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Funny Events

Katrina — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:00:05 +0000

Poor Lilah. What a rough night.

She’s started liking being naked and loves taking a bath. We’ve started bathing her every night because it is calming, and because she usually barfs enough during the day to warrant it. Last night our rhythm was off and she was naked for several minutes before getting in the tub. The whole time she was naked I knew the clock was ticking… any second I could be peed on! But she was either empty or held it in. She had a great bath, we wrapped her in her towel, Aaron dumped the bath water and I was carrying her to the changing table when she POOPED (not peed, pooped!) all over! And not just a little! Well, what will the parents do? We did what any lazy, burned out parents would have done. We held her over the sink and sprayed her off! Poor girl went from calm and happy to looking at us like we were crazy to crying the “what the fetch are you doing???” cry. But the fun didn’t end there. Oh no, she had pooped in her towel and our other towels were in the wash, so she got to be dried with a wash cloth instead of swaddled in something warm. If we thought the crying was bad when she was being sprayed… Well, then we booked it to the changing table and strapped on that diaper fast! No repeat performances, thankfully. Once she was wrapped in the teddy bear jammies and swaddled in her softest blanket, she felt much better. And so did we.

Oh sweet pea, where would we be without these evening adventures? I’m so glad you put the pizzaz in our lives!

Wallpaper Won’t Change on Windows 7?

Aaron — Wed, 26 May 2010 00:05:19 +0000

We have Windows 7 Home Premium 3-bit on one computer and suddenly couldn’t change the wallpaper. This seems to be a problem out there. There can be various ways to fix it. This one worked for us:

Hit the Start ball
Type “adjust appearance”
A link called “Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows” will appear. Click that.
Toggle the top check box “Animate controls and elements inside windows”

Worked for us. Your actual mileage may vary.

Things I love about being a mom

Katrina — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:59:54 +0000

I love being a mom. I really really really love being a mom. Didn’t think I’d love it this much, but I do. It’s incredible! My baby is beautiful and sweet and beautiful and cuddly and beautiful and soft and beautiful. And beautiful. Even when she’s up at 3 in the morning and she thinks its time to play, I still love being her mom! Now that she’s been here one whole week (far out!), I’d like to document my favorite moments:

It was late and I was tired and cranky and was trying to get things washed and put away and nothing was going the way I wanted it to. I was starting to reach maximum frustration when I decided to give up and sit down. Lilah was squirming, so I picked her up to rock her and instantly felt better. She and I just sat and cuddled and she made cute faces at me. It was delightful. She is all light and sunshine!

Getting ready for her first bath, we braced ourselves for screaming and crying of epic proportions! She really hates being cold. But, instead she let us wash her and she seemed more content in that bath water than she sometimes is all wrapped up in blankets. It was fun to check out all her little limbs again and count her fingers and toes and realize that she really is as perfect as we imagine her to be.

After she was born the doctor put her on my chest for me to hold. Aaron’s head was next to mine so we could both see her. He said something, and the instant she heard her voice she turned her head, looked right at him and smiled. She recognized his voice and was glad to hear him.

You should blog right now…

Katrina — Mon, 03 May 2010 02:30:13 +0000

…said my husband as we sat here on the couch, NOT having a baby, like we thought we were going to ALL FREAKING DAY. Oh my gosh the waiting is killing us. Deep breaths… deep deep breaths….
So, what creative things should I share with all you peeps out there? He keeps suggesting food. So, here we go!

Things I would eat right now if they were placed in front of me:
1. Taco Bell bean burrito (So bad for me, but tastes so good!!)
2. One dozen chocolate chip cookies. (I have eaten a dozen by myself.)
3. Chicken taco salad
4. Onion rings
5. A bowl of grapes
6. Strawberries and cottage cheese (If you’ve never had this combo, I HIGHLY recommend it)
7. Steamed spinach with parmesean cheese
8. A bowl of guacamole. With chips of course.
9. Banana cream pie
10. Pot roast

Things I would not eat right now if they were placed in front of me:
1. A pasta dish of any kind. Not feeling the pasta at all. Weird.
2. Snickerdoodles. Not as much favorite.
3. Twizzlers. But I never eat those.
4. A hot dog
5. M&M’s
6. A turkey sandwich. We talked about this last night actually, I don’t like turkey or ham on sandwiches. It may be a little strange, but unless the bread is exactly the right texture and the turkey or ham is the right thickness, I think these 2 meats make the most disgusting sandwiches! BLEH. And if there’s American cheese on the sandwich- forget it!!
7. French fries. Sometimes I like them, but the occasion is rare and there MUST be fry sauce.
8. A baked potato
9. Pepperoni pizza
10. Castor oil. I’m desperate, but not that desperate.

Please pray we’ll have this baby soon. Like in the next 10 minutes. The patience is gone. GONE.

Patience Fail

Aaron — Mon, 03 May 2010 01:52:34 +0000

Tried this today. Didn’t work. It was funny though.

Iz can’t brain today. I haz the dumb.

Aaron — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:01:47 +0000

There’s another version of this floating around the interwebz, but it didn’t quite do today justice so I made my own.