Thursday was my day. 24 now. Getting older everyday. My age still doesn't bother me. I am freaked out about turning a quarter of a century next year. That's old. :-) It was a good birthday for me. Tim is so wonderful. He had my birthday gifts wrapped and ready for me to open when I got up. But he didn't have time to watch me open them before he went to work, so I waited until he got home. It's hard for me because I am a very impatient person when it comes to opening presents. He got me Harry Potter SceneIt 2nd Edition, Simon, and a Sudoku board game(it's got a booklet and wooden pieces like Scrabble). He knows me so well. My dad came up and took us out to eat, Outback baby! I love that place. It had been so long since I last ate there. It's my fave. There is nothing better to me than their Caesar salad. Afterwards we came home and had some Baskin Robins ice cream cake. Yummy! I had ordered the cake, and should have gotten a smaller size. I is still hard not having the Mons-ters around to share leftovers with. Speaking of which...I was on my way to the Post Office earlier this week, and almost drove past it to go to their old place. There is a stop light between our house and theirs, to go to the PO you turn left at the light, or you can go through it and get to their place. I was in the lane to go straight when the light changed and I realized what I was about to do. It made me so sad that when I went into the PO, my eyes were all red. I am so looking forward to Thanksgiving. Hopefully if everything goes well, we will be going up for a short visit.
Aeryn had a doctors visit on the 29th. She is 22# 2oz. 28 1/4". Poor thing had to get 4 shots. She didn't cry for very long. We were expecting her to be more cranky because the appointment was when she is usually down for her afternoon nap. We also changed pediatricians, this was our first visit to the new one. Our new doc is the one Melisa was using before they moved. We like her so much. The waiting room is so comfy, and the check-up rooms are so cute! On top of that, she's really nice and is a great doc. I am really excited. Oh, and the office is just across the street from us. Aeryn is also starting to try and take a few steps. She was standing in the hallway, holding on to the wall and took a step towards me! But she couldn't keep her balance and fell. It's so exciting.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Procrastinator
I have known for a long time that whenever someone looks up procrastination they will see my picture there. I am just going to throw things out there, in no particular order(just as things pop up in my head). I still need to make some slide shows, and will let you know when I get them done.
Tims birthday was the 14th. I made him a M&M Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake. Yummy! That was my present to him. He is so hard to shop for. I felt bad for not getting him a card though. I couldn't find one that said what I wanted. I need to invest in a card maker like Melisa has. Hers are always so cute! My dad took us out for dinner at Kilkenny's. Tim got a Boxty (stuffed grilled potato pancake) stuffed with crab, lobster and shrimp. I ordered a chicken Boxty, asked for no mushrooms, but got mushrooms. Fungus is yucky. So I had them bring me a chicken alfredo. They have really great food, and I recommend that everyone go sometime. He's also really gotten into the Flaming Lips since seeing them in concert recently. He got some of their cds for his birthday and a new A's hat.
Tims grandmother passed away earlier this month. He knew her pretty well. It was his moms mom, and so she went out to California to help her sister take care of everything. She just got home yesterday. There were some good things about the trip though. She was really happy to get to spend so much time with her sister(who lives in California). And also her niece had her second child, Charles Wiley(I hope I got it right).
Aeryns third tooth has finally poked through! The front bottom(central incisors) two have been in since mid-May. Strangely, this new one isn't a top tooth. I can't see any sign of them. The new one is the right lateral incisor(no I'm not a tooth fanatic, I looked the names up). I think that I see some white on the left, but nothing is through. She has also moved up a diaper size, 4. And I have put away most of her 12 month clothes, there are a few that are stretchy that still fit. She's mostly in 18 though. There is a great group here, Just Between Friends. My sister-in-law, Stephanie, turned me onto it. It's a great big consignment sale. They have three in my area twice a year(spring and fall). PS their website is jbfsale.com. You should check it out, they have them in a couple different states. Sorry Melisa, not in MI yet. Anyways... I went to the one in Tulsa, and spent twice as much as I planned. But Aeryn is set on clothes for the rest of the year; hopefully some of next year too. I got her some cool toys as well. It's funny because I used to look at people whose houses are overflowing with toys, and "think how did they let that happen?" I am totally eating my thoughts. It's way too easy. But Aeryn is enjoying herself. She is so amazing. She picks up on things really fast. I am working on her feeding herself. She does finger foods, but not at all interested in using a spoon. I don't mind though. She's growing up too fast, and is already really independent. So I have no problem holing on to whatever I can as long as she lets me. For now anyways. She is close to walking. She is standing up without support more and more for longer periods(in seconds, not minutes), and walks along holding the furniture. She won't let us hold her hands and help her walk, but that's how she's always been. She wants to do it for herself. I admire her for it.
Here's a quick cute story before I get off here. Yesterday for dinner, we went to Red Robin. There was a family at the table across from us with an 11month old girl. She started fussing and Aeryn started imitating her. I just realized where she got it from...me. When she starts, I will copy her and make it into a game to distract her attention from whatever upset her. Well anyways, it was all very cute, the two of them. By the time we left they were babbling to each other and waving(Aeryn still does her waves backwards), and all of us adults were fawning and laughing over them and their cuteness.
In my news, I have seen Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix three times at the iMax theater. Tim doesn't understand why, but he still loves me so it's okay. I also went to see Becoming Jane. I don't know if I loved it, I think I will have to see it again to make that decision. But you will really like it if you are into Jane Austen, or period movies. There was a preview for a movie about a Jane Austen book club, I don't think I am going to see that. Well maybe when it's on dvd and I get a free movie rental coupon. I can't wait until December 21st... Sweeny Todd. I haven't seen the musical, but I know the story. Tim Burton is the director, so of course Johnny Depp is Sweeny Todd. It also has Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman(I have a such a crush on him). It's late and I can't think. So goodnight.
Tims birthday was the 14th. I made him a M&M Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake. Yummy! That was my present to him. He is so hard to shop for. I felt bad for not getting him a card though. I couldn't find one that said what I wanted. I need to invest in a card maker like Melisa has. Hers are always so cute! My dad took us out for dinner at Kilkenny's. Tim got a Boxty (stuffed grilled potato pancake) stuffed with crab, lobster and shrimp. I ordered a chicken Boxty, asked for no mushrooms, but got mushrooms. Fungus is yucky. So I had them bring me a chicken alfredo. They have really great food, and I recommend that everyone go sometime. He's also really gotten into the Flaming Lips since seeing them in concert recently. He got some of their cds for his birthday and a new A's hat.
Tims grandmother passed away earlier this month. He knew her pretty well. It was his moms mom, and so she went out to California to help her sister take care of everything. She just got home yesterday. There were some good things about the trip though. She was really happy to get to spend so much time with her sister(who lives in California). And also her niece had her second child, Charles Wiley(I hope I got it right).
Aeryns third tooth has finally poked through! The front bottom(central incisors) two have been in since mid-May. Strangely, this new one isn't a top tooth. I can't see any sign of them. The new one is the right lateral incisor(no I'm not a tooth fanatic, I looked the names up). I think that I see some white on the left, but nothing is through. She has also moved up a diaper size, 4. And I have put away most of her 12 month clothes, there are a few that are stretchy that still fit. She's mostly in 18 though. There is a great group here, Just Between Friends. My sister-in-law, Stephanie, turned me onto it. It's a great big consignment sale. They have three in my area twice a year(spring and fall). PS their website is jbfsale.com. You should check it out, they have them in a couple different states. Sorry Melisa, not in MI yet. Anyways... I went to the one in Tulsa, and spent twice as much as I planned. But Aeryn is set on clothes for the rest of the year; hopefully some of next year too. I got her some cool toys as well. It's funny because I used to look at people whose houses are overflowing with toys, and "think how did they let that happen?" I am totally eating my thoughts. It's way too easy. But Aeryn is enjoying herself. She is so amazing. She picks up on things really fast. I am working on her feeding herself. She does finger foods, but not at all interested in using a spoon. I don't mind though. She's growing up too fast, and is already really independent. So I have no problem holing on to whatever I can as long as she lets me. For now anyways. She is close to walking. She is standing up without support more and more for longer periods(in seconds, not minutes), and walks along holding the furniture. She won't let us hold her hands and help her walk, but that's how she's always been. She wants to do it for herself. I admire her for it.
Here's a quick cute story before I get off here. Yesterday for dinner, we went to Red Robin. There was a family at the table across from us with an 11month old girl. She started fussing and Aeryn started imitating her. I just realized where she got it from...me. When she starts, I will copy her and make it into a game to distract her attention from whatever upset her. Well anyways, it was all very cute, the two of them. By the time we left they were babbling to each other and waving(Aeryn still does her waves backwards), and all of us adults were fawning and laughing over them and their cuteness.
In my news, I have seen Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix three times at the iMax theater. Tim doesn't understand why, but he still loves me so it's okay. I also went to see Becoming Jane. I don't know if I loved it, I think I will have to see it again to make that decision. But you will really like it if you are into Jane Austen, or period movies. There was a preview for a movie about a Jane Austen book club, I don't think I am going to see that. Well maybe when it's on dvd and I get a free movie rental coupon. I can't wait until December 21st... Sweeny Todd. I haven't seen the musical, but I know the story. Tim Burton is the director, so of course Johnny Depp is Sweeny Todd. It also has Helena Bonham Carter and Alan Rickman(I have a such a crush on him). It's late and I can't think. So goodnight.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Baseball Game
Yesterday we went to Arlington, TX to see the Oakland Athletics play the Texas Rangers. For those of you who don't know, Tim has been an A's fan all his life; so we are an Athletics family. For the past four years we have been to at least one A's vs Rangers game. This game, we decided to come back after rather than stay at a hotel. We were worried about how Aeryn would handle it, but she did great.
They open the gates 3 hours before the game starts, so fans can watch the teams warm up, and try to get some autographs. I thought it was 4 hours, and I am glad I did. If we would have left to get there 3 hours before we would have hit rush hour traffic in Dallas. Talk about a lucky mistake. There was about half an hour to kill when we arrived, so we went to the All American Grille. It's a restaurant in the stadium, above right field. What a view. It was nice to be inside with AC. Not being very hungry, we just split a Caesar salad. With a few minutes left before they opened the gates we got in line. They check your bags before you can go in, and one of the rules is no glass. I didn't think about it when I had packed the diaper bag, but the baby food jars were glass. Since we couldn't bring in the jars we dumped them into styrofoam cups. Ugh.
We brought a baseball for the players to sign; a keepsake for Aeryn. We got Nick Swisher, Shannon Stewart, JJ Furmaniak, Chad Gaudin, and Houston Street to sign it. Houston Street is a really great guy, he always stays out and signs autographs as long as there is a line. And when we were in line for Shannon Stewart, he said the last one he was going to do would be for the kid in front of us. I asked if he would please sign Aeryns ball because it was her first game, and he did! That was cool of him.
Before the game started, there were photogs going around the park taking pics for the Rangers website, and took one of Aeryn and I. Click here to see it.
The game was 13 innings, started at 730 and was over at midnight. Aeryn conked out the last half of the 13th. I was surprised she made it that long. It was a nail biter. The A's scored 6 in the 1st and then a homer in the 3rd, and didn't score again until the 13th. My heart was racing the whole time after the 9th.
Every time we have gone to see them play the A's win. (knock on wood) It's a great feeling to go into a stadium cheering for the visiting team, and being able to walk out proud.
Aeryn discovered how to wave bye. It's so cute, she will turn both hands toward herself, and watch her hands wave. We haven't been able to get her to do it on cue yet. She is also very interested in buttons. She can turn the TV on and off, change the channels and volume. If it has a button, she wants to push it. I can't believe how smart she is! It's so awesome to be watch someone discover new things.
They open the gates 3 hours before the game starts, so fans can watch the teams warm up, and try to get some autographs. I thought it was 4 hours, and I am glad I did. If we would have left to get there 3 hours before we would have hit rush hour traffic in Dallas. Talk about a lucky mistake. There was about half an hour to kill when we arrived, so we went to the All American Grille. It's a restaurant in the stadium, above right field. What a view. It was nice to be inside with AC. Not being very hungry, we just split a Caesar salad. With a few minutes left before they opened the gates we got in line. They check your bags before you can go in, and one of the rules is no glass. I didn't think about it when I had packed the diaper bag, but the baby food jars were glass. Since we couldn't bring in the jars we dumped them into styrofoam cups. Ugh.
We brought a baseball for the players to sign; a keepsake for Aeryn. We got Nick Swisher, Shannon Stewart, JJ Furmaniak, Chad Gaudin, and Houston Street to sign it. Houston Street is a really great guy, he always stays out and signs autographs as long as there is a line. And when we were in line for Shannon Stewart, he said the last one he was going to do would be for the kid in front of us. I asked if he would please sign Aeryns ball because it was her first game, and he did! That was cool of him.
Before the game started, there were photogs going around the park taking pics for the Rangers website, and took one of Aeryn and I. Click here to see it.
The game was 13 innings, started at 730 and was over at midnight. Aeryn conked out the last half of the 13th. I was surprised she made it that long. It was a nail biter. The A's scored 6 in the 1st and then a homer in the 3rd, and didn't score again until the 13th. My heart was racing the whole time after the 9th.
Every time we have gone to see them play the A's win. (knock on wood) It's a great feeling to go into a stadium cheering for the visiting team, and being able to walk out proud.
Aeryn discovered how to wave bye. It's so cute, she will turn both hands toward herself, and watch her hands wave. We haven't been able to get her to do it on cue yet. She is also very interested in buttons. She can turn the TV on and off, change the channels and volume. If it has a button, she wants to push it. I can't believe how smart she is! It's so awesome to be watch someone discover new things.
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