Karlyn's First Fight

Karlyn got in her first fight today. The little boy next door is 6 months older than her, yet smaller! We call them boyfriend & girlfriend and Karlyn even thinks that is his name, your boyfriend. They play pretty well together except that he always takes all the toys. Normally she lets him and doesn't stick up for herself....until today. I'm not too worried about her being bullied when she gets to school! :)

Pet Sematary maybe?

Almost everyday Bug and I go for a short walk on the golf course behind the units to see if we can find any golf balls or sticks, she loves to beat me with sticks. So I set her down to run, we walk a couple feet and then I see this



Click on it to see if it gets bigger. If not then I suggest right-clicking and saving so you can open it with a program that has a zoom function.


I could tell that it was two different animals....but what I didn't understand is why one is skeletal and the other still has fur! So my theory is that Fur Corpse found Skeletal Corpse, tried to eat it, got his jaw stuck, couldn't move and died of starvation.


Anyone else have any better ideas?


And does anyone have an idea of what the hell kind of animals they are?


And how the hell did it end up on the golf course!!!


The really creepy part was when I got closer to take the picture and a strange noise started coming from the tree branches directly above me and the dead thing. Needless to say we booked it. :)

So chime in, I want to hear your ideas!

My kid is such a dork

Apparently this is the laughing mat.

The laugh itself is pretty new.

Adorable though. :)

You gotta love how she stops cold once she realizes she's being videotaped.

Calling in all favors!

We're moving.

Not far.

Just three miles, even staying in the same zipcode.

So, who wants to fly out here and help me pack?

Anyone?

Anyone at all?

Bueller?

Bueller?

Part 1

First, let me start by telling you that yesterday evening while I spent 20 minutes at the grocery store sans Bug, daddy got the privilege of cleaning up huge mounds of Bug-poop off the living room floor. ahh justice :)

Anyway, there have been so many cute/funny moments in the last couple days that I couldn't resist sharing a few pictures and videos with everyone.

Unfortunately I don't have as much time as I'd hoped so the explanations will be brief.

This was my Valentine's Day present from Bug and Josh. Massage, heat, cup holder. ahhhh.

Our kid loves to read (ok look at pictures and/or have us read to her). She gets it from her mommy.




She takes a book or two everywhere with her.

She also likes to read outloud to us :)

Would rather read than play with her many toys. There are times I have to hide the books!




She even takes a book to read on the plane (flying through the air courtesy of Air-Daddy)


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The only word Bug can say other than Daddy (dah-ee) is Hi! So every morning when we walk in to get her out of her bed we are greeted with the cutest Hi! Josh decided to record it one day.

Adorable yes?

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And here's the Bug with her Mobile Ball Pit

Hmmm I think there was a hurricane...





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She likes to dance by spinning in circles. The video won't load so all you get is a picture




She also likes to look at pictures of herself on the computer

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Bug and Josie have a new game they play together. No it's not chase the kitty. I throw a crumpled up piece of paper for Josie, she plays with it for a couple seconds, then Bug runs to pick it up and either brings it back to me to throw again (yes I play fetch with my kid) or tries to give it to Josie. They will do this for hours.

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First pizza experience

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She won't let us brush her teeth anymore....unless I let her brush mine first.

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Bug wanted to wear daddy's socks. Why does this remind me of the Rocky Horror Picture Show?

Ok, I can't get the last two videos to load on this post because it's too full so I'll load them in Part 2

Wordle

There is a website Wordle which will take random words from your Blog and turn them into a ...well, a wordle :) Here's mine



Hmmmmm....

P.S. I tried to make it bigger but it just won't work for me. I'd try clicking on it :)

All Things Elmo

The other night Josh and I decided to tally up just how many Elmo things the Bug has.
Thought I would share :)

Elmo Music CD
Elmo DVD (5)
Elmo Book (3)
Elmo Live
Tickle Me Elmo TMX
Hokey Pokey Elmo
YMCA Elmo
Up Up Elmo
Elmo Spin Chair
Elmo Dashboard
Elmo Remote
Elmo Phone
Elmo/Cookie Monster Handheld Noisemaker
Elmo Highchair Mat
Elmo Potty Chair
36" Stuffed Elmo
24" Stuffed Elmo
10" Stuffed Elmo
Assorted Elmo Clothing

Seriously, it's like freaking Elmopalooza in here.

Oh and anytime I'm on the computer we have to turn on Elmo on ITunes so one guess as to what I'm listening to :)

Hey there...

I know I haven't written in a while. Don't worry, we're all ok, just don't have as much time to write as I used to. The little Bug requires constant attention nowadays! I'm currently cooking dinner for myself so I can't really write an update but I can give you pictures!!

actually had a cold day here

pretending to be laundry

mmmmm, ground beef enchiladas!

sleeping in her car seat

She decided to go on a shopping spree.

There were only two things in that basket five minutes prior.

Apparently she really likes sippy cups!

Bug and her boyfriend

waiting for daddy to get a haircut, sending some emails while she waits

trying to wear mommy's shirt, she got close!

looking adorable



first juice pouch!

My Scary Night

I know I'm way behind on my blogging but I decided I really need to share what happened to me last night with the world.

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Josh was at work, the baby was asleep and I was upstairs watching TV. I hear my phone ring downstairs and go down and answer it. It was my dad, he didn't say why he called but handed the phone to my mom. Apparently he's moving back to the desert and they were out furniture shopping for him.*

Anyway, after I got off the phone I decided to make a snack. I went into the kitchen and turned on the light but nothing happened. I pulled the cord for the light and still nothing.** So I turned on the dining room light and again nothing. (it was evening and still a bit of light out so I wasn't talking on the phone in the dark or anything). So I walk over to the front door and tried those lights, nothing was working. I noticed that the door was unlocked and I knew I'd locked it before going upstairs.

Then I noticed that the french doors to the spare room were closed and I definitely knew I hadn't closed those.*** I tried the switch leading to the spare room and flicked it on and off a few times. I could see the light go on and off from under the door. It was then that I realized someone was in my house. Not just was someone in my home, but they had disabled all downstairs lights except the one for the room in which they were hiding.

I ran up half the stairs before realizing I needed to make it seem like I didn't know what was going on. So I slowly went up the second set of stairs and let out a large yawn hoping to fool the intruder into thinking I was clueless. I get to my room and climb into bed, under the covers, pretending to be asleep, just in case. ****

That was when I heard the footsteps on the stairs.

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That was when I woke up. Heart racing, sweat pouring from every pore on my body. That was possibly the most real-feeling dream I've ever had. I had to shake Josh awake to cuddle with me before I could go back to sleep.

The rest of the night was no better. More scary, bad dreams. Can't remember any of them though, maybe that's for the best.

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*Even if my dad did move back to the desert I highly doubt he and my mom would be out furniture shopping. Hint #1

**There isn't a cord for the kitchen light Hint #2

***Our spare room does not have french doors, in fact it doesn't even have a door. Hint #3

****Seriously, if this was a true story I would have gone straight to my child's room, picked her up and climbed over the balcony to go for safety.

Bug and Santa

We finally made it to the mall today to see Santa. The line was only ten people deep so we were in and out in half an hour.

When our turn came we put Bug down. She walked over to Santa and gave him a huge smile. He talked to her for a minute (apparently he's relocated to the South Pole as he had a southern accent) and she kept on smiling at him until ... we put her on his lap. Then she freaked. And I do mean freaked. That kid was scared!! We even gave her daddy's phone as that always calms her down. Didn't work. The first two pictures made it look like we'd handed her over and just walked off. The third was so pouty that it was just pathetic. The photographer started shaking some bells before the fourth picture and that got her attention long enough for a decent picture.

Still pretty pathetic :) See the tears in her eyes? Poor baby!

Afterwards Santa gave her a candy cane and that made everything better :)

The ABCs

I know I haven't written much lately, sorry about that. Things have been a little crazy lately. Here's the highlights (or lowlights depending on which letter you're looking at):

A) Bug had a viral infection this last week, runny nose, diarrhea, fever. The works. Not a happy baby.

B) In addition to being miserable from her cold, Bug has also cut two teeth in the last five days! Eight teeth in that little mouth! Needless to say, I don't stick my finger in there to brush her teeth anymore!!!

C) Josh got a promotion!!! Good news is better title and slightly more pay, bad news is he'll probably be working more.... if that's even possible. It also means we'll be staying in Florida for at least another year, I'm ok with that as long as we find somewhere else to live. Which brings me to D

D) We've been looking at apartments, houses, townhomes, all that good stuff over the last week. I just don't understand why there are no new housing/apartment developments in the good parts of the city(ies). Everything is at least ten years old which means the appliances are at least five years old. Kill me. Dining rooms are carpeted (not good for a one year old who throws food) or the entire house is tile (our current downstairs is all tile, Bug's had a few mishaps, I'm ready for carpet!).

E) Josh and I have been talking about #2 lately. Now calm down grandmas! We're just toying with the idea. Neither one of us can commit to thinking it's a good idea just yet so I guarantee (about as much as birth control is a guarantee) that it won't be happening anytime soon. Just curious as to people's thoughts on the matter. My brother is having his second (plus GF has a three year old from previous) 17 months apart from his first (don't quote me, I suck at math) and I'm curious how life will be for him. I also have a good friend whose children will be just 6 months apart (I think, again, don't quote me on these things, I'm tired) and I'm really curious how that will go. Anyway, anyone with experiences on kids being two years apart, give me the ups and downs! I'm trying to weigh pros and cons. In the end we'll do what we think is best for us but still, it's on my mind.

F) My mom's coming for Christmas!! Woohoo!! So I actually decorated the house, hung christmas lights and even bought a cheapass fake tree from the dollar store! It's cute :) Now if I could just figure out how to keep the hellions (cat and baby) away from the garland....


Ok, that's about it folks. I'd post a couple pictures of the brat (and yes, she is a brat. That first bite of birthday cake seems to have given her the impression that she's entitled to any/everything. She also now knows that my world revolves around her and I think she's figured out how to manipulate that....brat.) but it's been so busy I haven't downloaded any pictures from the camera lately. Sorry.

I leave you all with a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. Whichever you'd prefer.

Now where's that eggnog.......

One Year Check Up aka post written in two minutes

I know I haven't posted much lately but we've been pretty crazy around here. When we got back from Indiana Bug decided her bedtime had changed to 10pm. Which means mommy's cleaning time got pushed back and her 'mommy time' got eradicated completely. So no blogs for all you curious people wondering what's been happening over here in Florida. I found a rare few minutes in the day today so I figured I'd at least tell you all how Bug's one year check up went yesterday.

Our little Amazon is 31 inches and 23lbs. Think she eats enough? She'd been spitting up a lot lately and it's the nastiest smell imagineable. Turns out we've been giving her WAY too much whole milk. Oops. Now we know better though :)

I had about thirty questions for the doctor and she was patient enough to wait for me to ask all of them before running off to her next patient. I love her.

We got the OK for the forward facing car seat which is good because we already bought one!

They turned my little angel into a pin cushion with all the shots and she was such a little trouper! She had three shots in her thigh, two in her arms and her finger pricked and she didn't cry once. The nurse commented first on how strong she was and secondly on her high threshold for pain. She gets that last one from mommy :)

Well, my time is up. I'll try to finish a bit later.

1st Birthday!!!!

I have much to write about but my brain is muggled from exhaustion due to trying to wear my kid out tonight. Mission accomplished but the sacrifice is a catch-you-up blog. So instead I shall post birthday pictures!

The Cake

The Birthday Girl in her Elmo Birthday Crown

Bug's Piece

Mmm, this is pretty good

The Face Dive

Mmm, this plate tastes good too!

Now this is how it's done!

Very happy birthday girl!

Diggin' in for a present

Unwrapping another present

She really liked this one. Like old friends :)

She really liked getting presents out of bags!

I don't know, I just think it's cute :)

Pretty easy to tell she likes this one!

Yeehaw! See ya'll later!!

I'd post more but my exhaustion tactics seem to have failed me. It's alive! I do have to mention that she was on a major sugar rush after that cake! She crashed at 7:30pm and went from happy one second to screaming/crying the next. I'm not exaggerating either.

Crap, gotta go.

Indiana

Well, we've been in Indiana for just three short days and yet it feels like our week is up. It's been a busy couple of days. I think I mentioned in my last post that Bug spent Monday night spewing cantaloupe chunks all over our house. Well she's fine. Nothing to worry about.

Tuesday we got up at the butt-crack of dawn and had a very cranky baby. We didn't give her anything to drink until we got on the plane and started taking off because if she didn't suck on something during take off her ears were less likely to pop and then we'd all regret it. I literally had to hide the bottle from both baby AND daddy! He felt so bad letting her cry (and I'm sure he felt a bit like a bad father due to all the stares from the other passengers) but I wouldn't relent and didn't give it to her until we started our takeoff. Trust me, we were all better off that way! A little crying before take off and then quiet for the rest of the flight. Mommy's done this before!! :)

We had a great flight and landed in Evansville at 10:30am. After we got into town the day becomes a bit of a blur for me, I was up for over 17 hours which is a lot for me. On Wednesday Bug's aunt and cousins came over for dinner. Afterwards they went back to their house and brought back some old, no longer used Elmos. Talk about a happy Bug!! She now has Elmo Live (which stays home of course), her big Elmo that Josh won at a claw machine (he has plastic eyes and she smashed him into the brick wall at the Atlanta airport and now he has a huge chip in his eye), an Elmo that does the hokey pokey, a huge plush elmo that's twice her size and best of all....YMCA ELMO. Elmo sings E - L - M - O to the tune of YMCA and dances too! She adores him. Even more than Elmo Live, which kind of makes me want to take him in for a refund since he's got a couple glitches!!!! As soon as they started playing the YMCA Elmo she started dancing. We got a decent video of it last night. But I can't get that one to load...so you get this one instead. Which is still cute...but not as cute.

CRAP! I can't get it to load either. So you're out of luck. Sorry. I'll post it when I get back.

Anyway, all day Wednesday I wasn't feeling very well. Josh convinced me that a bath would make me feel better so around 9pm I took a hot hot bath. Felt pretty good too. I was in bed by 9:45, 10:45 I woke up, headed straight for the bathroom and puked my guts out. When I got back in bed I had chills and hot flashes. Not good sleeping conditions. To make matters worse the Bug woke up at almost exactly 11:45. Josh took care of her (thank God for a wonderful husband) and I thrashed around in bed until he came back in around 3am. Apparently she wouldn't go to sleep unless she was laying on him (something she never does for me) and it took him quite a while to be able to lay her down in her crib.

Well, he was supposed to get up at 6am to go with his mom to his sister's surgery, the whole reason we made the trip up here, but when his mom woke him up he took my temperature and it was above 100 degrees so he stayed home to take care of the baby instead. Again, thank God for a wonderful husband. I slept most of the day, got up for a couple hours around noon, went back to bed, then got up again at 4 but went to bed at 8. I think it was a 36 hour flu because when I woke up yesterday morning I felt fine. Although I did wonder where my husband was. Turns out the precious one woke up at 3am last night and Josh ended up sleeping in the other room with her just so they could both get some sleep. Josh asked if I woke up wondering where he was. My response? "Actually, I woke up and thought 'shit! I could have slept in the middle of the bed had I known!!!'"

awww, adorable right?

So today was a pretty good day. Josh took Bug to see his sister for a couple hours. When they got home it was time for Bug's dinner. She was pretty funny during dinner, very animated. She also took a pretty nasty poop while sitting in the highchair. We got her out and Josh cleaned her up. We planned to give her a bath in Nana's big jet tub so he brought her out naked and set her on the kitchen floor while the bath filled (in case she peed of course). What we weren't expecting was this.

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Yeah, nasty. Right there on the kitchen floor. I hope none of you were eating while reading this!

Oh, one other thing I forgot to mention. When I had my first birthday party I got a pretty nice boo-boo on my forehead walking into the park. Well, today, two days before Bug's first birthday party, she fell in the living room and smashed her face into the ottoman. The hard part of the ottoman. The bridge of her nose is now bruised and swollen. Apparently the saying 'Like Mother, Like Daughter' is ringing true in our little family! :)

Well I intend to post videos and pictures with this post but the in-laws computer takes forever!! So we'll see if it happens.

Tomorrow we have a pre-birthday-party party at my father-in-laws and Sunday is the big event. I'll keep you all posted when I can!

Love you all!!!!

~Kristen

Tired...so tired

So it's 4:30am and I'm up taking care of the final touches for our trip to Indiana. Plane leaves at 7 and I have my fingers crossed that Bug will sleep on the plane...because I want to sleep on the plane!! I'm currently wishing I had set the coffee maker to make more than six lousy cups this morning. Who's the jackass that booked this early flight anyway?! Oh yeah, I did.....crap.

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Last night I had another initiation into the mommy club. For me, it was the worst yet. I feel as though I've been hazed. In reality, I was just puked on. Repeatedly. I gave Bug her usual cantaloupe for lunch, but I gave her a lot since it was going to go to waste if she didnt eat it. Well, she ate it. Whole. I guess she got greedy when she saw all that food on her tray and didn't bother to chew. So come dinner time, little miss piggy wouldn't take a bite. Josh and I were pretty confused seeing as how this child has never turned down food. We just figured she was teething and cranky.

Fast forward one hour.

Mommy is covered in chunky cantaloupe vomit. On the floor is half a regurgitated cantaloupe (Can you really call it regurgitated if it wasn't chewed in the first place?).

Twenty minutes later.

Bug is in tub happy as can be until....cantaloupe puke again.

And so went the hazing for about forty more minutes. Finally when we thought she was through, we put her to bed and haven't heard a peep since. I really hope she just ate too much and isn't sick!!!

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Ok, that's all I have for right now. We're going to Indiana and I'm hoping for some sleep soon!!

I'll try to keep you updated while we're there.

(((((oh, and Bug turns 1 on Sunday!!!))))))

Is it a bird? a plane? It's President Superman!

We voted today. Stood in line for two and a half hours. My voting process took less than five minutes while others took as long as 45 minutes. Come on people, haven't you heard about reading the amendments ahead of time?!

The wait in line was extremely boring. There were quite a few babies there as well. Babies babbling, screaming, crying, singing, babies that spit their juice all over people, babies that pulled the hair of the strangers in front of them, babies that threw their Cheerios container at stranger's heads. Oh wait....that was my kid. Yep, she did all that.

Most of the other babies were younger or older than her. And all were in strollers. I wish Bug would appreciate a place to sit and be pushed around as much as I would have. She did pretty good though. Towards the end she started getting fussy but who wasn't? We were fortunate to have a bitter old couple in front of us who entertained me with their complaining and constant nitpicking of the voting process.

Anyway, we voted. Our civic (or civil?) duty is done for another four years. Now all we do is sit and wait. I really hope Superman wins this year.

Achy-Breaky Family

This past week proves that mommy has some accident prone genes and has passed them on to baby. It started with me getting sick within the first three days of our return from California. It came to quite the climax in the last 24 hours.



Last night, Josh and I were horsing around with Bug in our room. We'd run to one side of the bed (on the floor) while she was on the other side and then she'd come looking and we'd jump out at her. She loved it. Well, in our hustle to get to our side of the bed I tripped over Josh's leg, landed on my knee and apparently my big toe. Hurt like a mutha! My sweet empathetic child saw me upset and started to cry too!



Hours later I was going downstairs to get another beer (yes this one is totally due to innebriation) and my foot slipped off the step and down I went on my bum. Still hurts.



The kicker was just twenty minutes ago. Bug was walking around the living room, tripped over a pillow on the floor and smacked her head into the corner of the coffee table. Josh didn't think she was hurt since she wasn't crying so he just stood her up so she could go on her way. From my angle, however, I could see the pain face. You know, where the face is all scrunched up like they're screaming but they're so upset that no sound has come out yet. Seconds later she found her voice, and we lost our ears and our minds. Poor thing had two dents in her head. An inch from her left eye right beneath her hairline. We managed to distract her long enough to stop the crying and by the time we were done the dents had become big, purple bumps. We're lucky enough to have a registered nurse we can call 24 hours a day in association with Josh's insurance. So of course we called her up and as usual they put our mind at ease (yeah, we've called them a few times). She should be fine, we're supposed to check her pupil dilation and mommy/daddy recognition every two hours.



Even at night.


When she should be sleeping.


Which she's finally started doing for twelve straight hours. Still not on the right time schedule but at least she's not having that three am bitchfest anymore. I wouldn't have minded if she was having a crib party, but bitchfests are unacceptable.



Anyway, we're all sitting around waiting for the next accident. I've got ice on my toe and bum and we're trying to lasso up a Bug for some head-icing. Hopefully she doesn't feel too much pain. Poor little baby :(

Determination

{my niece Kaitlyn going in for the grab}

The nonsensical mush from my brain

Ok here's the deal, it's taking me forever to write this because I'm tired and therefore easily distracted. So I'm going to write things as they come to mind and post this in a couple days. It probably won't make much sense, will definitely be scattered and will most likely give you a head ache to read. But at least it's better than the mush in my head :)

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We're back! Bug and I had a wonderful time in California and are both truly exhausted as proof! She adapted to CA time perfectly but when we got home her schedule was all over the place. She didn't choose either time zones but instead Bug Zone. Which means staying up till 2am the first two nights and sleeping in as long as possible. I guess she is her mother's child! :)

The third night I got her to sleep at 8pm but she woke up an hour later, luckily I was able to rock her back to sleep in no time. Oh yes, that's the other problem with 'Bug Zone'. She doesn't go to sleep on her own anymore. Her room in CA didn't have four closed off walls and so noise and light would get through. I didn't want to risk her not going to sleep at a decent time so I put her to sleep each night. When we got back Josh suggested letting her go to sleep on her own from the first night but I felt like coddling my child and now here we are. I hate consequences.

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My child has learned to walk...but not to stop. She was walking around our room Thursday night, at one point she walked over to Josh's side of the bed as if she was going to go see him. I don't know if she forgot to turn or forgot to stop but we saw our little munchkin walk past the bed, head for the door, we expect the turn and then, BAM right into the wall. No joke. She smacked her head into the wall and fell on her butt. One of those things that if we'd been able to get it on video we could win America's Funniest Videos.

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Bug has gone from eating cat poop and kitty litter to playing in it. Putting things in it to be more exact. Specifically the movie AirBud. I have to wonder if maybe she's not trying to threaten the cat. (AirBud is a Disney movie about a dog. You get it right? Cat. Dog. Get it?)

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Bug is a very good traveler. Well, planes anyway. She's never liked the car but I'm pretty sure it's because she's strapped in a seat and I can't blame her. No one likes their freedom being taken away. But put in her in a regular seat on a plane and give her an Elmo DVD and she's a little angel. I had very bad expectations of how the flights would go and she was wonderful on each one.

On the way to California she fell asleep (I had to rock her but she went out like a light) at her regular bedtime. Slept the rest of the flight. On the way back she was so tired she slept for the first three hours waking up 30 minutes before landing. Needless to say, I was thrilled to get a little nap myself! Our last flight (two flights each way) was the only one that she didn't get her own seat (even though she slept the first flight, two seats is much easier for a sleeping baby than one!) and I was amazed at how well she did. She sat on my lap and watched Elmo (which means pushing play - pause - play - pause - play - pause) the entire time. I am truly blessed to have such a good baby!

{Karlyn and the Captain of the plane}

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I was rocking Bug to sleep the other night and a great idea occurred to me. They should invent a machine which you would hook to your head that would take your thoughts and send them to the computer. Then I could blog while rocking my child to sleep. Or while doing dishes, eating, driving, even sleeping! Although my posts would probably look something like this:



--------Bug and I decided to go to the grocery store today. We were in the vegetable aisle picking out broccoli crap I forgot to buy tampons when an older lady came up to us to talk to Bug, as everyone does. ... Man that lady had some funky hair, I hope I don't have hair like that when I'm old. I want my hair to stay the same, long and straight, or maybe I'll dye it pink just to screw with everyone. speaking of, won't be doing much of that when I'm her age. wow, won't be doing much of anything. The supermarket is probably the highlight of her day, unless she has Bingo planned for this evening. wow, that's depressing. wait, the supermarket is the highlight of MY day, and I don't go to Bingo! ahh crap. ...... What was I doing? oh yeah, so she came up to talk to Bug and.... man this kid snores like her father, maybe I should clean out her nose, I wonder if I could do that while she's sleeping. Nah, I'd rather do it in the light. What if I stick it too far up there on accident and suck pieces of her brain out. Man, her father would never forgive me. Course she probably wouldn't snore like him either. hmm, I wonder if I could suck out Josh's nose while he's sleeping. ..... crap what was I talking about. damn I forgot. oh well. hmm, what should I blog about....---------


So you see - not such a good idea after all.



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Bug loves her grandma and I mean loves her! She was so sweet the way she'd light up when she saw grandma and she gave her hugs from day one. It was adorable. Whenever she sees a picture of her grandma now she smiles all big and makes silly noises.


She bonded well with her cousin too. Cousin Kaitlyn walks everywhere. So naturally, now that we're back guess who else walks everywhere. I guess she figures if Kaitlyn does she should too! I don't know how to describe the expression she gets when she sees Kaitlyn's picture. First she smiles at it, then she puts her hand on it, then she grabs the frame with two hands and brings the picture to her face. I'm thinking she's giving her cuz a kiss. Not quite sure. She definitely likes seeing her picture though!


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Personally I could have stayed another week or so. Would have missed Josh terribly but I was having a good time! It was so good to see friends and family! Bug was just getting adjusted too! Next trip we'll definitely be going for two weeks. Even if Josh has to fly out on his own and stay for just a week, I'll figure something out!



Well, I'd better post this. It's been four days since we got back and I'm kind of lolly-gagging with this :)

{I adore this picture. They would be best friends in an ideal world}