whats in a name?

I got this from john's cousin's blog and i thought i was kind of interesting. i liked that it tries to make you look better then some of the character traits really mean. most of the stuff that describes me isn't true but i would like to believe it is. the only true part is the fact that i often get carried away with my thoughts and tend to over react and get jealous, as evident by my last post.

John's is a little bit more acurate to his personality but it did sound an aweful lot like mine.

Finally Jack, now this is what Jack could be like but seeing as he is only going to be 3 on monday we will have to wait and see if it is true.

Shannyn

You are the total package - suave, sexy, smart, and strong.You have the whole world under your spell, and you can influence almost everyone you know.You don't always resist your urges to crush the weak. Just remember, they don't have as much going for them as you do.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing.

You're a strong person.You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality.You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.

You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are a free spirit, and you resent anyone who tries to fence you in.You are unpredictable, adventurous, and always a little surprising.You may miss out by not settling down, but you're too busy having fun to care.

John

You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries.You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.

You are well rounded, with a complete perspective on life.You are solid and dependable. You are loyal, and people can count on you.At times, you can be a bit too serious. You tend to put too much pressure on yourself.

You are truly an original person. You have amazing ideas, and the power to carry them out.Success comes rather easily for you... especially in business and academia.Some people find you to be selfish and a bit overbearing. You're a strong person.

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

Jack

You are fair, honest, and logical. You are a natural leader, and people respect you.You never give up, and you will succeed... even if it takes you a hundred tries.You are rational enough to see every part of a problem. You are great at giving other people advice.

You are usually the best at everything ... you strive for perfection. You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive. You have the classic "Type A" personality.

You are very open. You communicate well, and you connect with other people easily.You are a naturally creative person. Ideas just flow from your mind.A true chameleon, you are many things at different points in your life. You are very adaptable.

You are a seeker of knowledge, and you have learned many things in your life.You are also a keeper of knowledge - meaning you don't spill secrets or spread gossip.People sometimes think you're snobby or aloof, but you're just too deep in thought to pay attention to them.

http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyournameshiddenmeaningquiz/

i'm probably just crazy

we have now made it through two whole weeks of jack in school and i swear i'm already noticing the growth jack is making. he is talking more and in complete sentences. today when i dropped him off he didn't even fuss at all and didn't care that i left. i picked him up and he knew the drill and started telling me all about what he did in class, he is actually doing puzzles now, playing with play dough, coloring and asking for things without whining. this may not seem like a big deal to other people but for jack it is huge. i have to say i'm very pleased to see all these improvements in such a short amount of time. i still don't get feed back from his teachers and i don't really know what all they do in class but it seems to be going well. am i crazy to think that there can already be that many improvments?

another thing that makes me crazy is the fact that i'm a mother and "gave birth" to my son but i was completely freak out with the idea of my sister going into labor while i was down there for her baby shower. i've never been around someone about to go into labor and i have no idea about all the warning signs that the baby is just around the corner. the whole weekend i was paranoid that the baby was just going to drop out or something. i know that, that is not what would happen, but again i'm crazy. i'm happy to report that my sister did have her baby girl, haylie and both are doing really well. she is a tiny, sweet and a beautiful little girl. it is nice to have another girl in the family finally.

this has been another look into my messed up mind and what goes through my head on a daily basis. it is a crazy place in there.

i'm a big kid now!

today was the day, jack started preschool. we talked to jack about it for several weeks, we taught him his teachers name told him he was a big boy and he had to carry his back pack by himself, he had to listen to the teacher, be nice to the other kids and most of all no whining. i know that last one was wishful thinking but we had to try right.

john decided that he was going to come with me to drop off jack on his first day, we got there early because that is how john rolls and we wait around until the teacher comes to the gate to let the kids in. of course because we got there too early we had to wait around and jack was not very happy about that and of course first thing he does is whine. finally the teacher and the aids come and we sign in our kids and they are suppose to line up and wait for everyone to be signed in then they are off to the play ground. jack was excited about the idea of playing but then he realized that mom and dad weren't coming with him, so he looks around for us and keeps trying to grab for my hand so i will go with him. he whines a little bit but goes over to the play ground with the teacher. one of the aids comes out so i tell her that jack tends to cry when he realizes that we aren't going to be there and then he will often make himself throw up and she says, "oh yours is the one who throws up." i didn't really like the tone of that comment but what can you do, my kid is that kid. i ask her what happens when he does that and she just said we calm him down and then move on. very rarely do they call the parents to come and get them. so with that john and i realized there wasn't much else we could do so we left. as we drove away i look in the play ground and there is little jack standing by the gate crying. it was hard for me to see that and not go over there to comfort him but i stayed strong and let him work it out with his teacher.

two and a half hours later i come back to school to pick him up and there he is right next to his teacher holding onto the gate waiting to be let out. to my surprise he is wearing the same outfit i dropped him off in (meaning he didn't throw up all over himself) there were no tears on his cheeks and no red face signifying that he cried the whole time. what a load off. the teacher did inform me that he did cry off and on but they managed to get him to stop and they said he had a fun time swining on the swings. i asked him in the car if he wanted to go back to school tomorrow and can you believe it, he said yes.

so there you have it, jack is now in school and seems to like it for the most part and i have two and a half hours to myself four days a week. swimming here i come!

My son is trying to kill me...

Yes, it's true. For the first time in his short life, Jack almost gave me a heart attack! While I am sure it won't be the last time he does this to his old man, it was the first.

Need a little background first. A few weeks ago, we were staying over at Steph's. I wake up to Jack whining. Nothing out of the normal, but then the whining starts moving down the hall. WHAT??? I got up, looked around, and found no adults who would have taken Jack out of his crib. Sure enough, the little bugger had engineered a crib break!

He has since tried it a few times with varying degrees of success, but for the most part I am pretty sure he ends up falling out of his crib since we have found him on the floor crying.

So last night, we decided to put him in his big boy bed since he always asks to sleep there but never actually sleeps. He did fine on Friday night so we figured he had got it down. Well after about 2 hours of listening to Jack play in his room, we decide it's time he goes back to the crib. Sure enough he falls right to sleep or so we thought.

As we are going to bed, I tell Shannyn, "I am going to go lower the crib rails in Jack's bed so if he tries to climb out, he doesn't fall as far."

So here I am, sneaking in to Jack's room in the dark. Trying so carefully to lower the rail without making noise. I get it lowered (pretty darn quietly I might add) and I am kind of staring at this mess of blankets in Jack's crib trying to make out where Jack is (did I mention it was dark). I can't make him out, so I start feeling around the bed. Nothing! That was the moment Jack almost gave me a heart attack. So I flick on the light, the little turkey had climbed out of his bed (without making a peep mind you because we had the monitor on) and in to his big boy bed where he was going to sleep for the night.

So there you have it, proof that Jack is trying to kill his old man. Maybe if I tell him he is not the beneficiary of my life insurance he will cut it out...

meet the teacher night

tonight was back to school night and an opportunity to take jack to meet his teacher and see his classroom. well we now know jack's teacher's name, mrs. zeek and that is about it. i tried to ask the teacher questions but i really didn't get very good answers. and top it all off the teacher didn't even really try to interact with jack. i know you all think i'm crazy but, one there was only one other family in there with us and two she is a developemental preschool teacher so shouldn't she be more out going and more approachable. i mean these are kids with "special needs." we went and spent about 40 minutes in there, jack loved all the toys and the "magic carpet" with all the shapes, but he could care less about the teacher. i know i shouldn't look to far into that but it makes me very nervous. jack tends to do whatever he wants in nursery and doesn't ever want to participate in group activities, what is he going to be like in school. i left back to school night not feeling very prepared and very anxious about the whole thing. i don't think it helped that i had to do this by myself, john was out of town unfortunately.

another interesting thing of note, while jack was playing with a bunch of cars in his classroom another kid older and bigger then jack came over and started to play. as soon as this kid sat down jack goes right over to him and pushes him and yells at him. jack has never done anything that aggressive before, he is usually the one who waits around until the kid is done playing with something and then takes his turn. school is going to be a rude awakening for the florez family. wish us luck and i will keep you all posted on the adventures in preschool, to which i'm sure there will be many.

no more vampires!!

i don't know if it is just me and the end of a series of books but i'm really not sure how i feel about the last book in the twilight series, breaking dawn. don't get me wrong it is a fast read and it had a couple twists in the book that i liked but i don't really think i loved it like i did the others. maybe it was just too much anticipation on my part for the book to live up to, or maybe i'm just mad the story is over and there will be no more edward in my life. i don't want to ruin it for those of you who haven't read it yet or are in the middle of reading it but i just wanted to put my thoughts out there. although i don't really think that i have said too much about what i really thought about it. i'll wait until i have someone i can discuss it with. anyone out there done yet??