Carrie and Greg: June 2004 Archives

Not the Terrible Twos. Just the Interesting Twos.

By Carrie on June 20, 2004 7:30 PM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Being Jade's mom is definitely an adventure. Friday, I had a ton of errands to run. We were in and out of the car all day, and she was a joy to be with. Loving, considerate, polite, listening. We had a blast together and I told her so. Then there are days like today. Days where she wakes up and begins beating on her brother, yelling "NO!" and just generally being miserable. I suppose we all have days like that, though. I know there are days when I just want to yell "NO," and run away. Usually the very same days she's being that way. Grandpa's good at reading those situations, though, and that's when he comes in and tells her to get her shoes on, and takes her outside to play. Thank goodness.

And now it's bedtime. She's asleep, and I just went up to check on her. She looks like a little angel when she's asleep (though I think she looks that way when she's awake, too. Even when she's being bratty.) I should take a picture, so that I remember that angelic look when she's not being so angelic.

First Word

By Carrie on June 8, 2004 8:50 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

Seth said his first word yesterday! At 7-and-a-half months old! At first I thought it must have been a fluke or a coincidence, when I said "Seth, do you want to eat?" And he said "Eht." I looked at him for a minute, and then I said "Eat?" He said "eht" again. This morning, while we were waiting for Babies 'R Us (why is there no backwards "r" on my keyboard?") to open, he watched me eating my healthy breakfast of an oatmeal raisin cookie and an iced tea, and when I looked at him, he said "eht" again. So it's officially a word. I'm so proud, and I'm sure I'm annoying the heck out of him, asking him "Eat?" every ten minutes, and then not always giving him something to eat. Oh well. He'll learn about his crazy mommy very soon. I'm looking for a cute little baby-sized bow tie for the wedding.....

--C

Seal of Approval

By Carrie on June 4, 2004 7:00 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

I had this cute little introductory entry planned out, but cyberspace and my lack of attention to details ate it, so I am just jumping in with both feet.

Oh, the whirlwind that is my life right now. I really should be working on Jade's flower girl dress, right this very minute, and then finishing a pair of baby socks for a friend's newborn, and then sweeping and mopping the kitchen floor, and then doing mounds of laundry. But what I really want to do is say screw it all and go see the new Harry Potter movie, by myself. Ok, with Seth, but he's not too bad at movies yet. I can nurse him, and there's not usually too many people at early matinees. Still, I will be a good girl and work on the dress. This is Sara's wedding we're talking about, after all.

I have another, admittedly small, dilemma. There's this karaoke contest at our local mall, and the prize is nothing I want to win, but I think I still want to enter, just for the glory of performing. Greg works on Fridays, the nights of the contests, and I'm trying to decide if it's important enough to me to ask someone to come along with me, both as moral support and babysitting. What I should do is talk a bunch of people into being my cheering section, but that would require asking people for something, and I am decidedly bad at that. I'll think about it for a while.

But here's the best, bestest, greatest news of all.... We got approved for a mortgage!! WOO-freakin'-HOO! It's not a big mortgage, but it's what we were expecting, and it's doable, and we will get a HOUSE out of the deal. I want to giggle every time I think about it. I want to show my letter of approval (you know, part of me is always looking for approval and now I have a letter) to everyone. I'm already planning Jade's bedroom decor, and I've even told her about it. I've asked her what she wants in a house, and she said "Pink and blue ribbons. And a basement." A details girl, apparently.

Ok, my pesky conscience is pestering me again, so it's time to crank up some music and go sew. And do a little happy dance too.

--C

Let's try this again....

By Carrie on June 3, 2004 6:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

Am I doing this correctly now?

June 2004 Archives

Not the Terrible Twos. Just the Interesting Twos.

First Word

Seal of Approval

Let's try this again....

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