So tired.

I went back to work on the 15th. It's actually sort of a nice break for me. I can interact with adults, there is plenty of visual stimulation, and I get out of the house for a while. Tyler and I have a nice little arrangement going on, he works a day job, I work a night job, and Amelie doesn't have to go to daycare. Not only does it save us lots of money and stress, we get to spend as much time with her as possible.

The only problem, is that I tend to get home pretty late, and get up pretty early. I worked on Wednesday and Saturday this week and have been trying to catch up on my sleep ever since. I was dragging some serious ass today. I guess naps will have to be mandatory from now on.

Moving on, the unthinkable happened to me today. We were looking for houses again , and one of the homes we looked at was also having an open house. I was wearing a shirt that was rouged on the top and had a flowy bottom. The agent (Randall Walker) showing the home casually
said to me, "I see your family will be growing soon." I could have punched him in the throat. Instead, I replied, "Yeah, we had a baby 2 months ago." Of course, going over the scenario in my head later, I came up with some way better responses to his statement, but by then it was to late. I hope he felt like a really big idiot. That's him on the phone, he reminded me of a child Michael Scott and Dwight Schrutte would create. Thanks for taking me down a peg Randy. Lesson for the day, never make a comment like that unless you are 100% positive that a woman is pregnant.


On the flip side, we did find a house that we really liked. We actually already looked at. In fact, it was one of the first homes we saw. Oddly enough, our landlord is the listing agent...awkward. I hope that turns out to be a good thing. Anyways, we put an offer in but I don't want to talk about it anymore in case I jinx us. We'll be using "The Secret" to help aquire the home. Think what you will, but I swear it works. Ask my friend Kram, or boss Linda, they know.

To end on a good note, here is a family photo of us, it was over Memorial Day weekend up at our cabin. Amelie went fishing for the first time and we are posing with Tyler's first Northern of the season. That one will be going on the brag board in the garage.

Cloth Diapers

First of all, let me explain Pumpkin Butt in two words. Cloth diapers.


Our 9 week 4 day old daughter Amelie (Ah-muh-lee), has a big ole booty in her cloth diapers. It's super cute. Most people don't understand why we would go to the "trouble" of using clothies (as we call them). Here is why...

1. They are cute as hell.
2. We like to save the earth however we can.
3. It reduces her exposure to harmful chemicals found in disposable diapers
4. It's cheaper, you only have to buy the diapers once.
5. They are cute as hell.

To be perfectly honest, we do use disposables sometimes, but only when we are going to be out and about for a while, and it has been happening less and less.

Little Amelie, (or just "Little," as her auntie Abby coined her today) is a spitter-upper, so we already have 1-2 mandatory loads of laundry to do per day, so adding one more load of clothies is no big deal (or, NBD) for us. By the way, "us" is Tyler and I.

We are fiances' of 5 months, yet to set a date for our wedding. NBD. It seems like he is in a bigger hurry to make it official than I am. To be fair, I totally want to marry him, just not with the extra 25 lbs of baby weight that I have yet to lose. I prefer to look back at our wedding photos and think to myself, damn I looked good. (ie: my sister Abby in her wedding photos, see MN Bride Spring/Summer2009


















It probably doesn't help that as I write this I am eating Tostitos and Salsa con Queso (thanks mom.)

And I digress...

Tyler and I are having the time of our life with "little" Amelie. I really consider myself a "stay at home mom" since I really only work about 2 nights per week, and spend most of my time with her. I think I get the best of both worlds, being at home all day, and working some nights.

Amelie is sooo lucky that she has her cousin Samuel (Abby's son) to grow up with. He was born 3 weeks and 1 day before her. This is Sammy visiting Ami in the hospital.
This is Sam and Amelie today...
I will update this blog to keep family and friends in the loop of what is happening in the lives of Amelie and Sam, and on a lesser note...us.

That's all for tonight though. Me and Grandma Tracy took Amelie to the Mall of America tonight to find some summer clothes that actually fit me and Amelie pretty much cried the whole time so I am worn out.

We'll try this again tomorrow.