What? I've been busy

So I am posting some super cute pics of Halloween and taking a break from the blog for awhile.

Sick Leave

I know that I am always making excuses for not blogging more often but this one is for real yo. Sunday night I started having a tummy ache that turned in to full-on, life-altering, couldn't sit or stand stomach pains. Mark and I dropped the baby off at my parent's house and hurried to the hospital faster than when I was in labor. And just so you understand, this pain was worse than contractions. I couldn't breath, my back hurt, and I was crying. I thought I might die.
Finally after three bags of IV fluids, a morphine drip, and some other amazing drugs, they sent us home. They said it was either food poisoning or an infection in my pancreas. Either way, it sucked.
I slept most of the day and my amazing mom offered to keep Molly overnight so Mark and I could get some rest.
All was good until I woke up Tuesday morning and discovered that I was getting a sinus infection, Mark was running a fever, and Molly had a crusty/runny nose.
We have been quarantined until further notice...

Breakfast of Champions-Tybee Island Style

Doesn't this happen to everyone? You go on a wonderful vacation, have an awesome time, eat great food and drink delicious bevs. But then comes Sunday morning. You have to wake up early, strip the beds, collect the dirty towels, and stuff all of your crap back into the Yakima. You check under the beds, grab your shampoo out of the shower, and are satisfied that you have gathered all of your belongings. The only thing left to do...Empty out the fridge. Ugh.
Do you just throw everything away? Waste all that perfectly grilled steak? Chuck the last three slices of sandwich meat? HELL NO! In these hard financial times, you can't just throw away perfectly good food. Especially if you are married to my husband. You put on your maternity pants and belly up to the table.
My choice? Cereal and Chardonnay. With a side of potato chips. Mark had a half pound of grilled shrimp, the last Coke Zero, and a cup of milk. John had half a turkey sandwich from Friday's lunch and Jane had grapes, Special K, and a tiny leftover bite of salmon.
Waste not, want not.

An Open Letter to the UGA Students at last night's game

Dear Georgia students,
Please understand that this letter is not being written out of anger at the ASU loss. We never
expected to win, and in all honesty, we were shocked at how well our team played. Good game, we missed our field goal, the game was ours to lose.
Let me begin by asking on what planet one would choose to wear short skirts and 4 inch platform shoes to a football game? And not just any football game, but one in Georgia, where we have been experiencing floods for the last two weeks. I saw so many wet rat, crack-ho looking chicks, I was almost embarrassed for them. And by the way, nobody thinks the patent leather quilted bag you are carrying is actually Chanel. And on the off chance that you are the one soroitute that is lucky enough to own a quilted Chanel bag, shame on you for carrying it in the rain. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Secondly, to the students who were flipping the bird to the visiting team in the section right next to yours...The hand gesture the Arizona State Sun Devils make is actually a "pitchfork." It was not something we made up especially for you. It is not a crude gesture. Tons of teams, like the Texas Longhorns and the NC State Wolfpack have them, and it is purely to show support and school spirit. It does not warrant a response, so simmer down.
And finally, to the frat-tastic dudes sporting the red chinos and the red and white seersucker pants at the games...If you wanted to play golf, you should have just stayed in Atlanta this weekend and gone to the PGA Championship. You wouldn't look like such a fool among those goofy, preppy, golf dudes.
The game was fun and the Georgia fans were, for the most part, very welcoming.
Congratulations on a good game, now go buy yourselves a pair of jeans and a t-shirt for next week's game.

Five on Friday

1. This week started with the entire city of Atlanta, and most of the 'burbs, under tons and tons of water. We received rains that we hadn't seen in a hundred years and people's homes, cars, and offices were flooded and nasty. Just take a look at what Six Flags looked like...
2. I have recently started a second little part time job keeping the books for a friend's business. Since I am an independent contractor, I have now decided that I need to incorporate my business. This means more tax breaks, more business benefits, but mostly...cute new business cards! I need to come up with a name for my company, so if you have any cute ideas, please let me know!

3. Good news! Molly found her thumb this week. She doesn't always managed to isolate it, so sometimes she sticks her entire hand in her mouth (which we discourage) but its seems to calm her down, so we'll roll with it.

4.Mark's parents are coming into town next week and we are going down to Tybee Island for a long weekend. They haven't been to our beach house yet, and they haven't seen Molly in 9 weeks so we are hoping it will be a really great trip.

5. UGA plays ASU in Athens tomorrow. My previous boss and mentor, Lyn, and her son have come to Atlanta for the game. Mark and I will go with Lyn and Blake on the Sun Devil club buses up to Athens and cheer on the Devils in the rain. All I can think about right now is not drowning in Athens. If I am gonna die, I want to go with Sun Devils and Tigers!

Five on Friday

My friend Jackie always posts "Ten on Thursday" blogs. It is usually a great mix of funny stories, cute pictures, and general information. I don't think I can think up ten fun facts at a time, so my new blogging ambition if Five on Fridays. It may only last week...we shall see.

1. Molly is 9 weeks old! Holy crap, where has the time gone? Sh smiles, chuckles, sleeps through the night, and is generally too adorable for words!


2.I met my friend Heather for breakfast with her son Beau this morning at Thumbs Up in Decatur. I love the food there and it is super cheap, but what a pain in the ass! There is very limited parking and they are a cash only business so they really make you work for your bacon. Beau has turned into such a bog boy and was proudly eating his eggs with a fork like a little man. It seems like it was just weeks ago that we were picking out Beau's pumpkin for his first Halloween. Now we will be taking Beau and Molly back to the pumpkin patch for Molly's first pumpkin.


3. By a pure stroke of chance, it seems that Beau and Molly will both be Crustaceans for Halloween. More details on that later :)

4.My good buddy Katie is coming into town this weekend to visit Molly for the first time. I can't wait to see what kind of trouble we are going to get into. Look out Target, here we come.

5. Can we talk about Project Runway for a minute? How boring can it get? No fights, no prissy gay boy tag lines, and stupid newspaper dresses?! WTF?

Sweet Little Girl

Today marks NINE weeks that Molly has graced this earth. Every time I look at her I notice something else about her that I love. I honestly had no idea that I could love something so much.
Having her in our lives has helped me to remember what amazing friends and family we have. Just last weekend, our incredibly talented family friend, Joel Tressler, took time out of his Labor Day weekend to take some photographs of Molly for us.
He truly captured the joy and the wonder in Molly's eyes.



I took Molly to her 2 month doctor's appointment today, and I have to say, it was heartbreaking. She was so cute and sweet wiggling around on the exam table while they weighed and measured and poked and prodded her. She behaved like such a little lady and didn't even pass gas or throw up on the doctor and nurse. And then, out of left field, these perfectly nice people turned on our little girl and attacked her with FIVE, count them, FIVE shots. Poor baby. Poor mommy. We both cried and cried and cried. Her Daddy is taking her to get her next shots, I can't take it.

And for anyone who remembers a post a while back about our decision to use cloth diapers, I am happy to report that things are going beautifully! (Well, as beautiful as stinky pee pee and poodle diapers can be.) We haven't bought disposable diapers in over 4 weeks and Molly is sporting cute little pink, white, and yellow diapers that never seem to leak give her a rash.
Look ma- I'm eco friendly!