Halloween month is way too short...

so we had better get this onesie worn a few times before the month is over!





Thank you Grandmum Judy for the perfect pillow - I was so excited this year to remember it was tucked away in the closet. For all you crafty people out there - it's felt and hot glue. What a fun and rewarding project. (on the flip side of the pillow there is a turkey - so it's good until the end of November!)

Why hooded towels are just so darn cute...

No rice ingested...

but we're going to keep trying. We tried to give Stella rice cereal for the first time yesterday. I think she spit all of it out. She LOVED eating the spoon though. ;)

Video will be posted soon!

Pirate Baby

Thanks uncle Mike for the awesome PJs. Too bad Mom didn't get them out of the 6-9 month box soon enough because folks, my thighs are CHUNKY and they are just barely fitting in those legs...

A letter...

To the ^)&^$!%^*! neighbor across the street:

I think it's great that you have somewhere to go every night around 7pm. I also think it's fine that you have a motorcycle. My husband, in fact, has two. Only one runs, but that's besides the point.

The point, however, is that you seem to feel the need to rev said motorcycle REALLY LOUD when you leave from the alley. No one cares that you have zoomy pipes. No one cares that your motorcycle sounds that loud. No one cares that you have a Harley knockoff. And yes, we know it's a knockoff. No one cares that you have a small wee-wee, because you MUST if you feel the need to REV IT THAT LOUD every night before you leave.

Coincidentally, timing it just as my daughter falls asleep.

Next time, you wake her up, I'm coming over to your house at 3am with a screaming baby.

Just saying...

Regards,

Your neighbor across the street

Addiction cured

Okay - it's true. I'm a bit addicted to reading other people's blogs. I think it's because I'm inherently nosy, but probably because I also am searching for advice (mommy blogs) and procrastination from the dissertation (funny blogs, cooking blogs, craft blogs, etc).

Yesterday, I was reading a post from "rookie moms" which is a site that has activities to do with kids - and i used to check it a lot, and now it's starting to annoy me. The problem with mommy blogs is that marketers have found that there are 1) lots of them and 2) lots of other people who read them and thus) send freebies and swag to the mommy bloggers who then either 1) give it away or 2) talk it up like they just found it (but really are promoting the product).

I have a little issue with this.

Anyway, so I'm reading a post yesterday that links to another blog that is called "Ain't Your Mom Jeans" which i though, kinda funny, maybe I'll look at it - and seriously folks, it's all about "mommy style" and trying to be the "hip, cool mommy." Um, I'm not really sure how at this point i can be hip and cool with dried spit up on each of my shoulders, the occasionally pee on my shorts, and dog slobber on my ankles.... but anyway, back to the beef:

there was a post about the best designer denim for moms...

Designer denim? Um. Seriously? and she was going on about how she's can't seem to rationalize her spending of $200 on a pair of jeans when she crawls around with her toddler anymore, so she found $70 ones at the Gap to compromise. and how the help make your butt still look good and minimize the "muffin top." I'm all for minimizing the muffin top, but I thought going for walks helped that one.

$200 jeans?? How do you even rationalize that expenditure SANS BEBE, much less think that $70 is a compromise AVEC BEBE. People! $15 is a compromise for me at the THRIFT STORE because i can usually find them half off for $7.

I'll be honest, I rationalized for a month over getting the Bob Stroller, which to me is a bit poo-poo-ta-ta, as my mom would say, but I ended up finding it on craigslist and after two walks around the neighborhood with Scupper and our crappy uneven sidewalks, I was sold. It was worth it. But it's a stroller. and it was used. and it's functional. and my last year's tax refund paid for it.

How are $200 jeans functional?

Okay. I'm done my rant.

and I think I'm done with hoity-toity mom blogs for awhile. I think I'll stick to Cake Wrecks.

i don't want to jinx it but...

Stella happily missed the 2am wake up call last night. THANK GOODNESS. Two nights of fussing and we're there. Let's hope this continues, because this momma sure likes 7 hours of straight sleep. Hallelujah.

In other Stella cuteness (or Mommy ridiculousness) here is Stella this weekend when we were out camping when i realized i forgot her socks.
And here she is loving the Vanagon. (I'm personally loving that they make hoodies for 6 month olds, as the "hoodie" is the unofficial San Diego winter jacket.) Mind the dog poo bag of soiled diapers... ;)