Two Months Two Weeks!

And she's growing in leaps and bounds. At weigh in last week, she was 12 lbs 6 oz. Lord knows how heavy she is this week. So for your view pleasure, I present to you Peanut!

My Bucket List

I took this from Crystal

Whatever it is I haven't done, I hope to one day do.
Things I've done in my life (in bold):

1. Started my own blog
2. Slept under the stars I didn't sleep, but I've layed under them several times.
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than I can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland/world
8. Climbed a mountain Wish living in front of one counted
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sung a solo And yes, it was NOT karaoke!
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched lightening at sea
14. Taught myself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown my own vegetables I don't think fruit counts.
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitchhiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run NO, but I've kicked a few in kickball
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of my ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught myself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had my portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie Two as a matter of fact, one with Kate Beckinsale
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book I'm working on it. Will be something I'm going to have done and completed in 2009.
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had my picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous Nora Jones with Crystal, and the twins from Harry Potter. I've met several folks, and I have pics!
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one Just recently lost a cousin, but I've lost more in the past. I have a HUGE family.
94. Had a baby We're on my baby blog now!
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Rode an elephant

Want to play along? Copy the list to your own blog (or email) and highlight the things you've done

Since Mommy Is So Slow!

Hi everyone! It's me again! I've taken over my mom's blog because, as you can see, she's a bit slow. It's been about two weeks since her last entry, and she acts like since she's started back to work, she can't just take a little time out to give you all my progress. I don't see what's the big deal. All she has to do is get up in the morning, get dressed, get me dressed, feed me, take me down to my grandma's room, and then go to work. She calls to check up on me in the middle of the day, you know, so she's a whimp. Can't go a full day without calling to check up on me. It's hilarious!

Anyway, what has happened since the last entry: oh, yeah, like I've stated before, she's gone back to work. Started last Monday. She's having a bit of trouble getting up early, like she did before I came along (or so that's what I hear her say, I wouldn't know the difference being that I was in the dark most of the time). During that time, I've been with my grandma. She's a funny lady. I smile at her when she tries to do some things that she hasn't done in almost 16 years. My grandpa is funny as well...he just stares at me and make these really funny noises that make me laugh at him. They still think it's gas, but I'm actually laughing at them. They're all pretty funny, especially with grandma takes her teeth out...she looks just like me when she does that!

I'm lifting my head up longer and looking around, especially when I hear my mama's voice. I follow what I think is her when she goes up the stairs, or when she walking around the couch. Sometimes she'll dance and sing to me, and make up the funniest songs ever! My mama is a fun lady, but like I said earlier, she's pretty slow. HA!

As for today, it marks my 8th week on this side of the world. In some circles, that would make me 2 months old. Wow, already? I know, right? That just means that I'll be sitting up more, holding my head up more, trying to push my little legs under me and things like that. Mom is always encouraging me when we have tummy time to push up my head so I can look at her. Sometimes I laugh at her when she's doing it because, well, you know, she's got this high pitched voice, so she sounds like a chipmunk or something. Other times, I just don't feel like pushing up, so I'll just lay there and talk to her. She thinks I'm cooing. I'm actually telling her that I'm tired and I don't want to do tummy time right now, so let's turn me back over and feed me! Apparently she's been feeding me well because I'm probably about 13 or 14 pounds now. You see, my mom has weighed me in her own way by getting on the scale while she's holding me, and subtracting her weight by herself from our combined weight. She's going to trip when she finds out how much I actually weigh next week. Yeah, we've got my 2 month check up next week, and she has it in her head that I'm going to be getting some shots, or something like that. She better be ready because if this hurts, I'm setting her out like there's no tomorrow... and she better buy me a pony after that!

Well, that's about it from my side of the world. Hopefully next time my mama will be up and running, and won't have me up here, typing out her blogs. Come on, woman, don't make me plan on putting you into a nursing home before you're even old enough to be in one, okay?

Happy Thanksgiving!

Say hello to my little 6 week old baby girl! She is changing so much, and as you can see, she's at the point of giving people really big smiles. So happens that she turned 6 weeks a day before her very first Thanksgiving. It was wonderful, even though we didn't get up in time to watch the Thanksgiving Day parade. It was okay because we got the chance to go over to my aunt's house to visit with her and our cousins. Great food, good company, a good time was had by all!

Other than that, we have been spending the weekend trying to get things together in the house, because tomorrow (drum roll and Kleenex ready please), I start back to work. Okay, so I'm glad to be going back because I'm broke, but I want to take her back with me! Can't I just put her bassinet over in a corner of my office? It would be such a great thing, and everyone would be happy. Cut back on child care, although my mom would be taking care of her while I was at work. But things would be great around the office. People would be happy and carefree! I kid...but anyway, I'm going to try to get through this week without breaking down...too much.

Well, I'm going to go and eat. Hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving, and I'm looking forward to the next few weeks, especially her first Christmas!

Let's see...

As of today, the peanut is 5 weeks old. This means that I have about a week and some days to go before I return back to work. Already dreading it...already trying to figure out how we're going to transition between being at home all of the time with her and then suddenly going back to work. You know what I wish? I wish that I could afford to stay at home all day, working out, sewing, and playing with the peanut. And when she got older, I could home school her. But alas, I am forced to work because we are in some troubling times, people. Folks are coming out of retirement all because of their retirement funds are running out, or not enough to help them survive. I just hope that soon, I will be able to provide for the peanut like I should. Until then, I'm going to enjoy these last few days before I have to go back to work. *sigh*


Edited 11/21/08

I was meaning to post this picture the day I wrote this post, but I forgot. Here she is, taking a nap with her Uncle Tink.

I'm 4 Weeks Old Today!

If Peanut could speak and/or type her own blog, this is what she would say:



Hello Everyone! I'm taking over for my mom's blog today, just to give you a bit of an update on my progress, so here we go! As of today, I am 4 weeks old. In some circles, I would be a month old. I'm not all up on that mumbo jumbo, so let's just leave it at 4 weeks and counting. I'm all kind of excited about this cause that just means I'm getting older, bigger, and starting to boss my mama and the rest of my family around with all of the different little noises that I'm making. I'm especially eating a lot more, so that means stronger, healthier bones, and the possibility of being taller than mom! I'm looking forward to that because, if you haven't noticed, my mom is short. Oh, and mom is taking more and more pictures of me, as you can see with this one, while I was asleep.




It can get annoying at times, but due to my inability to effectively communicate with my mother in her language, she doesn't understand it. Oh, she gets it when I begin to cringe and wiggle a lot, but I think she takes that as a showing of being cute and a baby. Crazy human lady. Well, I'm going to go and take a nap now. I swear, sometimes this woman just won't let me sleep! She's always waking me up, changing my diaper, and feeding me...well, that's not so bad, but she could at least wait until I wake up! Anyway, gotta go!

~M

Three weeks, and still a bundle of joy!

So this week marked her three weeks on this earth, and she is just as vocal and wiggly as ever! She's eating more, of course, and she's plumping up a lot. I'm still suffering from carpal tunnel, so trying to pick her up is very painful, but I don't care! I absolutely love just hugging her!

Well, that's about it for now. I'm planning on taking her up to my office next week, and possibly up to the U of M to see some of my old co-workers. Can't wait for the rest of the world to meet her!