Monday, December 7, 2009

Apologies & etc.

I'm very sorry about the Twitter nonsense! I dunno what happened, but I just clicked on my blog and there were all sorts of random tweets by people I don't know. So, I took Twitter off my blog.

I haven't updated for a while because I've been busy cooking and baking to get ready for visitors arriving next week, dv. Since life (and having guests) is a little more complicated with a baby (to put it mildly :)), I decided to make & freeze everything ahead of time. So far, I've made about 25 servings of King Ranch Casserole, 25 servings of Broccoli Chicken Casserole, Broccoli Cheddar Soup, Corn Chowder Soup, Avegolemon (sp?) Soup, Chocolate Peanut Butter Squares, Crispies, 7-Layer Bars, Raspberry Oatmeal Bars, and 8 quiches. I still need to make Lasagna, Lemon Squares, Fruit Loaf, Baked Oatmeal, several breakfast casseroles, Mushroom Soup, and some other things. :-P So yeah, I guess we'll have plenty of food.

Shona is 7 months now, and doing all sorts of crazy new things. Her latest thing is to pretend she's going to sleep, and as soon as I walk out of the room, she flips onto her tummy and starts playing. Yesterday I had to go in and lay her back down 10 times. And during one of her nap times today I had to do it 8 times. She says "mama" and "dada" and "'ungry" (her version of "hungry"). She sits up really well and is working on learning to crawl. She gets up on her hands and knees and rocks back and forth...but she usually goes backward instead of forward. :)

There are probably a lot of other random things I was going to say, but I don't really have time right now. So here are some photos to make up for it. ;)












A rose on my rose bush :)


She scooted backward under the couch

She really liked the chocolates Rachel sent me



Opening a gift from Aunty Rachel (sorry, the photos are all out of order)



Thursday, November 19, 2009

Just some more photos








Saturday, November 14, 2009

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Photos from Jenna's party

Okay, these are photos from Jenna's party yesterday. She turned 3! She's such a cutie. :)

After the party, Shona and I went to Schlumberger to watch a soccer game. Photos are on FB.








Friday, November 13, 2009

Video: Shona saying "mama"

video

Monday, November 9, 2009

Just some random information

1) Caleb got glasses today. He has been needing them for a long, long, long time, and now that he has them, he is amazed at how clearly he can see!
2) I went to AT&T and figured out why the text messaging wasn't working on my phone. It now works, but please, don't text me because I have to pay $0.20 per message. It's only for "important" situations.
3) Shona had approx. half a dozen meltdowns in the night (starting exactly at midnight), so I didn't get much sleep, and she didn't either.
4) Because Shona didn't sleep well last night, she was miserable (that's an understatement) today...and refused to take naps. We spent part of the day just sitting at the park--and having to constantly fight mosquitoes-- in an attempt to keep her from screaming.
5) My del Sol failed the inspection because it does not have a catalytic converter (thanks Jimmy, you failed to mention that when I bought it from you :-P )...so it's going to cost about $200 to get one installed.
6) The good news is that Josh washed and waxed the car for me for free!!

Here's a neat photo from a while back. There are four generations here--my grandparents, my dad, me, and Shona.

L to R: Grammie, Uncle Ernie, Josh, Grandpa, Dad, Caleb holding Shona, and me


Okay, I guess that's it for now. I asked Nat if he has anything to include but he has nothing to say. :( Sorry yall, maybe next time. :)

Saturday, November 7, 2009

New pictures!