In our group of friends almost everyone has girls, we went to a birthday party this past weekend and a friend snapped this picture of the "big sisters"...the little sisters were not cooperating so we don't have any photo evidence of their friendship as of yet. How fun will it be to look back on this picture when they are being bratty teenagers and longingly remember when.Monday, February 28, 2011
The girls
In our group of friends almost everyone has girls, we went to a birthday party this past weekend and a friend snapped this picture of the "big sisters"...the little sisters were not cooperating so we don't have any photo evidence of their friendship as of yet. How fun will it be to look back on this picture when they are being bratty teenagers and longingly remember when.
Don't ya just hate when....
a doctor looks you in the face and says "I don't know what is wrong with you." Well thanks Doc.
A while ago I posted about my not a tumor growth thing in my brain....well it's called a micro-adenoma, and the good news is that my follow up MRI showed that it hasn't grown since my last MRI 4 months ago. But based on my labs and the MRIs the doctors still don't know what is wrong with me.
So I guess I just get to keep dealing with the dizzy spells, and light handedness issues and wait for the magic answer to fall from the sky. Oh but on the bright side the medication that they put me on caused me to gain 30 lbs in like 6 weeks....and stopping the meds did not cause a the weight to just fall right off....just my luck.
A while ago I posted about my not a tumor growth thing in my brain....well it's called a micro-adenoma, and the good news is that my follow up MRI showed that it hasn't grown since my last MRI 4 months ago. But based on my labs and the MRIs the doctors still don't know what is wrong with me.
So I guess I just get to keep dealing with the dizzy spells, and light handedness issues and wait for the magic answer to fall from the sky. Oh but on the bright side the medication that they put me on caused me to gain 30 lbs in like 6 weeks....and stopping the meds did not cause a the weight to just fall right off....just my luck.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
2011 Reading Challenge - February Update.....
I am a member of GoodReads and I love it, if you're not a member yet you should check it out. It's great for finding new books to read, and getting reviews of books. More than once I've found a book that I LOVE from reading friends reviews. Especially when it's a book that I might have never picked up otherwise.
I was reading a LOT in January, but got a little bogged down with a LONG chick lit book in late January, and slowed my reading down a bit.
Anyhow my February is going to be short since I chose to read some longer and heavier books this month.
January 2011 reading list
February reading list:
Book 6 of 2011 was Millie's Fling by Jill Mansell, this was a fun book and an easy read...but it was a lot longer than your typical chick lit book at 576 pages. And I felt that at times the book was dragging on, which is probably why it took me 2 weeks to finish it, and then I was a bit disappointed at how quickly the author tried to tie up the ending.
Overall it was a cute chick lit book about writing a chick lit book, which was a fun change from the typical romantic story lines. It is set in England, and I LOVE the British humor so that was a huge factor in my overall liking of this book.
Book 7 of 2011 is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Steig Larsson. I finally finished this book...it took a bit over a month for me to get through....granted it was long but really it was because I just didn't want to devote that much brain power to a book. These books are AMAZING, really so gripping and exciting and overall great books. BUT they make you think, and you really have to pay attention. You can't just flit through the book at a quick pace...or at least I couldn't. You have to remember a LOT of characters, and this 3rd book brought back some characters from the previous books but also introduced a whole slew of new characters.....and being I had a hard time remember everyone, especially when their names were so similar...as apparently so many Swedish names are...who knew.
Overall, an amazing read. I LOVED all 3 of these books, I'm temped to go back and read them again now that I have a better handle on the names and characters.
I'm devoting March to reading crappy chick lit...and I can't wait!
I was reading a LOT in January, but got a little bogged down with a LONG chick lit book in late January, and slowed my reading down a bit.
Anyhow my February is going to be short since I chose to read some longer and heavier books this month.
January 2011 reading list
February reading list:
Book 6 of 2011 was Millie's Fling by Jill Mansell, this was a fun book and an easy read...but it was a lot longer than your typical chick lit book at 576 pages. And I felt that at times the book was dragging on, which is probably why it took me 2 weeks to finish it, and then I was a bit disappointed at how quickly the author tried to tie up the ending.
Overall it was a cute chick lit book about writing a chick lit book, which was a fun change from the typical romantic story lines. It is set in England, and I LOVE the British humor so that was a huge factor in my overall liking of this book.
Book 7 of 2011 is The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest by Steig Larsson. I finally finished this book...it took a bit over a month for me to get through....granted it was long but really it was because I just didn't want to devote that much brain power to a book. These books are AMAZING, really so gripping and exciting and overall great books. BUT they make you think, and you really have to pay attention. You can't just flit through the book at a quick pace...or at least I couldn't. You have to remember a LOT of characters, and this 3rd book brought back some characters from the previous books but also introduced a whole slew of new characters.....and being I had a hard time remember everyone, especially when their names were so similar...as apparently so many Swedish names are...who knew.
Overall, an amazing read. I LOVED all 3 of these books, I'm temped to go back and read them again now that I have a better handle on the names and characters.
I'm devoting March to reading crappy chick lit...and I can't wait!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Rock on
She's so hard core even Paco looks scared. And just so you know, this is what happens when I give Dan control of Pandora....
I see you
Check out that curly hair....I was wondering if any of my children would be cursed....er blessed with my curly hair. I guess Addison wins!
First Soccer Class!
Please excuse the crappy cell phone photos, but Natalie had her first soccer class on Friday. She LOVED it and she's a natural if I do say so myself. She has been talking about it all weekend and can't wait to go back on Friday!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Meal planning...an unforseen benefit
I've been a bit reluctant to dive fully into meal planning, not for any real reason other than I'm to fickle to commit to a meal for say Wednesday on Sunday. BUT this week I was made aware of another benefit of meal planning....the husband will cook dinner if I tell him what to cook!
When I was talking to Dan about my plans to dive into meal planning I was fully expecting him to scoff at me. But instead he said "if you make the meal plan I'll cook" Um what?!?! That's all it would have taken...all these years and I never knew!
Anyhow, I made a lose meal plan for this week just listing the various things I planned to make for dinner and the man has cooked every night this week! That right there is enough to make me a believer in meal planning!
When I was talking to Dan about my plans to dive into meal planning I was fully expecting him to scoff at me. But instead he said "if you make the meal plan I'll cook" Um what?!?! That's all it would have taken...all these years and I never knew!
Anyhow, I made a lose meal plan for this week just listing the various things I planned to make for dinner and the man has cooked every night this week! That right there is enough to make me a believer in meal planning!
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
So lucky...
I just have to take a minute to brag about how insanely lucky I am. My mom watches my kids, she has an in home daycare, so not only do my girls get incredibly well taken care of by grandma but they also get the social interaction of being with other kids.
In the recent months, the two other "big kids" have graduated on to pre-school. Natalie is still a bit young for pre-school and with Dan still not working it just isn't in the cards for us right now, so we're keeping her at grandma's house. But this has made her a little bored (and made me feel a little guilty). But my dad has totally come to the rescue. My dad retired about 5 years ago from his career as a Fire Fighter, and has been enjoying his retirement by relaxing and playing copious amounts of online poker. But seeing how bored his little granddaughter was he decided to start taking her out on little trips.
He takes her to the park a couple times a week, and on walks to see the horses up the road, and this week they had an outing to the Mall. Which Natalie calls the mill. He let her walk around the Disney store for an hour and then took her to lunch at the food court. She couldn't stop talking about how much fun she had with "gampa". Then today I talked to my mom and hear that he took her to yet another park today...but not their usual park, today he took her to a cool park across town.
It just made me realize how incredibly lucky I am to have such great parents, and how lucky my girls are to have such amazing grandparents. I didn't have grandparents (it's a long story), and never really knew what I was missing...but seeing how much my kids love their grandparents makes me a bit sad for what could have been.
For the time being, I am just basking in the joy that is Natalie's special relationship with my dad and hoping that she will remember these fun outings as she gets older.
In the recent months, the two other "big kids" have graduated on to pre-school. Natalie is still a bit young for pre-school and with Dan still not working it just isn't in the cards for us right now, so we're keeping her at grandma's house. But this has made her a little bored (and made me feel a little guilty). But my dad has totally come to the rescue. My dad retired about 5 years ago from his career as a Fire Fighter, and has been enjoying his retirement by relaxing and playing copious amounts of online poker. But seeing how bored his little granddaughter was he decided to start taking her out on little trips.
He takes her to the park a couple times a week, and on walks to see the horses up the road, and this week they had an outing to the Mall. Which Natalie calls the mill. He let her walk around the Disney store for an hour and then took her to lunch at the food court. She couldn't stop talking about how much fun she had with "gampa". Then today I talked to my mom and hear that he took her to yet another park today...but not their usual park, today he took her to a cool park across town.
It just made me realize how incredibly lucky I am to have such great parents, and how lucky my girls are to have such amazing grandparents. I didn't have grandparents (it's a long story), and never really knew what I was missing...but seeing how much my kids love their grandparents makes me a bit sad for what could have been.
For the time being, I am just basking in the joy that is Natalie's special relationship with my dad and hoping that she will remember these fun outings as she gets older.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
I blame Global Warming
or at least that's what I've been doing lately to explain this AMAZING weather those of us in California have been having!
For the past 2 weeks it has been "unseasonably warm" according to the weather people...personally I don't give a shit what you want to call it, it's been AWESOME!
I have taken advantage of the weather as much as I can as a full time working mom, but I have been able to squeak a few trips to the park in after work. It has been THAT warm that I've been able to take the kids to the park at like 5:45. I think I'm in love! 
Anyhow, Natalie has been in heaven, and she loves going to the "big kid park" which we can let her do since no one else is at the park at 5:45. And Addison loves the swing as well as just watching all the dogs walk by.
I don't care if it's Global Warming, "unseasonable weather", Aliens, Armageddon or whatever I like it!
Things I want to remember....
Since I failed and didn't make a baby book for either of my kids, I'm going to use my blog to chronicle the things I want to remember...from the things they say to the crazy things they do to the little moments where I just want to push the pause button.
Last night bath time was one of those moments. Addison was busy eating bubbles and splashing in the water, when Natalie decided it was a good time to sing.
She started singing twinkle twinkle little star, and then launched into her own song about all the people she loves....it was freaking adorable and I kick myself for not having the camera handy.
So I'll have to settle for just writing the lyrics.
"I love Addison, I love Addison, I love Mommy, I love Daddy, I love Gramma, I love Gampa, I love Gramps, I love Gramma Suz love love love....I love uncle Kevin, I love auntie Shell, I love Auntie Shawn, I love Uncle Dave, Love love love, I love sister, I love uncle Chad, I love Addison, I love Addddiiiiiissssssooooonnnnnn"
And then apparently she realized we were watching her and she got shy and stopped singing.
Next bath time I will be sure to have the camera within grabbing distance. Man I love that kid!
Last night bath time was one of those moments. Addison was busy eating bubbles and splashing in the water, when Natalie decided it was a good time to sing.
She started singing twinkle twinkle little star, and then launched into her own song about all the people she loves....it was freaking adorable and I kick myself for not having the camera handy.
So I'll have to settle for just writing the lyrics.
"I love Addison, I love Addison, I love Mommy, I love Daddy, I love Gramma, I love Gampa, I love Gramps, I love Gramma Suz love love love....I love uncle Kevin, I love auntie Shell, I love Auntie Shawn, I love Uncle Dave, Love love love, I love sister, I love uncle Chad, I love Addison, I love Addddiiiiiissssssooooonnnnnn"
And then apparently she realized we were watching her and she got shy and stopped singing.
Next bath time I will be sure to have the camera within grabbing distance. Man I love that kid!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Out of the mouths of babes...
I know I think my kid is hilarious, but of course I'm biased...however at times she comes out with thing that are absolutely hilarious and often these things are said in public.
Last night while at Costco, Natalie is having a great time making Addison crack up, and laughing along with her. Then she turns to me and says in her oh so quiet toddler voice, "I see Addison's Nipples!"
Now before you get all judgy on my, Addison was in fact wearing a shirt, and it was covering her nipples. So I ask Natalie how she can see Addison's nipples, and she points to her face. Relieved I say "Oooooh you mean dimples"
Last night while at Costco, Natalie is having a great time making Addison crack up, and laughing along with her. Then she turns to me and says in her oh so quiet toddler voice, "I see Addison's Nipples!"
Now before you get all judgy on my, Addison was in fact wearing a shirt, and it was covering her nipples. So I ask Natalie how she can see Addison's nipples, and she points to her face. Relieved I say "Oooooh you mean dimples"
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