SUPER FUN SATURDAY!

:: Aquarium Day with Analee, her husband David - you know "Tall Guy, Wicked Dance Moves", their good friend Christi, my Mommy, and my Grandma!

:: Dinner at Lupe Tortilla with Rob and the cute little mexican BFF Amanda -
I know, I've totally been spoiled with Lupe twice already this year!

:: Game Night with the Landrums and Rob's little Bro - Scott!

Well - the aquarium is the only part that I have pics of so - that's what the rest of the blog is about!


THE DOWNTOWN AQUARIUM ADVENTURE!

:: In the actual aquarium part we saw your typical aquatic type creatures along with a parrot and a tiger! The highlights of the attraction included:

A touch tank

which Analee got up close and personal with!

There was also deep sea diving


A Tiger Attack!

- and really though - the tiger literally jumped up on the glass to maul Christi. I was too busy screaming like a little girl to get a picture of the actual attack - but I feel the above photo depicts a fair representation :)

Apparently the tiger didn't think Christi was very Tasty

We ended the aquarium tour with a trip through the gift shop. Now, just about any where you go with Analee and David ends up being something hilarious and the gift shop was no exception.

David found a little shark puppet on a stick type thing and pretty much made his own documentary about it preying on innocent animals... at least he included himself :)

Fully intending to get our $5 worth - we headed outside to check out the rides!

We had all been desperately looking forward to the Shark Voyage Train Ride so that was first on the list!

Seeing all of the unexcited faces coming off of the train ride - you would never have thought it would have turned out to be the highlight of our day!

This guy here caused quite the memories! Apparently he reminded Analee and Christi and David of the guffaw-ing shark from Strange Wilderness. If you don't know what I'm talking about - imagine a sort of buck-toothed hillbilly hearty chuckle... or you can find it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctiJ_GCuc4U
This chuckle went on literally for the rest of the day... a huh huh huh!

Near the end of the train ride there was a surprise shark attack from mechanical shark that nearly had all six of us jumping off the train! When I say surprise - I mean surprise!! It startled the crap out of us! Now, if the above mentioned noises didn't have us in a silly enough mood already - the ridiculousness of the shark attack really had us going! We pretty much laughed for the rest of the afternoon. I just didn't understand why the other people coming off the train before us weren't at least smiling!

OK - enough of that...

so we ended the day with Ferris Wheel and Carousel Rides :)

and ended up with some cute souvenir photos as well :)

For more pics from the day - http://picasaweb.google.com/melissa.skolaski/AquariumAdventureDay?feat=directlink

All Growed Up

Sorry its been so long folks - every once in awhile I actually have to do some work while I'm at the office and my blog time gets cut.
Completely unfair - I know...

So LAST WEEK! Rob and I went to visit our good buddy - the new home owner - Justin!


He found a steal of a foreclosure deal and after having seen the outside before closing - we finally got to see the inside!

His sweet Mom, Aunt and Grandma are helping him gussy up the place with fresh paint and furniture and some classic Texas-y bachelor-y decorations. You know - Texas shape and boot shape cutting boards on the wall in the kitchen and a duck on the mantle. Oh yeah - and a large TV and a recliner. Really - what more does a single dude need? You're absolutely right - Beer!


Of course he had beer! Although it wasn't a manly beer that Rob approves of - but a form of fermented brew nonetheless.

Congrats Justin! We're very much looking forward to the first house party - if Grandma and Auntie let you ;) just kidding... kinda...

OH BILLY!!!

Little known fact - when I was in Junior High I had a pet hedgehog named Oscar! Super fun little guy!

Kinda bored during lunch today so I google "super cute baby stuff". I mean - who doesn't do that in their spare time?

After a few pics of popcorn, puppies and tu-tus (random?)... we have this:

Are you kidding me?!

I just about fell out of my chair... Maybe I can convince Rob that Edie will need a pet Hedgehog too :)

I think more girls would have watched Sonic if they had cute little baby Sonics too...

You can find more ridiculous pics of this little guy here: http://www.snootypaws.com.au/blog/index.php/super-cute-baby-hedgehog-pictures/

Out of Control right?!

Gig Em

Saturday night we gathered at Papa Skolaski's house for the Southwest Classic.

Highlight of the night - Debbie's Brownies!

Where is that Homer gargle noise when you need one? MMMM... Brownies...

(just pretend thats a brownie there instead)

I didn't really pay much attention to the game - I'm pregnant and there was lots of food :)
I do know that the Aggie's started off winning and then got completely shut down... maybe next time fellas... yeah, next time ...

We still have to show love for our maroon and white though.

Wendel and Debbie surprised us with Edie's first Aggie swag! I'll have to take pics tonight and post them - but there was an adorable little 'Aggie Princess' onesie with pink and maroon dots and a cute little A&M pacifier with a clip that says something funny about TU sucking... or something along those lines. Pretty cute!

Of course the other fun part of the night - as usual - is our nephew Mr. Logan Lounder... that boy's cuteness is just out of control. I don't care if he's covered in ketchup, playing with dog toys or drooling spaghetti sauce into his moms water glass... he's just stinkin cute :) oh, and that Papa Wendel is alright too ;)

veintiséis

Yesterday marked the beginning of our 26th week! So excited to be only 2 weeks away from the third trimester - which I'm hoping and assuming is going to fly by - especially with all of the Holidays and festivities thrown in there!

This week Edie weighs a pound and two-thirds and measures 14 inches long - the vegetable for comparison for the week:

An English Hothouse Cucumber

uh... ok BabyCenter... you guys are nutso.

Also for this week - it says her ears are better developed and are more sensitive. Yesterday morning I treated her to Jam Session of Fall Out Boy during our morning commute! :)

OOH! And I forgot to tell you guys - results came back from my blood test last week - and thank goodness we are Gestational Diabetes Free!!! WOO!

In other baby news from the week - I bought my first piece of Maternity Clothing (thanks again for the gift card MIL Debbie!) Its intended purpose is for the Baby Shower(s). Oddly enough I am still comfortably fitting into my regular clothes... So I thought maybe a prego shirt would make me look more prego for the Shower! We'll see if it works!

Holiday is 6!

Our sweet little pup Holiday - also known as Holly, Holly Bear, Booger, Booger Bear and Boogaloo to name a few - turned 6 years old on Sunday! That's 42 in dog years!

Holly is probably the sweetest, cuddly-est, smartest, funnest dog ever. Yes, ever!

Her favorite food is just about anything that falls on the floor. She also enjoys wood and paper products.

Her favorite toy is her stuffed squirrel.

Her favorite activities include sun bathing, people watching, cuddling, licking, and lap sitting.

She loves everyone - she's excited to see every one and she doesn't discriminate between laps... any lap will do!

And the best part is - she tolerates me taking obnoxiously close photos of her!

Yesterday would have been celebrated with a trip to the dog park - but it rained all day... instead, we kept the patio door open so she could go in and out as she pleased. She very much misses her doggy door...

Saturday she did get to enjoy a play day with her Uncle BJ and Aunt Bailey over at Granny's house and got a surprise visit from her Great Grandma Billie too!

Happy Birthday Booger! We Love you!

H-Town Ink

The plan for Monday night was to go cheer on my little cousin Patrick at his football game with the rest of Kelly family. It typical Houston-in-the-Fall fashion... it got rained out. With traffic, I probably would have been late any way...

Plan B - hang out with the Dudes at Scorpion Studios http://scorpionstudiostattoo.com/ while Tracy worked on Rob's Tattoo!! I hadn't been since the first session - which was probably 8 months ago...

The shop is one of my favorite places to take pictures too because there are lots of neeto things there!


pretty colors!


and Rob and Tracy make the best faces during tattoo sessions :D

Fortunately for Rob - Unfortunately for me - this part of the tattoo didn't hurt too much so I wasn't able to get a real "I'm a man and I'm trying not to show that this hurts like hell" face...


Sometimes I can't tell whether Tracy's expression is a grin to himself about getting to stab people with needles or if its an "I'm doin' work" face...

Tracy also surprised us with a gift for "the Kid". "What Kid?" Rob asks... oh yeah... Edie! It still takes a minute sometimes to remember that we are having a Kid!

We like his taste in shirts :)