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we're in the process of revamping our web site. i've become restless with it as it is and want it to be more of an actual web site than a blog, so we've enlisted one of ryan's co-workers for help and should have something a little more dynamic in a few weeks. i'm excited.

i've also decided to make a conscious effort to eat better and be more active ( Read more... )

[13:55] jeff: so are you home shopping in houston ( Read more... )

it's over.

it's over and I WON!

never again will i doubt the power of the cry-it-out sleep method. ellie now knows that when i put her down in her crib, she is to go to sleep.

her capacity to learn amazes me!

i love her so much ♥

it's always been said that deaths happen in threes, especially in the world of celebrities. ed mcmahon was surprising and a little sad. farrah fawcett was sad but expected. michael jackson, though?! crazy.

a rough day in hollywood was also a rough day in our little apartment. ellie has become physically dependent on a nap routine i can no longer ( Read more... )

your baby blues so full of wonder
your curly cues, your contagious smile
and as i watch you start to grow up
all i can do is hold you tight

♥

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funny story.

ryan and i recently came across gift certificates for a spa day that were given to us for christmas NINE YEARS AGO, and we used them today. i don't know why we never used them before - it was soooo wonderful. shirley and my mom took ellie while ryan and i enjoyed a good four hours of pampering. i don't know if they were truly the best ( Read more... )

i should know who i am by now
i walk the record stands somehow
thinking of winter
your name is the splinter inside me
while i wait

and i remember the sound
of your november downtown
and i remember the truth
a warm december with you
but i don't have to make this mistake
and i don't have to stay this way
if only i would wait

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