Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Big Fat F-ing CANCER
A man I work with passed away last night from non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. He found out 7 months ago he had it. He has 2 little girls 4 and 6. FOUR AND SIX. Their whole lives they now have to live with a lost Dad. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. I hate the good ones being taken too fast. I hate the pain these poor girls will have in their hearts their WHOLE LIVES. I'm 32 and it's unbearable. And his wife. I can't even comprehend and I live it. Please don't forget how very precious life is. Please please please please email your husband/wife/mother/father right now and tell him how much you love them and how thankful you are for him/her.
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Mamacitas
HHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEY THERE.
Did you bitches think I forgot you? Feels so good to curse over here, my marketing manager, and by marketing manager I mean, JAYSEEKA, wouldn't like it if I was cursing all over on TLC. We only say "sweet" "babies" "darlings" "beautiful" "fabulous" "delightful" "sure thing" "amazing" when we are doing our bidness. So while I haven't forgotten you, I've just been in happy land using happy words talking to other happy people on blogs, on twitter, on facebook, on pinterest...anything else I'm missing. Social media connections are my life.
What is everyone doing?
My bebe is sick. Cold/Cough/temp sick. I am also sick, but I would take being sick 99,999 days longer if it meant my sweet baby girl wasn't sick. It's so sad- barely any smiles and no laughing, just cling-cling-clingy crying in mamma's arms. We did finally get her to go to and stay asleep last night from 11-5, so that was pretty good! The poor poor darlin- it's just so sad to see her non-Maggie-ish.
What else? What else? Who's ready for Dugas and Renee's wedding??? Who's ready for TLC trunk show in NOLA on Feb 11th? Who's ready for MG...we are coming :)??? So much upcoming fun, I hope I can make it through!
This is such a cop out blog post. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Don't be mad at me!
Did you bitches think I forgot you? Feels so good to curse over here, my marketing manager, and by marketing manager I mean, JAYSEEKA, wouldn't like it if I was cursing all over on TLC. We only say "sweet" "babies" "darlings" "beautiful" "fabulous" "delightful" "sure thing" "amazing" when we are doing our bidness. So while I haven't forgotten you, I've just been in happy land using happy words talking to other happy people on blogs, on twitter, on facebook, on pinterest...anything else I'm missing. Social media connections are my life.
What is everyone doing?
My bebe is sick. Cold/Cough/temp sick. I am also sick, but I would take being sick 99,999 days longer if it meant my sweet baby girl wasn't sick. It's so sad- barely any smiles and no laughing, just cling-cling-clingy crying in mamma's arms. We did finally get her to go to and stay asleep last night from 11-5, so that was pretty good! The poor poor darlin- it's just so sad to see her non-Maggie-ish.
What else? What else? Who's ready for Dugas and Renee's wedding??? Who's ready for TLC trunk show in NOLA on Feb 11th? Who's ready for MG...we are coming :)??? So much upcoming fun, I hope I can make it through!
This is such a cop out blog post. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Don't be mad at me!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Nap Nanny Blues
Remember when Beth told me, "Don't let your child get addicted to the Nap Nanny" REMMMMMMMEMBERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Well 4 months an addict makes. We took it away on Sunday....it's not what I would classify as HORRIBLE, but I also am not gonna say we are sleeping un-interupted anymore. I'm not 100% sold it's all NN's fault....there could be outside factors at force here but I'm gonna give NN a 75% of the blame for my(+John's) 4:30am, 5am, 5:15am, and 5:30am wakeups last night. Like we need a paci back in our mouth or we will just DIIIIIIIIIIIE. Like do you cry this out? I kinda think she might be hungry too.....like she's AWAKE when you go in there, stops crying the second the door cracks, smiles when she sees you. The le leche stranger who I called on her cell phone and told my whole life story to...told me it happens at 4 months, be prepared. Like her bottle isn't getting her through the night anymore? Again, do I cry this out? I think I need to head back to my books....or is it just all NN take away? Thoughts? Advice? Rice Cereal in the bottle? (Charlotte York, my pedi, says no-she doesn't need RC)
Did I talk about NYE yet? I mean it was so fantastical- I'm doing it every year. Whoever wants to go to Galvy, I'll be there. FANTASTIC ya'll! Great food, great friends, great drinks, great kids, great babies, great husbands, great fire, great beach, great pictures, great restaurant, great margs, great clean-up helpers, great great great great great. I can't say it enough. I also can't WAIT for the upcoming summer beach weekends....the salt life is a beautiful life.
And ya'll...I don't know who is lurking out there, and I really don't care if you are just spying away- because I mean I LOOOOOOOOVE to spy- but go at least publicly follow http://thelittlecrane.blogspot.com/ Ummmmmm K. Thanks. I can see how many people read these things a day...and it's A LOT. A LOT more than the 10 of you I think I'm talking to. The link is right there, FOR THE LOVE, just click it! Scroll down and in the right hand sidebar click "Join this site" and you can use your google id that I'm sure you already have to join. And this join- it comes with no spam email! GSE! GSE!
Did I talk about NYE yet? I mean it was so fantastical- I'm doing it every year. Whoever wants to go to Galvy, I'll be there. FANTASTIC ya'll! Great food, great friends, great drinks, great kids, great babies, great husbands, great fire, great beach, great pictures, great restaurant, great margs, great clean-up helpers, great great great great great. I can't say it enough. I also can't WAIT for the upcoming summer beach weekends....the salt life is a beautiful life.
And ya'll...I don't know who is lurking out there, and I really don't care if you are just spying away- because I mean I LOOOOOOOOVE to spy- but go at least publicly follow http://thelittlecrane.blogspot.com/ Ummmmmm K. Thanks. I can see how many people read these things a day...and it's A LOT. A LOT more than the 10 of you I think I'm talking to. The link is right there, FOR THE LOVE, just click it! Scroll down and in the right hand sidebar click "Join this site" and you can use your google id that I'm sure you already have to join. And this join- it comes with no spam email! GSE! GSE!
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Validation
I haven't been so high on validation life since Dahlia (Grooy 7) gave me a shout out at Vali's wedding. Speaking of...who is going to get married in 2012 and have them play at their wedding so I can keep it going? Okay okay back to my newest high! John usually drops Maggie off in the mornings at school, but with skeleton days at work I brought her since I had extra time in the morning...so Mags morning teacher tells me, "In the mornings I bring Maggie around to all the other classrooms so all the teachers can see her outfits" I'm serious. She said that. Without me prompting ANYTHING! I played it so cool, so sosoooo cool. Then I kept on smiling as I wrote a big fat check and dropped it in the payment box thinking the extra dolla bills I'm paying out for Primrose are totally worth it when teachers tell me things like that!!!! Who cares about the educational aspects! Then I called Giggy, I think she was excited for me.
Sooooooooo did ya'll have a good Christmas??? We did. A bit exhausting though, by the time we got to yesterday Mags was a pill and a half....like maybe took a total of 1.5 hrs of naps yesterday....you can guess how bedtime went. I mean she is in another wonder week range- 17 weeks- so maybe it has something to do with that? I do LOVE the fact that when she acts like a pill I can type in "BLANK wonder week" and someone on google is going to tell me its natural for my child to be a pill in BLANK week. The Internet is such a rewarding place for mothers. I do think she loved Christmas, I could tell how her eyes lit up every time she opened a new present, and how she just can't stop playing with her favorite toys. She truly knows the meaning of Christmas ya'll- I heard her telling John that she just got WAY too much this year and that she should bring some of her toys to those less fortunate.
I would love to send ya'll pictures of my child enjoying Christmas but my BRAND NEW LAPTOP that Santa got me is already dead. Like as in the screen is shattered- I'll spare you the details, hopefully the Geek Squad gets it back to me real real real real soon. I mean I had such high hopes of downloading all my pics and sorting them and sending them out- and making my laptop all Little Crane bizness ready set lets go. And EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK no. Like I couldn't go to sleep on Christmas Eve because I was SOOOO excited about my new laptop. C'est le vie!
I also couldn't sleep because I knew I was getting Tory Burch ballet flats. And they are JUST as fun and exciting as I'd hoped for. It was accidentally the first gift I opened. I'm sending my husband an "Ideas for Christmas" list every year- so fantastical! Hold on...let me look at my feet again....oh still super cute. I know ppl's been loving on these for years but now that I decided I needed to be cool like that I am so so sosoooooooooooo glad I did! I heard through the Christmas grapevine some other ppl are as cool as me this Christmas too. Muuuuuuahahahhahahhahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh So now what do I want that I would never buy myself????
And when are teh 2011 BOB's going on SALE!!!!!!!!!! I've been hoarding Babies R Us gift cards for months and months and MONTHS!
Sooooooooo did ya'll have a good Christmas??? We did. A bit exhausting though, by the time we got to yesterday Mags was a pill and a half....like maybe took a total of 1.5 hrs of naps yesterday....you can guess how bedtime went. I mean she is in another wonder week range- 17 weeks- so maybe it has something to do with that? I do LOVE the fact that when she acts like a pill I can type in "BLANK wonder week" and someone on google is going to tell me its natural for my child to be a pill in BLANK week. The Internet is such a rewarding place for mothers. I do think she loved Christmas, I could tell how her eyes lit up every time she opened a new present, and how she just can't stop playing with her favorite toys. She truly knows the meaning of Christmas ya'll- I heard her telling John that she just got WAY too much this year and that she should bring some of her toys to those less fortunate.
I would love to send ya'll pictures of my child enjoying Christmas but my BRAND NEW LAPTOP that Santa got me is already dead. Like as in the screen is shattered- I'll spare you the details, hopefully the Geek Squad gets it back to me real real real real soon. I mean I had such high hopes of downloading all my pics and sorting them and sending them out- and making my laptop all Little Crane bizness ready set lets go. And EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK no. Like I couldn't go to sleep on Christmas Eve because I was SOOOO excited about my new laptop. C'est le vie!
I also couldn't sleep because I knew I was getting Tory Burch ballet flats. And they are JUST as fun and exciting as I'd hoped for. It was accidentally the first gift I opened. I'm sending my husband an "Ideas for Christmas" list every year- so fantastical! Hold on...let me look at my feet again....oh still super cute. I know ppl's been loving on these for years but now that I decided I needed to be cool like that I am so so sosoooooooooooo glad I did! I heard through the Christmas grapevine some other ppl are as cool as me this Christmas too. Muuuuuuahahahhahahhahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh So now what do I want that I would never buy myself????
And when are teh 2011 BOB's going on SALE!!!!!!!!!! I've been hoarding Babies R Us gift cards for months and months and MONTHS!
Friday, December 23, 2011
Christmas Eve, Eve
I am at work right now! This is what happens when you take 3.5 months off and your maternity leave ends in December...you have to work on days like this. My eyes are bleeding out of boredom, I can only super-stalk TLC's facebook page, twitter acct, ebay and blog so many times in a row.
I'm not sure anyone in my world takes Westheimer to get on the Beltway to get on Westpark Tollway Eastbound. Ya'll. It's frog. You know or Cars. Whatever that game was called on your gaming system/first generation apple computer when the apple was rainbow colored. Like when you got a computer game, and to play it you pulled it out of the disc case and inserted it and waited for it to boot up and then you plugged your joystick (JOYSTICK!) into the computer where the mouse was...like you couldn't use both at one time. Okay- back to the interstate. You literally (and I MEAN LITERALLY) have 1/4 mile to get over 4 lanes on the beltway to a left exit for Westpark. Every one's driving 99 miles an hour on the beltway at 7am and they don't care that you have to play frog to get over...it's the biggest adrenaline rush every morning..sometimes I think I go that way for the rush. And you know what, I've missed it before, like I've had to circle back, sometimes you don't always win at frog.
I'm still not done Xmas shopping...I really really really need someone to tell me I can leave work right now and go fall into the gap for a quick second. Then I might take myself to Kohl's. Do ya'll remember Mervyn's...every time I go to Kohl's I'm brought back to my childhood...my Mom LOOOOOOOOOOVED her some Mervyn's. LOVED IT. I can still see the layout of the store in Bakersfield in my head. Ahhhhhh. (PS- Mervyn's is a very weird word to type out)
Jack's got Mags today. Ha. I know they are surviving, but I hope she's being a sweet darlin like I told her to be. They are going to drive to Kemah to get shrimp for Christmas Eve dinner so hopefully she is participating by sleeping in the car..and then engineer doesn't have any mechanical issues with the stroller!
A friend of a friend had a full term stillborn baby earlier this week. Amanda called me this morning to tell me about it...I can't wrap my mind around this. I spent the last 2 months of my pregnancy PETRIFIED this was going to happen, because it had happened to my Mom. I tried to push it back to the deepest corner of my mind and I tried not to talk about it outloud but it was there. I can't imagine the pain this girl and her husband must feel right now. I know my own Mother didn't tell me about it until close to 15 years after it happened...15 years...from someone that went on to have 3 healthy children...I can't fathom. And it's Christmas...forever. Make sure you give your little bebe's an extra hug today. When I hear things like this, I wish my Mom was here...she'd tell me to tell the girl to call her or get her email..or email Amanda with what to say. And she'd tell her something that we don't even know- something that would never be shared with us- she was really good at that. Secret knowledge pulled out at just the right moment.
I'm not sure anyone in my world takes Westheimer to get on the Beltway to get on Westpark Tollway Eastbound. Ya'll. It's frog. You know or Cars. Whatever that game was called on your gaming system/first generation apple computer when the apple was rainbow colored. Like when you got a computer game, and to play it you pulled it out of the disc case and inserted it and waited for it to boot up and then you plugged your joystick (JOYSTICK!) into the computer where the mouse was...like you couldn't use both at one time. Okay- back to the interstate. You literally (and I MEAN LITERALLY) have 1/4 mile to get over 4 lanes on the beltway to a left exit for Westpark. Every one's driving 99 miles an hour on the beltway at 7am and they don't care that you have to play frog to get over...it's the biggest adrenaline rush every morning..sometimes I think I go that way for the rush. And you know what, I've missed it before, like I've had to circle back, sometimes you don't always win at frog.
I'm still not done Xmas shopping...I really really really need someone to tell me I can leave work right now and go fall into the gap for a quick second. Then I might take myself to Kohl's. Do ya'll remember Mervyn's...every time I go to Kohl's I'm brought back to my childhood...my Mom LOOOOOOOOOOVED her some Mervyn's. LOVED IT. I can still see the layout of the store in Bakersfield in my head. Ahhhhhh. (PS- Mervyn's is a very weird word to type out)
Jack's got Mags today. Ha. I know they are surviving, but I hope she's being a sweet darlin like I told her to be. They are going to drive to Kemah to get shrimp for Christmas Eve dinner so hopefully she is participating by sleeping in the car..and then engineer doesn't have any mechanical issues with the stroller!
A friend of a friend had a full term stillborn baby earlier this week. Amanda called me this morning to tell me about it...I can't wrap my mind around this. I spent the last 2 months of my pregnancy PETRIFIED this was going to happen, because it had happened to my Mom. I tried to push it back to the deepest corner of my mind and I tried not to talk about it outloud but it was there. I can't imagine the pain this girl and her husband must feel right now. I know my own Mother didn't tell me about it until close to 15 years after it happened...15 years...from someone that went on to have 3 healthy children...I can't fathom. And it's Christmas...forever. Make sure you give your little bebe's an extra hug today. When I hear things like this, I wish my Mom was here...she'd tell me to tell the girl to call her or get her email..or email Amanda with what to say. And she'd tell her something that we don't even know- something that would never be shared with us- she was really good at that. Secret knowledge pulled out at just the right moment.
Monday, December 19, 2011
Monday Monday
Monday's come really really fast when you aren't on Maternity leave. Just saying.
This weekend I got the pleasure of going Christmas shopping with Jack for his debut year. He was so good ya'll- so good until we hit Toys R Us and it was just wrong in there in SO MANY ways. Back to his goodness though, I'm so proud of him- jolly Christmas shopper. His tree, his house, all my mom's Christmas decorations scattered throughout. I'm just so sososoooo proud of him right now. He even has Maggie's artwork hanging in the windows. It feels good. Now my house, that is another story- I'm just gonna leave it at that. We'll pick back up next year- umm K?
I've got other things to worry about...The Little Crane, or just TLC from here on out. I'm OBBBBBBBSSSSSESSSSSSSSSSSSED with it. I am really good at keeping it under wraps because if you knew how obsessive I was you'd have me committed. I have also decided I LOVE to be obssessed with things- I just jump from thing to thing to thing to focus all my energy on...do I come across like this? Obsessive Compulsive? You know how there are things about yourself that you never realized and like everyone knows and you just don't...is this one of them? Back to TLC, I'm obssessed and I'm obssessed mostly with why everyone else isn't obssessed?
Obviously I'm also obssessed with Maggie. I seriously think she is the cutest thing that has ever landed on this earth. I mean I know all mother's think this of their children, but like she's cuter. Everything she does is the cutest thing- I sound like one of "those" people. I know I do, and I don't care. I really don't know how I produced something so beautiful- when I look at a picture of her, I just stare stare stare for like 10 min because I really can't believe it. John and I are no where near as cute as that child- I don't get it.
Donny turned 59 this weekend and went ahead and threw himself a party at Zydeco night at Jax. I mean I couldn't hear anyone to have a convo the whole night but who cares. Don was is heaven being a party planner...???right???...Laine was dancing like her life depended on it, Livy just ate everything she could, for some reason Mags was loving every second of it, except for the seconds where I tried to get her to go to sleep, John was high on life, Marla was high on life, Jack was semi-high on life but still tired from his first real shopping trip in 60 years, Laurie was high on babies and Jessica and I were just silently obsessing over TLC. I mean it might have been Don's best birthday ever!
I feel like I've got nothing good to say...not sure why? Oh because I'm just obsessing over TLC.
This weekend I got the pleasure of going Christmas shopping with Jack for his debut year. He was so good ya'll- so good until we hit Toys R Us and it was just wrong in there in SO MANY ways. Back to his goodness though, I'm so proud of him- jolly Christmas shopper. His tree, his house, all my mom's Christmas decorations scattered throughout. I'm just so sososoooo proud of him right now. He even has Maggie's artwork hanging in the windows. It feels good. Now my house, that is another story- I'm just gonna leave it at that. We'll pick back up next year- umm K?
I've got other things to worry about...The Little Crane, or just TLC from here on out. I'm OBBBBBBBSSSSSESSSSSSSSSSSSED with it. I am really good at keeping it under wraps because if you knew how obsessive I was you'd have me committed. I have also decided I LOVE to be obssessed with things- I just jump from thing to thing to thing to focus all my energy on...do I come across like this? Obsessive Compulsive? You know how there are things about yourself that you never realized and like everyone knows and you just don't...is this one of them? Back to TLC, I'm obssessed and I'm obssessed mostly with why everyone else isn't obssessed?
Obviously I'm also obssessed with Maggie. I seriously think she is the cutest thing that has ever landed on this earth. I mean I know all mother's think this of their children, but like she's cuter. Everything she does is the cutest thing- I sound like one of "those" people. I know I do, and I don't care. I really don't know how I produced something so beautiful- when I look at a picture of her, I just stare stare stare for like 10 min because I really can't believe it. John and I are no where near as cute as that child- I don't get it.
Donny turned 59 this weekend and went ahead and threw himself a party at Zydeco night at Jax. I mean I couldn't hear anyone to have a convo the whole night but who cares. Don was is heaven being a party planner...???right???...Laine was dancing like her life depended on it, Livy just ate everything she could, for some reason Mags was loving every second of it, except for the seconds where I tried to get her to go to sleep, John was high on life, Marla was high on life, Jack was semi-high on life but still tired from his first real shopping trip in 60 years, Laurie was high on babies and Jessica and I were just silently obsessing over TLC. I mean it might have been Don's best birthday ever!
I feel like I've got nothing good to say...not sure why? Oh because I'm just obsessing over TLC.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Shameless Plug
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PS- Maggie went to see Santa this weekend. She spit up on him. Santa wasn't pleased :)
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
Me likey
I just found this on pinterest. I mean I don't normally gravitate towards the quote type things on there but I really really really liked this one for many many many reasons.
Also, raise your hand if you wish the Dixie Chicks had a holiday albumn!!???? I mean do they and I don't know??? Nothing comes up on Pandora...but if you type in Jessica Simpson Holiday Radio you get one banging station for yourself.
Since we don't get to dress up for our Christmas party this year, I'm putting all my thoughts, crafting, designing and desires into Annie's Minnie Mouse birthday party. Just you wait. Did you know the twins say "Minnie" in the cutest possible way. It might replace "Fishies" as the cutest thing they say in my mind. I mean they all sorts of things and then even more that Jessica decifiers and I can't- but like "Minnie" in 20 month old voices warms my heart like nothing right now.
And in the spirit of behind-the-scenes....I'm not into Christmas at all. I have no desires at this moment to get a tree, I don't want to decorate, I don't want to drag the shit out. I'm not excited about buying or getting presents and I mean I LOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEE buying, wrapping and of course getting Christmas presents. Christmas in our house (like I'm sure many houses) was like the high high highlight of the year and I just can't shake it. How the fuck are we going to have Christmas without my Mom there. I feel like in someway I'm stalling myself from arriving at it because I don't really want to experience it without her because it's going to painful. I'd rather just stay in my state of over-scheduling distraction. Like its going to be sooo sooooooo real to wake up Christmas morning without my Mother.
I really hope Jessica Simpson Christmas can get me in the mood! I mean it's Mags 1st Christmas!!!!!!!
And other than that I'm still high on life working. I had a Komen meeting last night and I couldn't get enough- like I must have told 10 ppl that I liked being at work. Another girl in the group had a little girl at the end of October and this was her first more than 1hr segment away from the baby- she had three glasses of wine like she had gotten out of jail. She's retired/investment banker husband/volunteers for basically every group in Houston probably accumulating 40hrs a week doing that- she told me she's done with her maternity leave from retirement. ha. Made me laugh! She also said her baby doesn't sleep past 2-3hr chunks at night. I told her go read babywise...she didn't know, she didn't know about it. There are groups of people out there that don't know, no one has told them!!!!!!
And I wore maternity pants to work yesterday and I'm doing it again today. Can someone please post that they did the same thing. Thanks.
Also, raise your hand if you wish the Dixie Chicks had a holiday albumn!!???? I mean do they and I don't know??? Nothing comes up on Pandora...but if you type in Jessica Simpson Holiday Radio you get one banging station for yourself.
Since we don't get to dress up for our Christmas party this year, I'm putting all my thoughts, crafting, designing and desires into Annie's Minnie Mouse birthday party. Just you wait. Did you know the twins say "Minnie" in the cutest possible way. It might replace "Fishies" as the cutest thing they say in my mind. I mean they all sorts of things and then even more that Jessica decifiers and I can't- but like "Minnie" in 20 month old voices warms my heart like nothing right now.
And in the spirit of behind-the-scenes....I'm not into Christmas at all. I have no desires at this moment to get a tree, I don't want to decorate, I don't want to drag the shit out. I'm not excited about buying or getting presents and I mean I LOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEEEEE buying, wrapping and of course getting Christmas presents. Christmas in our house (like I'm sure many houses) was like the high high highlight of the year and I just can't shake it. How the fuck are we going to have Christmas without my Mom there. I feel like in someway I'm stalling myself from arriving at it because I don't really want to experience it without her because it's going to painful. I'd rather just stay in my state of over-scheduling distraction. Like its going to be sooo sooooooo real to wake up Christmas morning without my Mother.
I really hope Jessica Simpson Christmas can get me in the mood! I mean it's Mags 1st Christmas!!!!!!!
And other than that I'm still high on life working. I had a Komen meeting last night and I couldn't get enough- like I must have told 10 ppl that I liked being at work. Another girl in the group had a little girl at the end of October and this was her first more than 1hr segment away from the baby- she had three glasses of wine like she had gotten out of jail. She's retired/investment banker husband/volunteers for basically every group in Houston probably accumulating 40hrs a week doing that- she told me she's done with her maternity leave from retirement. ha. Made me laugh! She also said her baby doesn't sleep past 2-3hr chunks at night. I told her go read babywise...she didn't know, she didn't know about it. There are groups of people out there that don't know, no one has told them!!!!!!
And I wore maternity pants to work yesterday and I'm doing it again today. Can someone please post that they did the same thing. Thanks.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Madge-ey Pie
Mags drank 5.5 oz for dinner last night, like I got the big bottle out and put 5.5 in just to see what would happen and she drank the whole dang thing and then talked herself to sleep. And I do mean talked. Not cried. Like I went to put the paci back in after 15 min of talking and her eyes were closed just talking. Paci + the rub down the nose like Giggy taught me and the talking stopped and sleeping commenced.
I pumped 4 times at work yesterday (which was hard to fit in)- and yielded 10 oz of milk + 4 from the middle of the night pump...that doesn't make 4, 5oz bottles (and I mean do they need to be 5.5 anyways???) and I was sooooooooo stressed about this last night. And then I heard a little blond voice in my head saying, "Breastfeeding is not all or nothing Sari" And I woke up this morning and remembered that I can only do what I can only do. And if she gets 3 breastmilk bottles and 1 formula bottle a day, I haven't failed- I've given her as much as I could that day. So I'm not stressing about this no mo'. And I'm not going to fill anymore days of blogging with breastfeeding woes. And I'm not going to feel guilty. And I'm not going to compare myself to anyone else. And I'm going to remember that I've had one hell of a last 3 months and stop being hard on myself for something I've tried my best to control. And Thank you Nicole.
K&K take NY. Ya'll. The train tracks are spattered with pieces of wreckage. And you can't stop. Can't stop. Kris Humpforfree (I heart Stacy Mestayer) I mean this kid. THIS KID. Does anyone remember when Khloe said "she's just mad because she's married to a barking dog". I died. So Kourtney's preg...like when do she and Scott reconcile to make a baby? Is Khloe pissed? Just wondering.
My little Madgealicious has a cold. I need it to go away. I HHHHHHHHHHHate sucking snot out of her nose while she cries with her arms in the air like mama mama pick me up and make it stop. I haaaaaateeeeeeeeeeeeeee it. But she usually sneezes after its over from the saline and then laughs hysterically at the sneeze so that compensates the pain just a little.
Also Mags did some artwork yesterday. She painted an apple and an acorn. Of course she got the colors spot on. She's soooooo smart. But really, can I be there to see this??? I'm under the assumption they paint their hands and then rub it on the paper....but like is there a secret.....wouldn't I be able to find a teeeeeney tiny bit of red paint left over? I just wish I could see it in action!!!!! My little magdeypie smiling and painting. I hope she wore her painting smock.
Duh-nah. Speaking of smocks! Did you hear? Did you get the news? Memo? Namely Jessica's blog post? We are doing it. The Little Crane Smocked Shoppe. It's real. It's coming to a facebook near you real real soon. Smocked matching bebe and toddy beautiful outfits for boys and girls! (purple and gold thongs for boys and girls...anyone? anyone with me on that one) We've been behind the scene's making it happen for the past two months and its happening. Please get so excited. And then take your excitment and force it down everyone you know that has a bebe's throat. And then when we force it some more, you pick up the ball and keep forcing. And then spend your monthly smocking allowance on our adorable clothes. And then spend some more for your friends and family and then force them to spend and then take a picture on the beach in your matching outfits and email it to us so we can plug the beauftiful adorbale pic. Ummm K! Ok! I mean it's real ya'll. Its so real you don't even know how many papers we had to file!
I pumped 4 times at work yesterday (which was hard to fit in)- and yielded 10 oz of milk + 4 from the middle of the night pump...that doesn't make 4, 5oz bottles (and I mean do they need to be 5.5 anyways???) and I was sooooooooo stressed about this last night. And then I heard a little blond voice in my head saying, "Breastfeeding is not all or nothing Sari" And I woke up this morning and remembered that I can only do what I can only do. And if she gets 3 breastmilk bottles and 1 formula bottle a day, I haven't failed- I've given her as much as I could that day. So I'm not stressing about this no mo'. And I'm not going to fill anymore days of blogging with breastfeeding woes. And I'm not going to feel guilty. And I'm not going to compare myself to anyone else. And I'm going to remember that I've had one hell of a last 3 months and stop being hard on myself for something I've tried my best to control. And Thank you Nicole.
K&K take NY. Ya'll. The train tracks are spattered with pieces of wreckage. And you can't stop. Can't stop. Kris Humpforfree (I heart Stacy Mestayer) I mean this kid. THIS KID. Does anyone remember when Khloe said "she's just mad because she's married to a barking dog". I died. So Kourtney's preg...like when do she and Scott reconcile to make a baby? Is Khloe pissed? Just wondering.
My little Madgealicious has a cold. I need it to go away. I HHHHHHHHHHHate sucking snot out of her nose while she cries with her arms in the air like mama mama pick me up and make it stop. I haaaaaateeeeeeeeeeeeeee it. But she usually sneezes after its over from the saline and then laughs hysterically at the sneeze so that compensates the pain just a little.
Also Mags did some artwork yesterday. She painted an apple and an acorn. Of course she got the colors spot on. She's soooooo smart. But really, can I be there to see this??? I'm under the assumption they paint their hands and then rub it on the paper....but like is there a secret.....wouldn't I be able to find a teeeeeney tiny bit of red paint left over? I just wish I could see it in action!!!!! My little magdeypie smiling and painting. I hope she wore her painting smock.
Duh-nah. Speaking of smocks! Did you hear? Did you get the news? Memo? Namely Jessica's blog post? We are doing it. The Little Crane Smocked Shoppe. It's real. It's coming to a facebook near you real real soon. Smocked matching bebe and toddy beautiful outfits for boys and girls! (purple and gold thongs for boys and girls...anyone? anyone with me on that one) We've been behind the scene's making it happen for the past two months and its happening. Please get so excited. And then take your excitment and force it down everyone you know that has a bebe's throat. And then when we force it some more, you pick up the ball and keep forcing. And then spend your monthly smocking allowance on our adorable clothes. And then spend some more for your friends and family and then force them to spend and then take a picture on the beach in your matching outfits and email it to us so we can plug the beauftiful adorbale pic. Ummm K! Ok! I mean it's real ya'll. Its so real you don't even know how many papers we had to file!
Monday, December 5, 2011
I'm baaaaaaaaaaaaack
Back back back back at work. And don't tell anyone else but I feel FABULOUS. I'm so high on life right now I might float up and join the clouds. I'm serious. High on mother f-ing life. I'm going through emails...and I just hit the last series of Anne Peirce emails like the last 2 weeks I was at work. One would think this would deter me but nooooooooooooo I read every one, every sentence, every word and soaked up every ounce of her that I could through those emails. They were mostly sent from MDA appointments and the hospital just telling me what she wanted me to bring her for lunch or wanting updates on how I was feeling or what I wanted her to make for dinner and sneak over and put in my fridge while I was at work. The beach house. And you know, Maggie. Maggie's nursery, Maggie's this, Maggie's that. Before Maggie was even outside in this big wide world. Savored every morsel. And the last one, the last email I ever got from her finished with this:
3) I got a raise while I was gone. Just saying.
4) I made pork loin in the crock pot last night.
- 1 packet onion soup mix
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup red wine
- 3 tbls soy sauce
Mix those up in the crock pot, put in your pork loin, and put 3tbls mined garlic, and ground black pepper on the top. 4hrs on low. DEEEEEEEEEEEEEFREEEEEEEEAKINGGGGGGGGLIIIIIIICIOUS. Like pulled pork sandwich WW style. Or like over rice and the juice left in the pot like we had it last night. YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMooooooooooooooo
5) John dropped Mags off at school this morning- and she had fallen asleep by the time he got there- and the captain of her room said "Give me Maggie to hold while she sleeps"...of course all he said was yeah one teacher said- let me hold her- and I'm like the captain, the captain of the room? The older lady, the captain... because I'm obsessed with making sure the captain is in love with her. I mean it only took one week and she obviously is. Right in the nook. Good work Motha of the Year!
6) The nursing mothers room. Someone told me there was a tv in there. LIES.
7) Speaking of nursing...we are struggling with milk production over here. I worked really hard last week to increase it after I put myself out there and called some girl's cell phone whose number I found on the le leche website. She told me what I needed to be doing to get myself right and I did it, and by Friday I had pumped pretty close to what I needed. So please please please cross your fingers that this works...I am really not ready to give it up. And please don't hate me or my baby for smelling like fenugreek nonstop.
8) I have bought two Christmas gifts. One for Piper and one for David's dog, Lilly. That's it. I'm just gonna online shop it out.
Okay that is enough for now...back to the grind. By grind I mean cleaning out outlook and reading my blogs and facebook and pinterest and saying every hour or so- man I have so many emails. You know.
I love you more than all the grains of sand on the beach! Love, mom
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh still high on life. Stay with me! Here are my notes 3 hrs in.
1) There is a new person on our finance team...Kathleen....she is dressed real real real cute today. I mean like real cute. Like REAL BIZNESS CUTE NICOLE! I'm jelly. I want my real cute bizness clothes to fit so she knows how cute I am. I do have a spankin new dress on that does real great things for breastfeeding boobs and large tummy's but I mean does she know? Plus I had to take my good Talbots heels off because they were just too high for first time in heels in like 6-9 months.... so I just have some old so-so's and not some come F me bizness style. YA KNOW. I have to pull out all the stops this week. Plus write down my points like its my job. DONE. DONE. DONE.
2) Gchat. Enough said.
3) I got a raise while I was gone. Just saying.
4) I made pork loin in the crock pot last night.
- 1 packet onion soup mix
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup red wine
- 3 tbls soy sauce
Mix those up in the crock pot, put in your pork loin, and put 3tbls mined garlic, and ground black pepper on the top. 4hrs on low. DEEEEEEEEEEEEEFREEEEEEEEAKINGGGGGGGGLIIIIIIICIOUS. Like pulled pork sandwich WW style. Or like over rice and the juice left in the pot like we had it last night. YUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMooooooooooooooo
5) John dropped Mags off at school this morning- and she had fallen asleep by the time he got there- and the captain of her room said "Give me Maggie to hold while she sleeps"...of course all he said was yeah one teacher said- let me hold her- and I'm like the captain, the captain of the room? The older lady, the captain... because I'm obsessed with making sure the captain is in love with her. I mean it only took one week and she obviously is. Right in the nook. Good work Motha of the Year!
6) The nursing mothers room. Someone told me there was a tv in there. LIES.
7) Speaking of nursing...we are struggling with milk production over here. I worked really hard last week to increase it after I put myself out there and called some girl's cell phone whose number I found on the le leche website. She told me what I needed to be doing to get myself right and I did it, and by Friday I had pumped pretty close to what I needed. So please please please cross your fingers that this works...I am really not ready to give it up. And please don't hate me or my baby for smelling like fenugreek nonstop.
8) I have bought two Christmas gifts. One for Piper and one for David's dog, Lilly. That's it. I'm just gonna online shop it out.
Okay that is enough for now...back to the grind. By grind I mean cleaning out outlook and reading my blogs and facebook and pinterest and saying every hour or so- man I have so many emails. You know.
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Moves like Jagger
(are they talking about Mick (sp), like Mick Jagger, or is it some special wedding line dance that I don't know about and everyone jumps on the floor and "wobbles" and I have to hold Katie's hand so I can keep up? (because I have to stay on the dance floor b/c Dalia (sp) is singing and giving me silent high fives from the stage b/c I was her favorite bride EVER, so I have to keep up the charade that I do, in fact, dance, like no one is looking!)) (too many commas...I liked the effect)
Instagram? Why was anyone holding out...I've been seeing it pop up in places but never went and checked it out...Giggy said something yesterday and I got on....only to find people I know already enjoying. DOCUMENTING LIFE with old-timey pics via facebook wall photos but without the crazies...HULLLLLOOOOOOOOOO my kind of party! Can you make a mypublisher book at the end of a year??? I sure hope so! Joshy...please figure it out.
I went in Sears today for the sole purpose of checking out the Kardashian line...its on sale...just like JLO and LC at Kohl's. Permanent sale? I did discover something greater though...French Connection cheap label- UK Style, permanent sale. I may or may not have bought a couple pieces :)
Speaking of LC, I caught Van Wilder Freshman Year today while my child was having a meltdown (more on that later) Kristen Cavallari (sp) was in it...hilarious. Like as in, hilariously bad acting..and you know I'm a straight up sucker for ABC Family bad acting. So anyways...where is KCav, or LC or Whit??? Can MTV make a show with Olivia Palmero (sp) being nice to Whit and Joe Zee (sp) and LC and Stttttttteppppppppphen and Brody? No Jade though, I can't stand the teeth on that little B. Like I need a reunion Laguna/Hills/City...Audrina and Lo on the side? Did Lo ever get married to that boy? Remember when LC's parents built the new house and Lo came over to visit with her college bf and she had gained the freshman 15++ and everyone was knocking her...I mean I wasn't...I know about the freshman 15++. Mags would love the reunion show...she's already on track to be a PEIrce, watching TV like its her job.
So, meltdown. Tuesday evening is when it all started...crying so bad that there are real tears and red faces and screams that meld together so you aren't really sure if there is a breath in between the cries. Uhhhhh so frustrating when your child basically hasn't cried for 12 weeks, except for some fussy witching hours that a little rocking and holding could solve! So then we woke up Wednesday like normal, and it all began again after lunch time and we got short reprieve in the stroller and then lasted through until she put herself to sleep crying at 8pm and I just let her sleep the night, giving up my normal full night knowing I'd probably wake up at 2 or 3 to feed her...but you see when you scream all afternoon and evening you sleep all night because you never took a nap- so we made it until 5am- eat, back to sleep with no problems, and she ate again at 9 and then screamed and cried the whole morning until we pretty much drove/strolled for 3 hrs and got some sleep. I had a Komen meeting tonight and I'm like- do I leave John with this? It's a mess! So I do, and of course she goes to sleep in the swing like the sweet darlin little bebe I know as I'm walking out the door, takes a bath, takes her bottle and goes to bed with a couple shhhshhh's and some rocking. LIKE? I don't even care, but is it over??? All my boards say this is a "wonder week" and this is gonna happen and it sucks and....is it over?????????????? I like my sweet darlin bebe. I guess this is what ppl say is hard, and I guess I've been REALLY REALLY LUCKY! Because I've been walking around saying, This is so easy what are all these ppl talking about?? I mean I'm still saying its easy. I'm still chalking this up to a "wonder week" Right? RIGHT.
Instagram? Why was anyone holding out...I've been seeing it pop up in places but never went and checked it out...Giggy said something yesterday and I got on....only to find people I know already enjoying. DOCUMENTING LIFE with old-timey pics via facebook wall photos but without the crazies...HULLLLLOOOOOOOOOO my kind of party! Can you make a mypublisher book at the end of a year??? I sure hope so! Joshy...please figure it out.
I went in Sears today for the sole purpose of checking out the Kardashian line...its on sale...just like JLO and LC at Kohl's. Permanent sale? I did discover something greater though...French Connection cheap label- UK Style, permanent sale. I may or may not have bought a couple pieces :)
Speaking of LC, I caught Van Wilder Freshman Year today while my child was having a meltdown (more on that later) Kristen Cavallari (sp) was in it...hilarious. Like as in, hilariously bad acting..and you know I'm a straight up sucker for ABC Family bad acting. So anyways...where is KCav, or LC or Whit??? Can MTV make a show with Olivia Palmero (sp) being nice to Whit and Joe Zee (sp) and LC and Stttttttteppppppppphen and Brody? No Jade though, I can't stand the teeth on that little B. Like I need a reunion Laguna/Hills/City...Audrina and Lo on the side? Did Lo ever get married to that boy? Remember when LC's parents built the new house and Lo came over to visit with her college bf and she had gained the freshman 15++ and everyone was knocking her...I mean I wasn't...I know about the freshman 15++. Mags would love the reunion show...she's already on track to be a PEIrce, watching TV like its her job.
So, meltdown. Tuesday evening is when it all started...crying so bad that there are real tears and red faces and screams that meld together so you aren't really sure if there is a breath in between the cries. Uhhhhh so frustrating when your child basically hasn't cried for 12 weeks, except for some fussy witching hours that a little rocking and holding could solve! So then we woke up Wednesday like normal, and it all began again after lunch time and we got short reprieve in the stroller and then lasted through until she put herself to sleep crying at 8pm and I just let her sleep the night, giving up my normal full night knowing I'd probably wake up at 2 or 3 to feed her...but you see when you scream all afternoon and evening you sleep all night because you never took a nap- so we made it until 5am- eat, back to sleep with no problems, and she ate again at 9 and then screamed and cried the whole morning until we pretty much drove/strolled for 3 hrs and got some sleep. I had a Komen meeting tonight and I'm like- do I leave John with this? It's a mess! So I do, and of course she goes to sleep in the swing like the sweet darlin little bebe I know as I'm walking out the door, takes a bath, takes her bottle and goes to bed with a couple shhhshhh's and some rocking. LIKE? I don't even care, but is it over??? All my boards say this is a "wonder week" and this is gonna happen and it sucks and....is it over?????????????? I like my sweet darlin bebe. I guess this is what ppl say is hard, and I guess I've been REALLY REALLY LUCKY! Because I've been walking around saying, This is so easy what are all these ppl talking about?? I mean I'm still saying its easy. I'm still chalking this up to a "wonder week" Right? RIGHT.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Bitches
HI Bitches! I went to work today for like 2 hrs...it was delightful. And I'm not ashamed to say it. I LOOOOOOOOVE Maggie more than anything else that exists in life and if my life afforded me the chance to stay home with her I probably would still find myself a side job. I just need it....the interaction, the brain power, a place for my bossiness to come out..I need it people. Plus the ladder its just sitting there leaning on the wall waiting for me..I can't give it up!
Sooooooooooo I took the mini-pill and it garnered me no milk. Bebe crying in the middle of the night because she didn't get enough to eat during the day. Then I got the sickness of last week which I'm still blaming on the gumbo because that's what I puked...and I couldn't eat...so I really had no milk. Like keep going to the freezer and I hated it and I cried because all I want to do is breastfeed Maggie for as long as possible...it's what my Mom did and it meant so much to her to breastfeed us and she was so happy that it came back in style and she saw all my friends breastfed, and I mean I just need to do it until I can't anymore. I mean there are lists of reasons but she's a big one for me. But 2.5 months was not that time..so I cried. Mini pill + sickness = no milk. Soooooooooo I took myself to whole foods and bought fenugreek....like all the B's say online...ya'll. YA'LL milk milk milk milk milkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. Can't stop, won't stop. The side effect....you smell like syrup...yes you sweat syrup smell. And since I'm a sweating fool these days, I'm now a walking pancake breakfast smelling fool. John says he likes it. ha. I mean I'm using it as birth control right now...so I obviously need another plan on that!!!
We went to galvy this weekend, its just so freaking delightful. I also taught my Dad the phrase, "Living the Salt Life" he's in love with it. Just like John Mestayer. I must get him a tshirt or something of the sorts. I still think Pipey loves the salt life more than anyone- she can't make it up. In fact she's still sleeping her salt life hangover away and its 7:45 on Tuesday. I've also got Mag's Beach Christmas Card pic all planned out as well as her 1st bday party at the beach. We are heading back for Thanksgiving...new traditions....futures....being thankful for what we have and the time we were given. Don't forget it. DON'T FORGET IT.
Sooooooooooo I took the mini-pill and it garnered me no milk. Bebe crying in the middle of the night because she didn't get enough to eat during the day. Then I got the sickness of last week which I'm still blaming on the gumbo because that's what I puked...and I couldn't eat...so I really had no milk. Like keep going to the freezer and I hated it and I cried because all I want to do is breastfeed Maggie for as long as possible...it's what my Mom did and it meant so much to her to breastfeed us and she was so happy that it came back in style and she saw all my friends breastfed, and I mean I just need to do it until I can't anymore. I mean there are lists of reasons but she's a big one for me. But 2.5 months was not that time..so I cried. Mini pill + sickness = no milk. Soooooooooo I took myself to whole foods and bought fenugreek....like all the B's say online...ya'll. YA'LL milk milk milk milk milkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk. Can't stop, won't stop. The side effect....you smell like syrup...yes you sweat syrup smell. And since I'm a sweating fool these days, I'm now a walking pancake breakfast smelling fool. John says he likes it. ha. I mean I'm using it as birth control right now...so I obviously need another plan on that!!!
We went to galvy this weekend, its just so freaking delightful. I also taught my Dad the phrase, "Living the Salt Life" he's in love with it. Just like John Mestayer. I must get him a tshirt or something of the sorts. I still think Pipey loves the salt life more than anyone- she can't make it up. In fact she's still sleeping her salt life hangover away and its 7:45 on Tuesday. I've also got Mag's Beach Christmas Card pic all planned out as well as her 1st bday party at the beach. We are heading back for Thanksgiving...new traditions....futures....being thankful for what we have and the time we were given. Don't forget it. DON'T FORGET IT.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Hola mi chicas y chicos
1. I wish I really knew Spanish or French or Spanish and French!
2. I wish I had a name chain a la 1999 that said Maggie or mSa or a big M- name chain style...oooohhhh me likey. Just like Christina Applegate.
3. I HATE that iphones and ipads correct the word verification words...you know what I mean- autocorrect's them. DRIVES ME INSANE. I struggle with making out the letters anyways.
4. My daughter found her voice today. She talked all.day.long. I put her in bed at 9:45 and she just talked herself to sleep for 30 min. Talk talk talk talk. Grrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat teacha talk teacha talk. Joke.
5. 3 weeks people. That's the countdown. What you say? 3 weeks until I'm back at work. Shut your mouth I know.
6. I'm so excited to go back to work. AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm so excited.
7. I don't want to leave Maggie at daycare, I don't don't don't want to leave her talking, smiling, breath smelling like spoiled milk little chipolte burrito wrapped up in a swaddle blanket sweet darlin little self who stretches and yawns like an old man when I wake her up to eat! I don't wannnnnnnnnnna.
8. I'm so worried about daycare protocol. I know nothing and the ladies will know and the other mom's will know and it will be just like Elieen's Dance Studio when my Mom let me go to the actual ballet class (one week ya'll because she had paid for gym and we couldn't make it one week) and you were supposed to wear a black leotard and pink tights and I didn't know and no one told me and I got embarrassed in front of the class and had to put a dollar in the jar because I had on my hot pink and electric blue blast leotard and lime green hot shorts. No one told me and I didn't know. I didn't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so insecure in new situations....I realized this at the car wash today. My insecurities have only come so far.
9. Did I tell you what a great weekend I had. Way too busy and way too much going on but really so delightful. The memorial was better than I ever expected and exactly what I think my Mom wanted, I hope, I hope it made her happy. I heard someone say on tv the other day, "It doesn't get any easier, you just get used to it". Genius. I would love to have the balls to say this as my new canned answer. I mean I don't- but I would looooooove to. Have I told you how lucky I am to have the people I have in my life. Because I know I have, but I need to say it again and again and again times 1 zillion. I AM SO LUCKY. Thank you everyone for all your love and support and for just plain showing up. In body, mind, flowers, cards, spirit, phone calls, texts, love, hugs, drinks and drugs. By drugs I mean, the highs of life because you know I'm a mom- no drugs.
10. Also not sure if you heard but I got a colon cleanse somewhere along the line from Thur-Sun and was holed up in my house until today because I literally (and I'm using the word correctly not in an exaggerated manor) could not leave my house. I'm not the only one who had the sickness, I know of least 4 other people. Just saying. If you thought it was a hangover...it might not have been :)
11. We are going to Galveston this weekend! It's so relaxing ya'll. SO sosoooo lucky.
Love to Love to Love you. Love lists. Love Excel! We'll be re-united real real soon sweet sweet excel bebe.
2. I wish I had a name chain a la 1999 that said Maggie or mSa or a big M- name chain style...oooohhhh me likey. Just like Christina Applegate.
3. I HATE that iphones and ipads correct the word verification words...you know what I mean- autocorrect's them. DRIVES ME INSANE. I struggle with making out the letters anyways.
4. My daughter found her voice today. She talked all.day.long. I put her in bed at 9:45 and she just talked herself to sleep for 30 min. Talk talk talk talk. Grrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat teacha talk teacha talk. Joke.
5. 3 weeks people. That's the countdown. What you say? 3 weeks until I'm back at work. Shut your mouth I know.
6. I'm so excited to go back to work. AHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I'm so excited.
7. I don't want to leave Maggie at daycare, I don't don't don't want to leave her talking, smiling, breath smelling like spoiled milk little chipolte burrito wrapped up in a swaddle blanket sweet darlin little self who stretches and yawns like an old man when I wake her up to eat! I don't wannnnnnnnnnna.
8. I'm so worried about daycare protocol. I know nothing and the ladies will know and the other mom's will know and it will be just like Elieen's Dance Studio when my Mom let me go to the actual ballet class (one week ya'll because she had paid for gym and we couldn't make it one week) and you were supposed to wear a black leotard and pink tights and I didn't know and no one told me and I got embarrassed in front of the class and had to put a dollar in the jar because I had on my hot pink and electric blue blast leotard and lime green hot shorts. No one told me and I didn't know. I didn't know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so insecure in new situations....I realized this at the car wash today. My insecurities have only come so far.
9. Did I tell you what a great weekend I had. Way too busy and way too much going on but really so delightful. The memorial was better than I ever expected and exactly what I think my Mom wanted, I hope, I hope it made her happy. I heard someone say on tv the other day, "It doesn't get any easier, you just get used to it". Genius. I would love to have the balls to say this as my new canned answer. I mean I don't- but I would looooooove to. Have I told you how lucky I am to have the people I have in my life. Because I know I have, but I need to say it again and again and again times 1 zillion. I AM SO LUCKY. Thank you everyone for all your love and support and for just plain showing up. In body, mind, flowers, cards, spirit, phone calls, texts, love, hugs, drinks and drugs. By drugs I mean, the highs of life because you know I'm a mom- no drugs.
10. Also not sure if you heard but I got a colon cleanse somewhere along the line from Thur-Sun and was holed up in my house until today because I literally (and I'm using the word correctly not in an exaggerated manor) could not leave my house. I'm not the only one who had the sickness, I know of least 4 other people. Just saying. If you thought it was a hangover...it might not have been :)
Love to Love to Love you. Love lists. Love Excel! We'll be re-united real real soon sweet sweet excel bebe.
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
NOOOOOvember!
I just lost a WHOLE BIG LONG POST. I cant do it again. Here's the highlights.
1. Whirlwind wedding weekend was hard, but 10000% worth it. Jaime and Vali were both beautiful having the time of their lives at weddings that were perfectly them. I love weddings like that- when you can tell the bride had their hands in every single piece of everything. LOVE LOVE LOVE
2. I couldn't have done it without Jen, Julie and a side of Paul. COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT. What gift expresses the magnitude of what they did for me??? Let me know.
3. I think filining baby's fingernails is the hardest part of having a baby. I'm just saying.
4. I got a rose gold mens watch for my anny. Engraved. Wraped and ready to go. I got the form to get John's gift- not filled out, not turned in- I suck. I mean I need his truck to get it...but still.
5. We ate our wedding cake tonight with my Dad. Ironically or not-ironically my Mom made the cake. Kinda like she was here celebrating with us. I liked it, I think we all did. Everyone smiled when I said- "Mom made this cake" Also, that shit was good.
6. KK??? WHY??? WHY did you through with it??? b/c he bought you that bracelet that was ugly and you felt bad? Because you already had the three vera's fitted to you like a glove??? Because Khloe and Kourt were living happily ever after? You want a bebe??? Where is Reggie- let's get this going. Beautiful beautiful mixed media bebe's all the live long day.
7. Jessica Simpson is preg! Beyonce and Jessica. I feel like getting preg again just to be in the club!!!
8. Have you seen the Pepsi comerical with old footage of Micheal Jackson and Ray Charles and.....BRIT! Brit gets the most air time. I make John re-wind everytime. She looks so beautiful and young and like life hasn't dragged her through the mud yet.
9. Did we talk about halloween? Bebe Owl's are the cutest type of owl out there. The ladies at work say the owl costume and asked if I bought it at Pottery Barn. Ha. LOVE IT when that happens. It was all Jessica people, all Jessica.
1. Whirlwind wedding weekend was hard, but 10000% worth it. Jaime and Vali were both beautiful having the time of their lives at weddings that were perfectly them. I love weddings like that- when you can tell the bride had their hands in every single piece of everything. LOVE LOVE LOVE
2. I couldn't have done it without Jen, Julie and a side of Paul. COULD NOT HAVE DONE IT. What gift expresses the magnitude of what they did for me??? Let me know.
3. I think filining baby's fingernails is the hardest part of having a baby. I'm just saying.
4. I got a rose gold mens watch for my anny. Engraved. Wraped and ready to go. I got the form to get John's gift- not filled out, not turned in- I suck. I mean I need his truck to get it...but still.
5. We ate our wedding cake tonight with my Dad. Ironically or not-ironically my Mom made the cake. Kinda like she was here celebrating with us. I liked it, I think we all did. Everyone smiled when I said- "Mom made this cake" Also, that shit was good.
6. KK??? WHY??? WHY did you through with it??? b/c he bought you that bracelet that was ugly and you felt bad? Because you already had the three vera's fitted to you like a glove??? Because Khloe and Kourt were living happily ever after? You want a bebe??? Where is Reggie- let's get this going. Beautiful beautiful mixed media bebe's all the live long day.
7. Jessica Simpson is preg! Beyonce and Jessica. I feel like getting preg again just to be in the club!!!
8. Have you seen the Pepsi comerical with old footage of Micheal Jackson and Ray Charles and.....BRIT! Brit gets the most air time. I make John re-wind everytime. She looks so beautiful and young and like life hasn't dragged her through the mud yet.
9. Did we talk about halloween? Bebe Owl's are the cutest type of owl out there. The ladies at work say the owl costume and asked if I bought it at Pottery Barn. Ha. LOVE IT when that happens. It was all Jessica people, all Jessica.
10. I alomost forgot...Vali had Groovy 7 as her wedding band. We are still best friends. Ask anyone- she validated me like 99 times throughout the night. Kisses on the cheek, secret looks while singing when people were being crazy, pointing at me in the crowd....ya'll. STILL BEST.FRIENDS.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
So much to do!!!
So little time!!!!
This is my week of things and things and thangs to do. I meant to say thangs there. First and foremost Vali and Jaime are getting Maaaaaaawried. Pretend that was Yat. Maaaawwwwrrrrreeead. This leads me to get all kinds of things done to myself so I feel pretty at their weddings. Not that they are about me in any way but good golly highlights and tans and nails and new dresses and shoes sure make me feel like I lost 20 pounds. Mig and I have a motto- tan fat is better than white fat and I'm sticking to it!
We went to Galvey this weekend, better known as The Hamptons of the Gulf. LIiiiiiiiiiiiiike living on the beach is just as you thought. Piper running on the beach chasing birds all morning. Walks with the baby byjorn (i don't understand that word) along the beach meeting the neighbors as they do their morning walks. Coffee on the porch. Family breakfast of pancakes with blueberry syrup, eggs cooked 5 ways (which I don't eat), bacon and sausage because Jack's cooking topped off with big old glasses of OJ poured in cups with palm trees on them. Drinking, eating and LSU watching on the strand, and Maggies first time with toes in the sand. She liked it. Especially when her grandpappy just plooped her down, no blanket, no towel. You know, he raised 3 kids, he doesn't worry about sand and 8 week olds. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the salt life. THE SALT LIFE!
Mags and I went to the mall yesterday and I just want to give myself a I can handle everything like it ain't no thing award. Nursed two times- once in the nursing room and once in public- swaddled the baby mid-mall, and sometimes we had to sway while we shopped with an empty stroller. Then to top it all off I brought her to my office where she promptly had a blowout diaper that went all the way up her back and I played cool as a cucumber the whole time. Like I was just really proud of myself. Does that sound silly- blah I don't care!
SOooo moving on. 2 month appointment tomorrow where I tell Dr. Pate all my irrational fears that I keep in my head and only say to John or Jessica every once in a blue moon. I mean she's so cool, I hope she doesn't put me on the list. I'm just going to format them in a voice that sounds non-crazy, super cool, nursing in public don't bother me kinda girl. Then we pack up and ship the Magster off into her Aunties care and again I'm just totally cool. Just like Jules told me.
Then it's memorial week- but we'll get there next week. I hope it doesn't stir up my strength, I can feel the emotions bubbling- ehhhh can't explain it right now. But it's there. Right now I get to talk about my Mom on my terms. I bring her up when I feel comfortable and I get to stop the convo when I'm done. I guess I fear if I'm not ready for something and it sneaks me, I might lose it? Like the 30 voicemails I have saved on my phone, that I go through and listen to every couple of days...and I'll catch her saying something in one and realize I'll never hear it again...you get the picture. But the next day I go back for more. And the next.
But for now let's go see some people that I love dearly get Married! I can't wait to celebrate!!!!
This is my week of things and things and thangs to do. I meant to say thangs there. First and foremost Vali and Jaime are getting Maaaaaaawried. Pretend that was Yat. Maaaawwwwrrrrreeead. This leads me to get all kinds of things done to myself so I feel pretty at their weddings. Not that they are about me in any way but good golly highlights and tans and nails and new dresses and shoes sure make me feel like I lost 20 pounds. Mig and I have a motto- tan fat is better than white fat and I'm sticking to it!
We went to Galvey this weekend, better known as The Hamptons of the Gulf. LIiiiiiiiiiiiiike living on the beach is just as you thought. Piper running on the beach chasing birds all morning. Walks with the baby byjorn (i don't understand that word) along the beach meeting the neighbors as they do their morning walks. Coffee on the porch. Family breakfast of pancakes with blueberry syrup, eggs cooked 5 ways (which I don't eat), bacon and sausage because Jack's cooking topped off with big old glasses of OJ poured in cups with palm trees on them. Drinking, eating and LSU watching on the strand, and Maggies first time with toes in the sand. She liked it. Especially when her grandpappy just plooped her down, no blanket, no towel. You know, he raised 3 kids, he doesn't worry about sand and 8 week olds. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the salt life. THE SALT LIFE!
Mags and I went to the mall yesterday and I just want to give myself a I can handle everything like it ain't no thing award. Nursed two times- once in the nursing room and once in public- swaddled the baby mid-mall, and sometimes we had to sway while we shopped with an empty stroller. Then to top it all off I brought her to my office where she promptly had a blowout diaper that went all the way up her back and I played cool as a cucumber the whole time. Like I was just really proud of myself. Does that sound silly- blah I don't care!
SOooo moving on. 2 month appointment tomorrow where I tell Dr. Pate all my irrational fears that I keep in my head and only say to John or Jessica every once in a blue moon. I mean she's so cool, I hope she doesn't put me on the list. I'm just going to format them in a voice that sounds non-crazy, super cool, nursing in public don't bother me kinda girl. Then we pack up and ship the Magster off into her Aunties care and again I'm just totally cool. Just like Jules told me.
Then it's memorial week- but we'll get there next week. I hope it doesn't stir up my strength, I can feel the emotions bubbling- ehhhh can't explain it right now. But it's there. Right now I get to talk about my Mom on my terms. I bring her up when I feel comfortable and I get to stop the convo when I'm done. I guess I fear if I'm not ready for something and it sneaks me, I might lose it? Like the 30 voicemails I have saved on my phone, that I go through and listen to every couple of days...and I'll catch her saying something in one and realize I'll never hear it again...you get the picture. But the next day I go back for more. And the next.
But for now let's go see some people that I love dearly get Married! I can't wait to celebrate!!!!
Mags was really excited about the Saints on Sunday!!!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Back to Back Bitches
For the past hour my Dad has been sitting on the couch holding Maggie on his belly singing songs to her in high pitched baby voices. Not that it matters, but the songs aren't even close. But I just had to go in the kitchen and laugh because I didn't want him to stop when I started laughing. Ya'll. I can't make this up right now. REMMMMMMMMMMMEMMMMMMMMBER when I used to beg for my Dad to tell me he was proud of me or say I Love YOU everyday? Like before I realized that people show proudness and love in ways that don't include those exact words. REMMMEMBER. I wish I was recording this!
Today Giggy and Marla did a little babysitting for me so I could go get my bridesmaid dress for Val's wedding altered and sneak into old navy. Ya'll...every girl in the village had legging and boots and tunics and I was jealous beyond belief. I think I'm going to buy myself some real boots. Not cheapies. Not whatever TJ has. Not end of season wear them once from Nine West. REAL GOOD FEEL GOOD $200 boots. DONE. I don't even care!
I need new pillows for my couches. In fact, I think I'm going to move the loveseat to the master bedroom and order another long couch to match. My Mom told me not to get the loveseat in the first place but I didn't listen. I need to move my room around and create some type of baby play space and I need the two long couches to make it happen..should have listened! Okay back to the pillows...I think I'm over non-matching pillows. I think I want 6 big old same pillows- prints- funky-yes? 3 on each couch..yes? Okay I mean I'm doing it anyways. Now.....which ones.
We are going to galveston tomorrow- get the cable set up, make a list of what we need over there to get everything ready for us to really visit and spend the night this weekend. CAN'T WAIT! I need a bebe hat though...let's hope Wings has bebe sun hats. What if they have airbrushed onesies? SHUT UP. Airbrused onesie and baby legs. MUuuuahhhhhh
Now he's putting props next to her and getting me to take pictures. Good Golly she is a healer of souls!
Today Giggy and Marla did a little babysitting for me so I could go get my bridesmaid dress for Val's wedding altered and sneak into old navy. Ya'll...every girl in the village had legging and boots and tunics and I was jealous beyond belief. I think I'm going to buy myself some real boots. Not cheapies. Not whatever TJ has. Not end of season wear them once from Nine West. REAL GOOD FEEL GOOD $200 boots. DONE. I don't even care!
I need new pillows for my couches. In fact, I think I'm going to move the loveseat to the master bedroom and order another long couch to match. My Mom told me not to get the loveseat in the first place but I didn't listen. I need to move my room around and create some type of baby play space and I need the two long couches to make it happen..should have listened! Okay back to the pillows...I think I'm over non-matching pillows. I think I want 6 big old same pillows- prints- funky-yes? 3 on each couch..yes? Okay I mean I'm doing it anyways. Now.....which ones.
We are going to galveston tomorrow- get the cable set up, make a list of what we need over there to get everything ready for us to really visit and spend the night this weekend. CAN'T WAIT! I need a bebe hat though...let's hope Wings has bebe sun hats. What if they have airbrushed onesies? SHUT UP. Airbrused onesie and baby legs. MUuuuahhhhhh
Now he's putting props next to her and getting me to take pictures. Good Golly she is a healer of souls!
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Why Hello Friend
I'm here! I'm okay! I'm strong! This is life. My life is different now, and it's missing a huge something, but it's still going on. And it's going to keep going on and on and on and I'm still the same person I always was. I'm actually still happy with life- I'm not mad at it, I'm not angry with it, I think it's just unfair. Unfair just like we were always taught. My Mom must have told me "Life's not Fair" 1 zillion times, she, like as in most things, was right. I have 99,999 things to say about losing my Mom and most of them start with "I just wish she........Maggie" but I can't let myself go too far into that because that is when I lose it. Not for myself, but for my daughter and what she will never get to know. Or for what my Mom wanted to share with her grandchildren and never got the chance to.
I'm moving on for now, I need to keep it in small doses, plus I had to pry the laptop from John's grip and I can't spend the whole time under the gray clouds. So here are all the thoughts I've been mulling over.
1. Why do the deli counter people get pissed at you when you asked for your meat shaved. And act like they can't do it- they show you a piece of meat no where near shaved and say "is this good" BITCH you know that's not good, now crank that thing down and shave the damn turkey I'm paying $9.99 a pound for. What else do you have to do???? If you are going to cut meat in a deli at Kroger for life, then take some pride in throwing down a pound of shaved Boar's Head Cajun Turkey!!!!
2. Most eligible Dallas....please. please someone. Courtney and Matt(ey) PUUUUUUUUUUHLEASE. Also her hair, I think she's my hair idol or all time. That hair is amazing. It's the most amazing hair I've ever seen. Everyday, Every style. I also love her collection of draped clothing. I'm a draped clothing whore. It does good things for my body!
3. Speaking of bodies- did I tell you when I was getting wheeled in for my c-section the dr is telling me about how she will do the incision nice and low, you won't be able to see it in a bikini. I laughed out loud. I think I may have said- I haven't worn a bikini since I was like 4...Do you not see what we are working with here? It still makes me laugh- I'm sure she just says that to everyone to loosen them up- still laughing.
4. Did you know my child sleeps through the night. Since 4.5 weeks....she's 8 weeks on Thursday. It's not a fluke. One of my Mom's nurses used to say every morning, "how long last night, you know it's not real" and everyday I'd tell her- 8 hrs, 9 hrs, etc and she'd get more and more pissed everyday. I feel like I might need to sneak back over and let her know we are still going strong. I also had to tell John this evening that we are proud of this and we sing it from the rooftops. He nay says it too much- like- oh yeah she woke up the other night at 4 and needed a paci....I mean I play it off.....but he was downplaying it too much. I work hard to follow the Katie Banquer babywise schedule and I want the credit! If you are wondering she went to bed at 9:30 tonight...and I put her in bed awake. Muuuuuuahhhhhhhh Life's not fair :)
5. WE (used loosely) got the beach house! The thoughts in my head about this are so delightful. Like we own our own little piece of the beach! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh we are going this weekend to spend the night. Can't wait...can't wait. 8 week old's go to the beach right??? Now I just have to convince Jack to decorate up to my standards....like remember that everything ever purchased was because my Mom talked my Dad into it. Treading in new water here people!
6. Vali and Jaime are getting married in less than 2 weeks....I can only remember how excited I was 2 weeks out from my wedding. In the sweet spot...just dying to tell anyone that would listen that I was getting married. alkjf;ldkjfaldjfakjdf;kajd;fj. This also means my anny is like right around the corner. What do I want? Rose Gold Kenneth Cole man looking watch? Okay okay okay. Twist my arm!!! We also got our double wedding weekend with a baby figured out. Nanny SuperJen to the rescue...like what am I going to get her as a thank you for this....Rose Gold Kenneth Cole man looking watch? Okay Okay Okay
7. So like Pinterest went Mainstream right?
8. Baby Legs are the cutest thing in my life right now...well maybe Mags + Baby Legs. Case in Point Below.
I'm moving on for now, I need to keep it in small doses, plus I had to pry the laptop from John's grip and I can't spend the whole time under the gray clouds. So here are all the thoughts I've been mulling over.
1. Why do the deli counter people get pissed at you when you asked for your meat shaved. And act like they can't do it- they show you a piece of meat no where near shaved and say "is this good" BITCH you know that's not good, now crank that thing down and shave the damn turkey I'm paying $9.99 a pound for. What else do you have to do???? If you are going to cut meat in a deli at Kroger for life, then take some pride in throwing down a pound of shaved Boar's Head Cajun Turkey!!!!
2. Most eligible Dallas....please. please someone. Courtney and Matt(ey) PUUUUUUUUUUHLEASE. Also her hair, I think she's my hair idol or all time. That hair is amazing. It's the most amazing hair I've ever seen. Everyday, Every style. I also love her collection of draped clothing. I'm a draped clothing whore. It does good things for my body!
3. Speaking of bodies- did I tell you when I was getting wheeled in for my c-section the dr is telling me about how she will do the incision nice and low, you won't be able to see it in a bikini. I laughed out loud. I think I may have said- I haven't worn a bikini since I was like 4...Do you not see what we are working with here? It still makes me laugh- I'm sure she just says that to everyone to loosen them up- still laughing.
4. Did you know my child sleeps through the night. Since 4.5 weeks....she's 8 weeks on Thursday. It's not a fluke. One of my Mom's nurses used to say every morning, "how long last night, you know it's not real" and everyday I'd tell her- 8 hrs, 9 hrs, etc and she'd get more and more pissed everyday. I feel like I might need to sneak back over and let her know we are still going strong. I also had to tell John this evening that we are proud of this and we sing it from the rooftops. He nay says it too much- like- oh yeah she woke up the other night at 4 and needed a paci....I mean I play it off.....but he was downplaying it too much. I work hard to follow the Katie Banquer babywise schedule and I want the credit! If you are wondering she went to bed at 9:30 tonight...and I put her in bed awake. Muuuuuuahhhhhhhh Life's not fair :)
5. WE (used loosely) got the beach house! The thoughts in my head about this are so delightful. Like we own our own little piece of the beach! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh we are going this weekend to spend the night. Can't wait...can't wait. 8 week old's go to the beach right??? Now I just have to convince Jack to decorate up to my standards....like remember that everything ever purchased was because my Mom talked my Dad into it. Treading in new water here people!
6. Vali and Jaime are getting married in less than 2 weeks....I can only remember how excited I was 2 weeks out from my wedding. In the sweet spot...just dying to tell anyone that would listen that I was getting married. alkjf;ldkjfaldjfakjdf;kajd;fj. This also means my anny is like right around the corner. What do I want? Rose Gold Kenneth Cole man looking watch? Okay okay okay. Twist my arm!!! We also got our double wedding weekend with a baby figured out. Nanny SuperJen to the rescue...like what am I going to get her as a thank you for this....Rose Gold Kenneth Cole man looking watch? Okay Okay Okay
7. So like Pinterest went Mainstream right?
8. Baby Legs are the cutest thing in my life right now...well maybe Mags + Baby Legs. Case in Point Below.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Fall in Looooooooooove
Amanda is here. Adult convo all day long. ALL DAY LONG. Sarcastic witty up beat, fast, nothing but fun convos all day long. We went to target today....it was blissful. Like we accidentally on purpose got full fat grande mocha salted caramel frapaccino's...Did you know full fat comes with whip cream....THIS DRINK IS WHERE IT'S AT. If you are vacillating on this...please please just order it. Then we drank our fraps and spent like 1.5 hrs in target. Me, Amanda, and Mags...just like it's supposed to be.
Now please be ready because you are gonna be so jelly jelly belly when you see what I got out of the $1 bins......
You are looking at black glitter pumpkins and grapevine pumpkins. In the attic I have a whole mess of orange and white mini pumpkins from the wedding that are so fantastic by themselves. I feel so validated from this. Gosh my dining room table is going to look so fucking fall beautiful. BEAUTIFUL. Do you also see the dried hydrangea's in the background. Dried. Like Nicole. Like I'm cool. Like they were in Mags flowers Giggy brought to the hospital. I've tried 10 times to get dried hydrangea's and I can't think of a better bunch to actually work. RIGHT?
Tomorrow we might go to the galleria and see what we can get ourselves at Stratsburg going out of business sale. We might also go get a library card...because you can check out free e-books from your local library on your ipad if you have a library card. Did you know this? Amanda taught me. Schooled me bitches.
Now please be ready because you are gonna be so jelly jelly belly when you see what I got out of the $1 bins......
Tomorrow we might go to the galleria and see what we can get ourselves at Stratsburg going out of business sale. We might also go get a library card...because you can check out free e-books from your local library on your ipad if you have a library card. Did you know this? Amanda taught me. Schooled me bitches.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Oh hellllo
Let me first state the biggest reason why I don't blog everyday is because John brings the laptop to work almost everyday and the ipad is NOT made for typing let alone blogging. But I don't want to buy another laptop that won't get used when I go back to work. So conundrum.
Secondly who wants to talk about my daughter??? Look at her- she is playing on her play mat- she does that- LOVES it like a big girl. She's the most beautiful amazing thing I've ever seen in my life. In some moments I think it's so easy and I've got it all under control and perfectly in balance. AND THEN I get 20 min or an hour or a day where I'm like this shit is HARD HARD work. And then it goes back to best job I ever had. It's amazing. And draining. And just everything- everything you ever did, learned, thought and dreamed channeled into this beautiful little 9lb 8.5oz bug. Yes she has gained 2 pounds in just under 2 weeks. She like the eating my friends. Mags also likes the baths and the sleeping 5 hour chunks at night. Knock on wood.
Also Mags and I love to go on trips. Grocery store, target, starbucks, out to lunch. We are pros now- I mean I still get semi-freaked she's going to end up screaming on one of our trips but I just keep faking it until I make it on my face and it's worked so far. We also love to go visit Grandma and Grand-Pappy (the current grandpa name Jack is trying out- I think he thinks it's a funny Alabama name)- my parents are 100000% obsessed with Maggie. Like can't get enough of her or enough of talking about her, or enough of anything that relates to her. I like it- it makes me happy. And it makes me really happy that I have this nugget of happiness to offer my Mom in a time where it's greatly needed.
Sooooo what else? I lost my preg weight- I had gained 17pds and now I'm a few down from the weight I got pregnant at. And while this is great in itself there is still a mountain to overcome- it's time for pointplus + nursing points. Do I go to meetings? I think so- right? Go to the meeting like it's my first time. YES? I think yes? How can I fit this into my schedy...I'll make it work. Right now I'm a bottomless pit of eating- and while I understand why- I need to fill the pit with something that isn't cookies, chips and ice cream!
So what's next..fall shopping. BOOOOOOOOOOTS and leggings and tanks with sweaters layered over them??? I don't even know what's cool right now. I have to get us a trip to the mall scheduled ASAP- I went to the Gap for like 10 min the other day and only looked at the sale rack. I need more in my life than that. Also the money I've saved in the past month not going anywhere has got my checking account at levels never before seen- in the positive direction. This needs to be corrected. Get things back to the status quo :)
I also need to say THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who has brought food over to our house, we can't keep up with it at this point. Like the freezer is still full! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you- you have made this transition easier than I ever imagined. What would I do without you!!!!!
Okay okay I need to go get my chores done while that bebe is sleeping. Plus I'm watching Bridesmaids for the 2nd time today. H.I.L.A.R.I.O.U.S
Secondly who wants to talk about my daughter??? Look at her- she is playing on her play mat- she does that- LOVES it like a big girl. She's the most beautiful amazing thing I've ever seen in my life. In some moments I think it's so easy and I've got it all under control and perfectly in balance. AND THEN I get 20 min or an hour or a day where I'm like this shit is HARD HARD work. And then it goes back to best job I ever had. It's amazing. And draining. And just everything- everything you ever did, learned, thought and dreamed channeled into this beautiful little 9lb 8.5oz bug. Yes she has gained 2 pounds in just under 2 weeks. She like the eating my friends. Mags also likes the baths and the sleeping 5 hour chunks at night. Knock on wood. Also Mags and I love to go on trips. Grocery store, target, starbucks, out to lunch. We are pros now- I mean I still get semi-freaked she's going to end up screaming on one of our trips but I just keep faking it until I make it on my face and it's worked so far. We also love to go visit Grandma and Grand-Pappy (the current grandpa name Jack is trying out- I think he thinks it's a funny Alabama name)- my parents are 100000% obsessed with Maggie. Like can't get enough of her or enough of talking about her, or enough of anything that relates to her. I like it- it makes me happy. And it makes me really happy that I have this nugget of happiness to offer my Mom in a time where it's greatly needed.
So what's next..fall shopping. BOOOOOOOOOOTS and leggings and tanks with sweaters layered over them??? I don't even know what's cool right now. I have to get us a trip to the mall scheduled ASAP- I went to the Gap for like 10 min the other day and only looked at the sale rack. I need more in my life than that. Also the money I've saved in the past month not going anywhere has got my checking account at levels never before seen- in the positive direction. This needs to be corrected. Get things back to the status quo :)
I also need to say THANK YOU TO EVERYONE who has brought food over to our house, we can't keep up with it at this point. Like the freezer is still full! Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you- you have made this transition easier than I ever imagined. What would I do without you!!!!!
Okay okay I need to go get my chores done while that bebe is sleeping. Plus I'm watching Bridesmaids for the 2nd time today. H.I.L.A.R.I.O.U.S
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