Theme: Bowls of Cupcakes!
Neighbor Dave
Mark Drunkenly Throwing Cupcakes For No Real Reason
Jeff & Elaina
Rachel
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Cyndie's Birthday
Neighbor Dave
Mark Drunkenly Throwing Cupcakes For No Real Reason
Jeff & Elaina
Rachel
Friday, February 08, 2008
spaghettios and mashed potatoes...
is pretty much all i want to eat.
well, on sunday i'll be 10 weeks pregnant. *cheers!*
i definitely was NOT prepared to feel as bad as i do though.
Pretty much everyday i'm either doing some hardcore slothing on the couch or sleeping alot. I've managed to get out and about a little bit and even babysat for awhile yesterday. But mostly, i feel terrible and just want to fast forward to the good part.
No, i haven't hurled yet, but the constant fatigue and queasiness seems like a worse punishment than just barfing and getting it over with.
At this point, i really don't understand how anyone has more than one child. now that i'm wise to pregnancy's evil plan, i'm pretty sure that i'm done after this. lol.
and for the first time in my life, i'm worried about LOSING weight. how can this be?? I've lost like 7 pounds i think. the books say starting in the second trimester (march 2) i need to be gaining a pound a week, but for now, i guess it's okay to lose.
that's my update. also, i need hugs. :)
well, on sunday i'll be 10 weeks pregnant. *cheers!*
i definitely was NOT prepared to feel as bad as i do though.
Pretty much everyday i'm either doing some hardcore slothing on the couch or sleeping alot. I've managed to get out and about a little bit and even babysat for awhile yesterday. But mostly, i feel terrible and just want to fast forward to the good part.
No, i haven't hurled yet, but the constant fatigue and queasiness seems like a worse punishment than just barfing and getting it over with.
At this point, i really don't understand how anyone has more than one child. now that i'm wise to pregnancy's evil plan, i'm pretty sure that i'm done after this. lol.
and for the first time in my life, i'm worried about LOSING weight. how can this be?? I've lost like 7 pounds i think. the books say starting in the second trimester (march 2) i need to be gaining a pound a week, but for now, i guess it's okay to lose.
that's my update. also, i need hugs. :)
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
We Voted!
Bright & Early! okay, it was still dark....and i was in my pajamas, and we were registered at a different address, and the elderly women at the polling station couldn't find the change of address forms, and one of them was nearly deaf. She thought my name was Joelle for about five minutes. They were pretty cute. :D
Yay we voted in the Missouri Presidential Primary! Go Barack Obama!
Yay we voted in the Missouri Presidential Primary! Go Barack Obama!
Sunday, February 03, 2008
Friday, February 01, 2008
Fran White is a Genius!
Thanks to Fran for being a super smartypants and coming up with the idea to just take pictures of the sonograms instead of scanning! Viva la Fran!
The second pic is just a zoom in of the first. If you squint and use your imagination, it sort of looks like a baby. lol. :) The head is bottom left and the feet nubbies are top right. I kinda think I can see the hand nubs but I'm not sure.
The second pic is just a zoom in of the first. If you squint and use your imagination, it sort of looks like a baby. lol. :) The head is bottom left and the feet nubbies are top right. I kinda think I can see the hand nubs but I'm not sure.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Sonogram #3
Today we went to clear up our twin confusion and confirmed there is yes still ONE baby with an awesome strong heartbeat and who looks like a gummi bear! lol. :D
Mark tried to scan our sonogram pics at work, but unfortunately they didn't scan well. :(
Hopefully when we go to see if it's a girl or a boy, we can get video and/or pics on a cd. but that's a couple of months away.
We go back to the doctor in a month. so until then, i'm just going to pray for no more migraines and that I can make it through all the queasies okay.
P.S. I'm a wussy at being sick, so if anyone wants to bring me treats and fawn over me n' stuff, I wouldn't mind. :D plus, then you can see our sonogram pics of Gummi (new embryo nickname)
Mark tried to scan our sonogram pics at work, but unfortunately they didn't scan well. :(
Hopefully when we go to see if it's a girl or a boy, we can get video and/or pics on a cd. but that's a couple of months away.
We go back to the doctor in a month. so until then, i'm just going to pray for no more migraines and that I can make it through all the queasies okay.
P.S. I'm a wussy at being sick, so if anyone wants to bring me treats and fawn over me n' stuff, I wouldn't mind. :D plus, then you can see our sonogram pics of Gummi (new embryo nickname)
Friday, January 25, 2008
Pity Party
Next sonogram (#3) has been rescheduled to next thurs. instead of tues.
Also, I've been not feeling so hot this week. Last week was queasy, this week was skull shattering migraines. Super FUN!! Plus, my yearly winter sinus smackdown is full steam ahead, which is super mega fun!
On a positive note..... I'm pregnant! :D
only a month to go! sunday is two months down!
Also, I've been not feeling so hot this week. Last week was queasy, this week was skull shattering migraines. Super FUN!! Plus, my yearly winter sinus smackdown is full steam ahead, which is super mega fun!
On a positive note..... I'm pregnant! :D
only a month to go! sunday is two months down!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Heartbeat!
We saw ONE baby today with a good strong heartbeat!!! yayyyyyy!!!! the doctor wants another sonogram next tues just to make sure everything is okay....maybe because of the confusion last week with the two sacs.
The sonographer thought we were probably at 6 weeks instead of 7, so that would add a week onto my due date making it sept. 14 and not sept. 7.
My pregnancy symptoms have gotten really noticeable in the last week. I'm pretty queasy from mid afternoon till bedtime. I bought some natural ginger ale and Preggie Pops (lollipops for morning sickness). those seem to be helping. someone told me i should take my vitamins later in the day as well. i can't eat very much at a time and I have to eat every hour or so, oh and I get tired REALLY easily. going to lunch and to target yesterday exhausted me so much that i came home and slept for 2 hours! oh, and i swear my belly is getting bigger already!
Mark is going to try to get the sonograms that we have so far scanned soon. hopefully i can get those up this week. This is very exciting!!
The sonographer thought we were probably at 6 weeks instead of 7, so that would add a week onto my due date making it sept. 14 and not sept. 7.
My pregnancy symptoms have gotten really noticeable in the last week. I'm pretty queasy from mid afternoon till bedtime. I bought some natural ginger ale and Preggie Pops (lollipops for morning sickness). those seem to be helping. someone told me i should take my vitamins later in the day as well. i can't eat very much at a time and I have to eat every hour or so, oh and I get tired REALLY easily. going to lunch and to target yesterday exhausted me so much that i came home and slept for 2 hours! oh, and i swear my belly is getting bigger already!
Mark is going to try to get the sonograms that we have so far scanned soon. hopefully i can get those up this week. This is very exciting!!
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
TWINS??
We had our first Prenatal appt. today. and the sonogram shows TWO embryonic sacks! we have another sono next tues. morning so we'll update again then. :D
Friday, January 11, 2008
Frannie McHumpersons
I'm not sure how to put this delicately, but we have a humping cat. lol.
The other night I was innocently reading in bed when I was disturbed by what felt like a cat trying to lay on my legs and repeatedly falling off while "making bread" with his paws. I wasn't really paying attention at first but noticed when I tried to shake him off that he was immovable.
That's when I looked down and realized....oh...my...god. "MMMAAAARRRRRRKKKKK!!!!! COME HEREEEEE!!!!!" Mark skidded into the room thinking I was having some pregnancy problem and was relieved but at the same time totally grossed out by the site that awaited. I heard a soft "ewwww" come from the stairwell where Cyndie was perched. lol.
we all kind of stared in horror for a minute. then mark attempted to remove the humper from my leg and was met with great resistance and vocal protest. finally I was freeeee! when it was all over mark confessed: "he's been humping me at nite too!!! i thought he was just trying to crawl on me! i feel so dirty!!" lol!
feeling violated and worried that we had some sort of molester cat, mark spent the whole next day googling "cat humping" at work. lol. apparently this is a rather common problem. who knew? mark thinks frannie is "attracted" to the micro fleece blanket we have on the bed sometimes. so i guess now we need to find Frannie a micro fleece "lovey" and hopefully he won't be so interested in our innocent legs anymore.
The other night I was innocently reading in bed when I was disturbed by what felt like a cat trying to lay on my legs and repeatedly falling off while "making bread" with his paws. I wasn't really paying attention at first but noticed when I tried to shake him off that he was immovable.
That's when I looked down and realized....oh...my...god. "MMMAAAARRRRRRKKKKK!!!!! COME HEREEEEE!!!!!" Mark skidded into the room thinking I was having some pregnancy problem and was relieved but at the same time totally grossed out by the site that awaited. I heard a soft "ewwww" come from the stairwell where Cyndie was perched. lol.
we all kind of stared in horror for a minute. then mark attempted to remove the humper from my leg and was met with great resistance and vocal protest. finally I was freeeee! when it was all over mark confessed: "he's been humping me at nite too!!! i thought he was just trying to crawl on me! i feel so dirty!!" lol!
feeling violated and worried that we had some sort of molester cat, mark spent the whole next day googling "cat humping" at work. lol. apparently this is a rather common problem. who knew? mark thinks frannie is "attracted" to the micro fleece blanket we have on the bed sometimes. so i guess now we need to find Frannie a micro fleece "lovey" and hopefully he won't be so interested in our innocent legs anymore.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Doula Doula
From Wikipedia: "A doula is an experienced, non-medical assistant who provides physical, emotional and informed choice support in prenatal care, during childbirth and during the postpartum period."
We have an interview appt. with a doula next Thurs. I'm pretty psyched about the idea of having a doula and really want it to work out. It's sort of part of my compromise to going with an OB instead of a midwife and giving birth in a hospital instead of in a birth center or at home. I just want someone there to help me fight off the drug pushing nurses and scalpel happy doctors if at all possible. According to the books I need to keep my birth plan "flexible" so I'm giving it my best.
P.S. Every time I hear the word "doula" I think of my grandfather sitting at the grand piano singing "Boula Boula" (Yale's Fightsong- my aunt Julia's alma mater) in his booming voice and me giggling uncontrollably and thinking he was the greatest grandpa in the world. :)
We have an interview appt. with a doula next Thurs. I'm pretty psyched about the idea of having a doula and really want it to work out. It's sort of part of my compromise to going with an OB instead of a midwife and giving birth in a hospital instead of in a birth center or at home. I just want someone there to help me fight off the drug pushing nurses and scalpel happy doctors if at all possible. According to the books I need to keep my birth plan "flexible" so I'm giving it my best.
P.S. Every time I hear the word "doula" I think of my grandfather sitting at the grand piano singing "Boula Boula" (Yale's Fightsong- my aunt Julia's alma mater) in his booming voice and me giggling uncontrollably and thinking he was the greatest grandpa in the world. :)
Sunday, January 06, 2008
Embryo in tha House Yo!
We had bloodtest confirmation that we are pregnant! Yayyyyyy!!
In the last 4 days I've already accumulated 12 books from friends and a Pregnancy Journal. Mark's Father-to-be books have been ordered online and are on their way, and I've started knitting a fuzzy white baby blanket. :D We even went window shopping at Babies-R-Us yesterday.
So, we are pretty excited and still sort of in shock. I keep wondering how it's possible to be in shock over something you've been planning for years...but it is.
Our first pre-natal doctor's appt. is Jan 15. Next Sunday I'll be six weeks pregnant. and this is what "Embryo"(That's our name for baby right now. lol.) will look like. Size = BB Pellet
Oh, and according to a chart in one of the books, my due date would be Sept. 8th! 3 days after Mark's B-day!
P.S. I know some people wait until after the first trimester to start singing from the mountaintops about their bun in the oven, but it's not really my style to keep things secret. So we'll stay positive and deal with things as they come.
Correction: I keep getting confused on how many weeks pregnant and the age of the fetus, which is two weeks different. So the picture above would actually be a 6 week old embryo (pregnancy @ 8 weeks). Isn't it weird that you start being pregnant before you actually conceive? lol. :D
In the last 4 days I've already accumulated 12 books from friends and a Pregnancy Journal. Mark's Father-to-be books have been ordered online and are on their way, and I've started knitting a fuzzy white baby blanket. :D We even went window shopping at Babies-R-Us yesterday.
So, we are pretty excited and still sort of in shock. I keep wondering how it's possible to be in shock over something you've been planning for years...but it is.
Our first pre-natal doctor's appt. is Jan 15. Next Sunday I'll be six weeks pregnant. and this is what "Embryo"(That's our name for baby right now. lol.) will look like. Size = BB Pellet
SO CUTE!!!
Oh, and according to a chart in one of the books, my due date would be Sept. 8th! 3 days after Mark's B-day!P.S. I know some people wait until after the first trimester to start singing from the mountaintops about their bun in the oven, but it's not really my style to keep things secret. So we'll stay positive and deal with things as they come.
Correction: I keep getting confused on how many weeks pregnant and the age of the fetus, which is two weeks different. So the picture above would actually be a 6 week old embryo (pregnancy @ 8 weeks). Isn't it weird that you start being pregnant before you actually conceive? lol. :D
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Happy New Year!
We spent our Super Fun New Years Eve with Chuck & Sandy eating yummy
paninis and playing the heck out of some Wii.
paninis and playing the heck out of some Wii.
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Mark Le Arteeest
Mark sold a version of this sketch at the Vinyl Kingz art show.
This is the more elaborate (and i think "grosser") version Mark did for Cyndie for Christmas. Kind of a weird present I know, but they were jabbering on about Marx or something and she was all excited about it. lol, what do I know, I'm always trying to get him to draw unicorns and kittens.
This is the more elaborate (and i think "grosser") version Mark did for Cyndie for Christmas. Kind of a weird present I know, but they were jabbering on about Marx or something and she was all excited about it. lol, what do I know, I'm always trying to get him to draw unicorns and kittens.
I don't know what this one is called but I refer to it as:
"Head coming out of faucet with a giant chin arrow." :D
Thursday, December 13, 2007
As the ice melts...
My first video online!
The sun came out today and all the ice in the trees is melting and raining down onto our house and yard! I've been sick all week plus with the ice storm, I am getting quite bored with being inside so this is rather exciting to me. :D
The sun came out today and all the ice in the trees is melting and raining down onto our house and yard! I've been sick all week plus with the ice storm, I am getting quite bored with being inside so this is rather exciting to me. :D
Saturday, December 08, 2007
Vinyl Kingz Art Show
Cyndie & Rachel
Mark is Jubilant after selling his first art piece EVAR!!!His was one of only three pieces that sold that night!
I tried to get shots of Mark's pieces, but they are the last 3 on the top row.
Sunday, December 02, 2007
Holiday Cheer
I, Phoebe climbed a VERY tall ladder several times to make this outdoor light spectacular happen! Behold the glorious Pink House Holiday Display!! :D
Friday, November 23, 2007
Pink House "Turkey Dinner" Day
The First Turkey I've Ever Made!!!
Cyndie Helped Too! We're not calling it Thanksgiving in her honor. lol.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Sunday, November 04, 2007
B-day Shennanagins
Friday, Mark and I went to Build-A-Bear and made a polar bear that I named "Snowflake". Saturday we rollerskated with friends and then went to dinner at Tasso's (they have a floor show during dinner that can't be beat! an old man that looked like Santa played a conch shell like a trumpet and the belly dancer...well, she belly danced. lol) Anyway, afterwards we came home to this amazing spread.... cakes and tarts by Whole Foods, presentation by Cyndie.
Then we had a firepit and candle extrordinaire in the front yard!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Whinefest
A month ago I started having horrible pain on one side of my jaw when eating, so I went to the doctor, who sent me to a Ear, Nose & Throat specialist. After three weeks of agonizing jaw and ear pain, today I was so happy to skip into the specialist's office and have them wave a magic wand and make it all go away. lol. delusional i was. so after asking me if I knew i had a deviated septum (no...but okay)
anyway, he said exactly what the first doctor said (your bite is screwed and you've injured your TMJ) and told me to "eat soft food". then he suggested that I go to a dentist for a bite evaluation, and see if they needed to take corrective measures.
I've been pouting all afternoon. Why do i even go to doctors? what is the purpose of all this expensive technology that they possess? why can't someone scan me or shoot me with a laser or something? Now I'm supposed to go to a dentist for which I have no insurance and it's not even guaranteed that they will be able to help.
On the bright side... maybe this is a blessing in disguise. if all i can eat is soup and juice for the rest of my life, I'll surely lose some weight!
anyway, he said exactly what the first doctor said (your bite is screwed and you've injured your TMJ) and told me to "eat soft food". then he suggested that I go to a dentist for a bite evaluation, and see if they needed to take corrective measures.
I've been pouting all afternoon. Why do i even go to doctors? what is the purpose of all this expensive technology that they possess? why can't someone scan me or shoot me with a laser or something? Now I'm supposed to go to a dentist for which I have no insurance and it's not even guaranteed that they will be able to help.
On the bright side... maybe this is a blessing in disguise. if all i can eat is soup and juice for the rest of my life, I'll surely lose some weight!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Awesome Possum
My Papa with his Emmy's!
These are his first personal Emmys, although another series he works on has won a bunch. These are for KCPT's
"Bad Blood: The Border War that triggered the civil war"
Link: Bad Blood
These are his first personal Emmys, although another series he works on has won a bunch. These are for KCPT's
"Bad Blood: The Border War that triggered the civil war"
Link: Bad Blood
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