Forever Team Twilight.

*Warning- This post contains a RIDICULOUS amount of Twilight. If you are offended/irritated by, or just dislike Twilight and the subsequent Stephenie Meyer novels, discontinue reading this and go find something else to do. I recommend failblog or cakewrecks. THIS is a 'safe place' for Twilight fans*  


During the last month of my very first pregnancy, I picked up a book. It was the middle of july in 2008, I was nearing the end of my rope and needed the kind of escape from reality that only a good book could offer. Being that I worked in a bookstore, I had access to a nice little handful of books and had a mental list of what I wanted to read (still do for that matter) Someone had mentioned that a book was being made into a movie, and being the nerd that I was, I decided that I needed to go ahead and read it before the movie came out. So I waddled myself to my place of work and purchased Twilight.

I read it.

I loved it.

I bought New Moon.

I read it.

I loved it.

I bought Eclipse

I read it. 

I loved it. 

I partially blame the fact that I was pregnant for the intensity with which I dove into becoming a "Twi-nerd" (I refuse to be called a 'twi-hard' because I do Twilight MY way!)
 Either way, I was hooked. I immediately pre-ordered my copy of "Breaking Dawn" (Which was only 4 weeks away from its release date) and sat around waiting for my baby to be born, and for my book to be released. When it came out, I had a two week old baby that I carried with me to Hastings, at 11:30p.m. to wait for midnight so I could buy my book, cause thats how I roll!

I read it TOO.

I loved it TOO.

That was when I started to get excited about the movies. I proceeded to get tickets for the midnight releases of each movie as they each came out. I won't get into what I thought of each movie, as my opinions are varied for each film. Overall I love them, though if I wanted to I could get very nit-picky.

Being the AWESOME big sister that I am (no brag, just fact) I convinced both my little sisters to read the books. Both sisters loved them, but for some reason, it brought me and Jennifer closer. We had always had a pretty awesome connection (being sisters and all....and also the fact that EVERYWHERE we go people tend to go on about how much we look alike...) but this sealed it, and from then on we were bound together as Twi-nerds forever!
 Well, starting about a year ago, Jen and I decided that we wanted to do something extra special for Breaking Dawn. We were obviously going to see the midnight show, but we wanted to go a little further. (If you are still reading this, remember I WARNED you it was going to get Twi-nerdy!) 
 I checked out my local movie theater (my NEW local theater, since I moved) and found that they were doing a twilight marathon before the midnight show. Well I just HAD to get in on that! I got tickets a month ahead of time for my sister and myself. My sweet husband told me he would stay home and take care of the kids for me (he usually does the midnight shows with us, how lucky am I?) I then made preparations for our "Day of Twilight" as I started thinking of it. I bought black t-shirts and painted on them, I made some SUPER comfy pajama bottoms to match, and I acquired some body glitter and feathers to complete things (see I TOLD you it was going to get bad!) 
The weeks and then days leading up to November 17 my sister and I blasted each others facebook pages with encouraging words of excitement about our upcoming "Twi-day", youtube links to Bruno Mars and Christina Perri songs, and the latest pictures and teaser trailers. I know that I personally caught alot of flack from the "Twi-haters" but I just didn't care!
Finally the day came! I picked up my sister and we came to my house to get ready.

It helps that we are ADORABLE!

On the front: Team Edward, He can: Bust my headboard, Bite my pillows
and Bruise my body any day!

We donned our comfy PJ pants and t-shirts that I had painstakingly hand-painted,

And on the back: "Why am I covered in FEATHERS?"

pinned our hair back with white feathers (if you have read the book you will understand this) artfully applied glitter to our faces and necks, gave ourselves Twilight saga manicures (its all in the details for us)

And we were ready to go!
  We got to the theater at around 3:15 and found a line already forming for the midnight show! I smiled a little smugly as I walked past the line of girls camped out on the floor, knowing that while, yes, I too would be waiting for the same thing, I would be waiting in a cushioned theater seat, watching twilight movies rather than sitting on a hard tile floor watching people buy popcorn.
 We found some good seats in our theater and got comfortable, watching our movies. Since we have seen the older twilight movies MANY times before, we spent alot of the time talking through them and making a myriad of inside jokes throughout. After the first movie started, one of Jen's best friends, Staci, showed up and joined our ridiculousness. between almost every movie we would make a trip to the snack bar for candy, popcorn, nachos, pizza and soda. At one point Jen and Staci made a trip to a convenience store for a wider selection of candy.

Chillin' in our seats, lovin' life.....and Edward!

 FINALLY after 8 hours of waiting and watching Edward and Bella falling in love, and Jacob taking his shirt off, it was time for what we had been waiting for; Breaking Dawn part 1!
 We were so keyed up by this point that the entire movie became almost a religious experience!
From the wedding (*sigh*), the honeymoon (*SIGH*) the EXCELLENT portrayal of the vampire pregnancy, Jacob leaving the pack, and the SUPER scary, but AWESOME birth of Renesmee scene, the FANTASTIC imprinting montage, and of course Bella changing into a Vampire, we spent more time on the edges of our seats, squealing and squeezing the life our of each others hands than anything else.
  Needless to say we had an INCREDIBLE time! We spent the drive home that night incredulating about how much we loved it, and talking about when we could see it again! (I took Robert to see it the very next day, HE loved it too. I am a LUCKY girl!!)
 I have to say that I am not happy with whoever made the decision to make us wait another YEAR before we can see part 2, but since I have no choice, I will wait, and make as big of a nerd of myself as I did for this one!

Anne Geddes, Eat Your Heart Out!

Sometimes I have to sit back and let the little things in life grab my attention and captivate me. I know that if I sit around waiting for something spectacular to happen I will spend my entire life waiting. Which is nothing short of a waste of time.

The other evening I had gone upstairs to shower and get ready for bed. When I was finished blow drying my hair, Andrew (who I had already put to bed earlier) came into my room and climbed onto my bed next to me with the sweetest grin on his face and said, "Mommy, I wanna snuggle you?" I knew that I should tell him to go right back to bed, but that grin made it pretty impossible to do so. I sat back on my pillow, turned on the food network and encouraged my little boy to snuggle into the crook of my arm, which he did and we proceeded to watch about a half an hour of "cook" (anytime I watch the food network he says, "Mommy's watching cook") It was lovely and peaceful and when the show was over, I put him back into his little bed, covered him up and kissed him one more time as he curled up on his side with another sweet smile on his face. I realized then that I had not seen Robert and Aubrey in a little while, so I decided to go downstairs and check on them. 

This is what I found:

Photoshop? Picnik? NOOO She looked like this, all soft and
ethereal when I took the picture...I swear!

I could not resist taking a picture of my angelic baby girl sleeping on her daddy's tummy before getting them both into their respective beds.

It is evenings like this one that make me realize how beautiful my life can be, without me even trying to make it be that way.

(It also helps to have magnificently beautiful offspring....just sayin')

I am still here, I promise!

 So, I am sure you are all very worried about me, since its been a MONTH and a HALF since I last blogged!
"But Corinne, there must be some reason you haven't posted in SO LONG! Inquiring minds want to know!"
Well let me tell ya.....I don't have any kind of good answer. I guess I am just not as amazing as some of the great, dedicated bloggers out there. So what if I am no Julia! So what if I can't come up with witty clevernesses about my kids and husband EVERY OTHER DAY like she can...... Anyways....
 I am sure that all five of you who read this are on the edges of your seats wondering what has been up with me all this time! WELL, I have decided to do a little recap of the past 6 weeks or so.
 Here goes:

Kids 
    My babies are, as always, beautiful and well. 

SO. MUCH. CUTENESS!!!!!

Andrew: is stubborn. I have been valiantly trying to get him to use the potty for a while now. I started MONTHS ago and he just had no interest, so we backed off for a while. I gave him his space. Then, a few weeks ago we started trying again. Its still pretty hit or miss. I think the biggest problem is that my son, is lazy. He would rather sit and watch the "Bubble Guppies" than walk the ten steps it takes to get to the bathroom and sit on his 'frog'. I have to ask him every so often if he needs to go potty. More often than not, he doesn't answer and I have to tell him to go "try". He usually does, and is usually successful, so I am hopeful that we will get this potty training business over with...soon. *dreamingofonlyonekidindiapers*

Aubrey: is ambitious. It took me until Andrew was nearly nine months old to get him to crawl. Aubrey was all over the place at six months. She has been pulling up to a standing position for the past two months and for the past several weeks has been letting go so she is standing on her own. She will look at me, smile and clap her hands, which is, lets face it, the cutest thing in the entire world and DEMANDS me to respond each and every time. I have no doubt in my mind that she will be walking/running all over my house by Christmas. *sigh* I am not entirely sure how I feel about that yet...

Running   

Still doing it. 3 miles a day. Jeans are getting looser.......

My Birthday 

 On October 12 I became closer to 30 than I am to 20.... (I turned 26) I am coming to terms with it. Its not that I worry about getting older. Quite the contrary, I have always thought like an old person, I might as well BE an old person. The problem is, that I don't really FEEL like an old person yet, which I guess is good and all, but slightly awkward because I really DO have to be the "grown up" now.  Like I said, coming to terms with it. 

    My incredibly sweet, and thoughtful, husband asked me what I wanted for my birthday. I told him I hadn't had a real "birthday party" since I was 16 (and it was kind of a small affair) I told him I wanted a "tenth anniversary of my sweet sixteen" party, and it turned out to be really fun! We had it at the teen club, which meant there were ALOT of teenagers there, which was fine, but also a decent handful of my own friends, which made me happy! We danced, we ate cupcakes and soda, we hung out, and had a really great time, and after all, isn't that what birthday parties are all about?

Ocularity 

 I got glasses. The general response to this is, "Since when do you wear glasses?" The answer is, technically since I was about 13, but because I am far sighted and don't really have to wear them all the time, I quit for a while. However, I have been having to strain my eyes to see more and more lately and it gives me headaches, so I broke down and made an appointment with the optometrist. Now I can see, and as an added bonus, I get to look like a pseudo-hipster most of the time! Win :)

Television

 Soooooo I have a dvr now, aaaaand I kind of love it. As a result I am able to watch ALOT more television shows than I used to, AND at my leisure!  Here they are for your own random knowledge, some of my favorite shows! (at least the ones that show up most often on my dvr :P)

• 'How I Met Your Mother' - I know this one has been on for a while, but I only just recently got into it. Jason Segal and Neil Patrick Harris...Love it!
• 'Pan Am'- With a pilot for a husband, we had to get into this one, I must say, I am really kind of liking it.
• 'Once Upon a Time' - Okay, this show was like, custom made for me! I ADORE the fairy tale premise and how it intertwines with the modern story! Awesome!
• 'American Horror Story'- This one definitely has a creepy premise, but a REALLY interesting storyline. I am kind of captivated by the whole thing, and I really want to know what is up with that house!
• 'The Sing Off'- This is my all time favorite music competition on television! No accompaniment at all, now THAT takes talent!
• 'Up All Night' - fantastic, mid week hilarity :)
• 'Chuck' 
• Cooking shows, Rachel Ray, Alton Brown, Ina Garten, need I say more??
• 'Sister Wives' - But only because I enjoy sitting with my husband and making fun of the whole thing.

Halloween 

 I love the Fall/Winter Holidays, SO much! Halloween is the one that starts them all, so I like to try and do as much as I can to celebrate it. This year I got to do halloween THREE separate times!! The first was a small party hosted by a good friend of mine. We basically hung out, ate snacks and played 'dirty minds' which ended up being hilarious. I dressed up for this one as the little mermaid. Since my hair has been a spectacular red color lately, I decided to make use of it. It was honestly the easiest costume I have ever come up with. I basically bought a couple of yards of muslin and made a length of rope and tied them both around me and voila! Little mermaid, right-after-she got legs costume! 

  The second Halloween was the Lock-in at the Teen club. This was also a costume party so I decided to dress up this time as a twilight vampire from the 1800's (Thats right, I am a Twi-nerd! What are you gonna do about it?!?!) My baby sister decided to go vamp too. I think we looked pretty hot...

The third halloween was the actual halloween night. This night was for the kids. Andrew got to have his first, real experience, trick or treating! We took him to my in-laws neighborhood (a.k.a. the Rich neighborhood) 

He would hesitate after knocking on the door and back WAY up, it was so cute!

      Andy was a cute cowboy!                                         Aubrey was an adorable baby bumble bee!

All in all it was a very successful night, for my little boy. He ended up with a nice amount of candy in his little pumpkin bucket. Plenty for Mommy and Daddy him to enjoy for a while.

You gotta love how the rich neighborhoods always hand out the good stuff!

So thats what has been going on with me! I will get better about posting, besides, this time of year, there is always alot to write about!