Hey, look what I got last night:


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Now that we live 800 miles away from, well, everyone, I've had a couple of requests to update Maggie's Wish List for her upcoming birthday. The problem is that when I asked her for help with the update, she thought we were shopping and wanted to order everything, and I can't seem to find (or remember) a lot of the stuff she asks for on a daily ( Read more... )

Maggie - Mommy?
Tina - Yes, Maggie?
Maggie - Can we play the duck game?
Tina - The duck game? I don't know what that is, baby. How do you play it?
Maggie - Well, you get two ducks and you dig a hole in the ground and then you chase the ducks around until they fall in a hole and then you poke them with a stick.
Tina - That sounds kinda mean, don't ( Read more... )

"Mother, I have had ZERO bananas today."

Well, we made it to Texas. The day after Christmas was spent loading up the UHaul, then driving to Tuscaloosa to pick up the giant television I bought Mike for Christmas. Spent the night there, then hit the road early the next morning. Amy graciously agreed to road trip it out here with me (which is a much bigger deal than you might think, ( Read more... )

Please make everyone hush now. Thank you.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN ( Read more... )

* Sweet Baby Giraffe will be a month old in four short days and I haven't even gotten to see him yet. It's killing me, people, KILLING ME. Gotta fix that. Hey Chimi, you know your Aunt T (could we just go with AunT to avoid that whole double-T thing?) loves you an insane amount, right ( Read more... )

Saturday morning, driving home...

M - So, do you think you and Maggie are ready to move out to Texas with me?
T - Yep.
M - Good. I'll go buy that house we looked at and we'll get you moved out there.
T - Okay. Sounds good to me.
M - Yeah?
T - Yeah.

*pause*

T - That was really romantic, baby.
M - Wasn't it though?

*labor vibes for Kat*

*labor vibes for Kat*

*labor vibes for Kat*

><><>I actually got to see the infamous Kittles a few weeks ago when Mags and I made the mini-road trip up for her birthday/baby shower. Had a great time, as usual, and I got to feel zee bebe r-o-l-l-i-n-g around. In other trip news ( Read more... )