ahorra, soy una madre

I joined Las Madres today.
I have mixed feelings about it.
I mean, I know, the site looks nerdy, but I think it'll be okay. It was recommended to me by a surly mother of two that said it keeps her sane. She won't be in my particular group, but I'm hoping there will be more surly moms mine. Because if it's all ex-cheerleaders or women old enough to be my mom, I'll be sad.

I know it's not Tuesday

But I had to show everyone!
Kevin's mom sent photos of him as a baby.
See Fig 2.
And I took a corresponding photo of Cricket,Fig 1.
Look at that! Everything but the mouth.


Fig 1. 

Fig 2. 

frump hair--gone!

I got my hair done, finally. Although I'm making a really stupid face in this photo, my hair is showcased nicely. Hence, the smiley. (Without the flash it looks much darker.) 

my own SPIN magazine article

In the past week, Kevin and I saw *one* movie and bought *one* CD (although it's a double, so I guess that's two). Here's my review of both.


Proof. I give it an A-.
Pros: Good dialog, acting and a very original idea for a script. And a happy ending, I won't give a movie anything more than a B if it's a sad ending.
Cons: Jake Gyllenhaal, a.k.a. Mr Teen Beat, was pretty dang unlikely as a math nerd.  

Out of State Plates by Fountains of Wayne. I give it an A+.
Pros: 2 CD collection of "B-sides" and few live recordings of previously released songs. Not a bad buy for 12.99. We love you FOW!
Cons: How can a CD have a B-side?
lyric sample: "And I'll never throw your mail away
And I won't tell you that your hair looks grey
And I'll let you listen to Sugar Ray
And I'll say I love you every day"  

Baby Tuesday

Cricket is now 3 weeks old and here are more photos of her, in addition to the one to the right of us napping (and Mojito pushing the baby out of the way).
Since it is Baby Tuesday, I want to propose an invention. The working title is "baby food holder." Inevitably anytime I'm hungry or am about to eat, the baby wants to eat or is hysterically crying-- both requiring the attention of at least one hand. How can I hold a bowl, of say cereal, and a spoon at the same time? I tell you, I can't, and here is where the baby food holder would come in. That's a free idea, please someone make one for me!



a jowl-y pic of the little Thayer face 

I won't say how smart I think she already is but I'm thinking it. 

more reading 

chorizo, bug and bean dog 

Mojito wants his diaper changed 

say it ain't so!

(if you have a weak constitution, don't read this post)
I realized last night that I may have a cold sore...and I may have had them before and I didn't know it (that kinda makes me feel dumb). The jury is still out, it doesn't look like the cold sores I've seen on other people, but WebMD is telling me it's a possbility. But the clues are adding up-- and I am not pleased.

this is what I've been working on

Our church helps out local elementary schools, and one in particular has a room that they wanted to make into a science room but they don't have any money to furnish it. So the pastor in charge of outreach decided we'd do our own Extreme Home Makeover version of a science room and asked me to design it.
Of course I thought: uh, are you sure you want me to do it? And then played it cool like I do this kind of thing all the time.
So below are the concepts I turned in today, apparently the room is really big and will be divided into four separate spaces. Each space will have lots of information panels about each concept too, I just didn't bother including them in the pictures.
I'm a little worried that he'll look at these and say "hmmm, interesting. I think we'll use someone else, thanks though."
If anyone has any ideas on how I could make them better, please comment!

ocean 

geology 

nature 

space 

in case you didn't notice

the big gap in my most recent post is gone! All thanks go to Kevin for fixing the html!

Go to Sam's page

Kenneth G. Ross, 7th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, died in Afghanistan on Sunday. He was 24.

affirmative on the pouch

The Maclaren baby pouch a.k.a. Baby Bjorn works great. She loves it. Well, she doesn't love it when I have to push all her limbs into place through the holes in the pouch. But when she's in, much like riding in the car, she's happy and falls asleep (woo!).
It's like I'm pregnant again the way she hangs out in it on my belly, but I can take her off at any time, I can drink a coke while walking around with her, and my ankles don't swell up. heh.
P.S. Cricket had her 2 week appointment this morning. Points of Interest: She's way above the weight gain norm, she's 9lbs 8oz now. And the nurse said he's never seen such an active 2 week old. She's a squirmer!

a tribute post

Don Adams, a.k.a. "Agent 86" died yesterday.
Get Smart was one of my favorite TV shows when I was a kid (yes, they were re-runs). I secretly wanted to be Agent 99. For those of my generation that have no idea what I'm talking about, at least know that Get Smart was the inspiration for Inspector Gadget. 

Baby Tuesday

granny G and Cricket 

yesterday she had her first walk. I know, way too little for the stroller (and the hat), but we padded her in and she liked it. 

a popular sleeping position, the touchdown 

she was sleeping like this. I call it her star-nosed-mole impression. 

trying the lounger, she's a tad small for it. 

this is my new favorite