Some hospitals do awesome things.

If this video doesn't make you smile and warm your heart, please, check your pulse. There may or may not be some CFers in purple ;)



Big ups to CHAD for putting this together.

First Night Apart

This weekend was a big weekend from Mckenna, Mommy and Dada. Mckenna spent her first night away from home without us!!

Ronnie and I got tickets to the UA basketball game on Saturday from one of my co-workers (THANKS MELANIE!) so we asked my parents to watch Mckenna for the day. They took us up on the request and offered one better...to take her OVERNIGHT, so we didn't have to hurry home from the game. We, of course, took them up on it.

Saturday morning after Mckenna's first nap, Nana and Papi came and picked her up. As soon as they left, Ronnie and I hit the road for Tucson. It felt strange. It was weird to be in the car together, without Mckenna. It was strange leaving for the day and not worrying about nap time, toddler-friendly activities, or getting home for bath and bedtime. It was weird, but really nice. Mckenna LOVES her Nana and Papi and is more than comfortable with them and being at their house. So I didn't worry about her one bit, which helped make the day even more enjoyable.

Mckenna, Nana and Papi went on an adventure to a stone store (AKA an errand that Nana and Papi needed to run, but they dressed it up as a fun activity), stopped for lunch at McDonalds for Mckenna to have her first happy meal, and went home just in time for her nap. After her nap, they snuggled up and watched a movie, had dinner, and then it was bath and bedtime. Mckenna slept like a champ and when she woke up they watched toy story (and by they I mean Nana and Papi...Mckenna had the attention span of a gnat, so she played, but Nana and Papi realized they LOVE Pixar Movies. HA!) Then it was they had breakfast, went to church, took a nap, had lunch, and then I went and picked her up. I knew she was totally fine when I got there and I was chopped liver because she was too excited about helping Nana with a chore she was doing! Success!

Meanwhile, Ronnie and I hopped in the car, drove to Tucson, grabbed a slice of pizza (which was awesome), enjoyed the game, grabbed Chinese food, and headed home. Unfortunately, the Chinese food MAYBE wasn't the freshest because I spent some of the night on the bathroom floor. Strangely enough I never actually puked, just had a gnarly upset stomach. So I didn't quite get the refreshing night sleep I was anticipating. But thankfully, this morning I woke up feeling awesome, so Ronnie and I organized our third car garage, and then I headed up to get Mckenna while Ronnie finished up the organizing. Success!!

Thankfully the whole experience was incredibly positive for all parties involved!

Here are some pictures (and a video) so you can get a taste of the weekend:

Mckenna trying her "overnight bag" on for size. She's pretty excited about it!

Us on our way to Tucson, we look pretty excited!

Mckenna sizing up her Happy Meal

Washing down the grease with Nana's help.

 Heading into Nana and Papi's carrying her very full overnight bag! She looks SO old!!

Ronnie EXCITED about seeing his Cats play!

We look a little tired...we're not used to all this fun!

The garage in progress. We put together those shelves...so before we started, ALL those boxes and bins were all over the floor. If you think it looks bad here, you would have puked if you saw it before!

                          

...And just to prove we've still got it...and by "it" I mean no shame!

Our Little Pianist

Where's Mckenna?

Jezzabel was so confused after we laid Mckenna down in her crib when we first got back from the hospital. Every time Mckenna would make a sound, Jezzabel would frantically look for her. We caught one of those times on film.

4 Weeks and Counting

AHHH that's right, only 4 weeks until D day!! As of Saturday, my due date was exactly 1 month away. I could not be more excited to be getting so close to meet this little love. I will miss having her inside me, with me all the time, feeling her every move, but I will LOVE being able to look at her sweet little face and hear her little cry!!

I have decided that the thing I will miss most about being pregnant, is feeling Peanut's every move. Somehow I feel like I am sharing special little moments with her that no one else knows about - like we have a little secret every time she nudges me, kicks my bladder, wiggles around to get comfy. But I will say, as Peanut gets bigger in my compact 5'2" torso, she is starting to impede upon my ribs a bit. For some reason, she LOOOOVES to snuggle both feet or her booty right up under my ribs on the right side. It's funny, never my left, always my right. The other day she was snuggling her booty up into my ribs like usual and I looked at Ronnie and said, "She must have my booty...I think she's 50% booty!" So in honor of Peanut, and her booty wiggle into my ribs, here's a little music video we made a couple years ago. Bring on that booty, Peanut, momma's ready to be snuggled for another 4 weeks, as long as you don't break my ribs :)

Dad Life- This is my dream...

Rondi Sings "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun"

This is long overdue and we want to thank Phoenix for his patience. Keep rocking it little fibro!! This is for you!!!

Rondi and J-Dizzle Sing Wild Horses

For this sound off Saturday - you get the hear the WONDERFUL sounds of our voices.

Sorry Jezzy doesn't chime in more form the backseat. Enjoy!

Rondi Sings "Baby It's Cold Outside"

I thought this would be the perfect music video to show this time of year. I did alter some of the lyrics, so this would be the PG-13 version. Don't worry, nothing too crazy :) Merry Christmas Eve everyone!!!!

Alright, now go get your shopping done!

Rondi sings "I'll Be There"

If you're new to this blog, I must tell you, Mandi and I love to do car karaoke. And fortunately for you (or unfortunately in all cases), we also record our "singing". So please sit back and enjoy this tasty little treat.

Music Video for Cystic Fibrosis Awareness- Must See!!!

-I wanted to highlight the great work that the people over at CFVoice.com are doing for the CF community. If you've never been to their site, you're really missing out on a lot of great information. They recently completed a project that gave honor to a late singer who died from Cystic Fibrosis. His name was Matt Scales and he had written and performed a beautiful song called Breathe before his death. For this project, they brought together other singers who have Cystic Fibrosis to sing a remix of sorts to honor Matt and to bring Cystic Fibrosis awareness to another level. If you don't have the time to watch the whole video, I suggest you make time. It's VERY inspirational and VERY well done. Please follow this link to view the music video.

- AFTER you're done watching the sensational video over at CFVoice.com, I invite you to check out one of my favorite music videos of all time. Seriously though, first go watch that music video; you'll be soooo glad that you did!

Many of you may have already seen this next music video, but if you haven't, I suggest plugging your ears....

(I apologize upfront for the episode at 3:07, my emotions got the best of me...seriously though, I wish I could sing)

My First Cross-Country Music Video

When Mandi and I took a cross-country road trip last December, we admittedly went a little stir crazy. Mix our love for music, a camera, a car, lots o' time and being the idiots that we are and what you're left with is the following....

If you'd like to see more of this madness, click here.

Rondi sings "Wild Horses"

Back by popular demand.....

...and make sure to check out today's Top Ten- "Who I'd Like To Be".

Rondi sings "I'll Be There"

Just thought I'd post this tasty little treat....you might want to plug your ears.

Wanna see more music videos? Click here and here.