Howdy friends and family and sorry for the major lag of blog time we have had. There are tons of updates The Lodatos have to share, its been a busy few months.
I had to look back to what i posted in March to find out what I need to talk about, yikes. Well if you have not heard I did not get the security job here at T-Mobile. In light of the news of AT&T they changed the job description and after a very grueling 2nd interview I knew something was up - yet they had not told me yet. That was the worst interview ever, I felt belittled by the people I thought were friends and worst they kept going asking me things that I did not know even when I told them I did not. After an hour of sweating through the interview (literally) I returned home with a migraine that lasted 2 days.
From all of that fun came a fun little twist. I was updating a friend of mine on the job situation and she sent my email to her husband who offered me a job at Microsoft.
So after a month of emails, interviews (that were awesome!) and researching information I formally posted my notice at T-Mobile last Thursday.
Thursday May 5th will be my last day as i am taking off the 6th for when Sue is in Grandma Lodato is in town for Riley's 2nd birthday.
I now officially have short-timers; i dont want to come to work at all or do anything while I am here. I really have no motivation so its very hard to work all day knowing that there is this kick ass job waiting for me a few weeks out.
Ahhh but I plug away and today through the 5th I am documenting and training people that will replace me.
The new job will be on the main campus of Microsoft in the "Pirate" team (anti-piracy) so yes I get to see ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR all day, i cannot wait!
I could tell that I have not been on the interview road show in sometime when I went to fill out paperwork and they asked me for my 2 pieces of ID like I carry that around all the time. The lady looked at me and said: well when you fill out paperwork you need to bring these things. I then had to explain i have not had to apply for a job since 2000 and I think that shut her up since that is probably when she was in kindergarten. Damn yougins'.
Ok so enough about me; Andy is on the last very leg of getting his new space for his practice! WOOT WOOT! They have been looking at a much larger venue and now are just in the last of the signing of the paperwork. I am not sure on the dates, but I will make sure to post pictures when they are all moved in.
Very excited as they now will have space to move around in; right now its a bit of a tight squeeze.
We are days from Riley's 2nd birthday on May 1st, I cannot believe my little itty bitty baby is going to be 2. I shouldn't say itty bitty she is a full on tank. I get asked all the time if she is 3 since she is so big, she is even bigger then some of the 3 year olds in her current day care class.
Speaking of which with the new job comes a shorter commute (WOOT WOOT!) and a change of daycares. I know Riley is going to be super sad saying good-bye to her friends there so I chose to enroll her a week earlier then my start date at Microsoft to slowly transition her into the new place. She will start on Monday the 9th and stay there for a few hours Monday/Tuesday then by Friday she should be in full-time.
We are super excited for Riley's 2nd birthday party as well. We have been planning it for a bit now and we are getting closer to the date.
Riley is now 29 pounds and I am not sure how tall, I cannot keep her still enough to measure. :) She is in 3T and 4T depending on the brands and size 6-6.5 shoes. She has officially grown out of her Seahawk cap so i am looking forward to fall to get her a new one.
Well that is all i have for now and better get back to looking busy. I hope you all had a great Easter!!!!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Is it really March already???
I was looking at the calendar today and realized that we have less then 2 months and my baby is 2!!!! It totally seems like it was just the other day when she was still small and not talking just drooling and well being a baby.
Now she is totally a toddler in all parts; she has grown i swear 6 inches, talks a mile a minute and can read and play with toys I did not think she would be able to yet. AKA she is the smartest kid ever. :)
A few weeks ago i took out 2 puzzles that a patient of Andy's gave us. They were for 2-4 year olds but I figured she would be ok with it. We played together once and after that she would pick up the piece and point to where it would go. She was not able to put the pieces in the puzzle but she knew where they went. Yesterday I took out the last puzzle and without missing a beat, she watched me do it once and then pointed the very next time to where the pieces went. :)
She is also able to count to 20 with assistance. She has been able to count to 10 for a while now, but only when singing or prodded. When we count to 20 she cannot say seventeen, but I know what "seen" means when she tries.
Potty training is still working and we do it daily but not push her into it. She goes when I go and she goes every 2 hours at daycare. They said she is doing very well with this and she is ready for pull-ups at school! I am so excited she is on the next step!
So once her next pack of diapers is through, we are moving her over to pull-ups.
This last Saturday was Alex's 2nd birthday party and Riley had a blast! We got there aboutn 10 minutes early for the party and it worked out perfectly as Riley had a bit of time to play with Alex before all the other kids showed up. They saw each other and squeeled then started chasing each other around laughing, it was the cutest thing ever.
They held hands a few times and played with all sorts of toys together.
The birthday party was a blast and Riley was soooo tired at the end of it she collapsed on the floor rolling around rubbing her eyes. I put her in the car at 1pm and she was out at 104 :)
I let her sleep in the car and when she woke up, whoa it was nuts. I had to rock her for a bit but she was in a baaaad mood the rest of the day. In the late afternoon we met our friends the Werners at the Bellevue Childrens area to play and then eat dinner at Red Robin. The place was super packed and it was like kiddie surivor so many kids running around, clipping other kids, running into each other - it was frightening. Riley was not having any of it and we had to ditch that idea and head to Red Robin where we enjoyed a nice dinner with adult beverages!
On other fronts, I am waiting for a requsition to post at work so I can apply for this new job. I am super excited as it is back in Security AND would put me back in Factoria. This would cut my commute to nothing and I would be doing something I really really want to do. Double win!
Andy is still in school and I am sure I wil be writing this for years and still saying that. He is working so hard at getting everything done and with the hours he puts in at work, he is always busy but the good kind of busy!
We had a blast Sunday with Riley as Andy was able to do his school work on Saturday while we were at the party. We went to Costco and Home Depot then when we came home i grabbed her big outdoor jacket and we played ball for a very long time. Kicking, throwing, rolling the ball all around the driveway - she had a blast! She wanted to know where Sherman was, so we strolled over to Fred our neighbors house and she was able to see Fred and her favorite puppy (sherman is no puppy btw he weighs like more then i do!).
Over our Skype session with Gummy and Papa Yaya she went nuts running around doing laps around the kitchen like a mad woman. We think she was trying to show off, but it was very funny as she got super excited.
Well not much else to post for now. I am on a loaner laptop and don't have any of my pictures or videos to share as they are on my computer that is being worked on. I will update everyone soon with some cute pictures of Riley and her boyfriend Alex when I get my laptop back!
Now she is totally a toddler in all parts; she has grown i swear 6 inches, talks a mile a minute and can read and play with toys I did not think she would be able to yet. AKA she is the smartest kid ever. :)
A few weeks ago i took out 2 puzzles that a patient of Andy's gave us. They were for 2-4 year olds but I figured she would be ok with it. We played together once and after that she would pick up the piece and point to where it would go. She was not able to put the pieces in the puzzle but she knew where they went. Yesterday I took out the last puzzle and without missing a beat, she watched me do it once and then pointed the very next time to where the pieces went. :)
She is also able to count to 20 with assistance. She has been able to count to 10 for a while now, but only when singing or prodded. When we count to 20 she cannot say seventeen, but I know what "seen" means when she tries.
Potty training is still working and we do it daily but not push her into it. She goes when I go and she goes every 2 hours at daycare. They said she is doing very well with this and she is ready for pull-ups at school! I am so excited she is on the next step!
So once her next pack of diapers is through, we are moving her over to pull-ups.
This last Saturday was Alex's 2nd birthday party and Riley had a blast! We got there aboutn 10 minutes early for the party and it worked out perfectly as Riley had a bit of time to play with Alex before all the other kids showed up. They saw each other and squeeled then started chasing each other around laughing, it was the cutest thing ever.
They held hands a few times and played with all sorts of toys together.
The birthday party was a blast and Riley was soooo tired at the end of it she collapsed on the floor rolling around rubbing her eyes. I put her in the car at 1pm and she was out at 104 :)
I let her sleep in the car and when she woke up, whoa it was nuts. I had to rock her for a bit but she was in a baaaad mood the rest of the day. In the late afternoon we met our friends the Werners at the Bellevue Childrens area to play and then eat dinner at Red Robin. The place was super packed and it was like kiddie surivor so many kids running around, clipping other kids, running into each other - it was frightening. Riley was not having any of it and we had to ditch that idea and head to Red Robin where we enjoyed a nice dinner with adult beverages!
On other fronts, I am waiting for a requsition to post at work so I can apply for this new job. I am super excited as it is back in Security AND would put me back in Factoria. This would cut my commute to nothing and I would be doing something I really really want to do. Double win!
Andy is still in school and I am sure I wil be writing this for years and still saying that. He is working so hard at getting everything done and with the hours he puts in at work, he is always busy but the good kind of busy!
We had a blast Sunday with Riley as Andy was able to do his school work on Saturday while we were at the party. We went to Costco and Home Depot then when we came home i grabbed her big outdoor jacket and we played ball for a very long time. Kicking, throwing, rolling the ball all around the driveway - she had a blast! She wanted to know where Sherman was, so we strolled over to Fred our neighbors house and she was able to see Fred and her favorite puppy (sherman is no puppy btw he weighs like more then i do!).
Over our Skype session with Gummy and Papa Yaya she went nuts running around doing laps around the kitchen like a mad woman. We think she was trying to show off, but it was very funny as she got super excited.
Well not much else to post for now. I am on a loaner laptop and don't have any of my pictures or videos to share as they are on my computer that is being worked on. I will update everyone soon with some cute pictures of Riley and her boyfriend Alex when I get my laptop back!
Monday, January 10, 2011
Punky Brewster is alive!
Punky has nothing on our little rugrat; she is full of her own style now-a-days. She tells me "no" when she does not want to wear something and when I ask if she likes it if she says "mine" that means yes as she wants to steal it.
Check out her own outfit creation, this is an apron and a doll dress on her head that she think is a hat:
We are in the pre-terrible 2s or they have arrived early. She is strutting her independence all over the place and making sure she is not only causing us frustration but physical pain as she is still into hitting. :(
We have long chats but they seem to go in on ear out the other, or she says "yes" then follows up with doing whatever we just told her not to. oh well, we knew it was bound to rear it's ugly face one day.
In other news, Riley was moved into the "Pre-Pre-School" Class as she passed some of her requirements to get in there. She is youngest kid in the class, when they don't bring in Chase, so she gets to see the older kids talk/play. I have been there a few times during snack and get to watch her socialize with the other kids and she even cleans her table and chair before she is done. The teacher told me that she is the little "teacher" herself always telling the other kids to sit down and helping them with their chairs.
Friday i picked her up and she had 3 stickers on her coat. She got them for each time she used the "big girl potty"! So i looked and she used 1 diaper all day since it was dry, she went all the time in the potty! I was in shock! So that night I got her home and told her how proud I was and she ran into the bathroom and wanted on her potty.... and she went again!
She is really getting use to this and I really do believe a lot of it has to do with daycare since she can see other kids going all the time. WOO HOO DAYCARE!
This weekend Grandma Sue arrives in on Friday. Riley calls her: Gummy Yaya. Grandma's cat is named Raja, Riley cannot say it so she calls her yaya. So Gummy Yaya is heading in on Friday and we are spending some time with her before she heads up to Lori's condo. Should be fun for Riley, she only gets to see Yaya on the computer during our skype sessions.
Ok well that is all i have to blog right now, nothing really going on for the rest of us!
(she wanted to take a picture too!):
Check out her own outfit creation, this is an apron and a doll dress on her head that she think is a hat:
We are in the pre-terrible 2s or they have arrived early. She is strutting her independence all over the place and making sure she is not only causing us frustration but physical pain as she is still into hitting. :(
We have long chats but they seem to go in on ear out the other, or she says "yes" then follows up with doing whatever we just told her not to. oh well, we knew it was bound to rear it's ugly face one day.
In other news, Riley was moved into the "Pre-Pre-School" Class as she passed some of her requirements to get in there. She is youngest kid in the class, when they don't bring in Chase, so she gets to see the older kids talk/play. I have been there a few times during snack and get to watch her socialize with the other kids and she even cleans her table and chair before she is done. The teacher told me that she is the little "teacher" herself always telling the other kids to sit down and helping them with their chairs.
Friday i picked her up and she had 3 stickers on her coat. She got them for each time she used the "big girl potty"! So i looked and she used 1 diaper all day since it was dry, she went all the time in the potty! I was in shock! So that night I got her home and told her how proud I was and she ran into the bathroom and wanted on her potty.... and she went again!
She is really getting use to this and I really do believe a lot of it has to do with daycare since she can see other kids going all the time. WOO HOO DAYCARE!
This weekend Grandma Sue arrives in on Friday. Riley calls her: Gummy Yaya. Grandma's cat is named Raja, Riley cannot say it so she calls her yaya. So Gummy Yaya is heading in on Friday and we are spending some time with her before she heads up to Lori's condo. Should be fun for Riley, she only gets to see Yaya on the computer during our skype sessions.
Ok well that is all i have to blog right now, nothing really going on for the rest of us!
(she wanted to take a picture too!):
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