A Stay at Home Problem

So, as many of you know I was a working mom until July. I worked a lot of hours, too. Weekends, holidays, everything. I was pretty well put together since I had to look like I knew what I was talking about when I was selling clothing to pregnant women. What has happened to me? Now that I stay home with the kids I am a complete mess. Some days I can't even get out of my pajamas until just before Joey gets home (I wouldn't want him to think I've been lazy all day). It's bad when you are afraid someone is going to knock at the door because you don't want anyone to see you: in your pj's, hair everywhere, glasses still on, etc. It's not like I'm not doing anything, usually, it's just that I have a million other things to do before I remember I haven't even combed my hair. Even when we are going somewhere that day I get the kids looking cute as can be and end up using up all of my time so I pull my hair back into a quick ponytail and run out the door. I usually save makeup for the VERY RARE nights out with Joey, and that tells you I actually get "fancied up" about once every two or three months. You know that Suave (I think) commercial where it talks about motherhood happening to your hair? Yep, they got that idea by seeing me!

Our Trip to the Gateway Mall

We decided to ride Frontrunner for the first time the other day and went to the Gateway Mall. Duffy had a ton of fun on the train and later with his ice cream, not so much with the shopping though! Maisy slept as usual since she was in her wrap, I LOVE MY SLEEPYWRAP! There are a couple of misc pics of Maisy and Me too.

The Grand Unveiling

Here they are, the 2008 Halloween Costumes! We have been working hard on these and finally they are done! We took our annual trip to Gardner Village today and had so much fun. We took lots of pictures and here are some of the best. Everywhere we went people were saying how cute the kids looked, and I believe them! Enjoy!

Just for Jana

In honor of Jana's list of fashion faux pas, here's a picture of my dad getting ready to go camping. We are always trying to get him to stop wearing boots with shorts, black with brown, and tucking in EVERY shirt he owns. For some reason he won't listen. This is a picture of his brown work boots with shorts and long black socks. Hope you like it!

Our Trip to the Fire Station

We had so much fun at the Syracuse fire station open house. We got to look at the cool stuff, picked up lots of goodies, dressed up like firemen, and Duffy even got to drive the new fire truck (the tire was taller than Duffy!).

Mini Golfing

The O'Keefes love to golf! We went to the mini golf course up at East Canyon and here are the pics. Duffy got the golf bag and clubs from Daddy (of course), he thinks he's Tiger Woods. Maisy just hung out in her wrap like she normally does. At first she was smiley but then she just fell asleep.

Anyone else hate cheap crap?

Ok, so I bought a swimsuit at the beginning of September specifically for my water aerobics class (I know you are all jealous). I have class, at the most, twice a week so by my calculations I have worn the suit about 10 or 11 times. I just got it out of the washer to go to class tonight and it has gone completely see-thru in certain areas. What? Alright, I am a bargain shopper and only paid $20 for it but it was regularly $78 do you know how mad I'd be then? Just wanted to vent on how bugged I am about this!

Hospital Pics

This is us at McKay-Dee and our first ride home (the carseat pics)

Our Beautiful Baby Girl

Here are some pics from our pregnancy and new baby girl Maisy. Aimee took our belly pics and we had quite an adventure that night, Duffy was supposed to get more pics with us but he stole a nickel out of grandma and grandpa's slot machine and swallowed it. I freaked out and took him into the doctor who just said to wait for it to pass. Guess I've learned my lesson on that one!

Getting ready for fall!

This is our first attempt at blogging, we'll try to keep up on it! These days we are just getting adjusted to fall. We love the summer but are glad for a little cooler temperatures, not the snow though! Joey just got back from golf trip to Phoenix and stepped out of 85 degree temps there to snow on the ground here. We're glad he even came back! He won the trip in a golf tournament here at home and got to fly out there for 4 days of golf, sun, and football. They even got to go the Arizona Cardinals game against the Dallas Cowboys and had 19th row seats. He didn't take a camera with him of course, so sorry, no pictures!
Duffy went out and played in the snow with Grandpa and Aimee the other day and made a pumpkin head snowman, it was so cute. He can't stop talking about the snow. It used to be that everytime he woke up he would say "It's nice day today?" but now it's "Snow's cold, huh?"
Maisy looks like she is getting so close to rolling over, I can't believe it. But you know how babies are, she might look like she's going to but not actually do it for months! She's getting so big already, it makes me sad.
I'm just busy with school. I took a lot of classes this semester so I feel like I am constantly doing homework or studying. It's kind of strange to be back in that routine after so long, but it's nice. I really do enjoy it. I'm also trying to get the Halloween costumes done for our annual trip to Gardner Village next Thursday, Grandma will probably have to rescue me again! I say every year that next year I'm not making homemade costumes but in the end they turn out so cute, I can't help myself. Duffy is going to be a spider and Maisy will be a bumblebee. I'll post pics later. Well, that's all today. I don't have current pics for what is going on now so I'll just post some older ones, hope you enjoy!