Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Baby Love

I love these babies so much I want to hug them until they crumple into little bean-shaped balls, and then I'll plant them in the ground and watch them grow into fragrant flowers, then pluck them and sniff them and feed them to a cow that I'll then milk and make ice cream and scoop it up onto a cone and smash it in my face. I love them that much!





Thanks TAMN! I'm "seriously so blessed" because of your genius.
(http://seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com/)

What's worse?

103 degree weather at the end of September with NO air conditioning...



OR...

...A snow storm at the end of May with a heater?


My answer is... --insert drum-roll here-- ...A SNOW STORM IS WORSE! You'd have to be high to say the heat. Sure, the heat's bad. And sure I'm swimming, practically drowning, in my own sweat. But snow is evil, and thus, I shun it. At least I'm loosing weight as I sit here typing. Sweating is good for you (other than the occasional drippage in the eye), right? Add nursing to the mix and my body's a sweaty, pore cleansing, calorie burning machine. Who needs a frigg'n gym membership? It really is too good to be true (and guess what?... it isn't... or is it?... I'm confused. It's too good and it is true. What does that make it?) So bring on that beautiful heat! Actually no, it's really hot and I'm quite miserable.

Saturday, September 18, 2010

A day in Menlo Park

Let's be honest, I LOVE Menlo Park! I kind of love everything 'bout it. I'm really happy here!

This is a glimpse into what a day in Menlo Park is like.

At 7:00AM this guy wakes up



At 8:00AM we take this guy to the dog park


Milo is terrified of the dog park, but I think it's good for him so we force him to go. There are dogs of all breeds and sizes there, but Milo's scared of them all. It's a shame we chopped his balls off. Homeboy needs a pair.

This is typical


Milo sitting (not running and playing) away from all the other dogs- notice the dogs in the background?

He likes these pugs, though


These pugs are the Angelina-Brad Pitt of the dog world. They are famous. Their names are Max and Minnie and they're somewhat of a youtube sensation. They've been on Regis & Kelly, Ellen, and other morning shows. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07Rw_sV4674

At 9:00AM we leave the dog park and venture out on a walk.

I love walking here because 1) The weather is perfect at all times 2) There's lots of trees so it's shady and beautiful 3) The houses in the neighborhood are amazing! I could walk for hours just looking at the houses. Here are a few of my faves (these were all taken with my phone- my attempt at being discreet).


The next two photos are of my dream home! I love this house!!!















So we live in a neighborhood with beautiful homes and lots of rich folk, but let it be known that we're the poor folk rummaging through their trash on garbage day.

There are so many fruit trees out here! It's awesome. Signs like these can be seen throughout the neighborhood. Who needs a farmers market, when the neighborhood's your oyster... umm, food source?


And who would've thought we'd be living a couple blocks from Harvard University? Ha!


At 10:00 AM Will has usually fallen asleep and Milo is tired of walking, too. We head back to the apartment. Milo hops a ride sometimes.


At 10:00- 12:00AM Will sleeps and I usually do laundry or clean our teeny-tiny apartment.

This little thing is my BFF, the Eruika steam mop. LOVE THIS!! With linoleum and hardwood throughout the joint, this thing gets the job done! And let it be known, that it costs me $6.00 to do 2 loads of laundry. Be grateful for your washing machines!


At 12:00AM Will usually wakes up with a surprise for me in his pants. It usually looks like this


Or this...


HONESTLY, this baby can POOP!

After changing the little stink-butt and playing goo-goo gah-gah games, we're off on errands.

At 2:00PM we go shopping

We usually go here because it's the best store EVER!! Love, LOVE this place!



Then we might walk down to this delicious place so I can get my fix.




At 5:00PM we pick up Justin from this resort called Stanford (It's anything but a resort to Justin, the student).



(We're taking and picking him up because his $20.00, 1961 Schwinn, garage sale bicycle broke. Who knew?)

at 7:00PM we have dinner

Usually this


At 8:00PM we watch TV

Usually something like this


At 9:00PM Justin does this. (Cool glasses, Justin!)


At 2:00AM Justin comes to bed and I wake up to this. Not only does "My milkshake bring all the boys to the yard", it wakes Will up through the night, too.


So there it is, what a day might look like in Menlo Park. However, there's way more feeding and changing of the Will-Miester going on. That is my life right now. Milk and poop.

Sunday, September 5, 2010

We're in California!

It's hard to believe that the big move has already come and gone...but I'm sitting in Menlo Park with my windows open and enjoying the amazing California weather!  First of all, a HUGE thanks to our family for helping us with the move.  We literally could not have done it without you (at least not during August...we were way behind schedule!)  The 16 hour drive was...well, "fun" isn't the word I was looking for, but at least you guys were fun and made the most of it!  Thank you sooooo much for everything.

I also can't believe that it's been 2 months since I blogged.  William is growing and learning something new every day.  Just 2 weeks ago he started reaching out and grabbing everything within reach, and then he gets ticked if he can't fit it in his mouth.  Good luck changing the TV channel or writing a text message with him in your arms, because he tries to eat whatever you're holding!  During the last week he has started to explore his voice.  He'll say "daa, daa, daa, daa" in a pattern over and over again.  No words yet, but he tries to imitate noises sometimes.  Katt is teaching him to stick out his tongue, so we'll post a photo as soon as he graduates that lesson.  I love our little guy so much!  Here are a few photos.
 Will and I at famous Ghirardelli Square

 Heavenly banana split with dark chocolate hot fudge
 
Photo op with Will's first cross dresser

 Our handsome boy!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Will's Mad Skizzelz

Will loves to splash in the bathtub!  I think his strong kicks even shock himself!