Isn't he the cutest little thing? Life with an infant is starting to be a little more normal. For instance, today Wendy and I actually froze green beans. And I made some food for the first time in like 3 weeks. Spaghetti carbonara for lunch. :) Soon, I hope, my life will find a routine. One where I actually get stuff done in a day, like I used to.

River Russell

My little turtle baby is doing pretty well. He doesn't sleep so great in his OLD crib thingie, not that I blame him. The mattress seems pretty uncomfortable so he ends up sleeping in bed with us a lot, especially since I know that he'll settle down and I can sleep for a little bit anyway.

Otherwise, it's business as usual. I tend to get up later than I used to and just eating breakfast this morning was a little bit tricky but we'll get all these things worked out.

Al is here right now - doing his little bit on the couch, Lisa! :)

Jenna got the mobile done so hopefully we'll be able to hang it up tonight. I'll post a picture later.

Thanks to all of you for the meals, gifts, and help! Nothing like family!

Progress

So...I'm interested in knowing what you think of the house color. Jeremy thinks it might be a little dark for him plus he's not sure it will look good with the shingle color now. I happen to be extremely fond of it. I think it looks like an east coast house although Jeremy was quick to point out that we don't live on the east coast. Whatever. I like it a lot.

Isn't this a sweet picture of Tory and Wendy? We ate at Reality Bites last Saturday night - a new experience for Tory. We need him to branch out just a little from his chain restaurants.

Roofing on Saturday. Thanks SO MUCH for helping on a roasting day. (And I hear that Jeremy wasn't in the finest of moods either.) We are indebted to our fine friends.

Anyone else wake up from the hurricane gale early this morning? I thought for sure something was going to blow away or get knocked over but my potted herbs miraculously survived and all the ladders and scaffolding are still in the same position this morning as they were last night.

And for the record, Simon is turning into a little weasel. He was making fun of Kenny yesterday for having to wear pull ups. I guess they can't stay sweet forever.

Life in the slow lane...

Now that I'm officially done at Pekara, I have all kinds of time to get things done. Which means that I spend more money - finally getting the things that I've been mulling over the last few months. Curtains, curtain rods, etc. (!) I get 20% more thank you points in the next 3 months though which is cool.

The top pictures is me with my coworkers. Emily, Veronica, Seka, Alla, and Alaa. It's a rather hideous picture of all of us, I don't mind saying.

Baby's room! I found curtain fabric which I'm hoping my mother-in-law will help me with and I found some curtain rods today. And Jen and I whipped up some pillows the other day for the bed. Sad to say, I'm getting a little bit too much brown and cream in that room. I like brown too much.

And last night Jeremy hung up the shelf over the changing table and added some cool things. I keep giving him a hard time about not having a cool embroidered picture to put on the shelf with mine. He loves that.

I pulled my little dresses out this morning and am sad to note the barf stains on them so I'm going to attempt to get them out. Icky.

Started packing for the hospital last night.

Looks like Jeremy's roofing supplies just arrived. He's not working on it this weekend though - can't find enough help.

Johnny Cash - I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now

Johnny Cash - I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now

I'm liking this song right now. Have a listen!

Why is the week gorgeous until the weekend rolls around? And then it's windy, cloudy, and cold (even if just comparatively)? Better luck next weekend, I guess.

The top picture is of this great little Greek cafe by Harkness Beach in CT. And Sarah got a chicken sandwich there...apparently she gets them every time she eats out so she is now an EXPERT on chicken sandwiches.

Jamarcus (actually I'm not sure what his real name is but this one works well) helping us fly the kite at the beach.

The Inn at Turkey Hill in PA - very cool. And cheap!

Me, large as a barge.

Thursday night, when Jeremy made a picnic supper! How kind of him...for some reason as of late, I've had NO imagination when it comes to making supper.