I've been tagged!: Seven random/weird things about me

I was tagged by my friend, Jenny http://wearethesimmons.blogspot.com/ who is one brave, awesome woman with a great blog!

Seven Random Things About Me:

1. I am a HUGE Germaphobe! Seriously. I carry hand sanitizer with me everywhere I go and I use it every time I get into the car after shopping, or touch a stranger, or any foreign/metal/plastic object. And I use it on my baby all the time (and yes, I have read the “warnings” about what happens to kids if they eat it). My mom, my sister and my best friend since I was seven are all the same way. I didn’t realize quite how abnormal my feelings towards germs were until I got married. Now that Ezra is a little older, I am a little less paranoid about germs – I mean, he has to build up his immune system, right? At least that’s what I keep telling myself.
2. I love 90’s boy bands and desperately wish they would come back into style. If I could, I’d tell NSYNC “I want you back” (cue song).
3. I’m actually an introvert. Although I’d suspected this for years, I took a personality test while I worked at the City, and the results confirmed it. My test profile actually said that I fool people into thinking I’m an extrovert because I like people so much.
4. I love to organize. It doesn’t matter what it is: books, closets, papers, get-togethers, parties, etc. . . I could probably list it as a hobby.
5. My favorite thing to do is read. There’s only one problem with that: it becomes all consuming. Once I start a book, I can’t stop.
6. I always add a splash of milk to my bowl of ice cream and then I mix it all together before I eat it.
7. I am a bargain hunter. I love sales and I have a difficult time buying anything full price. One of my best friends from college is the same way, and when we lived together we were constantly telling everyone how much we paid for stuff because we were so excited we found such a good deal. I still do it quite a bit, but not nearly as much as I did when I had a shopping cohort.


Here are the rules:1. Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog. 2. Share 7 random and/or weird facts about yourself. 3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs. 4. Let each person know that they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

I tag Melissa, Kristin, Sarah McGiven, Rachel, Jena, Kim and Emily

Ezra loves his cousins!

Today, my mom and I went shopping at The District. Near the end of our shopping trip, we met Jena, Stephen and Benson at Panera (unfortunately, Harrison was in school). As soon as Ezra saw Stephen, he rushed over and gave him a HUGE hug. It was the cutest thing to watch. While we were eating, I got up to get something and Stephen said, "Don't worry, I'll watch Ezra." Ezra thinks Stephen is the funniest person in the world. They kept eachother entertained pretty much the whole lunch trip. We feel so blessed to live by Jena, Ryan, Harrison, Stephen and Benson!

Ezra's "new" favorite thing

Last week, I finally cleaned out Ezra's closet. Amongst all of the little baby stuff, I found his old bouncy chairs. He was so excited when he saw them. Now, he loves to sit in them again. I still haven't figured out a good way to store them. If anyone has mastered the art of storing baby accessories (aka swing, chairs, car seat, stroller) let me know!

Halloween 2006

This Halloween marked the one year anniversary of Ezra's first surgery. Although I enjoyed Halloween this year, I must admit that I was a little emotional thinking about our previous Halloween. Hence, here are some pictures from last Halloween:

This picture was taken a few days before Halloween. Ezra wasn't sure what to make of his costume. I remember being so adamant that everything would be as normal as possible - and normal included a Halloween costume and pictures. The morning of surgery we had to be at the hospital around 5:30 am. Although Jesse and I were tired and bleary eyed, Ezra arrived in style; I made sure he wore his costume to Pre-Op. It worked out well because almost the entire hostipal support staff was also in costume.

Here we are waiting to go into the pre-surgery waiting room. The picture of Jesse and Ezra is one of my favorite pictures. I'll spare you all the details and pictures of the rest of our Halloween 2006, but I'll just say that this Halloween was infinately less stressful and a whole lot more fun - especially for Ezra!

Argh . . . Pirates!

Ahoy, Maties. We be a family of pirates for Halloween! Luckily, we made it through three Halloween parties last week without having to walk the plank! And good thing we already got rid of all of our Halloween candy, or I would soon be breaking the plank!

Ezra loved wearing his Halloween costume. Whenever he saw himself in a mirror, he would kiss himself. He even left the hat on; Periodically, he would pat his hat. He couldn't quite figure out why everyone was giving him candy at Trunk or Treat, but he sure was excited to be carrying around a full bucket of treats.

Jesse designed, created and wore this double decker skeleton pirate costume. Needless to say, he was a hit at every party.