Today a parent came in to pick up their child who was asleep in a crib. I offered to get the baby out of the crib for her, and she said, "No, you should be getting babies out of cribs, you're pregnant!".
I just had to laugh. It was nice that someone finally realized that maybe because I am pregnant I should be taking it easy ..... but seriously, how hard is it to pick up a little baby from a crib? haha. I do that about 15 times a day! And it's not like this woman doesn't know what it's like to be pregnant..... her baby is only 5 months old..... I wonder what she did for the 9+ months? Sat on her butt the whole time. That would be nice :-)
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Not so friendly ghost
So I bought a cute little ghost decoration to go outside our front door. We're not really into Halloween, but the decoration was a dollar and the ghost is smiling, he's not like a threatening scray ghost.
Well, this thing just blows in the wind and taps against the door all the time. And all the time I think some one is trying to get into the house. It's kinda startles me every time I hear him tapping. I should just take it down, but I think Ryan enjoys laughing at me everytime I get startled.
And can I just say that I love this weather!!! I made pumpkin pie tonight, and bought caramel apples, yum yum. Fall has the best food!!
Well, this thing just blows in the wind and taps against the door all the time. And all the time I think some one is trying to get into the house. It's kinda startles me every time I hear him tapping. I should just take it down, but I think Ryan enjoys laughing at me everytime I get startled.
And can I just say that I love this weather!!! I made pumpkin pie tonight, and bought caramel apples, yum yum. Fall has the best food!!
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Home Sweet Home
Well we're back from our weekend in Rhode Island. Let me just say how nice it was to be home! Between the shower, church, and an impromptu attendance at my 2nd cousin's birthday party we got to pretty much see my whole family. It was great to see everyone.
My shower was very nice. I got a lot of presents. We got an umbrella stroller, car seat, and tons and tons of clothes. Unfortunately the majority of the presents were clothes..... and blankets. We now have about 15 blankets. Now, I am very thankful to have all the clothes, they're all very cute, but I didn't get a lot of the big expensive things we need. I was kinda hoping people would chip in and split the cost of the big things like a pack & play, crib mattress, etc. We didn't get a single baby bottle, or pacifier, or box of diapers, or any other very necessary things. So I tried not to be disappointed by all the clothes, and I tried to focus on the big stuff that we did get. Hopefully I did a good job of smiling the whole time. Unfortunately no one thought to give us gift receipts, so I am now stuck with things like sweaters she'll fit into in July, and t-shirts she'll fit into in February. grrrr.
My favorite presents were the hand made stuff. I got 3 hand made blankets, 2 hand made sweaters, and a hat. Those were sweet cause they were made with love.
Thankfully after we left RI my mom called to say she was talking with my cousins and aunts and they realized they had old stuff to give me. So, as long as they're in good condition I will be inheriting a crib mattress, stroller, breast pump, pack & play, and a swing from people in my family who no longer need them. So, that will be a huge help!! I just have to wait until Thanksgiving to check them out, make sure they're still in good condition, etc. But yay for free stuff!!
On another note, it was fun watching the Red Sox game up in RI where everyone's a Red Sox fan! If they win tonight they'll be playing the Phillies in the world series....... yeah, that'll be very awkward for me...... our house will be like the civil war. haha.
My shower was very nice. I got a lot of presents. We got an umbrella stroller, car seat, and tons and tons of clothes. Unfortunately the majority of the presents were clothes..... and blankets. We now have about 15 blankets. Now, I am very thankful to have all the clothes, they're all very cute, but I didn't get a lot of the big expensive things we need. I was kinda hoping people would chip in and split the cost of the big things like a pack & play, crib mattress, etc. We didn't get a single baby bottle, or pacifier, or box of diapers, or any other very necessary things. So I tried not to be disappointed by all the clothes, and I tried to focus on the big stuff that we did get. Hopefully I did a good job of smiling the whole time. Unfortunately no one thought to give us gift receipts, so I am now stuck with things like sweaters she'll fit into in July, and t-shirts she'll fit into in February. grrrr.
My favorite presents were the hand made stuff. I got 3 hand made blankets, 2 hand made sweaters, and a hat. Those were sweet cause they were made with love.
Thankfully after we left RI my mom called to say she was talking with my cousins and aunts and they realized they had old stuff to give me. So, as long as they're in good condition I will be inheriting a crib mattress, stroller, breast pump, pack & play, and a swing from people in my family who no longer need them. So, that will be a huge help!! I just have to wait until Thanksgiving to check them out, make sure they're still in good condition, etc. But yay for free stuff!!
On another note, it was fun watching the Red Sox game up in RI where everyone's a Red Sox fan! If they win tonight they'll be playing the Phillies in the world series....... yeah, that'll be very awkward for me...... our house will be like the civil war. haha.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
I am too impatient!
I am so excited about my shower in RI this weekend! I can't wait to see all the cute things I get for Ryleigh!
However, with registering at places like Target and Babies R'Us I can check my registries online to see what people have bought so far. And I am too impatient to wait till Saturday so I check like 3 times a day. And so far it has made me panic. Thankfully somebody's bought us a car seat, and my mom will be buying us a stroller, but other than that we are getting a lamp and bath toys. Now I know most people will probably wait until the last minute to buy gifts. And I know that there will be 20 people in attendance at the shower, plus several Connecticutters will be bringing gifts from other Connecticutters that can't make it, but I'm still panicked.
I went to a friend's baby shower a couple of weeks ago and seriously all she got was clothes, hardly any of the other essentials like bottles. I'm so worried I won't get the essentials.
Maybe my curiosity is just getting the best of me and I should stop worrying. Or maybe people will just give us money and I'll have tons of fun going shopping to buy everything myself! Either way, I am super excited about getting baby stuff and seeing my family!!!
However, with registering at places like Target and Babies R'Us I can check my registries online to see what people have bought so far. And I am too impatient to wait till Saturday so I check like 3 times a day. And so far it has made me panic. Thankfully somebody's bought us a car seat, and my mom will be buying us a stroller, but other than that we are getting a lamp and bath toys. Now I know most people will probably wait until the last minute to buy gifts. And I know that there will be 20 people in attendance at the shower, plus several Connecticutters will be bringing gifts from other Connecticutters that can't make it, but I'm still panicked.
I went to a friend's baby shower a couple of weeks ago and seriously all she got was clothes, hardly any of the other essentials like bottles. I'm so worried I won't get the essentials.
Maybe my curiosity is just getting the best of me and I should stop worrying. Or maybe people will just give us money and I'll have tons of fun going shopping to buy everything myself! Either way, I am super excited about getting baby stuff and seeing my family!!!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Why I want to move
We looked at the apartment and we like it. It's bigger, has 7 or 8 closets, and the room that will be Ryliegh's is already painted pink. It is a basement apartment however, and the ceiling is really low.... like we'll have to get different bookshelves cause ours won't fit..... but we'll deal. We put in our application and we have to wait for it to get approved and stuff, so hopefully we'll find out on Monday if we got it or not. Then we'll have to see if everything will work our money-wise, and in breaking our lease for our current apartment.
But unfortunately Ryan and I both love the idea of moving and will be sorely disappointed if it doesn't work out. Not to mention all the things we would love to leave behind with our current living situation. Here are just a couple of excerpts from our current leasing office's blunders.
There's signs up for a yard sale they were having through out the development. The signs read: "Yard Sale Sat 10-11 9am-?"...... so I thought maybe they meant Saturday the 10th, through Sunday the 11th and just kind of left out the word "Sun."..... but there's no yard sale today so who knows what they meant by 10-11, 9am-?
Here's another one. They sent out a notice that there will be work done on the concrete around the development. Here's a sentence from that note. "Please try and park your cars, kids playing, walking away from these work areas."...... Ummmmm..... what? I mean, I'm smart enough to figure out what they meant, but seriously, you would think that people who run an entire development would at least have some knowledge of sentence structure. They write stuff like that all the time.
But please don't analyze my blog for proper sentence structure.... blogging doesn't have to be grammatically correct. :-)
But unfortunately Ryan and I both love the idea of moving and will be sorely disappointed if it doesn't work out. Not to mention all the things we would love to leave behind with our current living situation. Here are just a couple of excerpts from our current leasing office's blunders.
There's signs up for a yard sale they were having through out the development. The signs read: "Yard Sale Sat 10-11 9am-?"...... so I thought maybe they meant Saturday the 10th, through Sunday the 11th and just kind of left out the word "Sun."..... but there's no yard sale today so who knows what they meant by 10-11, 9am-?
Here's another one. They sent out a notice that there will be work done on the concrete around the development. Here's a sentence from that note. "Please try and park your cars, kids playing, walking away from these work areas."...... Ummmmm..... what? I mean, I'm smart enough to figure out what they meant, but seriously, you would think that people who run an entire development would at least have some knowledge of sentence structure. They write stuff like that all the time.
But please don't analyze my blog for proper sentence structure.... blogging doesn't have to be grammatically correct. :-)
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