tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-339271322011-09-30T12:27:37.521-07:00A journal and commentary about my pregnancy and raising my first child- Bailey- born in April 2007... I am a stay-at-home-mom and I am always looking for ways to earn or save money... Also some other random stuff as it happens...Taranoreply@blogger.comBlogger5201100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-33432549713550234882008-09-29T19:08:00.000-07:002008-09-30T19:11:22.356-07:00

If you are someone who has trouble with keeping your skin clear, Avon has a new product called Clearskin Professional. It is a three step skin care system and it is supposed to be comparable to Proactiv and some of those other more expensive acne treatments. But it's only $34, so it's more reasonable for people who want to give it a try! I had a customer buy it for her daughter and she said it is

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I have been browsing all kinds of vacation stuff lately, especially cruises, and just found this one:A Christian Family Cruise from Bible Land Christian Cruises. I know that sounds kind of cheesy. At first I thought it was like "Christian Singles Meet On a Boat" kind of thing, but it's totally not. It's actually a cruise in the Mediterranean where you get to see all kinds of historical/Biblical

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I honestly haven't heard the phrase/word "Hella" in a few years... until today at the grocery store. I heard a teenage girl say that something was Hella Expensive. Flashback to the late nineties or so.

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I found a website called Angel Investors where people who are trying to start up their own business or need loans can post their needs. Investors can search the site and contact people if they want to invest in their startup or small business or whatever they are doing. I have heard about stuff like that for third world countries, but that's neat that there is something in the states now as well.

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When jonathon and I were shopping for a new bed we looked at a few types of adjustable beds... one of the first things we looked at was a Sleep Number bed. For anyone who is seriously looking into that- we decided it wasn't a good idea. We did a lot of research and found that they have quite a few problems like pin-sized holes, and the warranty doesn't cover that after like a year. Jonathon's

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If you haven't heard, I'VE MOVED! You can find me HERE.Soon I will not be posting on this site at all anymore. Right now it's just a few ramblings here and there.We had way too much snow today for my sad, unplowed neighborhood. You can hear me complain all about it over at my other blog. I talk about some mover NYC website where they offer to move your home... lol not really but it sounds like it

Taranoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-8151205718998528902008-03-01T18:50:00.000-08:002008-03-04T18:52:59.386-08:00

I took care of Alli on Friday and between her and Bailey being in a bad mood, it was such a long day. I was so glad to be able to get away that evening and go out with my mom and grandma. They are both such good kids on their own and so difficult together. It's hard to keep them both entertained and happy and coordinate the nap schedules. I think it would be easier if I did it more often than

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I also wouldn't mind finding some Florida land for sale. So that we could do my family vacation dream next summer, only in our own beach house. My parents would stay in a guest house and help with Bailey while Jonathon and I got time out together! Um, yes, feel free to ask me what world I'm living in. Apparently one where we are millionaires.

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How much more exciting can you get?We have a few "house" projects that we still need to do. I know I keep saying this, but we are so lazy about getting them done. Right now, we have like six lightbulbs burnt out in our house- two of which are in the entryway and one in the kitchen, so they are very noticeable. We also need to hang a new bathroom shelf thing above our toilet in the master bath, to

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You can find me at www.twolinesonastick.comThank you, Blogger, for our two years together. It's nothing personal, I just wanted my own domain.Hope to see you all at my new place!Tara

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Our moms group went to the mall play area last week. Here is Bailey checking out one of the cars. I was surprised that she had such a good time. It was pretty crowded but she never seems to mind the big kids.Bailey and Andrew- he is taking her on a date in this car... lol...My friend Amy's daughter, Kaitlynn, who is turning one this week!Playing with the spinny things- she had to fight off an

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After Bailey woke up from her nap we were laying in my bed together. We were side by side, facing each other. She was nursing, and her little legs were rubbing against my thighs as she wiggled. It made me think about her fitting inside my tummy. That seems like such an impossibility then... but back then, it seemed impossible to imagine her as a real baby. It's just funny how our reality changes

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I can't believe it, Muffie. You are ten months old. For some reason, this month didn't make me as sad as when you turned nine months. Nine months just seemed so significant. Ten months, well, it's been a crazy ride so far! Saturday was your official "birthday" of being ten months. We spent the afternoon at Chuck e Cheese for AJ's birthday party. There wasn't much there you could do, but you

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I just read somewhere that in home furnishings sales, stores get like a gross margin of 43.3% profit, on average. That is freaking ridiculous.DirectBuy is the leading members-only showroom and design center that offers merchandise at manufacturer-direct prices. They charge a membership fee, but then you can buy the products at manufacturer prices. I should look into doing something like this

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Check out what I just got Bailey from Avon. She got the pink bunny one, and then we are going to go get pictures taken with it, in the little bathtub that they have at the studio :) It is even cuter than in the picture, and it was only $12.9-- which is less than I have seen for a lot of other cute hoodie towels! I also ordered her some of the bath paints because they are only 99 cents right now!

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Seriously, I am so tired all the time. I tried convincing Jonathon and my mom that I either have a thyroid problem or chronic fatigue. I cannot lose weight and I am exhausted even after sleeping eight hours at night. My mom told me to try going to the gym. *Sigh*

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Remember when I said that we know people who invented something and that Jonathon is fascinated by the idea of having an invention? Well, I found the website. The people who we know invented Clingit. They live about ten minutes from us but their house is about eight times the size of our house.Honey, please make an invention.

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This one's about my husband. For Valentine's Day, he gave me a new day planner. (I had actually been wanting one). When he gave it to me, he was like "What's the date today?" I opened it to the 14th, and a piece of paper fell out. He had made four coupons for a DAY TO MYSELF where he will watch Bailey all day and I can sleep or read or leave the house all day and do whatever I want. He also said

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Something I was thinking about... I really have no idea what we paid this year for home owner insurance. I know that our taxes have gone up like $500 since we bought the house just less than three years ago! So much for a declining real estate market. I doubt we could sell our house for all that much more than we bought it for. We've done some improvements, but the market sucks. But was I was

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I have gotten back into reading lately. Staying up too late at night. My friend Kelli gave me some chick lit books that she was getting rid of, and I have gotten so into them. Probably why Bailey wakes up at 7 and I feel like I am dragging. But so worth it.The first one I read was Something Borrowed, and the next one was Something Blue. I am getting ready to start Baby Proof. They are light and

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Bailey was having quite the hair day on Saturday before her bath! I got out the camera to capture the moment of hair, and then she started scavenging under the highchair for her lunch that she had dropped... so being the great parents that we are, we let her eat off the floor and took pictures while she did it. (In our defense, there was nothing really gross on the floor. Her food falls on a

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My husband daydreams about being an inventor. He is always having these *big* ideas. Some of them are really good, and others are really weird. (No offense, honey) but like the air-conditioned suit? Now we actually know someone who has made an invention. It's some type of glue stuff that goes over ink. Jonathon probably knows more about it than I do because he has talked to the guy about "

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In like the last week or two Bailey has started doing some fun new stuff. I wanted to post before I forget.-Holds her bottle/cup/spoon up to our mouths to feed us-"Shares" her toys but then takes them back, so really she is more like "showing" them when she holds them out-She is back to eating Cheerios again-Will eat chunky food herself, but not if it's on a spoon-Making more baby talk noises and

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We took this video yesterday at lunch and I thought it was really funny. For some reason Jonathon is shaking the camera a lot at the beginning. It gets better.

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My wedding rings fit again! It's been way too long. I was able to get them on a few times just here and there since B was born, but for about the last two weeks I have worn them consistently, every day. They are still a little snug but I love being able to have them on again, and not wearing the random sapphire ring on my wedding finger anymore. I feel married again :)Also, I am so glad that I

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This past weekend, Bailey went to her first birthday party ever. (Well, other than for someone in our family). It was her friend Andrew's first birthday. The party was supposed to be last weekend but he had the flu, so it got postponed. It was fun to be able to celebrate with him and hang out with his mom and some other friends for a while. They did a Cars theme for his party. There were two

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You can order the mascara from now through Sunday for that price. If you live in St. Louis, choose "Personal Delivery" and that delivery is always free (from me). If you live outside St. Louis, choose "Direct Delivery" and use code FSVDAY for free shipping on orders placed between now and Sunday.Any Personal Delivery orders placed by 10 pm on Sunday 2/10, I will receive the products on Wednesday

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I was telling my friend Kelli the other day about my new Avon mascara that I love. I told her about how when I first put it on, I just had it on one eye and I was like, "Wow, this stuff is amazing! I actually look like I have eyelashes now!" So before putting the mascara on the other eye, I went in the kitchen to see if Jonathon noticed. He was like, "Um, something's wrong with your eye makeup. I

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*Note: These pictures aren't really from Thanksgiving, they're from this weekend. She decided she wanted to wear her Thanksgiving outfit one more time before packing it away.

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Thank you to my friend Unkempt Mommy for this award!I am passing this award along to my friend Nicole because she always makes me laugh with the funny stories about her boys, and to Soupy, because not only do I enjoy her blog, but her daughter is just so stinkin cute and I love the pictures!

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I understand that the Superbowl was yesterday. I believe that most of you weren't sitting in front of your computer with nothing else to do. However, it is disappointing when I log into my Google Reader and there is nothing new to read. Please start posting and remedy this.Thanks!

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Once again, I have the vacation bug. It usually happens around this time every year. Only it is usually remedied by booking a vacation. I have even fantasized about bringing Bailey to an all-inclusive resort with us or to hotels Las Vegas but I know that would be absolutely ridiculous and un-relaxing for all of us. Sometimes I just miss being able to pick up and do whatever we want. Oh and did I

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Snuggle Puppy is one of her favorite books. Of course, it is even better when read upside down.I love these white pajamas on her. Of course, you have to pretend her face isn't covered in drool and snot. Hopefully we will have less drooly and snotty pictures now that she is on an antibiotic!I love this girl. Look at these faces. Look how snuggly she is in her jammies. She just makes my heart

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Link to CNN article:http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/01/autos/carseat_recall/index.htm?cnn=yes

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I found out yesterday that my good friend is having a GIRL! She had her big ultrasound and Baby M cooperated so that they could find out the gender. The baby is healthy and doing great! I wanted to wait to post about it until she had a chance to tell all of her real-life friends in person, first.Congratulations to Sarah and Ryan. I know how much you wanted this little miracle baby girl.

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Just realized that we took these pictures last time it snowed and I never posted them. Jonathon brought a snowball inside for B to play with. She thought it was okay to touch but then he got the bright idea to put it on her leg and she flipped out.Also I posted some pictures of our yard from today on my other blog. And along the same lines (um not really) if you need a Phase 1 report done, you

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The forecast is for it to start snowing today, like mid-afternoon, and we could get up to like six or seven inches. In St. Louis, that's a freakin blizzard. I can't decide whether I want all this snow or not. I want to go to my nursing mom's group today, and maybe just leave by mid-afternoon before the bad weather starts. I am supposed to deliver Avon to a new customer between 3 and 4, so I don't

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B had her official nine month checkup today with her pediatrician, who (whom?) I love. I have to admit I spent the first part of the visit whining about how Bailey doesn't sleep anymore, she is grumpy, snotty, etc. I seriously thought it was teething. So the doctor checks her lungs- good. Nose- good. Eyes- good. Left ear- good... Right ear- infected.Dumb mommy. I should have known something was

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Thank God. Since I have known him, he has been sniffling and hacking about 75% of the year. He got a new PCP and they referred him to an allergist. Today he goes and sees this allergist for the first time. He THINKS they are going to do allergy tests today but my guess is that it will just be an initial consultation. Please God, let this fix his nasty sinuses and nose.Has anyone had allergy

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Last week when my mom and I were at Babies R Us, the photographer asked if she could take some pictures of Bailey (for practice and to enter in a photography contest, supposedly). They just opened a Kiddie Kandids studio there a few months ago.We got a free 8x10 out of the deal. Normally, I get her pictures done at JC Penneys for a lot cheaper. That's where we went this morning for her

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Okay, so normally I am very happy with our church nursery. Well, not that I'm NOT happy today, but there's a story here. I work in the nursery every other Sunday morning, as I have for four years now. I also do paid childcare at church on Tuesday mornings and on Wednesday evenings. So I'm there a lot. I know how things work, or how they are supposed to work. Once in a while, things don't go

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My kid absolutely refuses to sit still while I take her picture. The other day I thought she looked so cute and grown up in her "big girl jeans" and I wanted to get a picture of her before we left the house. This is what I ended up with:

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Congrats to Guy and Canape on the arrival of their Bird. We are all so happy for you. Can't wait to see pictures and hear all about him. I know he is wonderful.

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I was tagged by my friend Harmony for this one- Seven Random Things About ME:1. I have secret crushes on weird people. In the past, they have included Simon Cowell, George W. Bush (no throwing tomatoes), Donald Trump, John Stamos, and Kurt Cobain.2. I have a degree in Communication, which I haven't used in years. I was registered for grad school (M.A. in Speech Comm) and was going to teach public

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Today I was getting Bailey ready and decided to experiment with her hair clippies. Until now she has only worn the headband bows, except for her Christmas picture when I managed to get a bow clipped in her hair. She didn't want to hold still for me to put this in, so I did it while she was in the highchair having lunch and she never noticed once it was in. I can't believe how much more hair she's

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on my weight loss blog. I never update it, and it has not inspired me or kept me accountable like I hoped it would. So from now on, my weight loss updates will be here. So far, I am down about 5 pounds from when I started. I think I am going to put a weight loss ticker on here when I have a few minutes. Right now my daughter is being very demanding! Also I started two days ago with writing down

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I love that she sleeps with her little bottom in the air, always.

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Hey look! I can see you guys through here! (Looking down at Daddy, who was standing at the top of the first flight of stairs).What would happen if I put this toy through here??Ahh, never mind. You guys never give me my toys back anymore when I drop them. I'm going to hang on to this guy.**This activity was carefully supervised, but thanks for asking**

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I am thankful that Bailey was never colicky or even a horrible sleeper. Sure, she went through her phases, but I know some people who have to buy special baby beds just to get their kids to sleep! This one was sent to us to try, and I got a few pictures of her in it. It's the Amby Baby Bed, and the website says that it is recommended for babies who have colic or reflux or who are preemies,

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Please say a prayer for this beautiful and brave woman. She is fighting breast cancer and has surgery scheduled for tomorrow.http://toddlerplanet.wordpress.com/2008/01/21/tomorrow/

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Here are our pictures from Christmas in Oklahoma City with Jonathon's parents. They are pretty blurry because they were taken with our video camera (so no flash) because we (I) forgot the memory card for our digital camera. I tend to do that. So here are the memories from the horrible week. Apparently we ONLY took pictures on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. I guess we didn't even want to

Taranoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-11232076818500341692008-01-18T20:27:00.001-08:002008-01-21T18:41:51.371-08:00

This morning I called Jonathon and said, "I just wanted to let you know, I am taking tomorrow off. I will be leaving soon after I wake up, and I'll be home by five."LOL this followed on the tail of an argument we had at about 4 a.m. and me saying that I JUST NEED A BREAK! He said he would be willing to give me a break but I never let him know when. Sure I get breaks here and there to meet a

Taranoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-3543996792855611062008-01-17T08:22:00.000-08:002008-01-17T08:36:54.250-08:00

One thing that shocks me is that my formerly so independent baby CANNOT cope when I leave the room. We are suddenly struggling again with naptime, only this time she stands in the corner of her crib and screams at the top of her lungs. No tears. When I enter the room, she stops and waves. Ya right kid. If I leave the living room while she's playing, she cries. I have to keep talking to her and

Taranoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-52976139115232815292008-01-16T11:12:00.000-08:002008-01-16T11:31:25.649-08:00

My darling girl, where have these nine months gone? There are so many memories forever engraved on my mind, but it has just flown by way too fast. That's why today, I held you a little longer. I didn't rush to put you in bed and get something done. I feel like my time of holding you while you sleep is already limited.I know it hasn't all been easy (nap battles, stomach flu, non-stop nursing...)

Taranoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-53021670676351684812008-01-15T13:27:00.000-08:002008-01-15T13:30:35.689-08:00

So it had been since Saturday night that Bailey last threw up. Then today at lunch she tried some vegetables, chugged some water and threw it all right back up.Back to the diet of breast milk, soy formula, and oatmeal with applesauce or bananas.She is currently in her crib throwing a fit because she doesn't want to nap. She's not even crying, she's standing there screaming. My nerves need a

Taranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-11071370303383729652008-01-13T22:22:00.000-08:002008-01-13T22:25:22.452-08:00

She still looks pretty serious in these pictures, but she is feeling a lot better (we think!) and it's been over 24 hours now since the last puke! Her shirt says "Grandpa's TV Buddy" and we got it for her to wear to my parents house :) She looks so grown up. Hard to believe she will be nine months in just a few days!

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Tonight I am sitting awake on Puke Watch. We went out for a bit tonight and left Bailey with my parents. She seemed to be doing fine although she didn't eat or drink a whole lot and went to bed early. When we got there around 11, we got her out of the Pack N Play and she proceeded to throw up all over me about five minutes later. So we waited there for a while to make sure it wasn't going to

Taranoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-75929351903441147262008-01-12T13:25:00.000-08:002008-01-12T13:31:48.480-08:00

This post was going to start as a huge whine about how my life sucks right now. Then I remembered my little Muffie sleeping in the next room, and my cute hubby downstairs in his office, and I realized that it's not so bad after all. People can let you down, kids can get sick, but life goes on. And with these two here beside me, that's really all that matters.I will briefly explain the whine,

Taranoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-4030193191240797862008-01-11T12:08:00.000-08:002008-01-11T12:32:53.194-08:00

I started selling Avon. I knew I was kind of interested in it, because I have a friend who does it... once I looked at their stuff online and in the brochures I really got excited about it and decided to go ahead and do it. They have some really good discounts on makeup and gifts (especially with my discount on top of that!) and right now they have about 200 things that I want.Here is My Avon

Taranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-38828291874138253382008-01-09T13:17:00.000-08:002008-01-09T13:58:57.554-08:00

My friend Sarah was over today and she's a great photographer. She got a nice shot where you can actually see Bailey's tooth. For some reason, Bailey is crazy about not letting us see or touch her tooth. She also has a second tooth that is about to break through. I can see it under her gums (I thought at first that it was through, But I can't feel anything). Anyway, here is her first tooth

Taranoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-43970728899905393622008-01-08T19:49:00.000-08:002008-01-08T19:51:02.731-08:00

I swear I didn't set her up for this. I left the room for a minute and when I came back, this is how I found her!

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I don't know if I have ever griped about my car to you guys or not. I really don't like it at all, but I feel guilty disliking it. Let me give you a brief history of the car. It was given to me my senior year in high school by my parents (new, in 1997, although the car is a 98). It is a purple cavalier. At the time, I thought purple was the best color EVER for a car. They paid for the car and my

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Please say a prayer for this woman and her family.

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I don't know if I ever posted about them once we started using them. They rock my world. If you have been at all on the fence (or even possibly considering trying cloth diapers) please order a 3-pack (at least) of these and give it a shot. They are so, so soft. Easy to wash and take care of. No stains. Poop comes out easily. Bailey hasn't leaked yet in one. We still use a disposable overnight,

Taranoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-12375534561727461132008-01-05T22:21:00.000-08:002008-01-06T17:18:54.742-08:00

We got home tonight from a double date and Jonathon mentioned that his stomach felt a little funny. He proceeded to puke red Chinese sauce all over our bathroom. It was so gross. I tried to be nice and help him clean up and I started gagging. But he said he feels fine now, so hopefully it was just the food :(EDITED TO ADD: One thing I can say about my husband though, is he is really good at

Taranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-67676216930341672902008-01-03T17:21:00.000-08:002008-01-03T17:25:30.190-08:00

Bailey started waving the other day! I think the day she DEFINITELY waved was on December 31st. It started out as a Hitler type salute but now is obviously a wave and her arm is less stiff now :) I tried to take some pictures but they don't do it justice!And these pictures are from the first time Bailey wore overalls. She got these for Christmas. They are 12 months but they are already tight on

Taranoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-27458330634782064462008-01-03T09:17:00.000-08:002008-01-03T17:11:49.248-08:00

Check out this comment I got about my Google Reader post:You might have accidentally collapsed the left-hand navigation area. You can un-collapse it by clicking on the little right-facing triangle on the left edge of the window or by pressing the "u" key.Mihai ParparitaGoogle Reader Engineer And she was right. Pressing "u" fixed it! Thanks!(Now if it was that easy to find furniture to match our

Taranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-20152711468864371262008-01-02T22:30:00.000-08:002008-01-02T22:31:41.773-08:00

For some reason I can't add any new feeds to my Google Reader. You know how normally you click "Add" or "Add Subscription" or something like that? It's not there anymore. I am not normally this dumb with internet stuff but I am totally lost.

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Bailey does this at least three times a day. For some reason the bouncy seat can ONLY be upside down now.And it almost always ends like this:

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I was tagged for this meme by Canape-Link to the person that tagged you and post the rules on your blog. * Share 5 random and/or weird facts about yourself on your blog. or * Share the 5 top places on your "want to see or want to see again" list. or * Share 5 things you never pictured being in your future when your were 25 years old.Tag a minimum of 5, maximum of 10 random people at the

Taranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-63297040035481965522008-01-01T21:36:00.000-08:002008-01-01T21:44:17.699-08:00

I don't feel like posting, but I feel like I owe it to 2008 to make a quick little post. I was feeling really down about New Year's Eve going into it. Some of my girlfriends were going out together for what sounded like a fun evening. We are pretty broke at the moment, and my mom kind of jacked us around on the babysitting thing, so we weren't able to make big plans.My friend Sarah invited us to

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Here is a whole slew of pictures from Christmas today at my parents house. Bailey got a ton of stuff. Well, we all did! I got a really cool keychain that you can load up to 60 digital photos into and it has like a two inch screen to view them. Perfect for showing off new pictures of my Bug :) I also got a gift certificate for a manicure/pedicure and some new OPI polish in dark colors! I had been

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We forgot to bring our memory card for our digital camera when we went to Oklahoma. We took pics on the video camera and I mistakenly thought there was an SD card in it for the pics, and I could just take it out and put them on the computer. But apparently the pictures are saved to the hard drive in the camera so Jonathon is going to have to help me get them off of there. But I made sure to take

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from our horrible trip :(Today and tonight I have been running around trying to get things ready for our "real" Christmas celebration at my parents' house tomorrow. I had a few things left to wrap, and I have been trying to unpack and get the endless loads of laundry done from our trip. Our downstairs is still a mess and I feel like I haven't gotten a whole lot done. I took Bailey to my parents

Taranoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-38008469603778298672007-12-27T09:54:00.000-08:002007-12-27T10:00:14.442-08:00

I am dealing with dial-up and a crappy computer here, but I just wanted to post and say that we are still alive. I can't WAIT to come home! Our visit has been okay- not as bad as in years past but I am sick of people pawing Bailey constantly and his mother never leaving me alone. She has been napping and going to bed just fine here in her pack n play, but she has been getting up a lot earlier (

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My friend Jen (Yes, I have a lot of friends named Jen) was telling me a funny story about her mother in law. Jen has a son, AJ, who is almost two. Her mother in law was trying to do Christmas shopping for him and called to ask Jen about a mat that AJ could dance on and watch it on tv. Jen thought that sounded pretty cool. Then her MIL went on to ask about a guitar she found for AJ that could be

Taranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-85593062885411339012007-12-21T20:50:00.000-08:002007-12-21T21:08:57.881-08:00

Bailey wore this dress to church on Sunday and then again later this week to our nursing group, in honor of her first snow. She hadn't worn in yet, so I thought this was a great time to bust it out. The snowflakes on it are embroidered with silver thread and I just love it. You know how you just fall in love with some of their little outfits? This is one of them.My pregnant friend Sarah- she is

Taranoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-9672452363194564732007-12-20T19:24:00.000-08:002007-12-20T19:28:57.948-08:00

Yes, it is called Christmas Break when your hubby gets two weeks off work. Other than traveling Oklahoma (a.k.a. big fat miserable waste of time) we are planning to look at some furniture stores to get some ideas for downstairs. We are also going to an 8-hour carpet sale on New Year's Day. Yeah, have big holiday plans. (By the way I am seriously dreading going to Oklahoma. I have tried to think

Taranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-42572792390781116852007-12-20T19:06:00.000-08:002007-12-20T19:19:12.557-08:00

I have some pictures from my grandma's birthday a few weeks ago that I wanted to post. They aren't the greatest pictures of anyone, but it was a fun night and so they represent great memories :)Great Grandpa with Bailey- he just gets such a kick out of her. I haven't seen him that happy in a long time. I need to make an effort to stop by more often with her so that they can play with her. Bailey

Taranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-43886984715020534692007-12-19T16:52:00.000-08:002007-12-19T16:53:32.487-08:00

Please update your blogs. It is really disappointing when I check my reader and I have like two new posts to read. I need some entertainment.I know it's the holidays and all, but please think of me and my reading needs before your family or your job or your health. Is that too much to ask? *smiling*Sincerely,Bored

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that a friend of ours has a private student loan of over $100K, plus some Federal and/or state loans on top of that. It makes me feel not so bad about paying off Jonathon's loan. His is microscopic in comparison to that. It just seems like we have been chipping away at it forever and it hasn't really gone anywhere :(

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Where has the time gone? I feel like I can't do justice to Bailey by just summing her life up in one blog post. She is like the missing piece in my life, and everything is complete now. She is my angel, my bug, my love, my sweetie, my wild woman, my muffie, my stinker winker bear. I love that girl.This month she has changed a lot. She now feeds herself lots of different types of food, pulls up on

Taranoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-3290652565361884072007-12-17T21:30:00.000-08:002007-12-17T21:31:33.657-08:00

I really wish I could get my wedding ring back on my finger. Some days it fits and other days, it doesn't. I was going to get it resized until I found out that the engraving on the inside of the band would get messed up. I am hoping that if I can ever lose some more weight, it will fit again. In the meantime I am wearing random gemstone jewelry because I like to still look married :(

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These first few pictures aren't from Jonathon's birthday. They were the other day when Bailey had on a Happy Heinys diaper and I wanted to get a picture of it. I'm not sure that I like the diaper. It seems to absort/hold okay, but it is HUGE (it's a large) and the material is really, really stiff. I am kind of glad I only got one.Blowing out the candles on his ice cream cake... see how three plus

Taranoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-8014320946550548272007-12-15T13:10:00.001-08:002007-12-15T13:20:34.139-08:00

Jonathon turned 32 this week. I can't believe it... where has the time gone? It seems like just yesterday that we met and he was like 26 and I was 22 and had just graduated from college. I feel like he always gets shortchanged on his birthday, since it's in December. I have usually already started my Christmas shopping and tend to just use one of the things I bought for Christmas, for his

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There is just something about babies in footie pajamas... although I love dressing Bailey up in cute clothes and accessories, she is the sweetest in just a pair of pajamas. She's just so simple, and herself, and I love it. My mom got her these Christmas pajamas a little while back and I couldn't wait for her to be able to wear them!

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Bottom left, December 11, 2007Following three days of off and on crabbiness, snotty nose, and weird poops. I don't care what the doctors say about that not being connected to teething.

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with my Christmas shopping! I am sooo close to being able to officially say I am done. I have two friends and a brother in law left to buy for. That's it. Just had to share!My mom and I went to the mall this morning. Picked up B's Christmas pictures, and also a few gifty things. It was crowded, and I promised myself I am not going to the mall again between now and Christmas, no matter what.

Taranoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-56657334792311757122007-12-09T21:15:00.000-08:002007-12-10T14:34:41.911-08:00

I got my Fuzzi Bunz diapers in the mail on Friday, and got them washed and tried them for the first time today. So far we have only done about 2-3 cloth diapers each day. I only have 8 total so far, since I am still waiting to get a lot of them in the mail/delivered. Plus I have been nervous about putting her to bed in cloth, but today she used a Fuzzi Bun(z?) at naptime and she didn't leak. Here

Taranoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-74845212268796689532007-12-08T21:08:00.000-08:002007-12-08T21:16:42.381-08:00

I am kind of blah. I have nothing to post, without just whining. I am disappointed with my friends right now. Not anyone in particular, really... just feeling like I don't have many *good* friends has gotten to me. Like no one to pick up the phone and call when I've had a bad day, or when something great happens. Yeah, I have my mom and Jonathon, but that's about it lately. Jonathon says I'm

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Today I got my first order of cloth diapers in the mail. They are some random pocket diapers that I bought (new) on eBay. They said that they went up to 30 pounds, but as you can see in the picture, they are kind of low-rise on Bailey. I think the sizing was a little off and she actually probably needed a large instead. But they will be fine for back-up diapers for at home ;)So of course as soon

Taranoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-42391912022264785902007-12-06T09:39:00.000-08:002007-12-06T09:42:29.481-08:00

Bailey somehow lost one of her earrings. I looked at her ear this morning and actually thought, "What! There is something wrong with her earlobe" when I looked at the hole. Duhhh, wake up Tara. It took me a second to realize her earring was missing. I can't find it anywhere, so either it is really lost or she ate it. I put in my starter earrings from when I got my ears pierced in like 1985. They

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Just wanted to say that Bailey is pulling up on everything, and today she CRUISED around the outside of her exersaucer.Nothing is safe. She really doesn't have any concept of what she should be pulling up on, so like yesterday she flipped a bouncy seat over on top of herself. Also she randomly lets go to reach for stuff, and then crashes.We have one of those higher platform beds and she pulls up

Taranoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-21270006245674657332007-12-03T09:22:00.001-08:002007-12-03T09:38:08.541-08:00

I just realized I have some new pictures on my computer that I haven't posted yet. And Bailey is taking a long morning nap, so I have a few minutes to get that done right now. She doesn't give me much of a break when she's awake, now that she's mobile AND teething!She still likes her exersaucer. Only I have noticed that she won't stay in it as longas before. Before she could do well over a half

Taranoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33927132.post-29807185825299527852007-12-02T11:36:00.000-08:002007-12-02T11:39:02.828-08:00

Jonathon went to pick Bailey up from the church nursery and she was sucking on a pacifier.Um, she doesn't HAVE a pacifier. The workers claimed that she had it at the beginning of the hour (second service) when they got there. No, she didn't. I was in there when they all got there, and trust me, I would have noticed if my child had a pacifier in her mouth.That skeeves me out more than just a

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I am going to try cloth diapering! Not like the ones that you have to pin or Snappi together or anything... just some pocket diapers and some All in ones (AIOs). It took me a while to research enough that I thought I could buy some and figure out how to use them. I am currently bidding on a few on eBay... but these are the two that I have already ordered so far to try: Fuzzi BunzBumGeniusI have

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