At the Hop...

You are cordially invited to come and be fully entertained by the dancers at Dance Pizzazz. We present our annual recital:

At the Hop: Music from the 50's and 60's.

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
El Campo High School Auditorium
7:00 p.m.

Hope to see you there! I'm ready for it to finally be here!!!!

~JZ

Still Here

We are still here - hanging in there! I must say, Dayton has been wonderful about letting me get stuff done for the recital. He's been taking 2 hour naps every morning(woo-hoo), and he's a great errand runner. 7 days and counting - can't wait to have it behind me.

Well, Brandon got rid of his "baby" today. The blue bimmer is officially gone. Believe it our not, he got a huge black Dodge Hemi truck! I still can't get used to seeing him in it. It's pretty funny! Brandon specializes in home equity loans and a lot of his clients around here are building in the country and his low-profile car wouldn't even make it down those gravel roads, so he decided it was time for a change. We're also going to be building our house (eventually), and this is a easy way for us to save a little extra money each month. His '69 Charger will be ready within six to eight months or so, and when we get that, we'll have to have a trailer to pull it. Now we'll have the truck to pull it too.

Other than that, same ole' same ole'. No big plans for the weekend. Going to see "21" tonight and making a trip into Sugar Land in the morning to pick up Dayton's pictures -they're in - yeah!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

JZ

Oh! And, I ordered myself a new camera - Canon XSI - it's an SLR which probably doesn't mean much to you guys. I didn't know what it was until I had a kid and now I feel the need to take 20 pictures a day and wanted a good quality camera. I hope I can learn to use it to it's fullest potential. It's my early Mother's Day gift - to Jenna, from Jenna. I really want to learn more about photography so we'll see how it goes. Can't wait to get it in! I'm sure I'll be sending out plenty of test pics once I start trying it out...

Minimal Posts...

Please excuse the lack of posting over the next few weeks - I'll do my best. I am officially "going crazy"! Recital (bad word to me right now) is coming way too quick this year and it's getting the best of me. I've been a little under the weather - stress I know. And, on top of everything, I had a HORRIBLE migraine last night - worst I've had in quite a while. But - I will survive. I always do. It's just really hard to juggle Dayton, painting props, Dayton, making hair bows, Dayton, making phone calls, Dayton, making backdrops and life in general. Whoever says life as a stay-at-home mom/dance teacher is easy, is Soooooooooooooooooooooo wrong!

Anyway, enough complaining - besides that, everything is great! Dayton is growing, growing. We think he's cutting another tooth. He's a snotty little boy this week - allergies, I guess. Not sleeping well because of the congestion and coughing but we're making it. Still babbling all the time - it's hilarious. He also is learning a little sign language. I know that's something I'm not crazy about teaching him, but the kid is just so freakin' cute when he's sitting in his highchair doing the sign for "more". I just can't help but teach him more words. I love it. And, thinking about the things we do on a daily basis and the stuff he learns on a daily basis, makes me the luckiest mom in the world. No, it's definently not an easy job, but it is the most rewarding. No salary could ever compare to the fulfillment I get out of every day w/ Dayton - priceless.

Okay, I've gone from griping to cheesy. I'll end it there - have a GREAT rest of the week, and remember if I fail to write a lot, I'm still here... JZ

Dayton's 1 Year Pictures...

I know I sent out the email w/ the link, but in case there is anyone I missed that reads this, below is the link to Dayton's one year pictures. They don't put the slideshows on the internet anymore unless you spend a certain amt, and unfortunetly, this kid is too darn cute, and we exceeded that amount (easily)... So take advantage, and have a look - I love this little guy!!!!!!!!

www.studioainsley.com
-enter site
-recent sessions
-Zabodyn (scroll all the way down to the bottom)

Enjoy:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

To Aunt Alicia and Aunt Cassie - HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY "ROCKS"!!!

Love, Dayton

Staying Busy

Well, life is just as busy as ever. We seem to do be doing something at all hours of the day and night lately. No time to breathe - ahhh! I think it'll be like this over the next few weeks. I'm so ready to have this recital behind me. It's gonna be here super fast - makes my hands and feet sweat just thinking about it!

Dayton has been a real trooper lately -he just gets drug around everywhere w/ Mommy, but he always makes the most of it. Dayton has been a happy-go-lucky kid since he was born, and so far, things haven't changed much. He's so chill and easy going (must get that from his dad, not his uptight mommy!) His newest thing is trying to talk. He will go on and on w/ this blabbing business like he really has something to say. He'll even start nodding his head as if to say, "Yes, I do believe it's true." It's so funny. I just bust out laughing when we're home by ourselves and he starts one of his tangents. We bought him a Longhorn Baby dvd over the weekend (yes, brainwashing already) and he's learned to say "Bevo"! hahaha! We love it! So, it's been Dada, Mama, Baba, Bye-bye, and now bevo :)

On Saturday, we started to notice small bumps showing up on his legs. I thought it was either an allergic reaction or some chigger bites, but it began to spread. By Saturday night he had them all on his legs and arms. By Sunday night, they were on his limbs and had spread to the front of his tummy. I was freaking out - Brandon nor my dad has ever had chicken pox, and I know it's dangerous to get them at an older age, so I didn't want Date to spread anything to them. I took him to see Dr. Brian on Monday morning and come to find out, it was just a little exczema (sp?). I was called anular (circular) exczema so it was definite circles all over. We put some cream on him two times on Monday and by Monday night it was gone - yeah! I was scared it was something more serious! Now we'll know...

Well, nothing else to report for now. On Saturday, we're taking Dayton back to Studio Ainsley in Sugar Land for his 1 year pics. We'll see how that goes - slim chance he'll actually sit still long enough to get some good shots, but it's worth a try. No other real plans. We've got to run into Babies r Us because we've gotta stock up on "baby-proofing" items. I never knew this before I had a kid, but they even make safety latches for toilets. We, unfortunetly, need these very badly. Dayton loves sticking his hand, golf club, and other random items into the toilet - the kid just loves playin w/ water - even if it's in a large ceramic bowl. He's also into all of the kitchen drawers and cabinets, and he can reach the back door and knows how to pull the lever down to open it - bad news, I tell you - this kid is out of control. So, we're on a mission to baby proof everything.

I'll write again soon...JZ