Better Late than Never

Christmas pics!

I loved the kids outfits this year. And check out Jame's facial hair. That's something for sure.

Gabe got Aidyn a Zhu Zhu pet. This is her trying to thank him for it.

I love the jammies that Grandma Hanby got for the kids. Zane's says Bulldog. :)

My new blogging commitment.

I will blog about the family at least once a month. LOL.

Halloween was this weekend. And can you believe it... we got like next to no pictures of the kids. I'm not even joking

Gabe was a ninja. Which I was happy with. Ninja's are awesome and can protect you.

My friend Kelly rescued me and let me borrow this cute froggy costume for Zane. I have a perfect costume for him. In storage. Sigh.

Miss Aidyn was a witch. She's been asking all year to be a witch. And she got to wear makeup.  I swear she was the happiest thing when I was putting it on her. "Mom... don't forget the lipstick!"

Cute, right?

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Why is Easter always so cold?

It was cold. Again. Where was the beautiful weather that we had in March?

Also, has anyone seen my box with the Easter baskets in it? I ended up running to Walgreens on Saturday night in search of some cheapy ones. (Woot, found some!)

Deja Vu

Poor Zane. He is so itchy. He's got excema that guess what... got infected. Yep, Impatigo. Ugh. We had to deal with this with Gabe. This time around I'm trying to get rid of it a little bit gentler than what we did for Gabe. With Gabe we put hydrocortizone on him and he got an antibiotic. Since he was taking the antibiotics while he was teething it totally wrecked his teeth. I don't want a repeat of that. So we are going a more natural route for now. It's getting a little better. I'm giving it a week and if I can't treat it myself then we will be off to the doctor. I really hope it doesn't come down to that.

In the meantime, it's trying to figure out what has triggered this. If it's something I'm eating (I've already eliminated dairy) or if it's hay fever. He is so itchy!

 

Sometimes...

it's just easier to update my status on Facebook. Is this what has happened to blogging? Has it been replace with Facebook and Twitter. Or do we really need just ONE MORE place to have it all "be about me"?

Tuesday = Favorite Day!

 

Why?

Tuesday is Kids Eat FREE day at Zao Noodle Bar. I love, love, love that place. And I especially love when I don't have to worry if my kids will actually eat $5 worth of food. BECAUSE I DIDN'T PAY FOR IT! Woot!

The Great Blog Resurrection Take 6

I don't know what it is. I love blogging. I love having a place where I can direct all my friends and family to one spot to catch up on. I love showing off my cute kiddo's.

But, I really, really, really stink at it. You see, I have so many things I would rather be doing. Like sleeping. Sleep is good. I like sleeping way more than I like blogging. So sleep wins out. So does knitting, crafting, spinning and surfing the internet.

You may or may not have been wondering what the Hanby Fam has been doing the last year. This might help...

In case you were wondering...

What does a rather sick pregnant lady do for fun all day?

FACEBOOK

Seriously, it's an addiction. I think I check it at least 6 times a day. Those darn Pick 5 things are so stinking hard to pass up. I'm pretty sure that I've done almost every one of them on there.

Plus, facebook is a no brainer. It's just a time suck. It whiles away the hours of nausea and tiredness. I so can't wait until I start feeling better. But then, I'll miss all the fun on facebook!

My new ticker.

Family Pics Sneak Peak

While my friend Misty was in town last week we did some much needed family pictures. The only day we had to do it was Thursday. And it was pouring down rain out! We got some cute shots in and I can't wait to see the rest!!! Thanks, Misty!

I just need to get over myself.

We need a second car. I just don't want to do it! But, with James working 50 hours a week + an hour commute each way it's becoming GLARINGLY obvious that we should get one.

But, it's totally stressing me out. We have crappy credit from defaulting on a bunch of loans when I was pregnant and unable to work. Last time we looked into buying a car our interest rate was going to be 16%!!! That was a year ago. Not sure if it's any better now, but I'm chicken to look to see what our credit is really like. Plus, I don't want to spend more than 10k, but I want more than 5 seats. So, unless we score a great deal on a mid sized SUV with a third row (I'm hoping for a miracle in a Highlander) I'm pretty much going to get stuck with a mini van.

I.Do.Not.Want.A.Mini.Van. I will seriously feel like my soul has been sucked out if I got a mini van. It's just SOOOOOO cliche. I am a unique individual. My dh is a unique individual. We are pretty artsy. To have a mini van would be like selling out. I am so not a sell out. I am a rock star. Rock stars do NOT drive mini vans.

So now I need to get online and look around and feel all sad and worthless because I don't want to go into huge debt. But, because I'm being all careful I'll probably be stuck with a mini van.

And I will cry.

I found this... I guess there ARE worse things than a minivan.

It's true.

I completely, copletely suck at blogging.

The end.

Shameless Project Showoff

A few months ago I made these really great looking fingerless gloves. They are crocheted out of Noro Kureyon sock yarn and are super cute! You can see them by visiting The Crochet Insider.

It all started because we have limited cash flow...

James and I love Weezer. Love with a capital L. James was so excited that they were coming to Seattle. I hated having to tell him no, because lets face it, tickets are stinking expensive! Anyways he heard on the radio that 107.7 The End was looking for people to play their instruments on stage with Weezer. Didn't matter what you played. Just sign up on line and enter.

So I did.

I didn't hear anything back after a week so I really didn't think too much of it. Until Friday. We were at the Point Defiance Zoo (pictures coming soon!) taking advantage of the nice but cool weather and a day off from school. I get THE phone call. "You want to play your sax onstage with Weezer tomorrow night?".

"Uh. Yeah!!!"

So, I'm bouncing off the walls. More so than the normal Onica bouncing off the walls. I have a perma grin. I start freaking out about what I'm going to wear (Thanks Kelly for the use of one rad t-shirt and scarf). Where am I going to find a sax (I play one, don't necessarily have one, borrowed one from the Fletchers). Who's going to watch my kids? (Tia, you KNOW I owe you HUGE).

I go online and youtube Weezer's Hootenanny Instructions. Learn the chord progressions. Have a mild panic attack. Tried to sleep. Woke up at 5am. I knew THAT wasn't going to be a good idea so I finally forced myself to go back to sleep around 7. Aidyn wakes up at 8:30... sigh. James was already at work otherwise I would have stayed asleep. It's ok. I'm WIDE awake. I resume the bouncing and the perma grin.

Gabe had a soccer game at 11:30. We were late. Why were we late? Because I had to call everyone and my brother and their brothers to totally brag about the fact that I WAS GOING TO PLAY ONSTAGE WITH WEEZER! My mom didn't know who Weezer was, but she's good now. She knows how to use Google. At the soccer game I proceeded to tell anyone who remotely looked like they knew who Weezer was that I was GOING TO PLAY ONSTAGE WITH THEM!! A few people were sufficiently jealous. I loved it. You know I did.

I get home from the soccer game. James gets home from work. I start getting ready. And posting on all my boards that I was GOING TO PLAY ONSTAGE WITH WEEZER!!! My friend Alaina tries with all her might to get tickets because she's a huge Weezer fan as well. Alaina lives in Portland. I'm bummed she didn't make it. But let me tell you, Alaina, you rock and I love you so much for even trying.

I start getting ready. I go from this:

To this:

And Gabe did this:


I looked HAWT! I haven't felt like I looked that good in a long time. Must have been the cute shirt from Kelly.

James and I drive up to Seattle. We waited around with the other 30 musicians that also won the contest. They were cool. We get everyone checked in, go through security, get our little pass things and start warming up.

They had some of their tech guys come in and go through chord progressions and stuff. I was playing the alto sax. Anyways- we had our own green room where we rehearsed and then Brian came in to rehearse with us. I had him autograph an album for me and took a very crappy picture with him on my cell phone.

Crappy Cell Picture:

The Vinyl and Pass and Ticket:


Then they let us run free and we listened to the concert. Met back up in our green room at 10:30, rehearsed a teensy bit more and then went backstage to wait to go on. It was a crazy fun. That guy sax player who did the rocking solo was awesome. I wish I could play like him, but it’s been a LONG time since I played.

I was the cute girl in the back w/ the black t-shirt and the purple scarf. (And the one that got to hug River!). The put all the winds in the back (minus the cool soloists). So I'm behind the Ukelale players.

Group Shot:


Trying to get a close up of me:


At my seat:


Man these guys are AWESOME!


Angels & Airwaves played also. I love Tom D!


Me after playing in front of 10,000 fans.
I wasn't nervous at all, but probably because it was a rather large group onstage. The roar of the crowd was sweet. I rather liked it alot. But then again, I love attention. The only thing I don't recommend is getting up at 7:30am the next morning for church. It's two days later and I'm still tired!

I'm sure I'll post about this again as the radio station and other people put their stuff on You Tube. Dang. I still can't believe I got to do that!!!!

If you haven't seen this already...

What's so wrong with being a SAHM?

I just turned down a job. It would be working at a lawyers office answering phones and doing some data entry. It would have paid $15/hour. I would finally be able to get a car. But lets be honest, after daycare that pretty much is all it would help us do. And I think that's a dumb reason to go back to work.

I feel it's more important to stay home. I have LOVED being home the last 9 months. Not having to worry about my kids. Being there for them. Having them drive me crazy. True, it hasn't been ideal. It's just SO much fun having to get a ride everywhere. But, honestly I wouldn't give up being a SAHM just for a car.

Gabe's First Day of School

Yes. It's September 29th and I am just now posting his back to school pics. What can I say? I've been busy knitting. I know, it's no excuse. But it's the only one I have!

In front of Pine Tree. It's the same school his Dad went to when he was little. Sappily cute, huh?


At his desk! Again... how cute is he? We cut his hair super short before school started. He wanted to have "straight" hair. This is as straight as it gets, buddy!


And the ever important stand-in-front-of-the-front-door picture. He's in a Super Hero phase right now if you can't tell. Somedays I'm surprised we can make it out the door without a cape on.


Another picture from school. He's working on his first project!

Summer 2008

Better Late than Never

So, I completely suck at blogging. I've never been a good journal writer so this is very hard for me.

Our summer was busy and fun. Park days, family reunion, 4th of July, waterparks, camping, Cornucopia Days... whew! James' work schedule is crazy. I'm surprised we actually did anything at all. Anyways- here is a slideshow of summer memories.

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Pictures forthcoming.

Yes I own a camera. Yes, we do use it... often. And yes, it is a HUGE pain in the buns to upload to the computer and then upload to my photobucket account. But I promise, I will get some pics up here soon.