Cruisin'

Miss M has been on the go for some time now. She crawls, she rolls, she pushes chairs around so she can get from one thing she's not supposed to touch to another. But, no walking yet. Which personally, I am a-ok with. Do I really need her to walk...no. But, I do think she's pretty cute when she trolls around with her little scooter. Hopefully you'll think she's cute, too!

new fence (& a small non-related rant)

Well, J FINALLY finished our fence (ok, it still doesn't have a gate but let's not get technical). We are really enjoying having the backyard closed in and the nicer weather. M loves to be outside but the traffic made it too hard before. We've got a busy few weeks coming up. Friday night and Saturday we'll be going to Pensacola so I can take part 1 of 3 of my Florida Teacher's Exams (a 6 hour test, yuck) and then Saturday night J's squadron is having a Halloween party. Of course I don't have a babysitter yet. Honestly, so far, that has been the hardest part of being a parent :-). And, I realize that its hard to find someone to trust with your baby but at this point we don't even have anyone to give a chance! Bah!

There is also something else, non-G related, that has been bothering me. Why do people insist on leaving their grocery carts in the middle of the parking lot. Its always been a pet peeve of mine but here in N.O. it is worse. A few days ago I stopped at Target, Lowes, and WalMart. As I was getting M out of her carseat the woman parked next to me came out of the store, took her son out of the cart, then left it between our two cars (actually against my car) and drove away. She was pulling out slowly and her window was down so I felt the need (yes, I'm THAT person) to ask her why she would do that. I politely said "Excuse me, why are you leaving your cart resting against my car?" She says, quite nastily, "I have a child that I can't leave." and she sped off. Well, I have a child but I somehow manage to put my cart away!!! Its not like it was raining or cold or anything. So, after Target I headed to Lowes and started to pull into a spot but lo and behold, someone had left their cart there so I had to look for another space. Then, when I came out of Lowes someone had left their cart right behind my car. And, when I got to WalMart, I watched a man just give his cart a saucy little push, just far enough away that he could back out without bumping it. Hello, are we all really that lazy?!? If you are one of these notorious cart leavers, consider being annoying in another way that is much more worthwhile...like cutting me off when the road narrows from 2 lanes to one! Rant complete (until next time).

Visit to the Aquarium

Last week, on J's day off, we took M to the Aquarium for the first time. We became members of both the zoo and aquarium so there will be a lot of visits to both in the next year! M LOVED seeing the fish, penguins, and sea otters. But, even better was watching J watch her. He's always been smitten but now that she's so much more active he really loves taking her places and seeing her reaction to new things (I do too).

M wishes she was in there swimming!

Silly penguin!

Weighing in

Well, I finally took M for her 9 month checkup today (12 days late!). She weighs 16 lbs. 14 oz. and is 28 inches long. She also had a flu shot today and had to get her finger pricked (she was VERY good through both). I'm a little overwhelmed with school...I planned my time very well then one of my teachers moved up a due date (from Sunday to Wednesday) and threw everything out of whack. I think MMG can tell that I'm stressed because instead of playing by herself like she usually does, she is constantly tugging at my jeans, pulling on the computer cord, and begging for attention. She is a GREAT distraction, however, when I need a break from the exciting world of collection development and information literacy (what?!?).

Making mommies feel good...

So this is slightly off topic but I'm excited and want to share it anyway. I recently bought some new make-up from Prescriptives (who I love, btw). I've been seeing infommercials for sheer cover mineral make up FOREVER and am always tempted. But, because we don't have a Sephora here (it'll be open in 2 weeks, yay) and I can't bring myself to order it online, I never have tried it. But, Prescriptives recently came out with their own mineral make-up...and I LOVE IT!!! It feels good on and I feel like I look nice when I wear it (plus, its got SPF 15). I'm now officially a Level 2 Warm Medium/Light. I did tell them the last shade I wore of their regular liquid foundation and they laughed at me..."Were you a lot more tan when you wore this?" Duh, 2 years in England and a summer inside with a baby (its too hot here if you can't lay by the pool all day) will make a girl look pretty pasty! So, for all you skeptics out there, I say GO FOR IT!!! Embrace the mineral make-up!!!