a new toy

look who got a new toy. shes still a bit short for this but we make it work with some blankets underneath.

(please disregard the floral onesie with the brown polka dotted pants. daddy dressed her)

looks like this living room is turning into a playroom. 

and i guess this isnt really a toy but something new for her to help sit up better. 

 

rock n play no more

well almost no more. if you didnt know, we love our rock n play thing for claire. it folds up really easy for travel to the grandparents house, easily moved within our house, keeps her upright to help with her spit up issues and is just really nice all around. 

well...someone (who shall remain nameless) (coughcough-the-only-male-in-the-house-cough) thought he had stepped around it however he ended up falling right on it. thankfully claire was surfin the internet with mom at the time so she wasnt injured (either was he-who-shall-not-be-named) but turns out he flattened it. 

i know its kinda hard to tell in this picture but this is from above and its all pretty level with the ground. we were thankfully able to salvage it. sorta. again this picture doesnt do it justice but it now leans a bit to the left. 

 

thankfully it still rocks. and claire doesnt seem too upset about always laying to the left now. at least not yet. 

happy mama

yes i am a happy mama. and it has nothing to do with claire. ha.

this past weekend i remembered we bought a little roaster pan thingy for claires baptism way back in september. and then i remembered thats the perfect thing to make this delicious-ness:

have no fear. its pretty much already gone.

captains log - levee breach

so my maternity leave is o-v-e-r over. and during my first weekend back at work i was greeted with this email in my inbox during lunch. i LITERALLY lol'd. no joke. and i hope you do the same.

Captain's log:
10:50, October 28th, in the year of our Lord 2012

I hadn't experienced anything like it; this storm was unlike any I had ever seen before.  The levee typically held under such pressure and I had full confidence that today would be like any other day.  How wrong I was. I did not think Hurricane Claire was capable of such extensive damage, and there was total calm before the storm.  I had seen hurricanes like it where the protection was engineered against such blowouts, but this day the levee was overtopped.  Not only did the floodwaters penetrate the first and second barriers after the levee, they penetrated down the furthest I had ever seen.

Luckily, supplies were on hand to mitigate the destruction that had occurred. Under my supervision, all damage was abated, except for some minor damage that my partner K.J. Rickert will allay after she returns from her other duties.

Today is a day that will live in infamy.  I wouldn't be surprised if minstrels sing a song of my bravery for years to come.

Sincerely,
Capt. D.L. Rickert