Year: 2012

Russian Gymnast

When Ashton sleeps we swaddle his arms but keep his legs out because he is too tall for the swaddle blanket. This means we dress him in footie pants so his little toes don’t get cold. This also means that his pajamas end up looking like the outfits a Russian gymnast would wear. Tonight was so funny, Jason dressed him and brought him into the kitchen before swaddling, announcing “Next on the uneven bars…Ashtonovich Nillovich!!” I died laughing. (That’s Ash-TAWN-o-vitch NILL-o-vitch.)


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Return to normalcy

As you can imagine, the excitement over our news appearances last week has died down considerably. In fact, the spotlight has moved on completely and we have been forced back into our day jobs like ordinary people. Imagine! Luckily, my day job is hanging out with Ashton so things aren’t so bad 🙂 Especially when he naps like he is supposed to, i.e. today! Nap 1: 9:00 am to 11:20 am, Nap 2: 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Woo! Although, he really did owe me because he was up all night last night, it seems he forgot he was supposed to go until 5 am without a peep. He forgot BIG time. Anyway, while we have a big week coming up with an extraordinary amount of stuff going on, the past several days have been mostly chill. The mini is in the shop so we have been homebound and it has been ok for the most part. Ashton and I read stories and play and generally stay in our pajamas way too long. I am trying to help him learn how to sit up on his own. Today on his playmat he rolled from his back to his front and then back again, a few times in a row. Quick, someone call Channel 7 News!! Get them back here ASAP!

So I really don’t have much for my readers today except I finally began to work on our wedding album tonight. As a reminder, we got married on 9/26/09 but so much has happened and it has been such an overwhelming task that our album was never completed. I have to admit, it has been pretty fun to go back through our amazing pictures. For starters, how unbelievably handsome is my husband?

He’s at work right now and doesn’t know I’m posting this but when he does read it: I love you babe. Thank you for everything you do for our family and for always always staying positive, being patient, and for your encouragement on tough days. I wouldn’t (and couldn’t) be me without you.
Here are a couple more of my favorites from the day:

Don’t you want to be at this party right now?
I also admit I watched our wedding slideshow again tonight for the zillionth time. It never gets old and I feel so lucky all over again every time I look at our pictures. We have wonderful friends and family and now an adorable, healthy baby. Life is good 🙂 xoxo

Big day around here!

This morning started out as Ashton’s 5 month birthday. It ended as his 15 minutes of fame! Based on my previous posts and the state trooper arrest scandal, it has just been a parade of reporters and the doorbell has not stopped ringing all day. This must be what it feels like to be famous. Our downstairs neighbors had multiple messages on their machine wanting to get in touch with me (they have a listed landline), every time Jason answered the door the question was: “Where’s Kristen?” Everyone wants to know what I saw and they especially want my video footage of the arrest. Believe it or not, I have had a hard time deciding what to do. Yesterday morning I gave my one interview (with Ashton of course!) and gave Channel 7 my video. Jason was very noble today and fielded four other channels that came to our doorstep, graciously taking interviews on my behalf (this is a lie: he couldn’t wait to get on camera too, he’s quite the ham if you didn’t already know 😉 ). So Ashton and I premiered at noon on Channel 7, and Jason showed up on every other channel at 5 and 6…Jason was so funny, he said to me, “Between the three of us, we are public enemy number 1!” We’re releasing our videos, giving interviews and basically blowing this up! 
But here’s a question. I had a way better video than Jason and I did not give it to anyone other than Channel 7. Including Jason. Every reporter that showed up today wanted my video and I left it to Jason to say “No, Kristen is not available and no, I don’t have her video”. [Look at me, I’m so famous I refuse interviews! haha. It was mainly because I looked like crap and didn’t want to be on camera. But also I was tired of talking about it.] Anyway, I found myself not wanting to give out my video to every reporter. I felt I had already released it to Channel 7 and I didn’t want to be a news whore, just giving it up to anyone who came a-knockin. So I hope Byron Barnett at 7 News appreciates that he has the exclusive!! He probably doesn’t of course because while this is a huge brush of fame for 346 Trapelo Rd, in the grand scheme of things this is one small news story on one small day for him. In any event, any news station in Boston talking about the state trooper’s arrest and extortion case will have some photo, video, or interview because of (and including) me, Jason and/or Ashton. It’s a family affair.
And now there’s only one thing left to do. We need to get Ashton an agent, and ASAP. He was so cute in his first TV appearance that we’re bound to be flooded with calls 🙂  5 months suits him quite well, he’s always camera-ready and his little blond buzz cut is to die for. Plus, he’s so eloquent: could there be any questions left when your interview subject makes these kinds of noises??

Sleep Progress and…an arrest!!

Ashton went to sleep at 6:15 pm, woke up at 1:30 am, cried for 23 minutes (I did not go in) and put himself back to sleep until 5:05 am! YAAAAY!!! Granted, I fed him at 5, then he was up for the day at 6:45 am but it made for his first nap at 8:45 am so we adjusted. I think 6:45 was a bit early for him too because he slept from 8:45 am – 11:15 am afterwards. I’ll take it. Wondering what tonight will hold.

However, WAY more interesting news. Literally, news. Last Saturday, New Year’s Eve day, at approximately 3:30 pm, there was a huge FBI sting that happened right outside our house. Unmarked cars, guns drawn, the works. Jason was in the shower getting ready to go to work, I scared the crap out of him because I ran into the bathroom yelling about the FBI swarming outside of our house haha. Also, poor Ashton- I had been feeding him on the couch when I heard the yelling start so he never really got to finish. I’ll save the whole story for when I actually have the footage, but Ashton and I were interviewed by Channel 7 this morning about the incident (they knocked on our door- thanks Katie 😛 ) and were supposed to be on the news at 6 pm but some stupid hockey game got pushed back and messed everything up. Anyway, it’s a huge deal that everyone is talking about because it was a state trooper that they arrested – I know all the details because I witnessed it, and Channel 7 has my personal video they plan to air, except I don’t know the WHY. Something juicy I imagine. They had the guy face down practically in our driveway with no less than 8 cars and 20 people surrounding him, talking on their radios, etc. Hopefully my next blog post I can link to my news interview. Of course I could have looked much better had I known I was going to be on the air oh well. The best part was that I was holding Ashton the whole time so he is making his television debut at the tender age of 5 months. For now, this is the only thing that has shown up in the news (and it is not Channel 7)- stay tuned!

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/news/30119180/detail.html

Happy New Year

It was a quiet one around here! Jason had to work and Tate and Ashton fell asleep pretty early – Katie came over for dinner but after that, it was just me. Not too different from last year as I was alone then too, but had just found out I was pregnant so at least this year I got to have a glass of wine. Oh, did I say that my night last night was quiet? I meant at least until Ashton woke up for the first time. Three nights ago I had posted that I was officially sleep training him and he was just going to have to cry it out. I was not going into his room until 5 am if I knew he was otherwise okay but just looking for comfort and attention. Well Night #1 he cried from 11:15 pm to 1 am and then I gave in 😦 Night #2 he slept from 7 pm-4 am and I was so proud of him that I happily responded to the monitor even though it was an hour before my deadline. And then last night, #3. He woke up at midnight on the dot, WAILING, and cried until 1:30 am. Then he woke up again at 3:30 am and cried til 4:45 am. At that point he fell asleep til almost 7 am which I was happy with but those two crying spells were pretty tough to take. Luckily my new iPhone 4s kept me company, we played scrabble and watched funny YouTube videos while Ashton’s cries went on and on. It was pretty miserable 😦 I watched him from my bed and did not give up or give in. Tonight is #4 (really #2, I feel like last night was the first successful training night), he went to sleep at 6:15 pm and I have no idea what I will get tonight. I tried to tell Ashton that his new year’s resolution was to sleep more, we’ll see if he heard me.