Photos!

Last week I watched an episode of Oprah that made me really sad. It was a mom of 2 who accidentally left her baby in the car while she went to work for 8 hours in 100 degree weather and her daughter died in the car. The message this mom was trying to send to all other moms, was to forget about being perfect, keeping the house clean, looking pretty all the time, and just make time to play and have fun. Don't get all wrapped up in your life.

Needless to say my house is a mess, the laundry is piled halfway up the wall, but Amelie and I sure had fun today. She was laughing, smiling and rolling over all day long. I planned to go for a walk but it never worked out. She fell asleep both times I tried to do it.

She has been eating like crazy lately. She must be hitting a growth spurt. During one of the many times I nursed her today I had to snap a few cute photos of her chubby legs, her passed out grabbing onto my shirt, and her cute little milk mustache. The stash is a little hard to see, but it's there.





So a while back I said I wanted to scan all of my photo booth photos that I had taken with Tyler. I dragged our printer upstairs into the living room (where we keep the laptop) and got busy scanning. Here are the photos I was referring to. Some are at the Como Zoo, some are from the State Fair and one is from my sister Abby's wedding last April.

This is the best one, where he is clearly proposing to me. He did it on Christmas Eve Day, that explains the hat... I'd also like to give a shout out to my very good friend Cassie, who got engaged today and is out celebrating her engagement tonight! Whoot whoot!

I'm glad I got those photos uploaded. I have soooooo many things to do in the next 2 weeks! Yesterday I organized and priced a bunch of stuff for our upcoming garage sale this weekend. Tyler's mom (Grandma D) stopped by for a while too. Cooked us up a delicious dinner which was much appreciated.

It also looks like we are going to be going to closing on our new home next Wed. The second we officially own that home, I will post some "before photos". I spent a good part of my evening putting together an idea notebook with paint ideas, organization ideas, and decorating ideas. I'm so excited!

I'm going to have to start packing up our house ASAP to sort through all the junk we can sell next weekend so we don't end up dragging a bunch of crap we don't need around with us when we move. It's going to be a big job. Might have to strap Amelie into the Baby Bjorn to complete some of those tasks. It worked out for me today when I had to run to my neighbors to pick up our eggs, cheese and milk (we belong to an organic co-op). I also hard boiled some eggs while she was enjoying the view.

She has really been happy lately. She smiles and laughs all the time. We play "super girl" and hold up in the air and she just giggles and smiles like crazy. My mom got some good pictures of that happening at the cabin. Will post when she gets home. She's really gripping her toys and shoving everything into her mouth right now, especially her feet. She's "talking" alot too. I'm so excited for when she can actually talk, I can't even imagine what she will say...but I bet it will be awesome.

Some thoughts.

These last three days have just gone by in a bluuuuur. Seems like all I have been doing is signing papers, trying to calm Amelie down, and not sleeping. We think she has a cold and thats what has been making her so fussy the last few days. We went over to the house we are trying to buy during the inspection on Wednesday, and I ended up having to leave becuase she was just crying inconsolably. I bet the neighbors hate us already. I met one of them walking by and he told me that there are a bunch of kids on the street. Great, built in friends! Here is a photo of her on Wednesday during the short time that she was happy. Thanks for the Rainbow Brite legwarmers Grammy.



The house is in such a great neighborhood and is pretty much everything we have been looking for. It is a fixer-upper so besides signing papers and consoling Ami, I have been searching the internet for design ideas and garden plans. I really want to talk more about it but I'm still weary of jixing myself so I will wait. I'm just really really excited about the prospect of fixing this place up and making it our own.

I worked last night, it wasn't the slowest night I have ever worked, but it was damn close. I ended up closing early becuase there was no one in the bar and the band quit playing around midnight. The only patrons, were actually employees. I really wanted to work tonight and picked up a bartending shift, but then Amelie cried so much all day Tyler ended up working the shift. He was afraid to be home with her alone for three nights in a row (I also work tomorrow night). Well, he wasn't so much afraid, as he preferred to have me home with her because she definitely prefers nursing over the bottle. Sometimes trying to feed her a bottle can send her into a frenzy that lasts for hours (ie: Mother's Day)

We did a large load of cloth diaper laundry last night and dried them outside in the sun today. I must say that the sun is magic for removing those poo stains. I literally blinded myself when I went out to get them they...were so white and stain free. When I came in I had to feel my way down the hallway and into her nursery. Seriously.

I have been procrastinating about getting ready for our garage sale. We have all the tables and tons of stuff to sell and the pens and masking tape to mark it all, but man I hate doing it. Organizing everything and marking it sucks. Then my fingers smell like masking tape and Sharpie Markers and I'm crabby and my back hurts from sitting funny. The motivating factor is that last year we made over $1000 at our garage sale. I know right?! We live in a great location and didn't even have to advertise. The runners, walkers, and bikers just run/walk/bike right up to our sale...even in the pouring rain.

Now, I am going to enjoy a sleeping baby, a Surly Coffee Bender (mmmmm...) and about half a pan of Rice Crispie Bars that I just made. My secret is adding slightly more butter and and a tiny bit more cereal than the recipe calls for. I guess it's not a secret any more. Rice Crispie Bars and Angel Food cake are my favorite desserts. And Tiramisu. I like the sweet delicious yellowness of the first two, and Tiramisu is just good. So good. As good as Thin Mint Cookies and spoonfulls of Hersheys Chocolate Syrup...not that I would do that. I love dessert.