29 June 2009

My June In a Nutshell

Maybe it was all the rain.
Maybe it's because Holden was teething and needed extra attention.
Most likely it is because I am lazy...
At the beginning of the year, I bought one of those "scrapbook" calendars. I was not motivated to do all 12 months at once, plus I didn't have a lot of pictures I wanted to use yet, so I had the bright idea to do my scrapbooking throughout the year so that I could be slightly less overwhelmed (remember baby steps?) From January to May, I did very well at printing out and scrapbooking pictures (usually of Holden) before the month started.
It is June 29th, and this is what June's page looks like...
As you can see by my calendar, I have obviously not had a packed agenda, so I am not quite sure where things went so horribly, horribly wrong. So the question is, now what? Do I go back and post-scrapbook June, pretending this never happened? Do I just leave June blank forever? There is something so unwholesome feeling about leaving June a big empty white hole in my 2009...
P.S. Perhaps I have been feeling slightly jaded after memories of the last time I decided to make a scrapbook calendar have resurfaced in my mind. I recall this conversation during a previous December.
Reo: What are you doing?
Me: Making a scrapbook calendar. We don't have a calendar for next year yet, so I thought I would make one with pictures of us (because I am vain like that).
Reo: Cool...What month are you going to have the calendar start?
Me: Ummmm.....January (giving him a weird look. What kind of a question is that, I am thinking, it's a calendar!)
Reo: Hmmm, that's ambitious.
RUDE!! No faith in his own wife! You would think that I was the kind of person who rarely finishes her projects, and even more rarely finishes crafty-type projects.. Hmmph!

26 June 2009

A Pool Story: By Juliana

Before
During

After
I Love Summer
The End

20 June 2009

Free Shipping

If any of you out of towners want Holden to come visit, we found the perfect size box to ship him in.
But you can't keep him too long....I'm kind of getting attached to him.

08 June 2009

Rainy Days and Mondays Always Get Me Down...

Except for when Holden graces me with his gut busting laugh. And since YouTube videos indicate that people LOVE to watch videos of babies laughing, here it is:



(You can hear me and Reo laughing louder than Holden at parts. Sorry about that.)

04 June 2009

Mary Mary Revisited

Ladies and gentlemen, we have some green! Umm...and we HAD some green.
So only a 50% domestic fail so far. I am hopeful!

02 June 2009

2nd Generation BFF's

Jen is one of my oldest friends. In terms of years we have been friends--not age. She is not my oldest friend in age. I am not sure who is. If you think it might be you feel free to let me know.

Jen gave birth to Baby Girl X a few weeks ago (her name starts with an X, she is not a spy or anything). This makes Holden and Baby Girl X just 7 months apart in age. Therefore they will definitely be BFF's, right? Holden and I went for a visit and I got all reminiscent and nostalgic and all that good stuff.

Me and Jen on our first day of Pre-School
Holden and Baby Girl X at their first meeting.
Ahh, the circle of life. Adorable, isn't it?
A couple of items of note:
1) Please take a moment to admire my favorite dress of all time, worn in photo number 1. I wore it until it in no way resembled a dress anymore. I am wearing that dress in every photo I have of myself for about a two year period.
2) Please excuse Holden's immodest protruding belly. It just will not be contained! I am looking into baby sized Shade shirts as we speak.