Blogging at naptime.

Two momentous occasions occurred today. #1.  National Coffee Day aka International Coffee Day.   While the origins of this glorious day remain unknown, we do know that Krispy Kreme and 7-11 offered free coffee this morning.  I did not however take either of these establishments up on their offers.  I instead let my mom buy me coffee at Starbucks.  And it was delicious.  #2. The Day of My Birth.   While we do know the origins of this day (my mom told me), what you may not know is that it was one of the best birthdays to date.  I woke up to a cute baby, cute husband and some delicious homemade pancakes!  I told Josh it was like we were camping, but I didn't cry...(I've been known to cry while hiking.  Not because of the beauty of nature, but because of my wimpiness..) The husband gave me my birthday card with the disclaimer that it was homemade, and that it may be entirely creepy. And yes, that is a tiny baby head on my ...

 First of all, the tiny human we live with is 5 months old today!  And I'm fairly certain she and I were both awake at the exact time of her birth (6:07am) as we were both up approximately every hour and a half to two hours last night.  We apparently can't get enough birthday fun... She was far too busy doing big kid things to bother looking at the camera for this picture.  We'll go let her run around the McDonalds Playland later. According to this story,  Coffee consumption may lower risk of depression in women  I have consumed one mug of anti-depressants today.  3 more and I'd be that much closer to happiness. My personal take on it is that after 4 cups of coffee per day, I would be so caffeinated as to have no real gauge of my emotional state.  And I'd likely type much faster. Speaking of typing faster, I decided at the gym the other day (where all of my major life decisions take place) that when I eventually go back to work, I would like...

"Our biggest blessings make terrible gods." - Liz Sawczuk We had our second Ladies Life Lite session today and although we've all agreed that the videos we watch are a tad on the cheesy side, the group of women I'm privileged to sit with have enough depth and vulnerability to easily balance it out :) I'm not sure if I'm giving an entirely accurate quote above of what Liz shared today, but her thoughts struck a chord with me.  She talked about the frustrations that come when other people don't fulfill our expectations of them, when our agenda overrides God's and we set ourself up ultimately for disappointment.  She mentioned that our biggest blessings in life, whether it be our spouses, children, friends, etc, when placed before the Lord will only cause disorder and heartache.  And we can actually love them better by not placing them where they were never meant to be. I found this so freeing and a great re-focusing point.  I've been...

I must admit that this rainy Monday has been quite lovely so far.  There is just something about the combination of watching rain falling outside, a fresh mug of coffee nearby, a little tiny human contentedly napping, a lit candle, and jazz music playing in the background that makes the day feel so cozy and delightful. Or perhaps it's the fact that we vacuumed last night for the first time in a while.  It's hard to say really. As much as I try, we're still a no-go with the "binky."  Her facial expression, to me at least, conveys something along the lines of "Sick. Why do I keep falling for this?" I went to Fred Meyer today by myself for 30 minutes while the husband played with the tiny human.  It was invigorating.  Also invigorating was Emma and I dancing with Ellen DeGeneres on the TV today.  We are really quite good.  Her high quality dance skills are inevitable considering her parents.

The husband and I had been planning today as a pre-birthday-day-o-fun for a while now, planning to frolic about in Seattle, go to REI, have lunch at the Cheesecake Factory, and finish out the afternoon getting our game on at  Gameworks .  We're gamers at heart.  Everyone knows this about us.  Emma's delightful aunties had agreed to watch her while we ventured out, and we planned out our whole day which would of course culminate in a brief pre-birthday-parade along the streets of Everett (not terribly dissimilar to the Dean Martin Parade  in Steubenville). Sadly, the sweet tiny human we're responsible for had been extra sneezy yesterday and woke up today with a stuffy nose and what we quickly identified as a head cold.  Not ones to be deterred, the aunties offered to watch the teeny one while we had an abbreviated pre-birthday-day-o-fun.  The aunties are so good to us! Even when baby isn't ...

I'm utilizing the  "50 Creative Ways to Make Your Blog Popular" website once again because let's be honest, I've reached over 100 hits now (unheard of in the blogging world) and I have no choice but to attribute my success to this website.  And cute baby pictures.  People love cute baby pictures. Tip #2 says "Start a contest.  Make sure to end it too." Here's a contest.  Who can tell me why my baby is sneezing so much today?  She seems happy otherwise, and even makes a delightfully cute "wheee" coo at the end of her sneeze.  Adorable.  I will officially end this contest in 2 months.  Stay tuned.  The winner will receive free baby snuggles (whether real or virtual) and the potential for a tiny human to sneeze on you.  Tip #3 says, "Give away free goodies.  People love them." I'm giving away free baby snuggles.  Check. Tip #4 says, "Write about other bloggers to interest their visitors to read your ...

Why is it that my conscience has no problem with watching this... while making these... Maybe it's because I'm far less fearful of having my face ripped off by Anna Kournikova than I was of Jillian Michaels.  In other news, does flour expire?  And do expired flour cookies cancel out the scone and coffee cake I had at Ladies Life today??  Here are some brief snippets of conversation I've had in the past few days: Nice older man at the grocery store:  "Here's how you make homemade applesauce..boil the apples, add a little butter and some brown sugar and there you go.  [pointing to Emma] He'll love it!" Nice lady registering me at Ladies Life today: "This is your first time to use the Hub?  Great! [pointing to Emma] I'll help you get him all checked in!" This is one of the main reasons I so quickly recanted in my strict "no-pink-policy" when I found out we were having a girl.  Yet even with countless outfits like th...