friday's magic

yah, the whole consonant thing is still making me pretty happy. the highlight of today was when h_postmortemus and i went to crystal palace and then babies r us with sylvia. crystal palace was tasty as usual and we both felt absolutely stuffed when we left. we then went just down the road to babies r us to investigate convertible car seats. we promised we would not purchase one, but only do research today and we held strong - but we did buy more toys :). for the curious, we are strongly leaning towards the cosco alpha omega. it seems like a nice seat, the seven year warranty is stunning and it should last sylvia till she's just about out of booster seat range. during the time we were looking at all of the carseats, our faithful model was sleeping. as h_postmortemus were taking a rest in the glider compound, our princess woke up quite upset. it had been quite a while till she had eaten so i settled in to nurse her in the glider. this was by far my most pleasantly decadent nursing experience. h_postmortemus and i are sitting in our gliders, just watching the crowds go by, as sylvia munches contentedly. it got even better when h_postmortemus went for fruity drinks. ok, it was orange juice, but it counts. sylvia has continued her exploration of consonants. she's gotten 'm' pretty well down, she's also been heard working on 'b' 'n' and a brief exploration of 'd' and yes, dada was listening and happy :).
toys acquired include: a set of plastic keys much lighter than the ones we have and thus more useful, a soft sorter cube, a mirror board book and a 'giggle pet lamb' which makes sylvia laugh out loud. it was really fun shopping for toys with her active cooperation. we'd shake one toy in front of her and then the other. every time, the lamb would win. SOLD!
we thought that sylvia would fall asleep on the way home, but instead she started crying louder and louder. this has happened before on nighttime drives and i'm wondering if she gets upset that she can't see outside. we tried singing all her favorite songs, but in the end i just had to drive and know when we got home i could hug her. and indeed, when we got home and hugged, snuggled and showed her the giggle lamb, all was well. we decided to get back to the routine and give her a bath. she's sleeping in her crib again. heaven knows for how long, but we continue to make progress

almost forgot

on thursday, we did try the sippy cup and it worked like a dream. that is such a massive weight off my shoulders. and now, for the serious job searching.

not sure i'm good with this one...

but it did say i'm grover and that must be right.



Grover on Ecstasy



You're funny, you're loveable, you're entertaining,
you like to call yourself "Super
Grover!"--You're obviously on ecstasy.
But that's why we love you. Be careful, ok?


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walmart employs zombies

this is the only way i can imagine them being able to sell jeans for $7. went to wal-mart to spend some of my bday money. it was a long time ago, but i think that just as i found out i was pregnant, i really needed some jeans. this is the only way i can explain the fact that all i have are drawstring jeans in various states of bagginess. i got jeans, shorts, a necklace for the beautiful gold heart h_postmortemus gave me for valentine's day, a sippy cup for sylvia (i couldn't help it), and some moderately evil snacks. woo-hoo. i've still got a few things i want to get for the refit, but i'm feeling good. the new jeans are tight, but they fit and i'm only expecting to shrink from here on out. i'm at the bottom of the women's sizes, it's going to be like time travel to retreat back to the petite dept.

our movie for tonight has been rained out - which may have been a good thing. i didn't realize till just now that Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan had been replaced by Star Trek VI - The Undiscovered Country. it's no Star Trek V - The Awful, but we wouldn't have realized the switch until we got there.