So yesterday Jeff's dad called me to wish me a happy birthday, and his message started out with "this is your other dad" and then hoped I had a special day and how much he and his wife love me. The whole message made me want to gag as I just don't come from a family like that. I know the thought behind it is great, but my parents don't even talk to me that way. It's family joke that my mom has to force us to give her a hug. I told Jeff about the voicemail, and we both agreed it made us sick. We really sound like horrible people, but it's just more family love then we can handle. Later yesterday afternoon Jeff's dad calls me again but I was in the middle of putting India in her carseat so I didn't answer it, but I mention to Jeff that his dad was calling as he walks to get the car. After I get India into the car Jeff says that he called his dad for me and said how uncomfortable I am with the whole calling him dad thing, and I am not really a huggy I love you kind of person. And then Jeff mentions that I should call his dad back. I never want to talk to his family again after Jeff's conversation with them! I wasn't really uncomfortable with the whole thing, it just wasn't my style. I was so pissed at Jeff, who thought he was doing me a favor. I already don't like to spend time with his dad's side of the family, and now I am going to want to hide every time they are in town.

Hope everyone has a great Halloween.

We are handing out candy and getting take out for my birthday, so it should be a exciting night here!

accent: Wisconsin sometimes
booze: Wine, beer, mojitos, pretty much anything
chore I hate: grocery shopping
dogs/cats:
essential electronics: Computer and cellphone
favorite perfume/cologne: can't think of one
gold/silver: Platinum
hometown: Onalaska, WI
insomnia: Sometimes
job title: Billing Supervisor
kids: India, 1 month
living arrangements: House
most admired trait: Sarcasm
number of sexual partners: One at the moment!
overnight hospital stays: Yes
phobia: Snakes
quote: "Why the f@#k is this day taking so long?" Damien Rice
religion: None
siblings: Two sisters and a brother
time I usually wake up: In my working life 6, in my mommy life 3, 6, 10
unusual talent: I don't think I have any talent
vegetable I refuse to eat: None
worst habit: there are to many
x-rays: Chest and teeth
yummy foods I make: Snickerdoodles
zodiac sign: Scorpion

About two years ago my FIL told me that he would be happy if I called him "dad" if I wanted to. I thanked him, but said I would feel more comfortable calling him by his first name. Then yesterday I got a birthday gift from them and the card said David and Chelle (dad and mom). Maybe it's just me, but I think that is strange. The mom part is weird too since its Jeff's stepmom. What does everyone else call their IL's?

Being at home all day is very strange. I can see why being a stay at home mom forever would be great, but it's odd not to care what day it is or even what time it is. The thought of having to go back to work makes me sick though, I am off until the middle of January but I know that time will fly.

I have this friend that has been wanting to come over and see the baby since she was practically born, but keeps blowing me off. I have told her specific days and times, as well as left it open but she still never makes it over. I know that things happen and people get busy, but why even try to make plans if you are just going to break them? She e-mailed me again wanting to come over, that would make four weekends in a row she has said that. Oh well.

My in-laws drive me nuts. Jeff's mom is a nice lady, and is going to be watching India when I go back to work, but totally can't relate to her, and am starting to wonder if I really want this person helping in raising my daughter. I don't know what it is about her, but a good majority of the time she acts like it's 1950's especially when it comes to her husband. It's ok to branch out on your own!!1 And then out of the blue Jeff's dad called me last week just to check in. I don't have that kind of relationship with them, nor do I want to. It's fine to talk to them when I have to, but on the phone I am just not sure what to say. Then Jeff's step-mom got on the phone, and was taking about what great parents we are and how we have waited so long for it. She has said this a couple of times, and I don't know what in the hell she is talking about. Does she mean because I wasn't 24 or something when I got pregnant? It's not like we tried for very long to get pregnant, we decided in December to try and I was pregnant in January.

Crap, the baby is up so much for taking a little time for myself.

Finally taking a nap today




Resting on daddy's legs



Dorky family photo


Crazy hair after taking a bath

I will try and get something posted while miss India sleeps. So in an earlier post I stated I thought I might be having contractions, I wasn't sure as my due date wasn't for another 3 weeks (10/17/07). I had a Dr. appointment that day, and I was almost at 3 cm, which according to the Dr. meant that the baby could come that night or not for another week. Gee, thanks for narrowing that down! That was a 5:30 p.m., by 8:00 p.m. I was writing down a list of crap that we needed for the hospital (we didn't have a single thing packed, since we thought we had all kinds of time). My contractions seemed to be non-stop at this point, and I could barely walk around the house. I was admitted to the hospital around 9 p.m., and 3:04 a.m. India was born. I had to push for an hour and a half, which sounds like a long time now, but during it went by pretty quick. Labor wasn't at all what I expected. I guess I have seen one to many movies with pregnant ladies walking around the hospital with several minutes in between contractions which wasn't at all my situation. I also wasn't thinking that Jeff would be so involved, but the nurse just told him what to do and there really wasn't any other option for him. He was great though, I am so glad that he was cool helping out.

It sounds like she is waking up, more later.

At some point I will post more about labor and motherhood, but for now here is a photo of India on her two week birthday.

Quick post, the baby was born this morning at 3:04

So I really have no idea what a real contraction should feel like, so I might just be having serious Braxton Hicks. The baby's due date isn't until 10/17 but I was already at 2cm last week (out of 10), sorry that was possibly more info then anyone wanted in life. I have a Dr. appointment today, so I will see what they say. I need this baby to hang on a little longer as I am having an open house/house warming party on Saturday. That sounds slightly petty, but still I have guests coming over. A couple more hours to the doc's, then I will feel better.

I had Lindsey take my pregnancy photos earlier this month, and wanted to share a couple of them. 9 times out of 10 I hate pictures of myself, but I am so happy with the photos Lindsey took.

Fall Classes for Men at
THE ADULT LEARNING CENTER


REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED
by Friday, August 24, 2007


NOTE: DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY AND DIFFICULTY LEVEL OF THEIR CONTENTS, CLASS SIZES WILL BE LIMITED TO 8 PARTICIPANTS MAXIMUM.



Class 1
How To Make Ice Cubes--Step by Step, with Slide Presentation.
Meets 4 weeks, Monday and Wednesday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM


Class 2
The Toilet Paper Roll--Does It Change Itself?
Round Table Discussion.
Meets 2 weeks, Saturday 12:00 for 2 hours.

Class 3
Is It Possible To Urinate Using The Technique Of Lifting The Seat and Avoiding The Floor, Walls and Nearby Bathtub?--Group Practice.
Meets 4 weeks, Saturday 10:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 4
Fundamental Differences Between The Laundry Hamper and The Floor--Pictures and Explanatory Graphics.
Meets Saturdays at 2:00 PM for 3 weeks.

Class 5
Dinner Dishes--Can They Levitate and Fly Into The Kitchen Sink?
Examples on Video.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning
at 7:00 PM

Class 6
Loss Of Identity--Losing The Remote To Your Significant Other.
Help Line Support and Support Groups.
Meets 4 Weeks, Friday and Sunday 7:00 PM

Class 7
Learning How To Find Things--Starting With Looking In The Right Places And Not Turning The House Upside Down While Screaming.
Open Forum .
Monday at 8:00 PM, 2 hours.

Class 8
Health Watch--Bringing Her Flowers Is Not Harmful To Your Health.
Graphics and Audio Tapes.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 9
Real Men Ask For Directions When Lost--Real Life Testimonials.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM Location to be determined.

Class 10
Is It Genetically Impossible To Sit Quietly While She Parallel Parks?
Driving Simulations.
4 weeks, Saturday's noon, 2 hours.

Class 11
Learning to Live--Basic Differences Between Mother and Wife.
Online Classes and role-playing .
Tuesdays at 7:00 PM, location to be determined

Class 12
How to be the Ideal Shopping Companion
Relaxation Exercises, Meditation and Breathing Techniques.
Meets 4 weeks, Tuesday and Thursday for 2 hours beginning at 7:00 PM.

Class 13
How to Fight Cerebral Atrophy--Remembering Birthdays, Anniversaries and Other Important Dates and Calling When You're Going To Be Late.
Cerebral Shock Therapy Sessions and Full Lobotomies Offered.
Three nights; Monday, Wednesday, Friday at 7:00 PM for 2 hours.

Class 14
The Stove/Oven--What It Is and How It Is Used.
Live Demonstration.
Tuesdays at 6:00 PM, location to be determined.

Upon completion of any of the above courses, diplomas will be issued to the survivors.

Pet Peeves of the week:

1. People that talk to themselves all day. Maybe if they said something interesting it would be one thing, but to repeat the date over and over isn’t stimulating to listen to.
2. When someone asks you a work question while you are eating lunch and you give a quick explanation and say you will go over the rest when you are done with your lunch but the other person keeps asking questions even after saying something like “I should let you get back to your lunch, but…”
3. When people are getting calls on their cells phones all day at work and they never turn off their ringer.
4. People that wait until you have all your things gathered up and are one foot out the door when they decide they want to ask you an involved question.
5. People that say “Smile, you’re pregnant!” I guess pregnant people can never be tired or cranky.
6. When invites say something runs from x to x, but when you get there with over an hour left of the event everything is packed up and done.


Nice things of the week:

1. People that hold doors for pregnant chicks.
2. People that just say hello in the morning, and head to their own desk without asking you million questions about your life.
3. Several compliments about myself that I heard this week.
4. The smile on my husband’s face when he woke up yesterday. This is quite odd for him as he hates mornings and I normally have to push him several times to even wake up.
5. The new plants I bought for my backyard.

Late July 1997-Erin and her sister Jenny are out looking for retail jobs while going to school, and see that Mervyn’s is hiring. The main office lady tells them that Jeff has already started a hiring class, but she will see if he will let them in. Jeff comes out, and agrees that they can join as they have only missed some sort of video. After the presentation, and an interview Erin tells Jenny in the car “If we get a job here, I am going to date that guy”. This is a very unusual statement for Erin as she has quite low self-esteem and would never think in a million years that this Ken (as in Ken and Barbie) look a like would want to go out with her.

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So Comcast has had to come out to our house 3 times now, and I am getting a little tired of it. The first time they said the lines were bad they would have to send in a "special team" to replace them and we would have to wait a week for cable and internet. So last weekend they showed up and said we were good to go. Ha, two days later the internet was out and so are some of the cable channels. The guy today said that they never should of ok'd us for internet or cable last week and that they will need to send someone out again!!! The funny thing is that the internet is working now though... I guess there is water in the lines, so maybe since it isn't raining I should count my blessings.

Here is a couple of pictures from the house. It looks very different today as we had a ton of bushes taken out, but of course I forgot my camera.





One the maple and one other plant are there today. I just love that you can put free trees on Craig's list and people come and take your junk away.






I can't wait for the floors to be done. The installer's said it would be done today, but then proceeded to only work for 2 and a half hours...

So we took possession of our house on Friday, yeah! Since we are painting and putting in new floors, we aren't moving in for a while though. Jeff and his stepdad spent most of Saturday pulling out carpet, and staples. One of the advantages of being pregnant is Jeff will not let me anywhere near that kind of thing. Later that evening we picked out paint, crossing my finger's that we picked ok colors. On Sunday we went back to the house to pull out the rest of the staples (I hate carpet) and prep the house for paining. The floor guys start tomorrow, and should be done on Friday, so depending on how much painting Jeff can get done we will be moving in on Sunday.

When is the last time you ran? Prior to getting pregnant unless you count the times I run from the living room to the bathroom on commercials breaks to get ready for bed.
2. Do your jeans have rips, tears, and holes in them? I can't think of any.
3. What are you dreading right now? getting on the scale at the Dr's today
4. Do you get the full 8 hours of sleep at night? NO! I go to bed to late, and get up throughout the night to go to the bathroom
5. If anyone came to your house on a "lazy day" what would you do? Hope that my house was clean!
6. Were you on your school's track team? No.
7. Do you own a pair of Converse? No
8. Do you eat raw cookie dough? No, damn raw eggs
9. Do you hate it when the radio ruins good songs by playing them over and over again? Yes
10. Do you watch Trading Spaces? Not anymore, it got to popular.
11. How do you eat Oreo's? Bite by bite
12. Could you live without a computer? No
13. Do you wear your shoes in the house? Not at my house
14. At what age did you find out that Santa wasn't real? I don't remember ever thinking Santa was real
15. How many phones are in your house (cell phones and land lines?) Two cell phones
16. Who would you call first if you won the lottery? My husband
17. Last time you saw your best friend? My current best friend is Jeff, so this morning at 7:34 when I dropped him off at work
18. Who or what sleeps with you? Jeff. And the baby if you count that fact that she is in my belly and doesn't really have any other options on where to sleep.
19. What's the first thing you do when you get online? Either check the weather, even though I don't believe it or check my e-mail.
20. Do you watch Grey's Anatomy? Yes
21. How do most people pronounce your name? My name is pretty easy, so I don't think people can butcher it to much.
22. Where do you work? HouseValues
23. What are you doing tomorrow? Working, signing papers on our new house and maybe going to the gym
24. Favorite name for a girl? India
25. Favorite name for a boy? Colin
26. Do you return your cart? Yes
27. What noise is in your house? right now? I am homeless right now!
28. Would you survive in prison? I guess I would have to.
29. Who is the youngest in your family? My sister is almost 12 years younger then me.
30. If all of your friends were going on a road trip, who would most likely over pack? Me
31. Do you know anyone with the same name as you? First name yes, last name no. I have even googled it, and I am the only one.
32. What was the last thing you purchased? A tall nonfat decaf latte, and a lowfat marionberry muffin
33. Have you ever been to Georgia? Yes
34. What brand is your digital camera? Samsung I think
35. Do you like sushi? California rolls

We are coming to a close on living in Monroe. We close on Thursday, so we have just a couple of days left here. I walk around my very empty house with mixed feelings. I am happy that we are going to be closer to work and friends and family (silly when we only live 16 miles out of Kirkland) but I am truly sad to leave our first home. I need to remember that we first bought the place we weren't in love with it or anything, it was what we did that made our house a home. Ok, now I am getting teared up writing this. I am sure that we will grow to love our new place, but this was this is where we planned out wedding, had all of first holidays as a married couple, found out I was pregnant, I have to stop now I am making myself depressed, it's just a wood structure, but it's mine.