Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Vegas Baby Vegas!

Andrew and I and fifteen other people went to Las Vegas recently for some fun.  We had an awesome time.  I'll try to quickly run through the best moments.
 We ate dinner (yes all 17 of us) at Carlos and Charlie's at the Flamingo.  We had a great time there.

 We took SHOTS SHOTS SHOTS-SHOTS-SHOTS SHOTS! EVERYBODY!

 We drank gigantic margaritas called Big Mamas.

 They were terrific. Did I mention they were giant?

 Then we made our own dance floor after requesting songs from the DJ.  He played EVERY SINGLE ONE of them.  We were shocked.  (It was mostly sweet 90s jams.)

 Then we went to a fancy nightclub and had bottle service.  We are classy kids I tell ya.  We went to a club called Chateau in the Paris hotel.  This was our view of the Eiffel Tower.  The tables where you had bottle service were on top of the Sugar Factory candy store.  So we had a super clear view of the Bellagio Fountain show.  It was awesome.

 Speaking of classy, Andrew was hitting the cranberry vodkas like a champ in his "dress jeans".  Hehehe.

 Katie and I classed up our husbands just by standing next to them.  They're so darn lucky. :-) :-)

Pure and total class, folks.

So the next day, we decided to get our tickets for the show we were seeing.  Andrew tried his best to look like a tourist.  We walked from the Planet Hollywood to the Venetian.  That's a long dang walk.

We went to see a rock opera called Phantom of the Opera.  Ha.  It was a great show and with the organ and the pyrotechnics, it did rock! Fireworks, murder, chandeliers falling from the ceiling, our pets HEADS ARE FALLING OFF... No but really we really enjoyed very much.  I was so glad to see it with Andrew especially since it's dunzo in Vegas this fall. Aww. :( By the way, it was only 6 of us that saw it, not all 17.  That would be a little difficult.

 I love the Vegas skyline. I didn't get very many pictures of it on my fourth visit to Vegas. Too busy I guess.

 On Sunday, the Billboard Music Awards were happening at the MGM Casino.  We went and stood outside and stalked celebrities as they were arriving the red carpet.  We weren't in our bikinis to impress any celebrities, if you're wondering.  We were actually so dang hot that we had to be in our swimsuits.

 Celeb stalkers are us!

 I think this might have been Taylor Swift in the red. 

 This was definitely Carrie Underwood.  Now that is a Cinderella ball gown! 

 Justin Bieber actually walked up to the crowd! Look at that swagger.  He was the only celebrity that did that.  You probably heard the 12 year olds screaming all the way back in the midwest.  

Bye bye Bieber! I guess he thinks he's dressed up if he's wearing his Canadian tuxedo.  

 We also saw Usher in his blue suit.  It was awesome.  We also saw LMFAO, Gladys Knight, Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke.  My camera died before I could get any pictures of those people.

 On the last night, we decided to go Turbo.  We drank in the double suite before we went out.

We started singing. I'm not sure what we were singing here. (I look gorgeous!) But Grant is doing his best photo bomb for the occasion.

 After drinking and singing, we did some dancing. Grant and Ashley can really break it down.

 Then we decided planking would be a good idea.

 Andrew and Grant decided to make it more complicated.

 Then it was a group effort.

 Then it was time for Owling.
Why Owling?
Wait, maybe one more...
Now that's impressive, Drewfus.

We finally decided to leave the suite and walk to another night club. It was the last night and I didn't feel like I took enough pictures so I made the poor girls pose at a few landmarks along our walk to the final nightclub.  This, my friends, is a statue of a horse.  Because... why not?  

 Then we posed by the fountain at Caesars. Because... that's where some of the best jokes in the Hangover were made.  Duh.  (You can see the check-in desk behind us.) 

 At the nightclub, we did some mad dancing.  Grant and Ashley broke it down, once again. 

 I turned into "College Morgan"and started dropping my glass drinks.  Yikes.  No idea why I get a terrible case of the butterfingers.  Embarrassing. 

 Big Al had a 5 hour energy.  Look at him go! 

This was our DJ.  I finally convinced him to play some Beastie Boys for the "birthday girl" (aka ME!).  I had to name off 5 songs before he agreed to play one.  Ugh.  Boy doesn't know good music when he hears it I guess.  

 It took Kevin probably 5 or 6 pictures to get one that was actually in focus and used the flash properly.  Yay Kevin! 

 Ashley has an A on her dress that stands for AWWWWWESOME Dance Moves I guess. :-) 

 Now it looks like Grant is trying to climb over Ashley.  You can't stop breaking it down once you've started apparently. 

 To finish off the night of memes, Ashley decided to do a little Tebowing to end the night on a proper note.  Hell Yeah.  

We had an amazing time in Vegas.  We seriously cannot stop reliving it.  I hope we can do this again sometime.  

But we did miss our boy.  
When we saw him for the first time when we came home, it was amazing. He was so excited.  The look on his face was priceless.  Then he started showing off.  We're pretty sure he grew an inch and learn a hundred more words (Morganism).  He's such a big boy.  
But lucky for us and him, he was super busy when we were gone.  Aww.  He found his baby pool had a better use.  

My Sweet Boy

Just try to say no to those baby blues.

Happy Mother's Day: Time to Start Catching Up

It's been awhile since I have put up a post but I've been BUSY.  Summer has begun, that's for sure.  So I'll try to catch up quickly.

On Mother's Day, Andrew planted the tree in the front yard that Gram and Pop gave to me for Dia de la Madre.
Admire that handy work!

 Admire that super cute boy in the yard too!!

 We went to Don Pablos for lunch.  It was loud which is always good with the kiddies.

 Tommy got to "drive" Grandma and Grandpa's convertible.  Sweet ride, Tommy T!

He loved it even though he actually didn't go anywhere.

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

Things to Do, People to See

Tommy is a busy guy what with his Elmo phone and his Fisher Price phone up to his ears all day.  He's a man in need, indeed. 

Sunday on the Porch

Tommy loves our screened-in porch.
 He pushed his face against it today.  Turns out, we need to clean the screens.

 He looks like a chimney sweep!

 He loves getting dirty. 

I cleaned him up a little and then snapped this pic on one of our chairs. 
Aww, naked cutie. 

Balloooooooon!

Last weekend at Nora's party, the party favor was a balloon tied to a cookie. Awesome for me because I ate the cookie.  Awesome for Tommy because balloons are SUPER COOL.

Balloons are even cooler with no pants on!

Tommy has played with this balloon for a week! He loves it.  Diane must have put something in those balloons to make them virtually indestructible.

He had so much fun as you can tell in the video.



Rest in Peace Nathaniel Hornblower

Adam Yaunch also known as MCA from the Beastie Boys passed away on Friday.  He was 47.  The Beastie Boys are one of my favorite music acts OF ALL TIME.  Even Kanye copied the B-Boys.
That's Nathaniel Hornblower (Yaunch) interrupting R.E.M.'s acceptance speech for video of the year for Everybody Hurts.  That's right.  Everybody Hurts beat out Sabotage.  Spit-take WHAAAAA???

There have been some amazing articles published about his life here, here, here, and here. Did you know he was a beer-chugging feminist?  Great stuff.

So my tribute to one of my favorite musical men is a GIF. 
and some lyrics...

If you try to knock me you'll get mocked
I'll stir fry you in my wok
Your knees will start shaking and your fingers pop
Like a pinch on the neck from Mr. Spock

Well I got to keep it going keep it going full steam
Too sweet to be sour too nice to be mean
On the tough guy style I'm not too keen
To try to change the world I will plot and scheme

Born and bred, Brooklyn USA
They call me Adam Yaunch but I'm MCA
Like a lemon to a lime a lime to a lemon
I sip the def ale with all the fly women


RIP MCA

Friday, May 4, 2012

Stickers!

 I captured some pics of this little beach bum about a month ago and forgot to post them.
 Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle yeah!

 Look at him playing ball in his vintage swim gear.

 Then it was time for stickers! Sesame Street stickers!

 He decided to stick them all over.

All over his feet and shins...

 How about one on the knee?

 Successful sticker placement!

 Then it was time for Zombie Swim Dude! Awww poor baby's upset!

 Then it was time for cheerios.  He thought it might be fancy to eat them with a spoon.

So fancy! 

 Heeheeheeeee!
 He is having a good time! Wow!

 Awww, there's my little dude! Cute patootie.

Nora's Birthday

Last weekend, we loaded up the car and headed down to Indy for Nora's birthday party.  Tommy put on the charm in the car before we were even close.
This is my best side, right? 

 Oooohhhh!! You know it!

 This is my Mick Jagger impression.  If you start me up!

 Then blammo.  He fell asleep before he even knew what was going on.  Awww, so tired.

 Tommy played with the birthday girl right away.  Is she not the cutest thing??

 We decided Staffords pretty much have the coolest house EVER.  They have an awesome play room with amazing toys and a table just Tommy's size.
 What the duck??? The Stafford had a REAL LIFE DUCK in their house as a pet! Tommy was amazed.  So was Wyatt!

Tommy and Nora shared Nora's chair for a very short period.

 Then Tommy decided Nora needed to go.  He did not want to share the chair. 

 Nora ate her fabulous cake... fabulously.

 Then she opened her presents.  Well actually she played while Diane opened them.  She looks totally interested in her new toys and clothes huh? :)

 The Staffords posed for a quick family pic.  I think that was nearly the only time I saw Jack all day.  He was wayyyy too busy running around with his cousins and friends. 

Then we made our way home.  We had a great time and Tommy didn't throw up (not that much anyway). 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORA!!


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