Oh Jorel...

So I didn't take a whole lot of pictures this week, been keeping myself quite busy, so it was actually easy to choose a favorite! Can you believe it?
He's been coming to practice with me quite a bit lately because Grandma has to work a lot! He does a pretty good job and the girls love him, probably because he's already a flirt. I definately have my hands full!

It was funny the other day because I was feeding Jorel his rice cereal and he had it EVERYWHERE so when Grandma came home, she laughed because when she feeds him, he actually stays clean. I guess there's something to be said there about experience, and I don't have much of it. I'm sure she gets a kick out of everything that I'm doing wrong and probably fears for poor Jorel's little life!

-Krista

A Tiny Baboon? Really?

So I had the weirdest dream last night and I wanted to write about it before I forgot. I guess the whole thing occurred during on of my snoozing sessions with the alarm.

We were all on some sort of family vacation. Driving through the middle of nowhere late at night. I was in a van of some sort and I know someone was with me, but I don't know who. The road conditions were really bad and I was driving really bad. Cars were rushing around us, I was cutting people off. It was a wild ride. Then I remembered I got new glasses and thought those would help, but when I put them on they were so dirty that everything was a blur. Not sure why I didn't clean them, but I didn't have to wear them long before we pulled over at a grubby gas station.

I went in to use the bathroom and the stall I chose was extrememly small for some reason. I was trying to put the toilet seat cover on but I could barely move! I was getting so annoyed that I grabbed all my stuff and went to find another stall. Inside the bathroom was 2 other doors to a men's and women's restroom. So I pushed those open and it lead to a super fancy lounge. As I turned a corner, there was a HUGE master bedroom of sorts. Grandma Ina was in there talking on the phone and curling her hair (She had a lot more hair then I've ever seen her with). Jake was lying in a bed and waved to me as though he had been expecting to see me. I waved back and decided since Grandma was blocking the bathroom, I'd have to keep looking for another one.

So I kept walking through this place and it was like a resort. It just went on and on. I guess we were all staying at this mystery mansion attached to the grubby gas station. As I kept walking, a little tiny baboon ran past me. It scared me at first so I started walking faster until I reached an entertainment room. Markus and Krista were in there watching movies. And I don't know if Jake moved really quickly or if there were two of him, but he was lying in a bed in there too.

I was standing next to the bed, looking at the doorway and this tiny baboon came back. He had the porportions of a grown monkey but was about the size of a kitten. He started playing games with me where he would poke his head around the corner and bounce into the room. I would scare him and he would jump and run away. We did this like 4 times before he bounced up on the bed. I told Jake to look out for the baboon, thinking it might startle him to see it in the bed, but the monkey ran right up to his face and just cuddled under his chin. Jake got a goofy smile on his face...

and then my alarm went off (again). I remembered the dream while I was showering and I started cracking up. So there ya go - the mind of Jaana at work again.

XOXOXO

Weekly Favorites

Last week was hard to choose because it was eventful! So here ya go....
St. Patty's Day Classic face!
Just chillin - starting to sit up some
First bites of rice cereal
Easter!

An Eventful Day!

Yesterday I quit my job! I gave 2 weeks notice, quite sooner than I expected. But it had to be done, so I can start learning about my new job. It was so crazy. Seemed to go well. My direct supervisor, James seemed really happy for me and a little sad to see me go. Shane was smiling a little TOO much when I told him, so I wasn't sure if that was a good or bad thing. A couple people gave me a hard time, but most could see it coming.

After all that fun in the office, I went and got my hair cut! At first, I did not like it. My stylist is usually really good but she styled it kinda weird! All flipped out - really early 90's looking. It had me in a bit of a panic. I mean, I was LAUGHING when I looked in the mirror. I looked ridiculous. So I went home and played with it a little bit. And its ok. I actually wanted it a little shorter. Here it is:

The real shocker is how it looked when I woke up this morning!

It's been awhile since I've had a crazy hair picture, so I was pretty pleased with this one.

Anyway, hope you guys all have a great weekend. We are going to a Clippers game tonight. I got a whole bunch of free tickets from work and sadly we can't even use them all because we have no friends. Awwww... no, it was just last minute so everybody is busy.

Miss you guys. I am planning a trip in April. 100% sure. It just depends on Mom's work schedule which week I'll be coming. TTYL

Love, Jaana

Weekly Faves

So I guess I'm behind a couple of weeks, so I'll catch you up! :) He's now laughs when you tickle him and has figured out a pacifier, just last Thursday. He's also super close to rolling over. He held his own bottle on the way to Denver too, even pushed my hand away - so independent, and a little turd. He is doing so great!





-pita and oj for backwards

Spring Break

So I have been having a great time with Markus here. I felt so honored that he chose LA for his Spring Break destination! :) Plus, when family visits, it always gives me a good excuse to step back and plan some fun amidst all the madness.

On Thursday afternoon, we went to Disneyland for a few hours. Luckily we picked a day that was cool and un-crowded, so that was lots of fun. The longest line was for the new Finding Nemo Voyage. They just changed the old submarine ride to a Finding Nemo theme. It was fun, since I haven't been on the ride in about 10 years. Its been closed for ages. Also got to hit up Splash Mountain - another ride that has been closed every time I go. We ate too much junk food as usual and tried to make it exciting (like when we were little) by running to the rides. I think it just made us more tired, but we tried!

On Friday, I had to work a normal, busy work day so I let Markus sleep in and then dragged him to a few places with me before going shopping to get him a new skateboard. Then we met up with Paul, Sona and Lara for dinner at California Pizza Kitchen and watched No Country For Old Men back at the condo. That was intense!! Besides the 5 minutes that I fell asleep, I was holding my breath for like 3/4 of the movie. Creepy.

Saturday, it took us awhile to decide what we wanted to do but we ended up going to Dave and Buster's for lunch and arcade games. The lunch was greasy and delicious and the games were fun. We finally remembered to bring all of our old playing cards and found out that we have 12,000 tickets that we can use towards prizes! We couldn't find any prizes that we liked, so we'll just keep saving them until we can get a Blu-Ray Player (although you need about 180,000 tickets for that - so it might be awhile.) On our way back from D&B, it started HAILING. Out of nowhere. I mean, we haven't seen hail here in ages. I honestly can't remember the last time. So that was really random and interesting. Especially considering that it has been in the 80's this whole last week. California weather is always so weird!

Markus heads home today. :( And back to the normal schedule on Monday. But it was great having him here and I hope I can entertain the rest of you very soon!!!

-Jaana

Wake Up Call

Gadoo has been such a turd the last couple of mornings! He seems to know that the alarm clock is about to go off, so about 15 minutes before we need to get up, he starts doing his crazy act! He will jump up on the headboard of our bed, then jump down, then jump off the bed and bang against the sliding mirrors. He will run up and down the hallway and jump back on the bed, usually with a toy. He will wrestle around with the toy for awhile, then jump back down on the floor. He will scratch his plastic nails against the wall and make a screeching noise.

Usually by this time, I am on the verge of laughter, but Paul gets pretty ticked!! He has actually started keeping a spray bottle on his nightstand and just waving it in Gadoo's direction gets him to calm down. He doesn't even have to spray. Gadoo just knows when he sees that, he better relax.

Then that darn cat sleeps all day while we go work our butts off to give him a nice place to live. What a jerk!

You know I still love him though. He's so cute and fat when he wants to snuggle!