Go Texans!

We had a fantastic time at the Texans event!! It was fun to try the food, drink some drinks, meet the players and cheerleaders and see what the world looks like from the stadium floor! Before we left, we toured places like the locker room, workout room, players lounge and got some cool autographs and pictures. I hope that my boss doesn't want to attend again next year!!! LOL Thanks Michael!

'08 ALL ACCESS TEXANS!!!

So my fab new boss gave Chip and I All Access VIP Passes to a special private event on Thursday night where you get to meet the players and cheerleaders and tour the weight room, locker room, training room and players lounge. It's a drink and greet kind of event and I can't wait!!! We already can't wait for football season to start again and this is just very exciting! I hope to take lots of pictures and get tons of cool autographs so I will be sure to update asap!

Memorial Day

Memorial Day weekend was good just not near long enough! I feel like I start out the week with a clean slate, then all week long, I have no time so my life just keeps piling up so by the time the weekend gets here, I'm working all weekend to get ready for the coming week! Sort of seems unfair :) Anyway, I really didn't do anything fantastic or exciting. Just hung out and tried my best not to work!!! Saturday morning, all the grand kids (from Chip's parents side) all got together in Kingwood for a photo shoot. It was really cute to see them all together and I can't wait to see the proof's to see if they got any cute shots!!! Trevor & Gina's daughter's birthday was Saturday evening and I had to miss the event but I hope she had a great birthday!! Chip said she seemed to have a good party. Sunday, Kirk, Denise & Chip woke up early and had a crawfish boil at the Greer's house!!! Maddie and I stopped by for a few minutes to say hi and to taste the finished product and I must admit - they were pretty darn good! The boys can for sure cook! Then Maddie and I headed off to our first visit to the pool for the year!! I'm sure our casper white skinned blinded most but we had a good time playing at the splash pad! Yesterday was spent hanging out and just getting ready for today - which I was still not ready for come 5:30 am this morning!!! Other then that, on the Madison front, she is doing her best to crawl and walk. She's talking up a storm, teething and is getting so big!!! This week will be her 7 month birthday!

Happy Birthday Daron!

I looked EVERYWHERE trying to find a great picture of Daron to put on the blog - only problem is....they are all on my old computer at Questia (boohoo) SO, he escapes this ONCE! I will find a good one eventually :)
Happy birthday Daron! We hope you have a great day! We miss you and still don't understand why ya'll live in Kanab.....Someday, Maddie & Addy will be able to play together like they are supposed too! Love ya!

More Pics....

Madison at 6 months.....

They Grow Up So Fast!

So, it's been a while since I had some Madison "news" or even an updated picture!! Forgive the poor pictures - not only did I take them on my blackberry but it was also like 6:30 am and she was not in the mood (or awake enough!) to be camera ready!!! She looks so different! Here's the scoop - my 6 1/2 month old daughter (can you believe it's been that long!?!?! I really need to workout!!!) anyway, is sitting up on her own (SO CUTE), sleeping through the night (Thank Goodness!!) and eating baby solid foods! It's so hard to believe that it was 6 months ago when I couldn't wait to not be pregnant anymore. Time has flown by, way too fast! By this Halloween, she'll be a year old. I've loved every moment with her and she's still BY FAR the best thing that I've ever done!

Happy Mother's Day

Best First Mother's Day!!! Chip & Madison took me to brunch at Azzerelli's. It was fantastic! The food was incredible and we got to stop and chat with the owner for a few moments who was very nice. We talked about his new baby and Madison who was being her flirty self :) The rest of the day was spent getting things in order then it was off to my mom's for dinner with the rest of the family. My dad went and got Maddie a baby pool for his house until the real thing is done!!! All in all, it was a wonderful weekend and a great day. Thank you to everyone who called and sent me text messages! VERY sweet of you to think of me! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well! Happy Mommy's Day!

Texans Support Lemonade Day

Really fantastic article on Lemonade Day!!!
http://www.houstontexans.com/community/Story.asp?story_id=4303

Takin' A Dip

Since MeMe & PaPa's pool isn't expected to be complete until July, Daddy wanted to make sure she was ready for the "big pool" by letting her take her first "dip" in a baby pool - she's gonna go NUTS in the real thing!!! We can't wait!

The Unerfusser's Meet The Bagwell's

To celebrate the HUGE success of Lemonade Day around Houston, we were invited to the "after party" at Taco Milagro. We all had a great time celebrating Lemonade Day's success and it was fun to meet the Bagwell's who were a big part of making yesterday great. There were over 10,000 Lemonade Stands all over Houston yesterday! Pretty impressive!! Miss Madison was the hit of the party - she even got her picture taken with Jeff for a magazine!!! The press loved her and she LOVED the cameras!!! We'll be keeping this one for her scrap book for sure!

Shopping Bummer!

So to celebrate my new job my fantastic hubby drove me to the new outlet mall off 290 to take me shopping. Much to my disappointment, I really wasn't that impressed. I didn't like it too much. After going in almost every store we could find, we left with nothing!!! Can you believe it!?!? There was a huge line outside the Coach store (still) so we didn't even bother - there was nothing in there I wanted that bad!! LOL
The area and the mall is beautiful but it's VERY far from our house and I'm not sure we'll be going back any time soon. Sunday we did however wake up early and went shopping around our side of town and ended up finding me a ton of cute stuff for the new gig :) I hope everyone else has more luck at the outlet mall then we did :)

9 Lives

So, like a cat people, I seem to have 9 lives!!!
I have FANTASTIC news! I'm employed again! Exactly 8 (working) days from being "laid off" from Questia, I've happily accepted an offer to be Michael Holthouse's assistant. This is like the Super Bowl of assistant jobs. This is the best of the best and I'm honored and very excited to be given this opportunity! For those of you who don't know who he is, Google him - chances are you will know of him or something he's done. He's a fantastic guy who's doing really fantastic things around Houston.
I really appreciate every one's efforts in my job search! Will update more soon.....

A Day With Daddy

Saturday morning Chip woke up and decided he wanted a day with his girls :) We ate breakfast and then headed downtown to the Aquarium. We took Madison on her first train ride, she ate with the sharks :), saw piranha's feed on some chicken, 2 white tigers up close and personal and touched a baby sting ray :) Only problem - we forgot our camera!!! I know, how retarded am I!?!?! Just another excuse to repeat the day!

Laughing Matter!!!

This is sort of like a bad blond joke or nightmare - depends on how you view it....I have been called by 10 (I am not making this up) different placement companies in Houston to interview for the SAME job!!! Can you believe it!?!?! Apparently this guy sent out this job request to every placement company in Houston - I've posted my resume on the normal job sites and bamb!!! 10 interview request in the past 2 days - ALL for the same job! Unbelievable!! I met with the first company this morning and have been declining the rest. I have a few more interviews set up for tomorrow and Friday for different positions (Thank goodness!) but I just thought - who else would this happen too??? Am I the only qualified candidate for that position that 10 different agencies would call?? To make things even more frustrating - the first person I spoke to regarding the position sent my resume over and he wants to "wait" to see other applicants as I was the first one submitted before he starts interviewing......hummmmm....does anyone else see his problem? Apparently, I'm going to be his ONLY candidate! LOL

Nothing New

Nothing new to report since the lay off from Questia last week. I'm still searching for jobs and am open to suggestions or if anyone knows of anything :) As soon as I have an update, I'll be sure to post it!

Questia No More

Hello everyone - just an update that effective immediately, I no longer work at Questia as they have laid me off. Should you need to reach me, please call the house or my cell and use my personal email, saraheu@sbcglobal.net.
If anyone knows of any job positions open for Exec. Admin's that would be great as well! Wish me the best! Love, Sarah

Picture Perfect

See! She's a natural!

April Shout Outs!!!

Lots going on in April so just figured it would be best to do one shout out to everyone!! Much love from the Unerfusser's!
April 5th - Matt & Tammie Bachman's Anniversary! Congratulations!
April 6th - Chip & Sarah's Anniversary! We rule!
April 6th - Erinn Forrest's Birthday - Happy Birthday! Sorry we missed your party - hope you had a great day!
April 8th - Chris Olson's Birthday - Happy Birthday to my (older!!) brother :)
April 8th - Heath (Baby Tyler) Knight's Birthday :) Just kidding on the Heath thing :) His mom will understand the joke :)
April 8th - Mitch & Erinn Forrest's Anniversary - Congratulations! This is year what?? 1 thousand??? Kidding!
April 15th - KC Knight's Birthday - Happy Birthday OLD friend :)
April 25th - Courtney Ruff's Birthday - Happy Birthday Court!

Swimsuit Season!

Well not everyone in the family (mainly myself) is ready for swimsuit season but Miss Maddie sure is!! Here she is modeling one of her suits :) Just adorable!!! We're thinking lots and lots and lots of sunscreen!!!

6 Years!

Sunday marked Chip & I's 6 Year Anniversary! We enjoyed the day just hanging out together as a family and Chip surprised me with these beautiful flowers :)

Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!

Escape the big city.....

Madison needed a break from the "big city" life of Houston so off to Grandmommy & Granddaddy's house she went for a visit. She went on a ride in a wagon and even played with the goats! She had her first goat ride and although we had to leave too early for the tractor ride, she's already told us that she expects it on her next visit!

Jack & Madison

Besides showing how big our daughter is getting, we wanted to show you that her and Jack are still the best of buds as you can see from this home movie clip - Madison loves her Jack! You have to have sound so you can hear her "talking" to him :)

Love & Marriage

"The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds - they mature slowly." - Peter De Vries

So it seems Chippy and I are coming up on yet another wedding anniversary (WooHoo!) This year (April 6th) is our big 6 year anniversary! Not sure how we'll be celebrating next Sunday but I know I'm looking forward to it and at least another 6 years with Chip!!!! :)

Voting Hassel

Just a warning - seems I've had a response that voting for Madison on that site requires a lot of rejecting things and that it forces you to offer one so you can submit your vote which captures your email and sends you tons of offers.....be ware - if it asks you to do a bunch of stuff - just skip the voting :) I appreciate the thought but it's not worth being loaded down with spam!!! Love ya'll and thank you to those who had to go through the trouble!!!

Great American Photo Contest

Dear friends and family,
I just entered Madison in the Great American Photo Contest. The baby photo with the most votes this month wins $2,500 (that could be a nice amount to put away now for college!!). Please do me a big favor and click on this link to vote for Madison: https://www.greatamericanphotocontest.com/voter1/index_c.aspx?p=427627&x=.jpg
I really appreciate it, and so does Madison!!!

BFF's

So they don't really know it yet, but Addy and Maddie are future BFF's for sure :) Madison was a whopping 3 lbs and 3 inches bigger then Addy AND she's 4.5 months older so I'm sure she can bully Addy into being her bud :) Aren't they the cutest EVER! Say it with me people.....AWWWWWWWWW!!! Now, location could prove to be somewhat of an issue - that is of course until her parents move back to Texas! (HINT! HINT!)

Addyson Dorea Andrews

This was stolen from Jen & Daron's blog - she is a cutie!!! I think she looks like a great combination of both of them! Welcome Addy!!!

Daron's posting:

Addyson Dorea Andrews is here!!We'll post a bit more later, but just wanted to get a few much anticipated photos up for her adoring fans!! Jen and Addy are both doing fine after the 6:45 am birth. She is the most beautiful baby I've ever seen. Really.

SHE'S HERE!!!

She's Here! She's Here! She's Here!!! Our friends Jennifer & Daron Andrews had their baby girl Addyson Dorea Andrews (middle name pronounced Door-Rey-Ah) in memory of "Rodeo" Jennifer's beloved dog. She arrived in Kanab, UT at 7:45 AM and was 6 lbs. 1 oz. and 18 3/4 inches long. She has redish/brown hair and green eyes!!! The proud new parents have promised pictures soon but we have been assured by her daddy that she is "Sooooooo Cute!!!" Congratulations! We miss you guys and wish we were there but we are so happy everyone is here and doing well!!!

Future Blackmail :)

Ahhhh the joys of parenting - you get to have blackmail pictures for later in life and these are good ones!!! It was the perfect time to snaps some pics of Maddie while daddy was giving her a bath! Who says I don't plan ahead???

Memories

Cover Contest

I have submitted Madison's photo for the Parenting Magazine Cover Contest....semi-finalist will be notified by June 16th and winners will be flown to New York and will appear on the cover of Parenting Magazine in November 2008. Keep your fingers crossed for Maddie :)

2008 Stupid People Award Goes To.....

Generally, I don't like calling anyone stupid but this just took the cake - this lady for sure gets the award for 2008 in my book - this is bad - like even worse then something I would do on my worst blond day!!!
So I'm at work and one of our customer service reps is speaking to a lady who is trying to use our site and is clearly VERY frustrated...she's attempting to use her child's log on information and is looking everywhere on the keyboard of her computer for the upside down exclamation point. (crickets chirping) - (I'm not making this up) - After about 10 min. on the phone trying to explain there is no such thing and to calm her down - the question finally comes out and we ask "Do you mean a lower case i???" - Customer hangs up the phone......
I'm still laughing SO hard that I can barely breath!!! I'm embarrassed FOR her. She immediately called back and apologized (She should) and stated she was very embarrassed and to please not laugh at her. (Again, it's really way too late for that). So please join me and put your hands together (clapping) for our 2008 Stupid People Award Winner!!!! Congratulations lady! I'm thrilled to know you are using an education site! (iiiiiiiiii)

Cute, Comfy & Cuddly

Today is a nasty day and all Miss Madison and I wanted to do was stay all curled up in bed being comfy and cuddly but nope, had to go to work and school so might as well look cute too! Anyway, even though I had to drag my butt up out of bed to get ready for work, Jack & Madison continued to cuddle and sleep anyway.....

Howl At The Moon

Saturday Madison stayed at her MawMaw & PawPaw's loft downtown and Chip and I headed out with Danny and Janel to this really cool piano bar called Howl At The Moon - which we all later ended up doing :) It was SO much fun - I could of lived with out the South African man who spit so much when he talked you felt like you had taken a shower, but other then that, I think a good time was had by all!!! We ended up running into a former co-worker of mine, Mary who was there for her daughter's bachelorette party!!! (woo hoo - those are always a blast!!!) I just wanted to say it was good to see her and congrats on the wedding which I believe is next week.... which means grand babies are sure to follow which I know delights Mary to no end!!!

Luck of the.....Sweet Germ!

Happy St. Patty's Day!!! Instead of luck of the Irish, Madison has luck of the Sweedish/German! we just call her a Sweet Germ :) - Of course, I dressed my little girl up as a leprechaun this morning and we headed off to school - sleep deprived but whatever...I'm not bitter :)

Lucky Kitty

Ok, so I got Madison sleeping in her bed - it only took her own pillow, a soft addition to her current mattress and a few last minute touches - see, doesn't she look peaceful?? All was well until about midnight when I heard the neighbors cat meowing at the top of it's lungs and his stupid wind chime at his front door - ALL NIGHT LONG!!! This disturbed Madison so much she was up around every 2.5 hours, which of course, means I WAS UP as well! Ugh - I just can't win. Everything in your sleep deprived body just wants to scoop her up and head back to my room - where it's QUIET but I know I can't. I guess just as with sleep loss, her and I will get use to the annoying sounds of my neighbor's cat and wind chime - Jackie almost got let out this morning for a potty break and a "snack" at 3:00 am :) That cat should be grateful - seriously :)