So cute it’s scary
And probably smushy. No need for talky talky boring me. I have pictures! And smushy baby!
Pre-costume festive clothes
Playing with pumpkin goo
Sittin’ on a tree with Mommy
I will eat your face
Little tree pumpkin
Pumpkin in the bouncer
Little devil
We also had her eye appointment today and I’ll update about that tomorrow. It’s nice since I now have an instant NaBloPoMo post. Hooray. Except not so much. Not bad bad news, but not great news either. Shut up Sabrina and just tell the folks tomorrow.
Happy Halloween!!!
Be jealous
Right now my husband is cooking me dinner. Real food. This has only happened maybe 5 times since I’ve known him. And he keeps complaining about how sucky cooking dinner is. Which means he’s learning to appreciate what I do.
Today is a good day.
Best sound ever!
She had been doing it for a while before I grabbed the camera and the reason it cuts out at the end is cuz the batteries died. Stupid batteries and energy-sucking camera. But it doesn’t matter since I got a laugh!!
Some people are awesomer than me
I still haven’t had much time to figure out Photoshop Elements, but it’s ok. It’s not installed on my laptop anyway. So to use it, I’d have to actually get up off the couch and walk 3 feet. Too much work. And also this awesomely awesome blogger posted a link to here and I love it!! I installed in on the laptop, so no going to the desk. And it’s way easier to use than Photoshop Elements. Granted, it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles, but lookie what I did:
I didn’t mess with her eyes at all, so they really are that blue. And it was so so easy. Hooray!
Non-cohesive
Eliana has her very first cold. Poor little thing is all congested. You can really hear it when she breathes. We had planned to go have a picnic today, but it’s a little chilly outside and I don’t want to make it worse. The nice thing is that she doesn’t seem too bothered by it. That, or she’s so lethargic nothing bothers her. She even happily breastfed without yelling at me.
Speaking of yelling. Ok, not at all speaking of yelling, but I have to change the subject. My mother sent me some pics from her visit and I want to post a couple. So there. No yelling.
Such a smiley girl
One of the very few pics I have of the 3 of us
Can I just say that it is amazing to me that I can not find 1 damn pumpkin patch around here? What the hell is up with that? I want to take pictures of my baby with a bunch of stupid pumpkins and I don’t want to do it at Walmart. So tomorrow we will look for a pumpkin or 2 that and take some pictures. And I will save that post for November when it counts for something.
The baby peed on the carpet today cuz Tony wouldn’t let me wash my hands. Random, I know.
I’m hungry and it’s way past food time. And also, this post sucks so much and needs to end now.
Goblins at 2am
You know those levers next to train tracks that makes the track shift so the train goes in a different direction? (This is gonna be a trip, so try to keep up) Ok, I have a train track between my brain and my mouth. Here’s the process: I think of something. It makes total sense. I give it a little extra thought to make sure it sounds right and the grammar is ok and you know, in English. Then I put my thought on the train and send it on down to the mouth. But I have a goblin that lives on the tracks and sometimes, he pulls the lever. So by the time it reaches my mouth it morphs into not what I sent down the track. I hate that goblin.
When I was little, I decided there was another goblin that lives in my stomach. And whenever I ate something, he would run up my throat and grab the food/drink/crazy sauce and bring it down to my belly. I used to try to swallow without making him run for the food, but it never worked. I know this because I would swallow and feel my throat and I could feel him run up and down. He was a nice goblin.
It is very late. I’ve been talking to my sister that makes me laugh a lot. Please don’t hold this post against me.
Shhh…the baby’s sleeping
Don’t I already have this blog title somewhere? Eh, who cares. I’m being slacker-ish today. I don’t have anything on my list that can’t get done after Tony gets home. He can entertain the Eliana and I can clean or whatever. I deserve a little time to relax. Ok, deserve may not be the right word since I haven’t done much today that requires energy renewal. I rocked the baby to sleep. That was kinda it. She did wake up last night and it took an hour to get her back to sleep, but then we slept till 10. So I can’t really complain. And yet, I want some me time.
I shouldn’t even be posting today. I should be saving all my posts for November. But I want to post, and it’s my blog. Does anyone know if photo entries count for NaBloPoMo? No? Yes? I hope? Shall make my life easier since I always have pictures. I really should start a blog idea list going. I’ll get right on that.
Here’s what I need from you. I need someone to recommend a good (read: awesome and not too crazy expensive, which is relative, I know) point and shoot camera. I’ve heard good things about the Canon Powershot, but there’s like 10 different models and I don’t know which one is good. I really really really want a fancy digital SLR, but I don’t want to spend the money on it right now. I don’t have time to learn to use something so fancy. Someday I will have the time and then I will get one and take kick-ass pictures. For now, I want to take kick-ass pictures without the work. I want something that doesn’t take forever to take the damn picture already after I press the picture-taking button. I miss so many baby smiles because of it. I want something that doesn’t make everything blurry and not so much red eye please. So if anyone knows a good one, share the knowledge.
And also, if you can know how to use Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 or know of a free tutorial that can dumb it way down for me, I would love it. I’ve had this for a while and I don’t have the time to figure it all out. I’ve checked a tutorial, but it just made me feel very dumb. I was thinking of getting this book. And I might.
kthxloveyoubye
My head exploded
Ok, not really. It hasn’t been that bad. Don’t get me wrong, we’ve had a few “somebody please shoot me death is far kinder than the constant screaming” hours, but really, not that bad. I guess being pessimistic pays off. But I’m sure it’s not over and she’s just waiting till I get all “teething is no big deal could do this all day” before she loses her shit.
I know it’s been a couple of however long it’s been since the last time (I am aware of the grammar issues here people. Learn to love it) I blogged, but damn. Everyone always plays the “so busy busy busy no time to blog” card and I just know they’re lying and they aren’t really busy. Except me. Pre-Eliana I never cleaned. I had plenty of time, but also plenty of lazy. Don’t get me wrong, it was always decent. Just barely acceptable by human standards and while I wouldn’t suggest eating off the floor, plates were usually safe. Now, I find it difficult just to keep up with the revolving crap. Like dishes and laundry. And today has been NON-STOP. I know everyone says “don’t worry about your house, just worry about the baby”. And I say “ok, then come mop my floor and cook my dinner” (and I might add “bitches” at the end in my head cuz it makes me giggle). I have somewhat of a system. The swing=babysitter while I fold laundry, the bouncer=babysitter while I do dishes, the Tony=babysitter while I cook dinner. Except sometimes my babysitters don’t work and don’t last long enough. I’ve been running around ALL DAY LONG trying to get a very short list accomplished and I’m still not done. You should see the layers of dust in the house. You are very lucky I’m even blogging right now (or very unlucky). How the hell do people do this?
And maybe I could have accomplished more today except the napping has gone to hell. I mean, she does it, but not without much rocking and swaying and iTunes. The last nap she took was by far the worst. I thought I was smart and noticed she was tired early on. I figured since I caught it in time, I could put her down and she’d fall asleep on her own. I was very very wrong. I put her down and Waaahhhh!!! Ok, commence rocking and swaying and iTunes. 30 minutes later she’s finally asleep, so I put her down. I crash on the couch cuz mommy needs a damn minute and 5 minutes later the bassinet is rocking. Son-of-a-Monkey. So, get up, rock, sway, iTunes for another 30 minutes and maybe a little extra to make sure she’s asleep and down again. This time she sleeps for 45 minutes. It took me longer to get her to fall asleep than the length of her nap. This sucks hairy ass. And then I had to get up and make dinner.
And here’s the most brilliant part of me. I’m participating in NaBloPoMo (I’m #1765). Cuz of course when you have a teething baby and hubby trying to get his Masters and a messy house you should totally pledge to blog everyday for a month. Makes perfect sense. Initially I figured it would give me motivation. Maybe it will. I really hope I can do it. But you should expect blogs for the next month to be less than stellar. I mean, there isn’t much going on around here to blog about. I promise to do my best.
Where’s the “send” button?
This’ll be fun
The tooth is right there. We had a couple of really crappy crying-filled hours. She still managed to sleep pretty normal-like (hyphens are fun!) and is sleeping right now. Hooray. I’ve been feeling the tooth for a while, but I couldn’t see it until today. I can’t tell if it’s up or almost up. I’ll take another look tomorrow.
We will survive this.
It can’t last forever.
This too shall pass.
Teeth are little…they can’t be that bad.
I am so full of shit. If you don’t hear from me, it’s because my head exploded.
Wine is good
I like wine. Wine is goood. Goooood. First time drinkin after baby is nice. Highly recommend. Go drink now. Will wait. Mind if I drink while I wait? No? Thank you. Love love love. Takes too long to type and make words spell right. Drinking now. kloveyoubyebye.
