Inaguration Day

Happy Inaguration Day to all! I am so excited for today. What an amazing point in history that we get to be witness to!
The Dudes are growing up. They're starting to really be their own people. No more little blobs that laugh and poo. Cole told me the other night "Mommy, I love you". Unsolicited. This made my eyes water. They are silly and their own people and each other's best friend and worst enemy and so amazing to me. Kanyon told me this morning that the moon turned off. Like a lightswitch. Of course it did. He also knew which foot was his right!
To my Rechsteiner Family, our thoughts and prayers are with you and Uncle Bob. We love you very much.
My half marathon training starts tomorrow. I am nervous! Never again in my life will I smoke another cigarette!!! 4 miles hurt bad this last Saturday!!
Not much else going on here so go be a part of this wonderful historic day and make some history of your own!!

HAPPY 2009!!

The last few months have been nutz fo sho! Christmas is over, and it was great. This is the first year the boys really got it and it was soooo much fun. Cole fell asleep in my bed and Kanyon woke up around 7am, went down stairs looking for me. He came running upstais yelling "Mommy, Santa came, Santa came", "he brought us a train!". Mission complete and 100% success! Was sweet that he was thinking of his brother too.

They continue to amaze me. They were sitting at their table coloring and silent (which is amazing in itself) and didn't speak a word for about 5-10 minutes. Then all of a sudden, Kanyon looked up at Cole and said "it's not paint, it's a crayon; you said it was paint!" They had not had a verbal conversation about paint or a crayon previously. Cole then said "no I didn't, I said it was a crayon!". I almost fell out of my chair. My identical twin sons had had a conversation w/o saying a word but when it came time to argue their points, it came out verbally. I now realize a little bit more the scope and caliber of trouble I'm in, along with their teachers, family and friends. Look out world, this is caaarraaaaazzzaaaayyy!!

3 Years Ago Today......

I think I was still out of it. I'm sure I knew I had kids but that would be it. Had I known what would be in the following 3 years, I think I would've asked a nurse for more drugs. It has been incredible being me. Especially being the "Mom" me. I've been overwhelmed by thoughts of 3 years ago and thoughts of the next 3 years. The D-word has been the hardest hill I will have climbed but I would go through it a million times over for my boys. Happy Birthday my darlings, you are my breath, my heartbeat, my ginormous smile, my enormous headache, my sunshine and my true love. You have taught me much but my one lesson that I will never forget nor classify as "learning the hard way", is unconditional love. I'm glad that you are alive in these tremendous times; I'm glad you're mine. I love you.

Cole (while running thru King Soopers this morning at 6:45am to get birthday cookies for he and Kanyon's b-day parties at preschool) yelled, (while giggling so hard he could barely breathe) Mommy!!! Mommy, I farted!! I laughed so hard that I had tears. I knew this day would come. Good job, Colie, you made Mommy - and I'm sure your Uncle Gabe, very, very proud.

A Man Among Men

Congrats to every single American who voted. Democratic or Republican or otherwise; you have the right to vote and for that we should be thankful. I am. I am grateful that I helped vote an outstanding man into office and that I will be able to sleep at night knowing that my rights are protected and so is my country. After hearing McCain's speach, I earned respect for him. He's a good man but now is not the time for him. Cheers friends, we have made and are witness to history!!! Something we can be proud of!

Pic's are compliment of Christian Lees, who got to be in Chicago tonight. I'm jealous I'm not there Lees!!

What a great day!!! It was 68 degrees today at least! It's a big day and I can dig it. I have to thank my girls in the office for losing so badly at our running challenge so that I could go get a russian banya/massage for 2 and a half hours!!! It made for a perfect birthday and I loved it. The boys told me happy birthday for the first time. It is going to be a great year, the boys are going to be 3 and we have a lot of great new beginnings to look forward to.

So it's been almost 6 months since the last Planet Rex post and here we are. The fam consists of the boys and I and Daddy's house. Time now to be happy and we're out of hiatus. The boys get it. That was interesting and sad and great and heartbreaking and I think even the dogs felt it. So go forward, I work for a great company that i have a passion for. This wonderfully lonely and empowering chapter has nothing but anticipation of a great ending. Stay tuned.

Hiatus

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. I am on blog/life hiatus. Please stay tuned for new posts and pictures.

Happy Mother's Day!!!

To my Michigan family, Happy Mother's Day. I hope you had a wonderful day. We went to the zoo, had a great brunch w/ my Dad before hand. He got a new toy!! Picture below... He's a spoiled one. :)



Boy A has pink eye!! Can you guess which eye has it? LOL!! He looks like he got in a bar fight! Boy B didn't have it but got to stay home from preschool anyway. He was very happy about that! Smiles below! Pink eye didn't keep K down, so happy!! Cutie babies below!

Hey If You're Reading This

We're thinking about ya and hope you are well.

Rainy Day

Well not much to talk about..... Advice: Never dare someone to eat the carnation for the bar tab! Better advice: Never dare Jessica to eat the carnation!! Large bar tab needless to say. Picture to prove it to your left. A beautiful picture of Alison who glows as bright as the moon when she's pregnant!! The boys received their first balloon animals and met their first clown at Alison's "Congrats You're a CFP" Party!! Thank you Alison, we had tons of fun!! Congratulations!!

Today is rainy and dreary but we're half way thru the week. That counts for something. I don't know what.... HAPPY HUMP DAY!!

Direct To You

From Louisville, Kentucky!! Churchill Down presents: The Kentucky Oaks!! ...and a few races before it. Below is a pic of Steve in front of the steeples and then a very pretty horse running in one of the races today. I'll take a mint julep!!!!

Happy Derby Weekend Everybody!!

So Steve is off to the derby - left this morning at 4:30am - I think.... I was dead asleep with my mouth open. I bet that was nice to kiss goodbye.... Sorry honey. I digress.... The ponies have their numbers so get your bets in!!! Don't pick the fav horse, it won't come in. Not every year is a Street Sense year. We made juleps last night to celebrate early! Happy Derby Weekend & Cheers!!

Oh, check out C in the background! Caught green fingered!!