October 2005 Archives

Yes, we have been out of contact, lately. We apologize. Ninety percent of that can be attributed to the fact that I've been slammed at work with a huge project that launches on Monday. Since Alecia rarely posts, my work life has gotten in the way of this site's updates. There are other factors, of course--family visits, sick kids, social events, etc.--but I blame most of our absence on this darned project.

Anyway, an actual update is coming soon, but for now, here's a sneak peak of the girls' Halloween costumes. This was taken at our company Halloween party last night:

PEBBLES AND BAMM BAMM!

1. Bath & Body Aromatherapy - hand soap & lotion for bathrooms (2) & kitchen - in anything BUT Lavender scents

2. Bath & Body Aromatherapy - foam bath, body cream, body essence; pillow mist - in any of the Lavender scents

3. Yankee candle - golden spiced pear

4. Cute PJ's

5. Books

6. Blender

7. "Metro" red wine glasses at Target (set of 8) Catalog # : 575919 ASIN: B0002TR1BA DPCI: 200-03-0492

8. Queen size feather bed

Today is Maddie's second birthday, so everybody send her some happy thoughts.

If you didn't get a chance to call today, or don't catch us tonight, don't worry about it. She still has no clue what a birthday means, nor any memory of who has or hasn't wished her a happy one. And she has so many new toys after her party yesterday that she'll be pleasantly distracted for weeks to come. She's doing her best to play with them all at once (having Diego and Baby Jaguar see a show with "City Girl" Natalie at her "Sweet Street" movie theater; helping her cabbage patch kids ride her bike around the living room; initiating conversations between Mr. Potato Head Elmo and her Princess Barbie; etc.), but she has so many, it's impossible to give them all immediate attention. She's bouncing off the walls with "new toy joy."

I, on the other hand, am totally depressed. I was this way on Maddie's first birthday, too. I get grouchy and miserable, when I should be celebrating my daughter's special day. I guess I just hate to see her grow up. Last night, as she fell asleep on my shoulder and I carried her to her room (after about three hours of fighting her to go to bed), all I could think of is how instances like that will get fewer and fewer as she grows up. Every good parent we know swears that each consecutive year of their childhood is great for its own reasons, but I can't help but feel like I'm going to sorely miss these early ones when they're gone. I won't mope on too much about it, but I'm sure all parents can empathize at least a little. It's sad to see your baby turning into a little girl.

Anyway, thanks to everyone who came by for the party yesterday. Needless to say, we all had a great time and are thankful to be able to share this kind of stuff with such great friends and family. We're still planning on going to the wildlife park next Sunday, if anyone wants to join us. Hopefully, this crappy weather (and my foul mood) will even out before then.

Check out the pics we got of Josie at the left. My baby girl is getting so big!

Since we got pictures of her last week, Maddie thought she was getting her picture taken again. She kept trying to climb up there with Josie. An assistant had to take her and keep her occupied so we could get some shots of Josie.

BTW, Maddie was so proud of her pictures last week. She loved her dress and kept telling me, "Mommy, I look so pretty!" She told the photographer the same thing. Then she spent the rest of the day telling every person we saw, "I got pictures today! I so pretty!" Such a ham.

Cranium is having an instant-win sweepstakes on their site for a chance to win $50,000 and some free games.

As far as I can tell from registering, it seems pretty safe and legit. You just have to sign up and give them some basic address/email info.

here's the link

A couple of blogs I usually read have sections on their pages that list "What I'm Listening to Today" or "What I'm Loving Today". We're working on adding something similar to this page, but until then I thought I'd share my recent discoveries:

Listening to:
"Mushaboom" by Feist
Mushaboom video

Loving:
This shelf and lamp by Charles Trevelyan
(the shelf actually has a table and chair that fits into it. Brilliant!)

Maddie ate a Lego the other day.

It was similar to the ones pictured above, except that it was yellow and square.

She laughed immediately afterwards. Alecia panicked, repeatedly asking Maddie where the Lego was.

Her reply: "In my mouth, Mommy. I eat it."

The pediatrician says she'll be fine, to just wait for it to make it's way out.

We're still waiting for it to show up in her diaper.

Bill gives Maddie chocolate milk and tells her not to tell Mommy that there's chocolate in it.

Alecia: What are you drinking, Maddie?
Maddie: Milk, Mommy!
Alecia: What KIND of milk are you drinking, Maddie?
Maddie: {glances sideways at Bill, then looks back and smiles} Orange milk, Mommy! Mmmmm. It's good.