Dave's 40th Birthday!

Today Dave turned 40. He's not happy about it, but such is life.

Here he is opening his gift. Yes, that is Toy Story wrapping paper. My other options were princesses or wedding paper.


He got a set of Quiet Comfort headphones from Bose. Now before you think I'm made of money, I searched high and low on the internet and got him a used set at a decent price. I do not know how they sell any at their new purchase price! My point and shoot camera does wonders for his eyes, don't you think?


Noey and I met daddy at work to take his cake to him. It's always intimidating taking baked "artwork" to a room full of artists. This year's creation was on my list for a long time and has been rolling around in my brain. Let me just say that it did not turn out at all like I planned. I improvised more times than I have fingers! I was so wrapped up in the stupid thing that I spelled "prosper" wrong on the cake board. I spelled it "propsper." I am so freaking embarrassed about it. But why the heck does Word refuse to spell check all caps? Damn you Microsoft! I cannot believe how many times I looked at it and missed it. I was so worried about getting the font just right I couldn't bother to edit. Or I REALLY need my eyes checked. Which I do.



I was actually concocting a witty blog in my head about the creation and such of the cake and now I'm just really irritated. It's amazing how many witty blogs I create in my head at night too but they never come out right the next day or at all. I need a tape recorder by the bed so I can write those stories Dave has been harassing me about. I actually wrote my entire senior thesis as I was drifting off to sleep over several nights. Thankfully the next day it all came out right. I even had a cute and witty post about how cute and witty I am and this just does not compare.

Dave's cake, or shall we say cupcakes.



Dave and his girl. Plus Leonard. That is her little Spock doll. We call him Leonard. She gives him kisses.



For the record, I used spell check on this post. Their is always the risk for usage errors though. ;)

New Carpet!

It finally was installed! It took us a long time to get the baseboards in and painted. There is something or someone around here now that slows us down! ALOT!

I took a pic of the empty room and the beautiful new carpet but it was blurry. So here is Noey Lynn checking it out.



She keeps dipping her toes and fingers in its cushy, thick goodness. She knew immediately when she came home it was different!

Father's Day Weekend: Take 3

We started the weekend with date night on Friday night. We got all set to go and I walked across the room to turn the TV off. My hand was extended and my right middle finger was just grazing the power button. Before I could push it the crack of a gun went off and a flash as bright as an atomic blast, at least from my angle. Holy crap! The static came out of me or the TV, we don't know. I yelled out in pain and then realized I didn't actually hit the button but the TV was off. Oh shit. I tried. Dave tried. I was thinking, "Hey, this is just like the toaster I threw out when it was actually the outlet being freaky. The TV will turn back on. Reset the breaker." Nope. Then came the, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry" guilt out of me. We cannot afford a new TV right now. We also can't be without one all summer lest we go bats! Noey is a junkie too and she wouldn't tolerate it well. Dave wasn't too upset. We added a trip to Fry's on our list of stops for date night. We actually made it our only stop. We found a TV that fit Dave's criteria and was the cheapest one they had. Works for me. I didn't want it sitting in the hot van so we got take-out and came home.

Now we had to move the 200 pound beast. Dave is only allowed to lift 50 pounds. Hmmmm...So we called Kevin to come help. We got it down on the dolly and ready to go out back and around the house. Dave went outside and there were bees swarming around the light. Kevin said they were Africanized. I insisted we take the TV out front. Dave got annoyed and went to make a path through the garage. Through this process he found a furniture dolly on weels that we could use so we transferred the TV over and got it out of the house and to the curb.

The next morning the garbage men came but did not take the TV. I guess their limit is also 50 pounds as only one man throws the garbage in and the other drives. Then Dave noticed that it was tipped over and all the electronics had been stripped out of it! I never heard anyone out front! That scares me because our bedroom is at the front of the house and our driveway is short. Someone was not that far away from us, stealing our crap and we never heard them! They are going to be sad if they think those electronics work. They are fried. So is my finger, which still tingles a little bit. There may have been copper wire in there, I don't know.



We called the bug people about the bees. They were going to charge us but this is the second time this has happened and they didn't charge us the first time so I wasn't having it for the second time. The bees had nested again in our sprinkler control box. The guy sprayed and sprayed. There were 4 or 5 honeycombs deep on the top of the box. He pulled out handfuls and handfulls of dead bees. He also filled the box with poison and put up a trap. Thankfully they were European honeybees and not Africanized. They say all bees in the valley are Africanized but he said that is one of those fear tactics that gov't agencies use to get more money out of people. So the bees should be gone and that box is outta there!



Our new TV is a 46 inch flatscreen. It fits nicely into the space Dave has built. We still need to get all of our wires and things baby proofed. That entire bottom section will be drawers for DVDs. Our new carpet comes Thursday so it seems the den is getting a full makeover, even if part of it was by accident!

Father's Day Weekend: Take 2

We went to Borders, Gymboree and The California Pizza Kitchen Sunday night to finish off Father's Day. I know these posts are all out of order but I think you can follow. Noelle is a holy terror when we take her out to eat anymore. It's hard to contain her and she wants to touch everything. Dave says she puts the "H" in adHd. I think we did a good job occupying her and here is a look at the many faces of Noelle.



Want some "sea" food?




Her new thing is to squint when she's laughing or smiling!


Settling down.


Le sigh. Are you guys done yet?

Father's Day Weekend: Take 1

We have been doing fun things this weekend for Father's Day. Dave got his present yesterday (because I couldn't wait, and I was eating a honey bun in front of him and didn't have anymore and felt guilty.) He got a Death Star cookie jar and then I found these cute Star Wars labels online and added them to food. He got Droid Chips (pringles), Vaderade (gatorade), Wookie Cookies (pepperidge farm cookies), Leia Buns (honey buns) Han's Rolos (rolos), Light sabers (pretzels dipped in colored chocolate), Ewok Gummies (gummy bears), Boba gum (trident), Jar Jar of Gungan Snacks (peanuts), and Yoda Soda (ginger ale). He was happy!





We went to UJC Jousting World Finals on Saturday night while my friend babysat Noey for us. More on all that later.

Today we have been hanging out and been lazy. We went swimming at the M and had a good time. Noey was so excited to swim! As you can see in the pictures she had things to do and could not be bothered with looking at the camera.



Who is that white guy in the pool?




She was depressed when she had to get out. So sad. I love her mermaid swimsuit. She wasn't happy about the hat but we just had to remind her she was in the pool and having fun and she forgot all about it! The little baby in the background was born 2 days after Noey.



She and daddy passed out as soon as we got home!



We are off to dinner and a trip to Borders to complete our weekend.

Little Squirt

As of today she is 17lbs 1.5 ounces and 28.5 inches long. Tall and skinny! But oh my, is she STRONG! She never stops moving. She's like a shark. I may take her in to the doctor later this week. I don't know if she has a rash on her face or if it is baby acne. It's bad under her eyes and around her nose. He said a food allergy rash would be around her mouth. She has a little there but it's from all the drooling going on! We can see two white buds now and again but they refuse to pop out!



Looking devious...because she is!


No more pictures please.

8 Months!

Noelle is 8 months old today! Time is flying by!