ADULTS. ricki is probably not watching so STOP CATERING TO HER). nevertheless… jef is good at the michael jackson puppet.
+ i also like how the date card read something about ‘pulling on the heartstrings’ but they’re all surprised, “oh?! a puppet shop! maybe we should go in here? this is totally random and unexpected!” mmhmm.
+ bought a gift for ricki! plus ten!
+ i like that jef is actually asking real questions–living together, how soon for kids…
+ “i wanna date you so hard and marry the %#*&% out of you. that was funny.
+ jef’s my fave date so far.

cocktail party.
+ CHRIS’S MIND IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE INTO A MILLION TINY LITTLE PIECES.
+ emily looks like miss america. it ain’t good (anyone miss the forever 21 emily of brad’s season?).
+ mass-card-john is gloating.
+ chris still losing his mind.
+ sean is nice and isn’t gloating (i do like sean.).
+ chris has the weirdest head movements ever.
+ arie: “oh man this is intense.” spoken like a MAN WITH A ROSE ALREADY.
+ annnnd mass-card-john is gone once chris tells her “I BELIEVE IN YOU AND ME.”

thoughts?

ice age totally freaks me out and will definitely construct an emily shrine in his bedroom after he goes home (which will be next week). arie is meh. sean is really nice and jef is funny. the last two are my picks.

June 25, 2012

11 months.

listen to the mustn’ts child. listen to the don’ts.

listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts.

listen to the never haves then listen close to me…

anything can happen, child.

anything can be.

{shel silverstein}

Walking by The Dodos on Grooveshark

parker. we need to do something about that hair. if you were a girl, i’d stick a little felted flower clip in it (oh wait, i did! but it was really brief!) so fast it’d make your head spin. but! you’re not a girl. i can’t bring myself to trim it yet, but… never say never. so, 11 months, here we are. one month away from your FIRST BIRTHDAY. it’s shocking, truly shocking. i feel like mamas of one year olds are wise mamas who know all the tricks in the book, who never leave the house without the proper amount of diapers and wipes in the diaper bag, who predict naptimes perfectly. then i realize, i almost am one of those mamas and yet i am none of those things and just started being your mom like the other day. it’s a head-scratcher. a head-scratcher, indeed.

you are sweet, you laugh all the time, and you are starting to play independently so nicely. you will sit on the floor and flip the pages (almost flipping each one by itself… a tricky feet for chubby little new hands like yours are) back and forth for a good twenty minutes and sometimes longer. by yourself! you don’t need entertainment all the time, but you do like it when we’re in the room with you while you do your thing. you’re also discovering that books are not food and i can sit and read to you. your attention span doesn’t always last the entire book but it sure can come close. this is exciting as that’ll be one of my favorite pasttimes with you.

you love when william and lindsey come home from school. you love when anyone looks at you. at a restaurant, at the grocery store. you are desperate for someone to make eye contact with you. then you’ll smile at them and tuck your head into my chest like a little flirt. it’s adorable.

you’re nearly perfect but can sometimes be a spaz come bedtime–lurching your body all about (if you didn’t fall asleep nursing)… like you have restless leg syndrome but of your entire body. you throw your head around, swing your arms and whack me in the face, scratch, kick. i’ve considered a strait jacket but that feels wrong (but so right… do they come in your size?).

you love being held by mama. i think you’d happily be held all day long by me (or dad). at over 20 lbs. this isn’t easy to do, but you still get a whole lot of it. it’s one of my favorite places for you to be–right there on my hip!

you are starting to like foods! we’ve tried sweet potato, avocado, carrot, egg yolk, zucchini, greek yogurt, apple sauce and the only one that i’m pretty sure you did not like was the zucchini. you didn’t eat a ton of everything but you had some. that’s progress, my little man! nursing’s still your favorite though.

you’re so loved, parker. i mean it. everybody loves you and i imagine that that is a real secure feeling for a little person like yourself.

love, mama

ps. next month. 12. i get a little tight in the throat when i think about it.

June 21, 2012

lately.

well, let’s see now. it’s official! school’s out! summer’s here! we’ve done some lake-swimming, strawberry-picking (and then strawberry + peach shortcake eating of course), and you know… the usual. parker is thrilled to have his siblings around most of the day now. said siblings are thrilled to be done with school, and, well, we find a new normal. a vacation normal. you know? it’s an adjustment, but a good one. we are down at the jersey shore spending some quality time with cousins and family. i think this summer’s going to be a good one. with beaches and lakes and sun and berries and crickets and naps and sunscreen and tank tops and flip flops and most importantly, more mack and mancos pizza.

funny story. one of those ‘kids say the darndest things’ moments. while strawberry picking, lindsey comes up to me (standing by the man who runs the farm–that’s important) exclaiming how william keeps throwing back all the good strawberries she’s picking and saying that they’re not perfect and how she filled a container and he threw back like all of them and OMG SO MUCH WASTE. awkward. thanks lindsey!

June 19, 2012

bachelorette, part 6.

can we just take a moment to appreciate this picture? that was hilarious. and his whole, “if i’d had more time to practice…” how about laughing at yourself, ice age??? (see last week’s post if you don’t get the ice age reference.)

alright.

i watched it this morning with two babies who were creeping dangerously close to nap time, toys being strewn about, etc. etc. soooo, it’s not going to be my best work. but i’ll give it a go anyway.

travis.

+ nice guy, but boring.

+ “i can see myself with her.” then gets sent home. why are they so candid in the interviews?!? how about, “we’ll see how it goes.” always so sure of themselves and BOOM the gavel comes down. gavel? did that make sense?

highland games.

+ chris is a GOOBER. such a goober. the butt/archery thing was hilarious. “i may have lost but i won emily’s heart that day.” may have? pretty sure you did.

+ sean’s a nice guy. he’s all, “nah, no biggie,” about his win. a little humblebrag but still, nice guy.

+ sister kate is NOT an arie fan. kissing her against a wall?! bow chicka bow wow!

ryan.

+ “it says a lot that i was chosen.” OR, everyone eventually gets a turn for a one-on-one, ryan. -kate

+ he was definitely wearing a tank from the lululemon women’s section.

+ “ABC, please get lots of chesty naked shots of me getting ready.” -ryan

+ his beard is just weird.

+ he’s putting his christian hat on again. i just don’t get it. he’s all, “hmm… what shall i be today? macho-man-jock or jesus-lover? ah! i shall be jesus-lover today!”

jef.

+ i like his sense of humor.

chris.

+ GOOBER. wait, i already said that.

+ he’s moving his head around like he’s a bobblehead doll. an ICE AGE BOBBLE HEAD DOLL.

+ he’s getting a rose??? oh come on.

back to ryan. one on one.

+ chesty, naked shots. he’s going to be happy when he watches this back.

+ 12 things about my future wife. hopefully it’s not seven pages with a guy waiting in the wings to talk to her.

+ she’s sending him home. he’s thinking, “next bachelor?? can i talk to chris on my way out and set this thang up?”

+ trying to do his judo mind tricks / counseling session on her and get her to change her mind. where’s your motivationforcoaches.com quote now, eh ryan?!?!

+ turquoise shoes??? what the?

+ guys are celebrating when his bags are taken. so funny.

arie.

+ throwing around the L-word. what what!

+ then the bachelor-happy music plays (they usually reserve that for the final episode!).

other thoughts.

+ has jon had a one on one yet?

+ why’d doug the dad start crying? i think a toy was whizzing by in front of my face when that happened.

+ i don’t think it’s OMG-SO-AMAZING that he has his g-parents funeral cards in his wallet. sweet, yeah. but wow? no.

next week. arie’s past with a producer. awwww yeah!

my picks: still like jef but for her? not sure. sean is probably most likely. a little boring but kate says, “still waters run deep.” such a wise one, that kate.

your picks???

June 18, 2012