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Wednesday, May 31, 2006Ahhh the Islands.....I cringed when I get tagged for this one, cause I can never decided on favorite anything. And I'm not much of a book person, and 3 movies?!?!? how can ANYONE PICK ONLY 3?!?!?!? *sigh* But lets see........if I were on a dessert island, and I could bring 3 books, 3 movies, 3 albums, 3 people what would they be. hmmmmmmmmm Books - Like I said, not much of a book person. I just can't seem to get through a whole book. I do much better with short stories, or gaming manuals. But let's get a little creative here.  1. How to Survive Anything Anywhere by Chris Mcnab - This is obviously a must. I would need a manual. How to survive. I mean I'm a hell of a camper, but I'm not sure my survival skills are up to the challenge of surviving on a deserted island.2. The Dragonlance Chronicles Trilogy - This includes the Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning. It is an awesome fantasy epic, and I'll actually have the time to read the entire thing in one year. So that I'm not forgetting the beginning by the time I get to the end. 3. The Bible - HA! I know your all shocked by that. But I would love to have the time to actually read this book in order to decide on my OWN what it means. Movies - Seriously how can you FORCE me to pick only 3 movies for the REST OF MY LIFE! Mike, you might as well start thinking about this now, cause this is coming your way, and I know your gonna have an aneurysm thinking about this. HAHAHA. 1. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure - HA, you guys didn't think I was this much of a dork did you? HAHAHAHAHAHAH One of my most favorite movies. When I was a teenager my and my best friend Cheryl used to call each other Bill S. Preston Esquire and Ted Theodore Logan. I was Ted. 2. Troy - Why? ummm DUH! cause Brad Pitt is like almost naked in most of the movie. The. End.  3. The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Extended Edition - tee hee I know you guys all think I'm a cheater with all the trilogies....but too bad...it's MY ISLAND! Music - Did I mention I'm not good at picking favorite songs/movies/albums? *sigh* 1. OK, well if Stephanie can bring a mixed CD then so can I. There is a CD with all the songs that mean something to Mike and I that I made when we were first starting to date. I need that. 2. I also have a mixed Melissa Etheridge CD with all her great (not popular, but great) songs that I would have to have. I *heart* Melissa Etheridge 3. And last but definitely NOT least, a Grateful Dead CD....hmm which one? Ahhh yes....I will cheat again and pick the Beyond Desription box set! That should cover it. =oP People - I'm a little confused about the Mike and Allie thing. I'm allowed to bring 3 OTHER people with me including them? ok.....Anyone? uhhh not sure I need anyone else, but lets think.  1. I would bring Mike's God-daughter Gia. - She would keep Allie company on the deserted island.2. I supposed I would bring My Mother - Because as Mike said last night. "How could you not bring your mother? You like talk to her EVERYDAY!" Plus she was in withdrawals from not seeing Allie over the long weekend, imagine if we were on an island somewhere!!! 3. And my friend Joelle - She the sister I never had. I need some sort of girl acquaintance there to complain about shit too. Tagging - I'm assuming I'm tagging 3 people here, right? Well, 1. Mike - cause it will be fun to watch him have a nervous breakdown attempting to pick only 3 movies to watch for EVER. tee hee 2. Jennifer over @ Mamas moon - Because I want you guys to go and read her cause she writes really well, and has really funny and cute stories about her adorable kids! and lets see someone who's NOT on vacation.....ummmmm 3. Cheeky @ Snow trapped Southern Girl - cause I've yet to torture her with a tag.  
Tuesday, May 30, 2006Whirlwind extended weekendWow, it's been a whole week since my last post. Not sure I've EVER gone that long. AND that last post was my 100th post. Yay! lol OK, Sheesh....where to begin.... *takes deep breath* Wednesday - My good friend and esteemed ex-coworker Dan (hope he doesn't care that I blogged his name) last day of work was Friday. I was off Thursday and Friday so Wednesday was the last day he could throw all of his work at me. Although he did try to clean up as much as possible before he left, I must say.....but he's still a PUNK for leaving me here. So if anyone sees this guy walking on the street in Pennsy-tucky (that's what I call bum-f*ck no where Pennsylvania) hit him on the arm and tell him that he's the reason that I don't blog everyday anymore. So, yea...I'm busy. But I'm gonna try to keep up with my daily feeds. Wednesday night we went to happy hour and drank and complained about the company. It was fun. Thursday - I started my vacation by bringing Althea to the Pediatric Radiologist for a head x-ray during her nap time. Sounds fun, doesn't it? NO! The x-ray was to check that her Cranial Sutures were not prematurely closing creating the flatspot on the back of her head. Basically, I went to humor the doctor because the flat spot on the back of her head, according to me, is from the "Back to Sleep" campaign. Because an alarming amount of children now have this problem. It does help tremendously decrease the amount of SIDS fatalities, but now all these babies have flat heads. Gee, seems like when I had no idea what I was doing (more than now even! LOL) and Allie was a week old and I was putting her to sleep on alternating sides, that was a good idea. Of course the doctor scared me to death and made me put her to sleep on her back. THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Then after she developed the flatspot, he was like. Try putting her to sleep on her side. I was like, yea? YA THINK?!?!? Like I said, I'm pretty optimistic that this isn't the case, since the doctor said that the premature closing of the Sutures come with developmental problems, and we all know that Allie is Developmental Advanced, right? lol Anyway....I have no results yet...but I'll keep you posted. Friday - I stayed home with Allie and attempted to clean the house. Yea...it didn't work out all that well. It's amazing how little I can get done now that the child is mobile! I got about 3 rooms done....my bedroom is still a disaster. *shrug* what are you gonna do. Friday night was the 3rd night in a row that Allie has been getting up at a glorious (NOT!) 3:30am in the morning crying. After her sleeping through the night since she was like 10weeks old, we are NOT used to having to wake up. I think it's finally dying down now that the tooth is finally all the way through the gums. OH YEA...She has her first tooth!! YAY! But of course on Friday night she woke up at 3:30 am and then decided she wasn't going back to sleep and it was play time.... Saturday - We went White Water Rafting on the Lehigh River in PA. It was extremely cool! I can't even count how many times I've been rafting, but it's alot. But this was my fist time on the Lehigh. And it was a Damn Release weekend, so the rapids were NICE! This was the first rafting trip EVER where I was NOT drunk on the river. First they didn't allow it, and second these were REAL rapids...not little dinky Delaware River ones. Allie stayed home with Grandma. When we got home we were dead tired...since we were up since 3:30 am and had a 6 hour river trip. Yea my arms hurt so much that the next morning when I attempted to pick up Allie I almost cried! But it was a good workout, and with the amount of crap I ate this weekend, I needed it. Sunday - We went to a BBQ at my friends house. But before that we had water all over the basement. Which was fun. The stupid hose that drains the washing machine into the slop sink fell out of the sink and drained onto my floor. And of course it didn't happen at the END of the cycle...oh no...right in the beginning so that the soapy water, as well as the TWO rinses (yea you read right 2!) went all over the place. Put it this way...my carpets got a good wash as well. Just what our arms needed after rafting, wet vacuuming water from my entire basement. It was FUN! Then to the BBQ, Allie was pretty much the only kid there, and she was so good. She even had the single young guys there talkin about how adorable she was. We stayed till 10:30 and she was up the whole time. Once we did put her in the carseat she was sleeping within the first two blocks of driving. lol Monday - We went with my MIL to help her buy a new car. She bought a Nissan. It's very pretty. She loves it. But the freaking salesguy is an @sshole, as soon as Mike and I left he f*cked her over with the contract. (Mike and I both worked in the Auto industry, so we're a good team to bring along if your buying a car) But the baby needed to eat, and the deal was done (we thought) so we left. That guy is lucky I didn't go back there, cause I would have been yelling my head off in the middle of a crowded dealership how he was a liar. But either way she's happy with it, which is all that matters. After lunch we went to visit my other friends who have 2 little adorable kids, and then finally went home. BTW it's hot as HELL over here in NJ this week, and yea...I have NO AIRCONDITIONING! yuk. We are working on Central Air, but don't have it yet. Also, as a P.S. I have to apologize to Fidget at Finding Yourself Despite Yourself cause she rented my blog for a week, and I didn't freakin post anything! oops. I guess it was the wrong week to rent. Also I have to remember next time not to link the website name in the opening post, so that people have to click on the little box in the sidebar. That way it registers on your stats. Did everyone go check out BlogExplosion? It's cool, right? Ok, I have a million and one things to do today, so I think that's enough......I think if I have time later, I'll do a picture only post of all this crap. I have fun rafting pics... Happy Tuesday!
Tuesday, May 23, 2006Finding Yourself Despite YourselfSo after seeing all these "Rent my Blog" thingies all over the place I decided to check it out. Turns out it has nothing to do with money and everything to do with finding cool new blogs to add to your daily reads, as well as getting people to see your blog. Win Win situation, and a very cool site. I thought, well...I'm not gonna rent my blog to just anyone, I'm gonna make sure it's a great site that everyone will enjoy. Wasn't that difficult, Fidget found me immediately and her site is cool as hell. HA! That's funny......you'll find out why when you go and check out her very unique template. She's funny, and she's crafty! (Now I have 'She's Crafty' by the Beastie Boys in my head....darn!) Anyway, go visit her.....NOW! 
Monday, May 22, 2006Britney - What is it good for?Absolutely NOTHIN...Say it again. Let me start by saying, I am not necessarily a Britney Spears fan. Although I don't hate her either. I've been known to listen to a song or two or hers if it happens upon my radio, but that's all. However, I feel for her as of late. I also feel for our country. Let me explain. Why is Britney Spears on CNN? Just in the month of May alone there has been 1 2 3 4 articles on CNN alone about Britney Spears. Did I miss something? Cause I thought we were in the middle of a W A R! People in Baghdad are dying and seriously injured every day and I pick up a news paper and on the front page there is a picture of Britney Spears because she accidentally stumbled for a second on her pants while holding her child. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? And how horrible is Briteny, really? Having a baby is hard. It's a learn as you go kind of thing. You do things wrong, and you learn from it and then you do it better next time. Every mommy blogger I've ever read has joked about being the Worst Mommy in the World due to these mistakes. I couldn't even imagine having the paparazzi following me around every time I had Allie with me just waiting for me to make a mistake. HOLY SHIT, I would be on CNN all the time. Manical Days writer Jenn Maniacal Heard Cursing in Front of her Impressionable Daughter. Jenn Maniacal in the News Again - This Time Seen Drinking a Beer while holding Althea. Is she an alcoholic? Authorities make a surprise visit. Seriously, if I were Britney I would cry myself to sleep every night. I'm not advocating driving around with your child on your lap, BTW. Although my mother did it. She drove all the way to California with me in a bassinet on the back seat of a Datsun next to a cooler of beer. I'm alive. But yes, these are different times. I just think they are getting carried away! Now there is a picture of her in a convertible with her son facing front, rather than rear facing. Her son and Allie are a couple of weeks apart, and Althea is pretty much grown out of her infant carseat. Her feet are hanging over the edge, and she's about a pound or two shy of needing a full size seat. I see that it's technically not recommended to move them to forward facing once they grow out of the infant seat until they are over a year old. Which is FINE, so she shouldn't have. But WHO THE HELL CARES?!?!?!?!? There are children being beaten and abused in outrageous numbers but CNN needs to cover this. BTW, has anyone seen the documentary Baghdad ER? It sounds sick to me, like a way to get ratings, but at least it's real life issues about things that matter! Leave Britney alone already......who's with me? *chants* 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - Shut the f*ck up and cover the war!!!
Thursday, May 18, 2006SpongesWhile I'm watching Allie learn all these new things I can't help but wonder what's goin on in that head of hers. What it's like to see and experience and learn things for the first time. How did she KNOW that the best way to get around was to get on her hands and knees and crawl? How does any baby get to that realization? She's never seen anyone crawl, I didn't teach her how to do that, yet most (I wont say all, cause I know some kids go straight to walking) babies will come to the same realization. THIS is the easiest way to get around. And they all start the same and go through the motions. While I was reading my comments from yesterday I was thinkin, wow they all start with the Army Crawl like Jenn from Mama's Moon said, and they all get up on their hands and knees and rock back and forth "revving their engines" like Cheeky from Snow Trapped Southern Girl said, and most of them go backwards first and have tantrums mid crawl like Beth from My Life as a Mommy said. Althea has never seen anyone else crawl or do those things. So how? I know! It's a rhetorical question! But it boggles my mind! She's just learning so much and so quick and I just can't help but to be amazed at her, and all babies. Just the other day I saw her doing this new thing. She would block her mouth with the back of her hand and try to make noise, then pull her hand out of her mouth quick to make a blast of sound. I couldn't figure out what the hell she was doing, or where she learned that from. Then realized that she was blowing kisses. (you know putting your hand over your mouth and then kissing and going MMMMWWWAHHH!) My Mother In Law showed her that last Sunday on Mother's Day when she was over. LAST SUNDAY for ONE DAY. And now she's doing it. WHOA!! I need to pay more attention to the things I do, think she could figure out how to flip off her father? LOL
Wednesday, May 17, 2006Crawling???......CRAWLING!!!Crawling??? Vs CRAWLING!!! Althea has been on the move. She goes, and fast. She's not necessarily doing it correctly, but she's draggin that little body of hers across the room in the only way she knows how. Which basically consists of getting up on her hands and knees rocking back and forth, then dropping to the ground and dragging the rest of her body behind her with her arms. My brother says it's an amazing work out and her "Traps are going to be DIESEL!" Her legs go crazy behind her but basically work more as a deterrent than anything else. Last night while watching the defensively challenged Yankee game, I video'd this - crawling??? Then after about 4 or 5 more takes, we got CRAWLING!!! Wait did you hear me? CRAWLING!! as in real hands and knees crawling! And I got it ON VIDEO to share with you all! Of course she's probably been crawling for weeks and I just didn't know it due to the reiterated Gag Order from last week, but as far as I'm concerned, she crawled for the first time last night, and here is the video.....that's my story and I'm believing it!!! (p.s. notice the little tantrum in the middle cause she's not going fast enough!)
Monday, May 15, 2006The Glorious RainI love the rain. I always have. I love lighting and thunderstorms. It shows the beauty and power of nature. I love the smell right after a big storm. There is nothing like it. The relationship I have with my husband is like a rainstorm. It's strong and powerful and intense. It can be destructive and scary, but leaves you with a wonderful feeling. It's rained good and hard for every major day in our relationship. The first time we kissed it poured glorious rain on us as we stood there embracing it. Every emotional twist and turn we have faced was so strong that it seemed to DEMAND rain from the sky. When we got married it rained all morning. Then as I walked outside to go down the isle with my dad the sky cleared and the sun came out. It stayed out for the whole ceremony. During that beautiful ceremony we even tempted the rain with an Ancient Blessing which included these words: May the blessings of the great rain Wash you clean and fair, And may storms always leave you stronger And more beautiful. And when the rains are over May there be clear pools of water Made beautiful by the radiance of your light As when a star shines beautiful in the night Pointing the way for all of us. It held out till we went back inside to start the partying. For my Batchelorette Party, my girlfriends and I, in an attempt to be "Happy Campers", sat under a tent in my mother's back yard while it poured. We couldn't have had more fun. My baby shower was a co-ed party also in my mother's back yard. We had it catered with a tent and everything. It was gorgeous. About and hour or two in, what only can be described as a monsoon hit New Jersey. It was the most memorable "Shower" anyone has ever been too. When Allie was born it rained for 4 days straight. It flooded towns, broke damns, as well as left 3 inches of water in our basement. As I look out the window admiring the rain today I'm reminded of that Ancient Blessing that was told at our ceremony exactly one year ago today. So many things have happened in the past year. And every rainfall in our lives has done exactly what the blessing said. Every rain washes us clean, and every storm makes us stronger. And when each storm is over we see even more of the radiance in each other pointing us in the same direction, together.  Happy Anniversary, babe. *kiss*
Saturday, May 13, 2006My Mother I may look like my father, but I am my mother's girl.She may be a little loose lipped, but there is no one I trust more than my mother. She may loose her keys or purse, but only because she is too busy doing for and thinking of others. She may always think she's right, but that's because most of the time she is. We may not always agree, but we agree to disagree and value each other's opinion. She may not be emotional, but we all know how she feels about us. She may be biased, but she will tell me when I'm not at my best. She may be busy, but never too busy for you. She may talk a lot, but every word means something to me. She may tell you what to do, but she really wants you to learn what to do on your own. She may be late, but it's probably because she is doing too much for someone else. She may not be me, but I wouldn't trust anyone more to take care of Althea. She may not be rich, but she will make her customers dreams come true. She may call me a lot, but I need her a lot. She may drive us all crazy sometimes, but I'm not sure where we would be without her. She may not be perfect, but I wouldn't want her any other way. Happy Mother's Day Mom!
Friday, May 12, 2006*sigh* BaptismOK, well Mike started this on his blog, and now I feel like I need to post about it too. I'm aware that this post will not make me popular, however it's how I feel. If you do not agree, it's ok you don't have to. We can still be blog-buddies. And as far as my family....well you all know who I am already. I was baptized and made my communion on time in our Roman-Catholic church, just like a good little Italian girl should. My mother sent me to Sunday school up to the point of communion then we moved, and I just stopped going. We went to church on holidays and that's it just like a lot of other familys. When I was in high school, friends of mine used to go to Youth Group. I joined. I decided on my own that I wanted to make my confirmation. So I took classes (well I read the book) and I made it. It was my choice. I went to youth group and I even went to a retreat or two. I had fun, retreats were cool! I started smoking cigarettes on my first retreat. What else are you supposed to do during your breaks? It's what everyone ELSE was doing! I learned on my first retreat how to make a habit out of smoking, and that going on "vacation" with your friends and withOUT your parents was fun! The whole Youth Group thing was short lived. I realized that it was more fun to DRINK with your friends than PRAY with them. Years later I ended up going to a Catholic College. (Not on purpose.) As I learned more about the religion, how it came about, how the bible was written, and all the little ins and outs of how this religion was organized, the less I wanted to do with it. Again, my choice. Once I decided against following, I did it completely. I don't like doing things just because. When I'm in church, I don't say the prayers just because I happen to know them. I don't go up for communion just because the rest of my row is. I didn't get married in a church just because it was pretty. And I didn't have a priest marry me just because your supposed ta. Truthfully I think it's disrespectful to the people who do believe in this religion to pretend just for the hell of it that I believe when it suits me. Because I don't. I actually admire the people who can whole heartedly believe in all that religion has to offer. Life must be much less scary to people who know in their hearts they are going to heaven. But, I can't do it. *shrug* So, now it comes to Althea. Mike wants to baptize her. He has not really thrown away his religion to the full extent that I have. He doesn't go to church anymore than I do, but he prays when he is there, he goes through the motions, he takes his communion, he still believes in the idea. He may be a little bitter about some things having to do with the religion, but he feels that we should give Allie some sort of foundation to stand on. Let her make her own decision, like we did! *shrug* Kinda makes sense....I guess. Plus Mike is Allie father, and if he wants to do it, I want to support his decision. However.....In order to do this, we need to join the church in my town. I need to GO to this church and talk to this priest and basically LIE to him. I don't like the idea of that. I will do it. For Mike. But I don't like the idea of it. ____________________________ **** Update: Go Read Beth's Blog. She's ranting about the same topic! See what you started Mike?
Thursday, May 11, 2006Seriously though........you guys HAVE to go check out Mama's Moon for the cutest little baby feet picture!!! you just HAVE TO!!! Ok so last night I'm watching the Devils Game. I'm bouncing on my work out ball and screaming at the TV, "You pick NOW to f*ck up your winning streak?!?!?!?" "Come on get in the zone!" "What kind of freakin pass is THAT?!?!" "Why isn't anyone in front of the net?" I then realize that American Idol Results show is coming on. So I put it in the "little box". Also known as Picture and Picture. I figure it's just the results show...I can switch when it comes to the good part. I continue to watch the pathetic excuse for playoff hockey that is being played by the Devils. I continue screaming. They have an ok second period, but at the end they are still down 1 goal. Third Period comes, and I have to go upstairs, because I hear Allie screaming in her crib. Mike was having a problem getting her to sleep. We are attempting to get her to fall asleep on her own in her crib. But that's for a different post. So I go up and sit in her room, till she falls asleep. I come back down. Mike's watching the Yankee game. "UMMM HELLOOO Where are the Devils" "Sheesh, relax you were upstairs! Plus it's Yankees Redsox!" "Whatever....PLAYOFFS! Change it. And put Idol in the 'little box' " "the little box?" *bounces on ball* "JUST DO IT!!!!" Devils are still loosing. On Idol I see Taylor singing. I switch to Idol. Did he get kicked off? Oh no, he's just singing. Rebecca Romain asked for it. Whatever, who the hell is she? and Ewww she's marrying THAT GUY? John Stamos is SOOO much hotter!!! Back to hockey...still loosing. DAMN IT! Ohhh Idol..................switch again. TV - Katherine and Chris in the bottom two. "Awwwww poor Katherine. Looks like your girl is getting the boot babe" TV - *Chris your going home* *Blank stare at the TV* I look at Mike... *Blank stare at the TV* I look at the "little box" I see Carolina celebrating their 3rd straight victory over the devils. *blink* *blink* *blink* *blink* *blink* In better news......I lost 2.5 pounds this week! 10 to go!
Tuesday, May 09, 20067 Month UpdateWow, this month has been amazing! She's turned into such a little sponge. She wants to touch everything and learn whatever you want to teach her! She's learned so much in the last couple of weeks. Literally everyday she's doing something new! First major thing is we can't shut her up. She's babbling all over the place. I believe she has used every letter in the alphabet this month in a constant stream of incoherent babble!  An actual word that she says, and understands is Da Da, and does it all the time. Except of course if she wakes up in the middle of the night, because that would be when I would WANT her to say it. I think they have some sort of deal going on behind my back. Her next word will be CAT, her two favorite things. DADA and CAT. She's already starting to say it. Another couple of weeks. She learned how to clap her hands, and she has a nice sound that comes from it too now. She thinks she's very funny too. Every time she does something she looks at you and smiles and then applauds herself. Then she expects everyone around to do the same. She's also starting to do the itsy bitsy spider with those little hands. I can't at all take credit for that one. That's all my mother.  She gives you 5! And high 5 too! She's starting to wave bye bye to me when I drop her off at grandmas. And she's starting to get how to "do nice". She knows what your talking about when you say "do nice" and most of the time she does it, but she has a hard time controling herself. LOL She's also knows when your telling her not to do something, and is already attempting to tie me and her father around her finger by giving the little pouty face and the fake cry when we tell her no. It works....sometimes.  Then of course, she's at the almost stage of crawling. I call it the inchworm. This has been coming for a while, but now she is actually on the move. She can get from one place to another. It's not conventional crawling per se, but she's goin places. For a little girl who hated her stomach, now you can't get her off.  She's a little daredevil. She has no fear. She stands and holds on to the coffee table, with one hand of course! We went to the park, and she absolutely loves the swings. She hangs down in the front so she can watch the ground sway back and forth, which we make me totally nauseous! But she loves it! And every time you push her...she just giggles and giggles like - HIGHER MOM HIGHER!!!   She's eating all sorts of food now, and there isn't much she doesn't like. In fact so far the only thing that she spits right back out at you is peas. So we will hold off for a bit, and try again later. But she's eating beef, chicken, turkey, a whole load of different veggies, fruit and even yogurt! And every time she eats a meal, she drinks out of her sippy cup. She's not a pro at it yet, but we're working on it!  It's been amazing to watch her this month grow so much. And I know it's just the beginning! Oh yea....and those eyes.....still blue!
Friday, May 05, 2006Gag OrderBeing a WNWNH (work no where near home) mom is hard. Althea is about to turn 7 months old. At this stage, every day she does new things that us moms like to call "firsts". First word, first time she rolls over, first time she sits up, first time she crawls, first time she walks, first time she pulls chucks full of fur from the cats....and we want to be there for every one, camera in hand! Then there is all the "Almost Firsts". First time she sits up for 30 seconds, first time she attempts to roll over, first time she drags her legs behind her in attempts to crawl not knowing her legs and arms need to work together, first time she says da da da da (that's an almost word) or even says ma ma ma ma (For Allie that will be some time around 2 years old, little brat). Unfortunately, when your working 8 hours every day with an hour long commute you come to the realization fairly quickly that there is no way you are going to be present for every one of these. It's the first of many hits that you must endure to work full time. Everytime you catch an "Almost First", you panic. In attempts to stifle their developmental progress, you tell the child, "Don't you DARE learn how to do that tomorrow while I'm at work!" Because, lets face it, it's MUCH more important that you are there to witness this, than it is they actually learn it! I've talked to many mothers about this (including my sister in law), and the consensus is to create a Gag Order. Depending who watches your child, this is a tricky thing to put into place, but used correctly it could work! You tell the caretaker that you want to be told about everything that is going on with the child. If anything seems wrong or out of the ordinary they are to write it down and share it with you right away. However, any Developmental Advances such as crawling, sitting up, walking, waving bye bye, clapping hands, ect. should be kept to themselves. This then creates the Fake First, and Fake Firsts are better than no Firsts at all! That way they will always be Firsts to you. First time you see her roll over, will be the first time she does it. And believe me, you will get good at lying to yourself. And it will be good!  I have a unique situation where this Gag Order doesn't always work. My mother watches Allie. Me and my mother have a very close relationship and we tell each other everything. Oh, AND she can't keep a secret to save her life. I mean she's REAL bad at it! Even if she can keep it for like a couple of days (which is like an amazing feat for her) she at least has to tell ME just to get it off her chest. So this Gag Order thing, not so easy for her. There is no way in HELL that her granddaughter is going to start crawling for the first time and she is going to be able NOT to call me immediately! "I know I'm not supposed to tell you this BUT...AAAAHHHHH She's crawling!!!!!"Althea is up on her hands and knees rocking back and forth. Then she catapults her self forward. Then she grabs with her hands and drags her legs behind her to get where she needs to go. She's about 32 seconds away from the real thing. So I sat her down this morning and had a conversation with her. "Allie, It's Friday. It's mommy's last day of work. Tomorrow we will practice crawling all day. So you just sit tight today and be lazy alright. One more day little girl!!! If you wait for Mommy I'll give you......uhhhh......right, your too young for treats, so I'll let you stay up late or something.......just HOLD ON....ONE. MORE. DAY."
Thursday, May 04, 2006Why I can never live in L.A.First, let me tell you a couple of things about me. I don't like killing things. (Except spiders, all those f*ckers have to die!!!) I've blown out more than a couple tires swerving from those poor squirrels that don't know enough to look both ways before they cross the road. It would break my heart when my cat, Monster, would bring back decapitated chipmunks, mice, rabbits, or anything else that MOVED. I don't believe in capital punishment. I stopped eating meat for more than a year because I couldn't stomach the fact that poor defenseless animals were meeting their doom just because I want to have a burger. I eat meat now, but I try not to think about it cause it still bothers me. I used to love going fishing, but then I saw someone beat the hell out of a fish to get it in the boat and *cringe* now I can't do it anymore. HOWEVER.......
And that's why I can never live is L.A...
Jenn from Mama's Moon had her sweet baby girl on Monday, and she is absolutely adorable!!! Go check out lil baby Jas here. Congrats Jenn!!!
Wednesday, May 03, 2006Top 5 reasons...........the company I work for is like the White House:
Aren't all companies the same....
Tuesday, May 02, 2006Chippin awaySo, I lost another pound. Yea, I'm slowly chipping away at this 17 pounds 1 measly freakin pound at a time. It's like torture!! sheesh!
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