Jane:
1. New nickname: snaggletooth. This is due to her rather interesting new tooth: it appears to be her upper right eye tooth. She only has the other two bottom ones (they are perfectly normal looking). Don't get me wrong, she is as cute as ever... No. She is actually cuter with her little snaggletooth.>
2. Crawling. Just started this on August 11th. I was a bad mother attending a board meeting for work. I was ssooooo disappointed to read Blaine's text stating "guess who can crawl?". Devastated would be more accurate.
3. Pulling herself up onto things. The dishwasher, the couch, the coffee table, and my legs are the most popular choices for her to pull up on. She first would pull herself up, look around excitedly, then grow bored and want to get down.... but couldn't figure it out. it was hilarious. Now she has figured it out & quickly alternates between the couch and the coffee table with a cute little thud on her butt in between.
Blaine:
1. Hunting. Is this a change? No. just the hunting season changes. Monday it was doves. Yes, the bird of peace. Shot down. By Blaine. 10 of them. They taste like chicken. Teeny tiny mini chickens.
2. Work. This is also not a change. Except his responsibilities are changing and increasing. He becomes the full-fledged Salinas branch manager at the end of the year, and is learning lots of new things.
3. Working on the Rhino (his atv golf cart-ish thing). New lights, new racks, new exhaust, new muffler.... and this was SUCH a bargain (dry cough inserted here).
Me:
1. Researching a retail business opportunity. Maternity, nursing, baby gear. Sound great? Let me know, we may need investors :)
2. Work. Coaching swim team, roping jello, and trying to expand the Recreation District. It rules.
3. Vegas. This is actually an extension of number 1: researching at the ABC kids trade show next week in vegas: GO BLACK 13!!!
4. Trying to be the best mom ever. This is difficult people. My little girl is growing up right before my eyes.
5. Training for the Big Sur HALF marathon in November. Holy crap that is soon! We have done an average of 10-12 miles per week, and completed our second 8 miler this past sunday! BIG accomplishment!
5 comments:
Should I even ask what 'roping jello' is? I am assuming that it is just a metaphor to assimilate trying to get a hold on things. I've never heard it before.
Also, I can help finance your baby store with the proceeds from my book. I've decided, after today, that I already have enough quotes to cover 150 pages. I will just have to write an entire series by the time I actually graduate. We'll be rich.
I have decided to write everyone personalized Christmas letters instead of buying gifts. I stole that idea from someone we know. Hopefully, then, you will find it fun to read something I have written to you.
OK, so I'm way excited about your kid/baby/maternity store! I'm also laughing about the ABC Vegas thing because I just bought some cloth diapers from Nickisdiapers.com, and she said she was going to be in Vegas next week! So, you totally need to check out her cloth diapers! I know you thought I was crazy for doing it, but I LOVE IT! And, I think it would be a perfect thing to have in your store and you could encourage everyone in Salas to "GO GREEN".
The brand name cloth dipes I like are Swaddlebees, Bumwear, Bum Genius and Fuzi bunz. Take my word for it and check them out. But a few for Jane and you'll LOVE them and then you can sell them in your store and speak from experience.
I totally wish you luck with the store. I think it will do great because there isn't anything like that in Salinas and Monterey yet, right?
I meant BUY a few for Jane, not BUT a few for Jane.
i love the update. our little ones aren't so little anymore. sniff sniff.
The picture of Jane's snaggletooth doesn't even show her snaggletooth. However, that picture is still very interesting. I had to stare at it for a few minutes before I realized that the patch of visible chest was not a long, pointy chin. At first glance I thought the actual chin was a mouth and that the patch of hairy chest was a skinny chin. I was like, "who is that?" My head hurts. It's been a long day and I am going to sleep!
p.s. My daughter might not have an adorable snaggletooth, but today she earned $350 just posing in front of a camera for a few hours!
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