11-7-12

In my ever ongoing attempts to find things that make you happy... we did floor time in the nursery on the safari rug today. It went ok... for around 10 minutes... That seems to be your attention span for anything.

You are lucky you are so cute.

You ae also lucky (as am I) that your Daddy loves you as much as he does. Tonight he drove down from the mountians to hold you (while you fussed) so that I could have a bit of a break... and then he drove back to the mountians where he is working.

This crying stuff has got to end at some point.
It just has to.

11-6-12

Today was election day... but before we get to that...

This morning while I carried you around in circles in the living room I decided to listen to the radio. I ended up hearing them ask for a contestant to play a trivia game. In order to continue to stave off the abject boredom of walking around the living room in circles, I called in. Wonder of wonders, I got the question right and won some tickets to a park! (I will probably donate them, but still!)

And then it was election day! Do you like my rainbow cupcake? I was celebrating the results. The LGBT community made some big strides and President Obama was reelected  A few local propositions didn't go the way I had voted, but on the whole it was a very satisfying day.

11-5-12

Guess who came to visit!

Uncle Patrick and Aunt Stacy! aka Your God Parents!

It was a great visit! You were sweet and happy, you didn't throw up on either of them, you even napped like a normal little baby!

I'm looking forward to your first trip to San Francisco where they live,but for now it was great that they were able to come visit you here in Fresno!.

11-4-12

Back to being fussy at home again today.... le sigh

Except for a brief few moments where you were all smiles for Daddy.

I'm exhausted!

11-3-12

It was a big day today!

First off we voted (early) so that we wouldn't have to try to do it during the weekday next week.

Voting is important, don't let anyone tell you differently.

Then we went to Sacramento for a baby shower! One of Daddy's friends from high school, aaron, and his wife, Nicole, are going to have a baby girl early next year. I was a bit worried about how you would do in the car... and how you would do at the party as you still tend to cry and fuss most of the day... every day.

You did great! You loved watching all the other little kids play and getting passed from lap to lap! It was like we had found the magic no-fuss spel! I guess maybe you aren't getting enough stimulation at home; I need to be taking you out and about more often!

Look at you all alert and content on my lap up there! Such a trooper!

On our way home from the shower we had two other bits of adventure... an exploding diaper that resulted in us on our hands and keens on the side of the road (in grass thankfully) trying to get you cleaned off..... and a visit to your aunt Steph!

And then you slept the whole way home!

Damn but you are sometimes all kinds of awesome!

11-2-12

We took you to the library today and got you your very own library card.

Now, you won't really be doing much checking out for a while... but just for signing you up they gave us a free board book about baby animals. Score!

I hope you like the library as much as I did when I was little.

We used to walk to the library and checkout books every week during the summer. It was awesome... so many books! At one point I wanted to read all the books in the library. Now, I know that isn't practical, but it sure sounded like fun when I was 12.

11-1-12

Daddy's home!

We are both so glad to see him! We had to share but we did get all our kisses and hugs!

And it is November... the month where people talk about what they are grateful for all month and then go out and spend a zillion dollars on buying more crap.

Today I am thankful that Daddy is home.

And that you let me take your photo in the kitty hat... because omg so cute!