Friday evening I met up with Zorro for dinner at Jason's Deli for dinner. I got pasta and he got a sandwhich. Rommie was hanging out on my lap and playing with a spoon while he and I ate the free bread and drank soda. Then, they brought out the food. I pushed it further away, so that she wouldn't be able to reach and grab it. However, she lunged across the table, grabbed a huge handful of pasta, and pulled it toward her mouth. All the pasta fell out of her grasp , of course, and the alfredo sauce was just hot enough to surprise her. So she didn't actually get any. But, after that, we decided it was time to give her some cereal. Behind the cut, the first video ever of Rommie eating something that isn't just formula.

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Rommie had a conversation with balamuthia tonight in nothing but growls. Seriously. Some people have babies that babble. Mine growls. *facepalm*

(I blame my dad, since he said her growl was cute and she could grow up to be a Klingon with it.)

Yes, you needed to know this. I've taken drugs and I still think its sinus or allergies gone wild instead of a cold, but god I feel awful.

Make me feel better?


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I'm not sure what movie this is advertising, but i'm sold!


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On Friday night I was exhausted. Zorro was already asleep. But Rommie was up and wide awake. After trying to sleep with her next to me, talking to me and kicking me and with her hands all over my face, I figured out it was time to change tactics. At 1am I fed her and changed her, then I returned her to her crib to sleep so I could get some sleep. She slept all night.

Saturday night, Zorro was the one who brought her to bed while I was already asleep. He put her in her crib, and she slept all night.

I started her in the bed last night, but she was too busy trying to talk to me to sleep properly. So I put her in the crib and again, she fell right asleep. I'm awake and getting ready for work, and she's still asleep.

Milestone achieved: sleep by herself in the crib. Score!

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watched Torchwood during dinner, and I want to know who replaced the bad writing with competent cohesive story? also, I should get 5 boy kissing scenes this week, right? one each day? make it happen!

Back of the rental stroller at the mall.


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The other guys up here are drinking beer. She's drinking her own bottle.

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We got up and made it to Coppell for the 10am parade. Of course its just me and her, but check out her snazzy hat.

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People! Did you know Cake did a cover of Mahna Mahna?? (vid behind the cut, as usual)

( Cake is one of those awesome bands I love )

We're at dinner and she's already eating her dinner, if her dinner was a star. Or her hand.


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She's been actively interested in food for at least a month. For the last couple of weeks, she's wanted to sit on my lap while I ate, figuring she might get some fall out. Today, she got smart enough to pull my hand that was holding my extra tortilla into her mouth to lick the tortilla. I will be so glad when 4 months gets here and she can start eating real food.

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Friday night - will email relevent people

saturday morning - Irving parade

saturday night - Irving show w/ live symphony.

if anyone wants in on any of this, let me know. rides can be provided! :)


http://mselfie.livejournal.com/756578.html - event details

But so beautiful. Days like this makes me happy to be in Texas.

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Only in Dallas will 35 be a parking lot at 11 am on Sat. To be fair, there is construction. But I have to know!

Is there a Smart car equivilent to Slug Bug?

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So I had this dream last night that actually gave me such an adrenaline rush that I woke up.  I was on a foot race through a functioning ore mine.  My competition was my old roommate Bob.  You had to go from the top of the mine, to the bottom and out the doors to win.  He cheated by finding a side door close to the bottom to slip out of and met me outside the doors.  But, I also cheated because I asked the mine workers (in Spanish) to move some heavy machinery in the way behind me to slow him down.  There was lots of base jumping from cliff face to cliff face on the way down. I had some crazy tuck and roll action movie moves too.  The thrill of competition while trying to stay ahead of him added to the whole adrenaline thing.  Since we both cheated, I’m not sure they declared a winner.  And I’m not sure why I was foot racing through an active mine.  It was just a really cool dream.


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Yes, that is 91 F at 10 PM. And I think its got a couple of degree AC in the dark bonus. It is fucking hot outside.

Mantra: 2 weeks of winter. 2 weeks of winter. 2 weeks of winter.

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Its Rommie's first 4th of July*, and I'm on call so I can't skip town.  So, I was thinking I wanted to make an event of it.  I've scouted around for events on our side of town on July 3rd and July 4th.  Does anyone want in on this fun?  Which events have you been to and liked?  Which events were a bust? 
 
July 3rd
Addison:
http://www.addisontexas.net/events/KaboomTown/
 
Coppell:  http://www.ci.coppell.tx.us/C2/CONTENT.nsf/site/4%3b-%20Site%20Wide%20General%20Pages%20-%3bNews%20Releases%3b%3bFourth%20of%20July%20Festivities%20Draw%20Near%20in%20Coppell%20Parade?openDocument
 
Farmers Branch
http://www.ci.farmers-branch.tx.us/discover/newsroom/2009/06/23/festive-fourth-be-celebrated-food-fireworks-fun-july-3
 
 
July 4th
Irving: 
http://www.ci.irving.tx.us/news-articles/july-4.html  (Parade at 9 am, which might be fun for a baby too & fireworks at 8.  We watched these one year from the hotel across the highway and they were really good.  Bonus - Irving Symphony plays)
 
Lewisville:  http://www.cityoflewisville.com/wcmsite/publishing.nsf/Content/Red++White++Lewisville+fireworks+concerts+on+tap
 
Coppell: parade at 10 am
 
Grapevine:
https://www.grapevinetexasusa.com/FestivalsAndEvents/911FilghtCrewMemorial/FireworksExtravaganza/tabid/839/Default.aspx

*to my non-American friends, the 4th of July is a favorite day to blow stuff up or watch stuff get blown up in the name of celebrating our escape from English rule. Since most places frown on blowing up buildings, trees, and bridges, we've compromised by blowing up fireworks instead. But since fireworks run a risk of setting things on fire, most metropolitan areas ban DIY fireworks displays, and insist that you go to city sanctioned displays instead. This wholly defeats the point of blowing things up, but usually the city displays are bigger and are accompanied by professional music as the trade off. I don't feel this is the perfect solution, and when Rommie is older we'll go somewhere that people don't mind risking us setting fire to their house and we'll have a real 4th of July. But for now she just likes watching things so this is fine.


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mdmraven gave Rommie her first world domination instruction manual (illustrated by Winnie the Pooh) and Rommie has finally got enough interest in her future to start examining it.


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