Football and Cell Phones

Lily went to her first football game this past weekend. Since we live less than two blocks from the high school football stadium, we decided to take in a game while the weather is still nice. Lily seemed to enjoy the first quarter well enough, slept through the second quarter, woke up for the half time show, and then got a little fussy during the third quarter. Since Lily was fussy and it was already passed her bedtime, we left midway through the third quarter.

As I was leaving the game, I dropped my cell phone. However, I didn't realize that I dropped it until about 5 minutes later. We went back and searched for it, but it was nowhere to be found. The lady who I was sitting next to hadn't moved and hadn't noticed anything, but the phone was gone nonetheless. I got a new phone, but I lost all of my contacts. Thus, if I had your number and you want me to have it again, please call me, text me, or send me an e-mail....

My Little Pickpocket

Well, it looks like I've got a pickpocket on my hands.... When I took Lily out of her carseat following the Thursday afternoon baby swap, I found that she had been sitting on a ring. Not a cheap plastic ring or a piece of costume jewelry, but a very pretty gold ring with diamonds. I showed the ring to Jimmy, and after half a dozen phone calls we managed to figure out to whom it belonged. We're still not sure how it ended up in Lily's carseat. Anyway, the ring will be returned to its owner, but I'm wondering if I should be concerned about the little one who swiped it. Oh well, at least it looks like she has good taste in jewelry.

Moldy Bread

Okay, I have a question.... When the bread begins to mold, what do you do? Do you throw the whole loaf away, or do you throw out the moldy slices (and maybe another slice or two) and continue to eat the rest of the loaf?

Answers and justifications please....

The Mystery of the Missing High-Chair

I'm sure Emily Post and Ann Landers would object to this post, but oh well....

(DISCLAIMER: I'm not aggravated or ungrateful, but simply perplexed.)

About 9 months ago Jimmy and I eagerly registered for baby items at two different stores. Despite the risk of spoiling some surprises, we did periodically check the online registry information at both stores to see what items had been purchased. Among the first items to move from the "need it" list to the "have it" list was a high-chair. Well, the first baby shower passed, and the high-chair didn't appear. The second baby shower passed, and the high-chair didn't appear. The baby arrived, and still the high-chair didn't appear. Now the baby's almost ready to sit in a high-chair, and the high-chair hasn't appeared.

At this point I'm wondering several things: Did someone actually purchase the high-chair, or was there an error on the registry information? If someone did purchase the high-chair, where have they stored it for the past 7+ months? (If I purchased a gift of that size for someone, I would be very eager to give it to them simply to get the big box out of my house.) I know we haven't needed a high-chair yet, but why wait to long?

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of said high-chair, please let me know....

The Attachment Didn't Come Through....

Have you ever sent an email and forgotten to attach an attachment? Though I don't usually forget attachments, I did miss one on a rather important email that I sent out to about a dozen people today. Within about 2 minutes of sending the e-mail I had received 3 responses. Two included the phrase "the attachment didn't come through" and the writer of the other one explained that "I was unable to access the attachment -- please resend." Having been the recipiant of emails with missing attachments from time to time, I have also sent such e-mails politely requesting that an attachment be "resent" when in fact it had never been sent at all. It's amazing how we try to be polite while still pointing out others' mistakes. Anyway, I promptly "resent" the attachment to everyone. In the body of the email I first typed "I feel stupid," but I utlimately deleted that phrase and opted for a slightly more professional "Let's try again."

Baby and Kitty

Tucker has made a new friend!! Though he generally ignored Lily for the past three months, Tucker is beginning to finally interact with our baby. Yesterday I put a napping baby down on the chair, and I came back to find a napping baby and a napping kitty on the chair. (Notice how Tucker is the one clutching the little stuffed bear.) The same thing happened today, except Tucker was curled up at Lily's little feet. The slightly nervous mommy half expected things to get ugly when Lily awoke, but Tucker just stayed there, purring happily, as Lily stretched her little legs and repeatedly kicked various parts of the cat. Silly little kitty....

School

Well, school starts on Monday and I still have a syllabus to write. Hmmmm....

Baby Bad Dreams

I put Lily to bed about an hour ago, but she woke up crying not too long after I put her down (which is unusual). Since the volume and pitch of her cries were not ones that we hear very often, Jimmy decided that she must have had a bad dream. He then speculated on what a bad dream for a baby might consist of: perhaps all of the milk dried up, or maybe Tucker stole all of her rattles. I often wonder just what goes on inside of Lily's little head....

My Christian Baby

We had Lily's baptism today. She's now officially a Christian!! She was a good baby during church, and she didn't even cry when Father poured water over her head. However, she did cry when Father was giving the Parents' Blessing at the end of Mass. (And I laughed through the whole blessing thinking about what everyone in the congregation must have been thinking: "With a kid who screams like that, these parents need all the prayers they can get!") We had a little lunch reception after the baptism for our friends and family members who came to celebrate with us. (My sister and my niece, who was the godmother, came and brought my mommy and daddy with them. YAY!) We took all sorts of pictures too; Lily looked absolutely gorgeous in her little white dress....

Back Home Again

Well, we returned from our New Orleans vacation today. The drives both directions were tolerable (due to a baby who traveled quite well), and the trip as a whole was quite enjoyable. We spent time visiting Jimmy's family, and we also did a fair share of the 'touristy' things. We went on a steamboat cruise, visited the aquarium and the zoo, went on a swamp tour, and spent some time wandering around the French Quarter. Lily was a wonderful traveler; it's a pity she won't remember the trip....

Hello from New Orleans!

Greetings from somewhere that isn't Oklahoma!! Jimmy, Lily, and I drove down to New Orleans yesterday, and we're here to hang out, visit Jimmy's family, and do some touristy things. We'd planned to make the drive down in two days, but Lily did so well that we decided to drive it all in one day. She was an angel yesterday while we were driving, but she had a rougher day today. I think she misses her own bed and her quite house (and maybe even her Tucker kitty). I'm hoping that she's happier tomorrow because we're planning on going to the zoo....

Pretty in Pink

I've taken quite a few Lily pictures lately, and this is one of my current favorites. (I took two others at just about the same time from different angles and her expression is a little different in each one. I need to do something cute to put them together and display them as a little set or something.) It's just amazing that she's grown and changed so much in such a short time....

Name Sharing

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 87 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

One of my sisters sent this link to me via e-mail. It's pretty cool, so I thought I would share. Apparently there are 86 other people in the USA who also have my name. (That was when I entered my married name. When I used my maiden name, there was "1 or fewer" of me....)

No More Peaches

Today we took a little trip to Porter for the annual Porter Peach Festival. We were only there for an hour or so because we didn't want to keep Lily out in the heat, but we still had fun. There was a car show, a little carnival, and both food and craft vendors. The one thing that I didn't find, however, was peaches. Apparently they ran out of peaches around noon. (There weren't any peaches to buy, and the 'free peaches and ice cream' all disappeared very quickly from what I was told.) The road stands along the highways did still have peaches for sale, but the parking lots were packed and overflowing so I didn't get any peaches today....

The Phantom....

Today (or at least part of it) was a "Mommy's Day Out." I went to see Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera," which was absolutely spectacular. I have a CD of the music and I saw the movie that came out a few years ago, but this was my first time to see the production on stage. It's definitely one that I'd see again....