Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Busy day for Maddox...
Monday was a very busy day for Maddox. He Army crawled accross the family room (I can't wait until he gets all the way up on his hands and knees, there is too much dog hair for him to drag himself around.), he learned how to use a sippy cup, he cut his first tooth, and he got his first haircut. The last accomplishment is not one I am excited to celebrate! Travis mentioned cutting Maddox's hair when he saw the hair "Farrah Fawcett" around the sides of the baseball cap. I said I wasn't ready for it... Well, Travis was going to "trim the wispies" and accidentally used the wrong guard. Cooper loved it! Maddox now had a buzz cut like him and Nelson. Travis summed it up best when he said, "Coop, this isn't a haircut we need to be celebrating." AMEN to that brother! Let's keep him our baby a little bit longer.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
All seven cousins
To some, seven may not seem like that many. But, to my family, it is. We had four cousins for almost 4 yrs. Then in 7.5 months there were 3 more born. Layna, on Ryne's lap, is the newest. This is her Ferris Family Blog debut!!!
Don't mind Maddox, when Evan started crying, he took it upon himself to stop looking at the cameras and tend to him. This is probably the lasts domcumented photo (of this trip) that Maddox is not crying. He's not been the happiest child since we got up here.
Don't mind Maddox, when Evan started crying, he took it upon himself to stop looking at the cameras and tend to him. This is probably the lasts domcumented photo (of this trip) that Maddox is not crying. He's not been the happiest child since we got up here.
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Cooper, Cooper, Cooper (eyeroll)
We were sitting at breakfast this morning. I was trying to convince Maddox that oatmeal and mangoes was good. (He loved it yesterday morning)
Cooper gets up, goes to the bathroom and I hear my drawers open and close. He comes back to the table with my nail file and starts filing his nails (correctly). I look at him and say, "what are you doing?" He looks up long enough to answer, "sharpenning my nails, I have to scratch my butt." I look at him kind of dumb-founded. "Coop, why are you doing that during breakfast, and why do your nails have to be sharp to scratch your butt?" (Be proud of me, all of this was asked with a straight face.) He just looks at me and says, matter of factly, "Mom, my butt is itchy, I need sharp nails". I did convince him to finish his Apple Jacks first and then go about sharppening and scratching somewhere other than the kitchen.
Cooper gets up, goes to the bathroom and I hear my drawers open and close. He comes back to the table with my nail file and starts filing his nails (correctly). I look at him and say, "what are you doing?" He looks up long enough to answer, "sharpenning my nails, I have to scratch my butt." I look at him kind of dumb-founded. "Coop, why are you doing that during breakfast, and why do your nails have to be sharp to scratch your butt?" (Be proud of me, all of this was asked with a straight face.) He just looks at me and says, matter of factly, "Mom, my butt is itchy, I need sharp nails". I did convince him to finish his Apple Jacks first and then go about sharppening and scratching somewhere other than the kitchen.
Monday, June 11, 2007
Paris, again
Some justice was served.... She's back behind bars, kind of. She's in the jail infirmary. Aparently she's too "fragile" to be in real jail. When she's released from the infirmary, the jail she's supposed to go to is trying to get her transported to somewhere else. Paris hasn't gotten the latest memo.... NO ONE WANTS HER! She's finished, her 20 minutes of fame have passed. Now maybe she can go be a person. What talent does she have? Why is she so famous? Her parents should be hiding right now... they royally messed up somewhere in raising her!
I hope she's finished drinking and driving. If she's the changed woman she swears she is, she may want to get in contact with her other BFF Lindsay Lohan, that poor girl is in Promises (as in "promise you'll be back real soon" or "promise, the third time's a charm"). Maybe they can be eachother's AA sponsors.
I hope she's finished drinking and driving. If she's the changed woman she swears she is, she may want to get in contact with her other BFF Lindsay Lohan, that poor girl is in Promises (as in "promise you'll be back real soon" or "promise, the third time's a charm"). Maybe they can be eachother's AA sponsors.
Sunday, June 10, 2007
Thursday, June 07, 2007
I want to go to Paris jail!
I was reading a very reliable news source this morning (www.people.com) and found out Paris Hilton has been reassigned to her home from jail.
Here's the article... Read and then scroll down for my comments.
Due to an undisclosed "medical condition," Paris Hilton has been reassigned from jail to her home, where she will wear an electronic monitoring device. "She was not released, she was reassigned," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. spokesperson Steve Whitmore said at a press conference Thursday. He provided few other details about the medical condition, citing privacy laws, and declined to say whether it was physical or psychological, or whether it related in any way to reports that Hilton had been miserable behind bars. Whitmore also did not know whether the condition was pre-existing, but said the decision to reassign Hilton was made after "extensive consultation" with medical personnel. He did say that she did not have a staph infection, responding to reports that the facility had experienced a staph outbreak. Hilton was transferred shortly after midnight on Thursday, Whitmore said. "She was transported out of here by us, there was a transference to her attorney, and then she was taken home." Asked how her spirits were, he replied: "She was ... focused, let's put it that way." As a result of the reassignment to her home, Whitmore said, Hilton's original 45-day sentence has been reinstated. In essence, this "nearly doubles her sentence" in terms of days, he pointed out, as she had been expected to serve 23 days behind bars with good behavior. If she violates the terms of the reassignment, he added, "she will be remanded immediately to the court. ... The judge made it clear that that would be an automatic bump-up to 90 days." Hilton has been credited with five days of time served and will spend the remaining 40 days confined to her home wearing an ankle bracelet with a range of 3,000-4,000 square feet. Asked whether she would be confined completely, Whitmore said: "There's some fudge with that. If someone goes and gets their mail, if they're 30 minutes outside, that's okay. It's a complicated electronic situation." Whitmore said that leeway would not extend to parties or events. "Here's my understanding: She's confined to her home with an ankle bracelet. She cannot leave that facility," he said. Hilton will remain at her Hollywood Hills mansion, which includes a swimming pool, a large kitchen with a marble island, two living rooms – one of which has a stripper pole installed – and portraits of the heiress on the wall. Whitmore said the sheriff's department is not concerned with appearing to be soft on the celebrity inmate. "It doesn't matter how we look, really," he said. "We just hopefully do our job and do it professionally, with a sense of humanity." TMZ.com reported Thursday morning that Hilton had been released early Thursday. Hilton, 26, began her sentence Sunday night at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, south of Los Angeles. She was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation by driving with a suspended license. Amid speculation that she would actually serve much less time due to prison overcrowding, police said she would spend at least 23 days behind bars.
Wow, where do I begin?!?! First of all, she was focused? Of couse she was, she spent less than 5 of her 23 days in jail. She was focused on getting home, putting her feet up in one of her two living rooms, and sipping on champagne and munching on caviar.
Here's where I'm going to get serious and on a soapbox.... She was in jail for breaking parole. She was on parole for a DUI. Any other person who had a DUI would have had his/her butt thrown in jail. Just because she's famous she gets off scott free! What lesson has she learned? Perhaps she's learned, fake an ilness, mental or physical, and get out of jail early/free. This isn't a freaking Monopoly game! GRRRR
Okay, no more rants, the next blog will be fabulous! Nelson turns 4 today! I'm going to go celebrate him.
Here's the article... Read and then scroll down for my comments.
Due to an undisclosed "medical condition," Paris Hilton has been reassigned from jail to her home, where she will wear an electronic monitoring device. "She was not released, she was reassigned," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. spokesperson Steve Whitmore said at a press conference Thursday. He provided few other details about the medical condition, citing privacy laws, and declined to say whether it was physical or psychological, or whether it related in any way to reports that Hilton had been miserable behind bars. Whitmore also did not know whether the condition was pre-existing, but said the decision to reassign Hilton was made after "extensive consultation" with medical personnel. He did say that she did not have a staph infection, responding to reports that the facility had experienced a staph outbreak. Hilton was transferred shortly after midnight on Thursday, Whitmore said. "She was transported out of here by us, there was a transference to her attorney, and then she was taken home." Asked how her spirits were, he replied: "She was ... focused, let's put it that way." As a result of the reassignment to her home, Whitmore said, Hilton's original 45-day sentence has been reinstated. In essence, this "nearly doubles her sentence" in terms of days, he pointed out, as she had been expected to serve 23 days behind bars with good behavior. If she violates the terms of the reassignment, he added, "she will be remanded immediately to the court. ... The judge made it clear that that would be an automatic bump-up to 90 days." Hilton has been credited with five days of time served and will spend the remaining 40 days confined to her home wearing an ankle bracelet with a range of 3,000-4,000 square feet. Asked whether she would be confined completely, Whitmore said: "There's some fudge with that. If someone goes and gets their mail, if they're 30 minutes outside, that's okay. It's a complicated electronic situation." Whitmore said that leeway would not extend to parties or events. "Here's my understanding: She's confined to her home with an ankle bracelet. She cannot leave that facility," he said. Hilton will remain at her Hollywood Hills mansion, which includes a swimming pool, a large kitchen with a marble island, two living rooms – one of which has a stripper pole installed – and portraits of the heiress on the wall. Whitmore said the sheriff's department is not concerned with appearing to be soft on the celebrity inmate. "It doesn't matter how we look, really," he said. "We just hopefully do our job and do it professionally, with a sense of humanity." TMZ.com reported Thursday morning that Hilton had been released early Thursday. Hilton, 26, began her sentence Sunday night at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, south of Los Angeles. She was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation by driving with a suspended license. Amid speculation that she would actually serve much less time due to prison overcrowding, police said she would spend at least 23 days behind bars.
Wow, where do I begin?!?! First of all, she was focused? Of couse she was, she spent less than 5 of her 23 days in jail. She was focused on getting home, putting her feet up in one of her two living rooms, and sipping on champagne and munching on caviar.
Here's where I'm going to get serious and on a soapbox.... She was in jail for breaking parole. She was on parole for a DUI. Any other person who had a DUI would have had his/her butt thrown in jail. Just because she's famous she gets off scott free! What lesson has she learned? Perhaps she's learned, fake an ilness, mental or physical, and get out of jail early/free. This isn't a freaking Monopoly game! GRRRR
Okay, no more rants, the next blog will be fabulous! Nelson turns 4 today! I'm going to go celebrate him.
Monday, June 04, 2007
How will I survive?!?!
Paris Hilton reported to jail this morning. Who will be my celebrity gossip staple? The next 3 weeks are going to drag on terribly. Someone, anyone, come hold me.... If you believe I'm truly broken haearted about this, I have an outstanding piece or real estate to sell you, ocean view, in AZ.
Sunday, June 03, 2007
The art of the burger
Anyone who knows Travis knows he has "the right way" to do EVERYTHING! This includeds how to build a burger. Saturday we relished in a rarity, a weekend at home with our immediate family. I made burgers for lunch and he then began building what he calls a "masterpiece". It looked beautiful, but that was before he tried eating it!! By the time the monster burger was built it was 3/4 the height of a pop (soda to some) can. I think the man emptied the fridge putting things on the burger. There are 2 pieces of cheesse, jalapenos, pickles, lettuce, tomoto, BBQ sauce, ketsup, mustard, and mayo. I have a stomach ache just listing all of that. He says it was a great burger, I'm going to take his word for it.
Saturday, June 02, 2007
The DVR: the best friend or the worst enemy?
We have been DVRing Blue's Clues, The Magic School Bus, Go, Deigo Go!, Dora the Explorer, Clifford the Big Red Dog, The Littles (remember this show? I used to love it as a kid), and Curious George. Because of the rain today, the boys have been "catching up" on all of the important shows they missed playing outside earlier this week. I've quickly discovered Cooper and Nelson are a lot like most older males... You turn the TV on and they tune the world out. I was able to dust, sweep, and vacuume while they watched TV. The only thing they said, was, "turn it up, I can't hear".
Bad parents...
When you are first time parents, everything has to be just so. The bedding has to match, there's a changing table that you strap the child to to change the diaper. You have a million pacifiers so in case one falls on the floor there is a clean, sanatized one waiting. As you add to the brood, your expectations lower, or reality sets in. You are thankful when the bedding is clean, the baby gets changed on the bed, couch, or table, and as far as pacifiers go, as long as you can rinse it off, it goes back into the mouth. You know where this is going...
By the third, they are lucky they have a bed, they get changed where ever there is space, and you lick the pacifier that's fallen on the floor and pop it back in the mouth. Toys seem to be the same. When you are a new parent, you have new toys that are age appropriate. By the third, it's whatever will keep the child entertained long enough to pee. Maddox was "helping" travis today fix my curling iron. (it was a casualty of Tallie, we locked her in the bathroom before we had a crate and she ate the cord) Maddox decided the cord of the curling ion was a perfect toy. If this was Cooper, I would have jumped up, pulled it out of his hand and given him a toy that encourages brain and fine motor development. What did I do? I grabbed the camera and took a picture, it's the happiest he's been in days! I just told him not to chew on it, and if he did chew on it not to get dead.
By the third, they are lucky they have a bed, they get changed where ever there is space, and you lick the pacifier that's fallen on the floor and pop it back in the mouth. Toys seem to be the same. When you are a new parent, you have new toys that are age appropriate. By the third, it's whatever will keep the child entertained long enough to pee. Maddox was "helping" travis today fix my curling iron. (it was a casualty of Tallie, we locked her in the bathroom before we had a crate and she ate the cord) Maddox decided the cord of the curling ion was a perfect toy. If this was Cooper, I would have jumped up, pulled it out of his hand and given him a toy that encourages brain and fine motor development. What did I do? I grabbed the camera and took a picture, it's the happiest he's been in days! I just told him not to chew on it, and if he did chew on it not to get dead.
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