the idea was for all the little kids to play a game of croquet, Jamie thought he was supposed to sweep up the grass
it's just another one of those things that I am no longer allowed to do when he's awake. I never would have imagined I'd sneak around to sweep, vaccum, or use the mixer, the blender, or the screw driver.
He's so sweet though and really does try to help do every thing!
I asked him to climb in the chair for a picture, thinking if i let him make the decision to get in somehow he would cooperate more (lol) 
Climbing in of course was no problem, however when i asked him to sit down....
He was not interested and started trying to tame the bull,
Then for a dramatic exit he jumped off!!Crazy cowboy!
don't worry all the toys are new, although now they share food Beethoven style, much to my dismay.
As i looked around and saw the beautiful roses and a monkey holding a box of chocolates, i began to almost shake, and i couldn't breathe wondering if this were truly what it seemed to be. 
fairwell, thanks giving extended family quiz, christmas sleep over.. then the perfect excuse to look at rings, my sister got married. 
this is actually after we had been dating for about a month and a half. ps I just noticed Vanessa in the picture she's so cute
I emailed him the standard 3 days later a quick, hi how are you here is my number email. Then we emailed everyday for the first couple they weren't long but soon we were emailing 3 pages twice a day, I looked forward to it, and couldn't wait to see what he said.
Now back to the first date... so you know that rule no single dates, for like I don't remember anymore, hmm. Not only to follow rules but also just in case we didn't hit it off well in person, we decided to have more than just us. so this beautiful date also happens to be my parents' anniversary. I told my mom i would babysit weeks before, so calvin said he and his friend could come help, so after begging Kaitlyn finally agreed to double at my house.
First my little sister answered the door calvin had forgotten what i looked like, and wasnt sure if it was me or not. Actually to be perfectly honest I was excited to remember just how cute he was too. Then when he saw me and it all came back to him we all went into the kitchen including susan, who kaitlyn had brought to make sure it wasn't really a double date, and mike. We all sat around the table with 7 dozen eggs, and colored easter eggs. PS my parents are still home, not wanting to leave with a strange boy in the house of course. we learned a little about each other, including that calvin was an artist, and what a water polo ball looked like. and then took the twins out for a game of tag. Now we all know that when you like someone you tag them so of course we ended up tagging each other a lot, and ended up in corners of the yard sometimes, which got us teased a little. But i was very impressed with how he also played with the twins.
Dinner time, all american pizza, and a movie. My mom ordered and brought down our pizza, which she called manly pizza, and she changed the movie to a manly movie.
we sat next to each other on the couch not touching or anything and i put my hand down in between us, he took it.
my mom called me upstairs, and told me to hold his hand, glad to obligue i returned to my spot, only slightly closer.
we finished the movie, and hugged good night.
"It's Calvin....." she whispered
"Oh my gosh its a sign today of all days I have on Calvin Klein underwear," not really sure what exactly it was a sign of, but I knew it had to be a sign. We all laughed.
I ran into him a few more times that day talked a little, but not that big of a deal really.
The next night there was supposed to be a dance, I guess we would see then wouldn't we. but i didn't have to wait we were in all the same events again. we ended up somehow sitting close to each other in our competition that day, i was excited at the chance to talk, and maybe flirt a little. However, we were also sitting next to, hmm how should i put this, an idiot, who was determined to argue with me, at first I couldn't help it because I didn't realize he was as dumb as he was so after arguing for maybe 10 minutes. I said something to try to get him to stop, so i could talk to calvin, i saw him smile at me and almost chuckle at the other guy, i knew then at least he wasn't an idiot, but it was too late he got called out. I hoped to see him again at the dance. but when the dance came my friends and i decided to go around collecting phone numbers, I decided I would get calvin's or give him mine maybe. He was no where to be found.
The last day of competition, at the closing, Calvin came over, I had been freezing all day so I borrowed a friend's jacket he insisted I wear, Calvin asked who's jacket I was wearing, I'm not sure anymore if he directly asked if it was a boyfriend, or just tiptoed around it, but after talking for a minute he left to go sit with his school.
I looked for him after but no sign of him anywhere so sadly I started down the hall, headed home. At the very end of the hall with his name card in had and his head down, was Calvin. He looked up and smiled at me, I walked over, saying a quick good bye to my friends. We talked for a couple seconds about who beat who in what competitions. then...
5 different events, the sad part of signing up for so many events is you can't visit with the new people. On the way to my first event I saw this gorgeous blonde who was very classy and very popular. I kept my eyes on her trying to work up my courage to talk to her. she turns the corner and i loose her in the crowd I was disappointed but i had no time to sulk i had a competition to go to i was cutting it close and had to sit in the front while waiting for each individual turn, people get bored. it's good to find ways to keep you entertained, as i scan the group to see if this was going to be a fun wait or a boring wait i see a sweet familiar smile, it was the beautiful blonde and to make it even better, the sweet smile was followed by her lovely voice, and it was talking to me, it said i love your tie. i didn't know what to 
say so the simple words of thanks, was the only thing i could say. it must have taken me a while to contemplate what to say next because when i started the sentence she was gone. To hopefully break the ice and get a chance to know her a little better i insisted everyone play a game of mafia, everyone enjoyed the game but the inevitable came and she left again i was sad i never would see her again. but little did i know out of 5 events she was in four after all the time together i knew i needed to get to know her better so i convinced myself to get her number, but i was dealt another devastating blow there she was with another guy in his jacket. i was so upset that she would lead me on when she was taken she sees me and comes over and starts to talk to me again after the competition i was unsure what to do so i gave her my number and email and left it up to her
this used to be the car port, and will hopefully someday be our bedrooms! The good news is we finally have water, and can now flush the toilet without leaving the flushed content on the basement floor, the first of the framing supplies should be delivered this week, and with any luck at all Jamie will fianlly get to take a bath at home tonight!!!
