Forgot to post about Nora's newest accomplishments.
Words - Thank you(DAT DO)
No - only in reference to food or toys, not in defiance(yet)
Nana - as in her grandma
Food - We now feed ourselves yogurt WITH a spoon!
Teeth - Cut tooth #5 on November 4th....errr, will she EVER have molars.
Bath - This started a couple months ago. You say, " Nora, it's splashy time, splashy time" She walks/runs down the hall to her bathroom and turns right...We normally find her squealing next to the tub.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
What is in a name?
Just so everyone that might read this knows, Rich and I are in NO way pregnant or thinking about trying! At least not for another year....
Ok, that said. We still dream about our next child and what he/she will become. In that same thread, we bounce ideas of each other from time to time....
Conversation from this week...
Me: Hey, I heard a girl name I want to throw by you.
Rich: Ok, shoot
Me: Lynleigh, it's actually an English boys name but I don't care about that
Rich: Yeah, I like it. Sort of a girly boys name!
Me: I was thinking that since my mom's name is Jacquelyn and Cari's middle name is Lynn the baby would have a family name. I guess we could pair it with Jean, since that's your mom and sister's middle name.
Rich: Lynleigh Jean, that might work.
So, next girl baby may actually have a name YEARS out from her actual arrival. Of course we have to ask Jen for permission since it's her 'namesake' to pass on. We aren't sure if Jen and Dave are done having kiddos and wouldn't want to take that from them.
We of course are reserving our right to change our minds.
FYI: We have potential boy names as well. ( no stealing! jk)
*Ford Alexander
*Grant Thomas
Ok, that said. We still dream about our next child and what he/she will become. In that same thread, we bounce ideas of each other from time to time....
Conversation from this week...
Me: Hey, I heard a girl name I want to throw by you.
Rich: Ok, shoot
Me: Lynleigh, it's actually an English boys name but I don't care about that
Rich: Yeah, I like it. Sort of a girly boys name!
Me: I was thinking that since my mom's name is Jacquelyn and Cari's middle name is Lynn the baby would have a family name. I guess we could pair it with Jean, since that's your mom and sister's middle name.
Rich: Lynleigh Jean, that might work.
So, next girl baby may actually have a name YEARS out from her actual arrival. Of course we have to ask Jen for permission since it's her 'namesake' to pass on. We aren't sure if Jen and Dave are done having kiddos and wouldn't want to take that from them.
We of course are reserving our right to change our minds.
FYI: We have potential boy names as well. ( no stealing! jk)
*Ford Alexander
*Grant Thomas
Friday, November 21, 2008
Love Letters
Project - Clean out the closet! At my parent's house that is.....better said...An Inventory of my Life...
Amongst the inventory I found a manilla envelope containing most, if not ALL of the love letters from my first boyfriend. Started dating him when I was 18. What can I say, late bloomer here!
It was fascinating to look at myself, on paper, 12-13 yrs later. All the hopes and dreams and promises of forever that the first flush of love brings. We dealt with a lot in those months, his terminal illness, family deaths, separation, more illness....sort of unfair for teenagers to have to swallow. But we swallowed it and helped each other along. I once read that there are 3 kinds of 'friends'
Ones that stay your entire life
Ones who come in and out of your life
Ones that are there to shape one part of your life then leave forever
I think first loves must be there to show you the road for a while, all the highs and lows and then disappear. Maybe that's why they say first love dies hard. It all your firsts, secrets, and soul given to one person that you trusted til the ends of earth. You will always wonder where they are, how there doing, and if they remember too. Love changes things for sure because after that first heartbreak, I think you become more cautious and closed the next time around. I realized in those letters how much that 16 mth relationship forever shaped the ones that followed.
Changes in me. Changes in how I trusted. laughed. cared. smiled. talked. opened up. viewed life.
Amongst the inventory I found a manilla envelope containing most, if not ALL of the love letters from my first boyfriend. Started dating him when I was 18. What can I say, late bloomer here!
It was fascinating to look at myself, on paper, 12-13 yrs later. All the hopes and dreams and promises of forever that the first flush of love brings. We dealt with a lot in those months, his terminal illness, family deaths, separation, more illness....sort of unfair for teenagers to have to swallow. But we swallowed it and helped each other along. I once read that there are 3 kinds of 'friends'
Ones that stay your entire life
Ones who come in and out of your life
Ones that are there to shape one part of your life then leave forever
I think first loves must be there to show you the road for a while, all the highs and lows and then disappear. Maybe that's why they say first love dies hard. It all your firsts, secrets, and soul given to one person that you trusted til the ends of earth. You will always wonder where they are, how there doing, and if they remember too. Love changes things for sure because after that first heartbreak, I think you become more cautious and closed the next time around. I realized in those letters how much that 16 mth relationship forever shaped the ones that followed.
Changes in me. Changes in how I trusted. laughed. cared. smiled. talked. opened up. viewed life.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Margaritas and laughs
So, I haven't been "out" with girlfriends since Nora was born. I know, I know...pitiful!
Went out last night with a group of six ladies to celebrate an acquaintance's 32nd birthday. Acquaintance being Gretchen. It was great finally meeting a group of mommy's that live like Rich and I! At least in the sense that they shop at Goodwill, consignment stores, hate the mall, clip coupons, and live on budgets. I've long realized that a downfall of living in East Cobb is the societal expectations that live here. Despite appearances I'm not into having super expensive furniture and decorations. Shoot I have trouble paying over $20 for a pair of jeans!
The night was a GREAT time. With Gretchen ending up in the bathroom. Poor thing, 120 lbs gets taken down quickly by margaritas...I swear she had like 2.5!
Nora news-
New words this morning..."out" and "juice"
Went out last night with a group of six ladies to celebrate an acquaintance's 32nd birthday. Acquaintance being Gretchen. It was great finally meeting a group of mommy's that live like Rich and I! At least in the sense that they shop at Goodwill, consignment stores, hate the mall, clip coupons, and live on budgets. I've long realized that a downfall of living in East Cobb is the societal expectations that live here. Despite appearances I'm not into having super expensive furniture and decorations. Shoot I have trouble paying over $20 for a pair of jeans!
The night was a GREAT time. With Gretchen ending up in the bathroom. Poor thing, 120 lbs gets taken down quickly by margaritas...I swear she had like 2.5!
Nora news-
New words this morning..."out" and "juice"
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