Random updates
Howdy folks. Been a long time since I rapped at ya. Here are some updates:
- Lazlo the Gimp (and entourage) succeeded in breaking the birthday curse, and for the first time in many years my birthday wasn't the worst day of the year. I had chocolate chip pancakes and mimosas for breakfast. And way too many presents from everybody else. Thank you notes to follow. You guys are great.
- And I got a massage. Which felt nice after trying to lift the car off Lazlo's foot. I guess what it comes down to- I just didn't love him enough. Maybe if it had been Wrennel under the car...
- Lazlo and I had a mini family reunion in La Jolla with a few San Diego/North Carolina/Texas branches of my family. It was a lot of fun and Wren was a big hit. Having a family of JCrew models can be disheartening when shopping together, but overall we had a great time and I was sad we had to go so soon.
- I'm all packed for Tejas- the friendly state. Unless, of course, you want to mess with it, in which case it's not so friendly. I can't wait. My relatives are like a horde of ravenous baby-hungry beasts, and I'm sure I won't hold Wren from the moment the plane touches down until I'm back in CA. Judging by the mini-reunion, Wren loves the attention, so I'm not worried.
- It was also nice to spend time with other mothers. People who know a little about child development are impressed with Wren's astounding abilities. They're awestruck, really. Whereas our friends ask questions like, "Is she talking yet? Can you put her on the phone?"
- I can't wait to go swimming for the first time this year. And Wren can't wait to go swimming for the first time ever. That's not actually true- but she is a water baby. She loves (read- tolerates) the tub. She'll be doing underwater handstands in no time.
- There is, as usual, a loud screaming fight going on next door, but the autistic five year old seems to be holding his own today, so I'm going to let it slide. Is there a documented link between the mullet and domestic violence? That's a study crying out for federal funding.
- Brittney and I have a new excercise plan in which we push the baby around the neighborhood, come back to my house, and eat a bunch of junk food. So far the pounds are flying off. We leave a trail of sloughed off fat behind us.
- One unlooked for bonus of cloth diapers is their smell-locking ability. With all the traveling we've been doing, Wren has been in disposables pretty frequently, and boy oh boy, they do not share this ability. They also seem to be lot leakier. When you're talking about liquid crap, the suckiness of a leak cannot be overstated. So far she seems to poop opportunely, when there's the best chance of getting a new outfit at Target.
Well that's it for today. I'm going home on Thursday, as bright and early as a Delta non-rev+babe-in-arms priority level can get me there. And Lazlo will follow on Friday night or Saturday morning. Say a little prayer for him as he hobbles through the terminals with his ungainly velcro shoe and crutches. We're going to be baptizing the bird on Sunday at 10:45 a.m. and everyone's invited. As of 11:00 she'll be safe from Limbo. Be there or be square.
"rapped at ya"... (eyebrow raised).
luckily, you'd never say that in real life... or if you did, you'd say it in a sarcastic monotone.
anyhow... *HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATE!!* yay. i'm glad it was a good one.
have a safe trip you guys.
You're doing something wrong with the disposable diapers. Big Bird is supposed to go on the front.
Happy Birthday.. ¡Quiero panquequé!
Love the new site.
Just so you know, significant and repeated leakage usually means the diapers are too small. We learned that the really hard way. My chunky little girls were usually in the size for babies that are older than they were. Hoping there is no leakage on the plane and in your lap!!
Our babies weren't chunky. They were big boned...and it was glandular.
i put "briefs" on chunky adults every single day. they're about 30 square feet of blue plastic absorbancy each and yet they still manage to leak.
i understand there were problems with your birthday cd, i'll have to make a new one withoug the satanic rhetoric.
and... wait... you had a baby?
I was not aware that you had a birth day recently, I sincerely hope it was a good one.
Have safe travels my friends.
I used cloth diapers on our kids, and today I can still thank those little rubber pants for helping to keep in all that dirty diaper odour inside the cloth diapers, right where it belonged! One of my neighbours, a mother, used disposable diapers on her kids, (Pampers), and boy did her kids diapers ever stink after a poo-poo! I know this first hand, for I babysat and changed diapers at her house all the time! However on those occasions when she dropped her kids off with me, on went the flannelette diapers, safety pins, and rubber pants! I simply flatly refused to use disposable diapers in my home!