A UFC Viewing Party and Play Date!

We had a UFC viewing party and play date for our boys at Misty's house this weekend.

Egan and Matthew are four months apart but just about the same size.

Oh my!

Oh so close!

Now.. I come from a family of Dodger fans. Big time Dodger fans. And now that I'm a LaMarca... I have two sides of the family that are big time Dodger fans.

This does not faze me!

Prior to 2000.. I never cared about baseball. It was boring to watch and I have not so fond memories of driving to my Aunt Rita's for Easter in Orange County and listening to Dodger games on the radio. Ugh...

In 2000.. when I lived in Philly.. I became a die hard Phillies fan. Mostly because I went to games constantly.. two, sometimes three times per week. I went to games when the Phillies couldn't even get above .500 for the season. I watched the Braves win the division year after year after year. I still loved the Phillies even though they were just plain terrible. I am NOT a fair weather fan. I love the Phillies.. almost as much as I love the Lakers.. and more than I love the Eagles. (That means a lot)

And now.. my time has finally come.

I honestly never thought I'd see my team.. my Phillies.. in the World Series! Not only "in" the World Series.. but on the verge of winning. I can't believe it.

So Phillies.. a couple of more innings and the impossible will happen. You will be World Series champs.. for the first time since I was one year old.

GO PHILLIES!!!

I'll slow down on the politics.. after this..

This is the funniest thing I've read it a long time. I just had to share!

Plan B if our guy doesn't win:
Subject: Welcome to Nuevo California

Dear Red States:

We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and
we're taking the other Blue States with us.

In case you aren't aware, that includes California, Hawaii, Oregon,
Washington, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast.

We believe this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially
to the people of the new country of New California.

To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave states. We
get stem cell research and the best beaches.

We get the Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood. We get Intel and
Microsoft. You get WorldCom. We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss. We get
85 percent of America's venture capital and entrepreneurs.

You get Alabama. We get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make
the red states pay their fair share.

Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the Christian
Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a bunch of
single moms.

Please be aware that Nuevo California will be pro-choice and anti-war,
and we're going to want all our citizens back from Iraq at once. If you
need people to fight, ask your evangelicals. They have kids they're
apparently willing to send to their deaths for no purpose, and they
don't care if you don't show pictures of their children's caskets coming
home.

We do wish you success in Iraq, and hope that the WMDs turn up, but
we're not willing to spend our resources in Bush's Quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent of
the country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple and
lettuce,
92 percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of America's quality
wines, 90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry,
most of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and
condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Cal Tech
and MIT.

With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to cope with 88
percent of all obese Americans (and their projected health care costs),
92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100 percent of the tornadoes,
90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent of all Southern Baptists,
virtually 100 percent of all televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones
University, Clemson and the University of Georgia. We get Hollywood and
Yosemite, thank you.

Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was
actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred unless
we're discussing the war, the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent say
that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was involved in
9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy bastards believe you are people with
higher morals then we lefties.

Finally, we're taking the good pot, too. You can have that dirt weed
they grow in Mexico.

Peace out,
Blue States.

Holy Lunatics Batman!

Okay seriously... people are INSANE over Prop 8 in California! I find is so odd that people are so up in arms over something that probably doesn't directly effect them.

I voted a big NO on Prop 8.

I believe marriage is between a loving and committed couple. It makes no difference to me if that couple is gay or straight. Everyone should have the same right to stand in front of their loved ones and profess their love and commitment for their partner.. regardless of sexual orientation.

To strip certain individuals of their basic human rights because you have a personal problem with gay couples using the term "married" is just cruel. I can't understand and honestly.. I don't want to understand it.

I was raised to believe everyone is an equal. Everyone deserves to be treated with the same respect. Everyone deserves to be treated as a human being. I thank my parents for that - they instilled a great foundation in me.. and it's something I will pass on to our son.

On a side note..

If I hear one more person spout "the sanctity of marriage".. I'm going to vomit. The "sanctity" of marriage went out the window once we had a 50% divorce rate and drive thru wedding chapels. Get over it!

Okay, thanks.

:)

Thou shalt not blog..

When tired or cranky. End of story. It's really easy to pick out times when I'm tired/cranky/overworked, etc.. by the whole tone of the blog. For example - see the blog about my daily duties. I was definitely cranky then.

On to more cranky news..

I compare my new job to trying to climb a hill in stillettos. You just can't seem to gain any ground. It is not at all what I'm used to.. but I'm trying.

I have a massive headache.. like I do every single day. Hopefully this is not a brain tumor.

On to more pleasant news..

Matthew has three teeth and he has three more trying to make their way through. Because of this.. he is up at night a lot more than normal and just generally fussy and in need of comfort. Because I am the official Super Mom/Best Comfort Supplier in the world of Matthew... I'm not sleeping all that well. Still though - even getting up in the middle of the night isn't the worst thing when I get to snuggle with my favorite little boy.

I am in deep birthday party planning/Hawaii trip mode. Only 10 more days until we leave and it's just about all I can think about.

More later..

My little mini-me

Matthew discovered mashed potatoes (and of course smeared them all over his face.. he IS a boy after all!).. and also got to try on his Halloween costume. I think he's easily the cutest monkey the planet has ever seen!

Check them out..



He may say "daddy" fifty times a day... but he is ALL about his Mommy. He's a MaMa's boy if I've ever seen one. Matty and I have a very special bond that I only heard about in the past. When people say little boys really love their mommies.. it's completely true. He IS my little mini-me after all.

Who's the happiest little boy? Matthew is!

Not only do I believe Matthew to be the happiest and most easy going baby on the planet.. but I get everyone to our family members to complete strangers making comments about his easy going and wonderfully happy disposition.

Here are a few pictures of our little boy that make me smile..

At the lake on Mom's lap



Chewing on his crib toys



Hanging out in his crib



Everything into the mouth




Happy as can be on the lake




Sticking his tongue out




Matt and Dad on the swim step

I couldn't help it..

I really try not to get too political on a family page. Anthony and I don't always see eye to eye on politics.. but usually pretty close. Matthew doesn't know it yet - but he's a liberal just like his Mommy. (And Daddy.. although he pretends he's not)

I was on the Obama website and ordered a sticker a week or two ago (still hasn't arrived.. argh!).. and I came across these lawn signs.

If I didn't live in a condo.. I'd have this on my front lawn:



I thought for a second about getting this for my parents:




My Dad would NOT have been happy.. but my Mom probably would have laughed. ;)

This is probably the most excited I've been about an election in my lifetime. I have voted in each election since I turned 18.. because I believe it's important to exercise that right. Women fought long and hard for the right to vote and I'm not about to slap them all in the face and not even bother.

We will even be in Oahu, HI on Election Day (Obama's hometown).. I swear I didn't plan that.. but something tells me I will fit right in!

So here is to you Obama.. our next President (God willing!) Cheers!

A day in the life of me..

So I was thinking this morning about my day to day life..

I have one word to describe it:

HECTIC.

Here is a sample of what I do.. on a daily basis:

6 am - Alarm goes off..
6-7:15 - Getting ready for work while trying to hug the baby, husband, dogs, cats and run out the door
7:15 - 8 - Drive to work (sit in traffic)
8 - 5 - Do my best to have a good day at work
5-5:45 - Drive to day care (sit in more traffic)
5:45 - 6 - Pick up Matthew at day care (my favorite part of the day.. he SMILES so huge when he sees me!)
6 - 6:15 - drive home (sit in more traffic)
6:15 - 6:30 - Walk the dogs, who have been trapped in their crates all day and want to run around like lunatics
6:30 - 7:30 - Cook dinner
7:30 - 7:50 - Eat dinner
7:50 - 8:15 - Clean kitchen/pack leftovers from said dinner
8:15 - 8:30 - If Matthew needs a bath.. Anthony does it while I put clean laundry away (which I always seem to have plenty of)
8:30 - 9:00 - Feed Matthew and try to get him to go to sleep
9:00 - 9:30 - Pick up stuff around the house, wash bottles, misc. things to be done
9:30 - 10:00 Try to relax and watch some TV
10:00 - Try to go to bed and get some sleep so I can start everything all over again

Geez.. I'm exhausted even looking at that.

I'm sure if Anthony put up a similar post... his would look ridiculous too.

Ahhh.. the life if two busy parents with full time jobs and no family around.

I think.. considering the circumstances.. we do a pretty good job!


On a side note.. poor Matthew has a yeast infection AND cut two teeth.. all this week. Poor monkey!

On a more positive note.. we are headed to Hawaii for a much needed break in three weeks and couldn't be more excited! Woohooo!

I'm trying..

I have tried many different ways of keeping our family and friends up to date on the happenings of the LaMarcas and nothing has really worked out. Hopefully this blog thing sticks!

I wanted a place where I could post pictures of the family.. update on things going on.. and also share my own personal stuff.

Let's give it a go..