CUTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN!

Three posts in one day, you might say......

.....isn't that pushing it a little bit. I mean, you don't really want to get people used to reading this much boring shit about your life and then disappoint them down the road when you don't write 3 times EVERYDAY.

Well, to inquiring minds that want to know, I think that today's postings have been redundant in their baby theme. So what else can I possibly talk about that might spark fierce debate and radical new ways of thinking?

Paris Hilton? No, that's been played out, I can barely tolerate reading shit about her because it's so nauseating that she is as pampered as she is. Britney Spears? Nope, nipple slips aside she's just really not very interesting either. Christina Aguilera's supposed pregnancy? I don't think so, because I really just don't care.

Why not bring up something political and volatile.... well, I don't follow politics, and I'm of the opinion that unless I want to become suicidal I won't get involved in politics beyond pissing my dad off with my anti-Republican propaganda.

So I thought and I thought and I thought. And then it hit me...

Haha, I got nothing. Sorry folks, all that build up for nothing. Baby Einstein is on. I think I'm going to zone out and try to come up with something a little bit later.

Pictures from last weekend

I've uploaded a bunch of new photos to my myspace, plus I'm adding some here. Please be aware, this is all the gift you'll be getting from me this year, Christmas and your birthday combined. Sorry.


I love Tona's face, she is such a ham!


Another goofy face!


What a pretty grin!


Note her David Blaine-esque intensity. It's all in the gaze.


GOTCHA!

Okay, I'm doing it

I'm posting. I wanted to last night, but let the night get away from me. It was my "Friday" so, I'm glad it's over, because I have the day off with my baby today. And man, we're having some fun.

She loves to try to get her feet, and then eat them. Sometimes her feet elude her a little bit, but at least their attached so I don't have to retrieve them every time she can't get to them.

Thad bought her a little surfboard with a water scene thingy in it for her to play on when she does her tummy time. We don't time tummy time or anything, we just let her roll over and then wait until she freaks out. We should write a parenting book.

She scratched me so bad last night in her sleep that she drew blood. Thad woke me this morning to say that I had blood on my face, which is not the first thing anyone wants to hear the minute their eyes are open. Lo and behold, blood on my face from a sharp little talon/fingernail. Mama got the file out today and shaved those suckers down.

Here are a few pictures of this crazy kid. Thad took all these the other night. He always gets great pictures of her.


My daddy bought me this!


I'm a supermodel!


Aren't I cute?

It's been a while

Sorry it's taken me so long to post. I'm not trying to avoid my blog perusers. I'm just so tired or busy lately that it seems to take me forever to post. I have two drafts waiting to be posted and I still haven't gotten around to finishing either and putting it up. So I'm starting from scratch.

We went to my cousin Brooke's wedding in Miles City on Saturday. It was beautiful, and Elora got to meet a whole bunch of her extended family, which included her step-grandma Melba, a bunch of her cousins and her great aunts and uncles. We didn't stay long, because we drove to Colstrip that night to stay with Thad's parents.

Thad and I got to sneak out for a beer when the baby fell asleep, but when we got back she was apparently VERY upset because she was doing that hysterical scream/cry that gives a girl the hiccups. It wasn't very pleasant for the in-laws, but wouldn't you know it, as soon as I laid her down, plugged her with her binky, and laid with her in my arms she was asleep in less than a minute. That's mama's magic touch right there.

Thad made chicken fried rice last night, and used soy sauce and red curry paste to marinate the chicken, and it was so moist and tasty I had a mouth-gasm. I kid you not, tremors of pleasure from my mouth down to my toes.

Besides that it's just been the usual. Working, taking care of the baby, and working more. We have a new crop of newbies at work, but they're doing pretty well. No skull smashing has ensued..... yet.

God, I hope I get a new schedule soon. I'm SUPER hopeful that we may get another lead to take over my shift so I can get into a better one. I'd love to get 4 10 hour shifts, and have a day off with Thad. Oh, in a perfect world our big guy upstairs would realize how valuable our position is to the agents fresh on the floor with questions galore. I'm a freaking poet.... but I don't feel like rhyming on that last one.

So I'm trying to learn how to soul trap on Oblivion, so I'm asking a co-worker tonight. I love Oblivion.... so much.... if I could have given birth to this game instead of my child and been completely ok.....JUST KIDDING.

No games *sob*

I'm not supposed to play games at work tonight. Because we've been so busy it seems that some people are peevish about leads playing games when we aren't busy. Only because EVERYONE ELSE is busy. Someone must have complained.

I'm going to try to write more at night. I have my best ideas on my drive home from work, alone, usually with no music to distract me, but once I have these fantastic ideas it's like they slip outta my head like water through a colander.

I've got a wedding in Miles City on Saturday for my cousin Brooke. I'm actually both dreading it and looking forward to it. I'm not really big on family things, to be completely honest, but this is the first time a lot of my family will be meeting Elora, and I'm really excited about that.


Elora and I have been watching the Backyardigans. I adore the Backyardigans. I think that so far my favorites have been "The Secret of the Nile", which is set to Broadway-style music and is about saying please and thank you, and "The Yeti", which is James Brown-style funk music. I love to sing with them because the songs are so funny and cute. I tend to gush about them because they are just the coolest thing.

Well, I've got a Jane magazine to read and blogs to catch up on. Leave me a comment for shits and giggles!

Best Weekend EVER

How much fun did I have on my three day weekend?

TONS OF FUN!

Wednesday was spent cleaning and getting this prepared for Adriennit's visit and my bbq on Friday. So I got a bunch of stuff done, which was great.

So Thursday rolls around and Thad and I are awaiting the arrival of our guest. She shows up just as I start to get the ingredients ready for coconut chicken curry and mojitos.

The curry and mojitos turn out great:



Even the baby wanted some:



I end up getting pretty tipsy by mixing a deadly little combo of rum and chardonnay, but end up surviving and getting up early on Friday morning. Adriennit woke up early with me so we could squeeze as much fun time into the day as possible since she was leaving for Helena at 5:00.

So we went to Gainan's nursery and walked around, discussing things I could make for my bbq. She suggests a homemade pasta salad and her recipe for "ranch" bread. We then go to the store, pick up all the ingredients, and she ends up getting both the pasta salad and the ranch bread ready for me that afternoon, plus she helped me weed my flowerbeds (FINALLY).

So the bbq was fun. The "ranch" bread was incredible, the pasta salad amazing, and everyone seemed to have a good time.

Unfortunately we did not do a photo shoot for another debate. Kinda bummed about that, but perhaps we'll make up for it 10 fold when next our paths do cross.

Here's a little Elora in a sunhat for you to ooooh and aaaah over: