sometimes our neighbors are being picked up for something and whoever is picking them up sits outside their front door and honks.my initial reaction is to take whatever is in my hand and throw it out my window at their car. i HATE that! i hate how rude it is, i hate how inconsiderate, i [...]
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January 23, 2008
notes
when ava runs, i can hear her diaper rustling. it’s adorable.
it’s amazing to think about the time i’ve spent with her. i mean, it’s almost all of my time and in her lifetime, the moments spent without me are few and far between.
here is a picture from our cake making:
January 22, 2008
bits and pieces
first things first: i made a cake yesterday. i was looking through my cookbook yesterday and saw a picture of a cake and i thought, ‘that’s pretty. i want to make it.’ so i did.i had five bars of energy yesterday instead of my usual ten and i used up 4.5 on a cake. good [...]
January 17, 2008
princess ava
ava’s been talking for a few months now, but it seems like lately it’s really kicking off. her latest word is “princess” because OH MY GOSH i have a girl for a daughter. a serious girl. a girl who loves princesses and “oohs” over them and dances like them and talks to me about them. [...]
January 9, 2008
dog food
toby gets a treat after his morning walk. he’s sort of a pack rat and he’ll usually go put his treat in a corner with a toy or two and eat it later. sometimes he’ll move it from room to room. ava has learned of these stashes and has also found that if she is [...]
January 3, 2008
you know what? we’re really smart.
ava’s newest love: blue’s clues. she discovered it when ryan, hernan and uncle mike all left for the weekend to san diego and left a melted mommy and baby behind (the holidays can be ex-haust-ing). so i did what any desperate, sleepy woman would do: i wore pajamas all day and turned on the tv [...]
January 1, 2008
auld lang syne
this is it. a new year. 2007 is “last year” (s0 last year). we had a fast year. we moved to california from utah. ryan started a “big boy” job that he loves (and rocks at), ava learned to crawl and turned one and broke her leg and learned to walk and talk. i started [...]
December 21, 2007
morning manipulation and a story
“will you walk toby this morning?”
silence.
“please?”
“serving toby will help you.”
“serving me will help me.”
and, since so many of you have requested it, the banana story. unfortunately for all of you, this story is probably only funny to my friend katie. i think it’s because katie loves me an unusually large amount. not to say that [...]
