A Fun, New Toy!

Goob is loving his exersaucer. He's figured out how make all the noises and songs play. Once you put him in there, he has no time for you anymore. He's too busy.

Goob's day at the beach!

Last weekend, Goob's grandparents were in town (J's parents). On Saturday evening, we went down to the island to meet some of their friends. It's a real shame that we live 30 minutes from the beach and we haven't been in forever. Anyways, it was Goob's first trip to the beach. Too bad we didn't go a bit earlier to enjoy more daylight.

Here are some pictures:

Goob getting his toes wet.


Goob with Mommy and Daddy.


Goob with his grandparents.

Weekly Pics: Week 16 & 17

Week 16: August 19th

Look at that smile!

Week 17: August 26th

Audition by Barbara Walters

I've spent the last six weeks reading Audition. It's Barbara Walter's biography. It was amazing. She has led such a fascinating life. It's even a little juicy. I highly recommend it. It's one of the best books I've read all year.

I'm now reading Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I've gotta see if the hype is true.

Sick Baby

I have a sick baby!

It all started yesterday afternoon. I came home and noticed that Goob was kind of sniffly. Then by the evening his nose started running a lot and he had a little cough.

But this morning he seemed a little better. He was his happy giggley usual self. So I dropped him off at daycare and went to work. After work when I got back to daycare, I immediately run into the director who had a phone in her hand. She told me she was calling me. My boy had a 99.9 fever and had started to get really fussy.

I called our ped and they told us to come in. We waited and waited and waited to see the doc. When we finally got seen, the doc immediately saw that he had an ear infection.

So now we're home and we've started 10 days of antibiotics and some Tylenol to get rid of the fever. The little guy can't go to daycare tomorrow so I'm taking the day off.

J is blaming the little kids who touched Goob at Wal-Mart a few days ago. I'm blaming starting daycare on Monday.

Short update

I started back to work last week. And today was Goob's first day at day care. So sad. He was only there from 1 to 4 and he was fine when I got to pick him up. Tomorrow will be his first full day at the day care from 7 to 4. Hopefully, he'll only have 2 or 3 long days a week. One of the other days will be a short day (1-4) and the other 3 will be spent with mom or dad.

He's going to be 4 months on Friday. Where has the time gone???? He has his 4 month appt next Monday for a well baby visit and more shots. Boo hoo. This time though Daddy will be coming along.

Goob got a visit from his grandparents last week. And he had his first visit to the beach. I'll post the pictures soon. Plus the weekly pics from the past couple weeks.

Blast from the Past

A year ago today I got the best news of my life.

Weekly Pics: Week 15

Week 15: August 12th

How to make your husband mad...

Stop him from watching his favorite show and relaxing on his day off and make him put together a high chair.




But look how cute this little guy is! It makes it worth it. Right, J?

Weekly Pictures: Week 14

Week 14: August 5th


I love this last picture. He's looking at me like "Mom, not another picture!"

1 year ago

According to my doctor, Goob was conceived a year ago today.

I cannot believe how fast time has gone by.

2 weeks left

I have two weeks left of my summer. I start back at work on Aug 18th. This is so hard for me. I didn't imagine that it would be this difficult to leave my baby. He's starting daycare on Aug 25. (J's taking a week of vacation when I start back at work so Goob doesn't have to start at daycare yet.)

I cry everytime I think of someone else holding him, feeding him, changing him, seeing his smiles and just being with him.

(I want to stay home so bad but right now it's just not financially possible. J and I've done some major talking and we've worked out that I'll be able to be a SAHM in 2 years if we stick to our budget.)


Any advice for me?

A survey cause I'm bored

I stole this from Laura's blog. And I'm doing it for the same reason she did. Goob's asleep for a long nap. And I've learned not to wake a sleeping baby.

YOU CAN ONLY TYPE ONE WORD! Not as easy as you might think. Now copy or forward, change the answers to suit you and pass it on. It’s really hard to only use one word answers.


1. Where is your cell phone? here

2. Your significant other? working

3. Your hair? falling

4. Your mother? amazing

5. Your father? strong

6. Your favorite thing? nachos

7. Your dream last night? none

8. Your favorite drink? soda

9. Your dream/goal? sahm

10. The room you’re in? living

11. Your hobby? reading

12. Your fear? daycare

13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? sahm

14. Where were you last night? date

15. What you’re not? confident

16. Muffins? blueberry

17. One of your wish list items? purse

18. Where you grew up? richmond

19. The last thing you did? laundry

20. What are you wearing? sweats

21. Your TV? muted

22. Your pets? sleeping

23. Your computer? desk

24. Your life? beautiful

25. Your mood? calm

26. Missing someone? sure

27. Your car? big

28. Something you’re not wearing? rings

29. Favorite store? target

30. Your summer? short!!!!

31. Like someone? mens

32. Your favorite color? pink

33. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday

34. Last time you cried? dunno