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fried my brain is

So many things zooming around in there... decisions to make, things to keep track of, tasks to complete... Its getting hard to turn off my brain at night and sleep.
This week was particurally crazy. I will be doing a happy dance when Friday is over and the weekend begins! Although next week isn't looking much better. Where did the lazy days of summer go?
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My boy Colin is sleeping over 8 hours a night now. At the ripe old age of 9 weeks. This kid rocks my world.
He went to the doctor yesterday for his two month check up and he weighs FIFTEEN POUNDS. Off the charts. Huge. The doctor said, "He's ONLY nursing? Wow."
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Another reason I've been missing is this custom quilt order:

How adorable is this? I just love how this came out. 
 

as i collapse in a sweaty heap on the floor

Well, I finally made it to the gym! Over three weeks after we joined! Go me!

I made some very important discoveries.

1. I am INCREDIBLY out of shape. Good HEAVENS, am I out of shape. I was still in the "warm-up" stage according to the little computer and I felt like my heart was going to LEAP out of my chest and gallop across the room without me.
2. I am not coordinated enough to use the elliptical machine. Let us just leave it at that.
3. We have WAY too many stairs in our house.
4. Carrying around a 16-pound baby is quite difficult when you can NO LONGER USE YOUR ARMS!
5. Working out in public is not as satisfying as working out in the privacy of your own home. Because you can not grunt and complain loudly to yourself how much you hate exercising. Well, you technically could, but people around you might not appreciate it.
6. I am no longer 19. Not only is this working out much more difficult than it used to be, but there is a whole 'nother level of men checking me out as I attempt to work out. Men with GREY HAIR who look like they are old enough to be my UNCLES.
7. According to the computer, I burned about 200 calories. I probably eat more than that just in cookies. So I'm thinking... if I just stopped eating cookies, wouldn't I come out ahead?

update: seriously, ya'll. i am one SORE woman!

burp!

Girls: "Burp! Burp!" giggle giggle giggle "BURP!"

Me: "Girls, stop. Burping is not funny."

Ellie: "You're right Mom. Little burps are not funny. Not funny at all. If you burp, you should say excuse me. It is not a joking thing because it is VERY RUDE."

Grace: "Except big burps. BIG burps are REALLY funny, right, Mom?"

wordless wednesday: look, mom! colin is an indian baby!

what is "embarrassing moments" for $500?

We went to a wedding this Saturday - beeeeea-utiful! Outside, 80 degrees, not a cloud in the sky, at an incredible old estate.  The reception was under a tent in a horse paddock with huge blooming peony bushes surrounding the fences. Seriously gorgeous. We were seated with a fun group of my husband's co-workers, having a great time.
Our table noticed it was time for the toast. All the men were off somewhere so we ladies took matters into our own hands. I took the bottle of champagne and started to pop the cork out. It wasn't moving. (Can you guess where this is going?) So I pushed harder.

POP!

The cork SAILED ACROSS THE ENTIRE WEDDING TENT!
OVER THE BEST MAN!
WHO WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF HIS SPEECH!
The ENTIRE tent looked over at me, sitting at the table, holding a newly opened bottle of champagne with my mouth hanging wide open.
Ohmygoodness. I. Wanted. To. Die. DIE!! Crawl underneath the tablecloth, curl up in a ball and DIE!

Did I mention that this was the wedding of someone my husband WORKS with? Way to make a great impression! Wanna guess what his office will be talking about on Tuesday? Seriously. You can't  take me anywhere!

this counts as a pattern, right?

Three nights in a row, 7-8 hours each night!! I think my boy has officially started sleeping through the night!!

I feel THIS happy:

first teeth!!

Ellie lost her first two teeth on Thursday! It involved a trip to the dentist, sedation, a needle, yanking and Mommy doing some deep breathing in the waiting room.

Ta-DAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
She cried on Thursday night, because she didn't want to tooth fairy to take her teeth, she wanted to keep them. So we left a note so that the fairy would leave them for her to keep.
She was VERY excited to find two dollar bills under her pillow the next morning. And what did she ask, with a look of dawning excitement?

"If I put my teeth under my pillow again tonight, do you think I will get MORE monies?"

too. busy. to. write. coherent. post.

Does sleeping from 11pm to 6am count as sleeping through the night?
Because if it does, can we all give a HUGE round of applause to Colin? And let me just say, Yeeee-HAW! Do I feel like a new woman!!

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Why is it I am so diligent about food germs - cooking meat to exactly the right temperature, disinfecting the sponges and cutting boards - yet I have NO PROBLEM WHATSOEVER about eating MASSIVE amounts of cookie dough?

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Car is being fixed today. Sigh. I hate cars.
How they break when you least expect it. How they LOVE to fail inspection for something totally retarded but totally expensive. How they require gas which is now $4.08 A GALLON at the nearest gas station.
Gah!

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We joined a gym two weeks ago. How many times have I been there? Come on, guess!!
Seven? Ten? Every single day?!??!?!

If you guessed ZERO you would be correct! GOOOO ME!! Bring on the bathing suit season!

crap

crapcrapcrapcrapcrapcrap CRAP!!!!

This is how my week is going. How 'bout yours?