Merry Christmas

It is good to be children sometimes,

and never better than at Christmas,

when its mighty Founder was a child himself.

~Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol

The problem of pain

Is a book I've never read. I probably should.

I'm in serious PAIN. The scary huge steep driveway at my parent's house is not fun to try to get snow off of. Because Justin was at work and I had Liam, it didn't get plowed until seven at night. After the tenants had decided to drive over it about six times. Parts of it were so packed down there was six inches between the plow and concrete. So I got out the shovel and tried breaking up most of the ice so Justin could get up the driveway. As a result, I've strained my back and pelvis, can barely walk and Justin ended up having to park at the church after he got stuck on the road and had to have four neighbours push him out because our street has never been plowed by the city. I am no longer in love with the snow.

Whose cuisine will reign supreme

I was writing out my shopping list for Christmas dinner, so I naturally turned on the Food Network. The Iron Chef America was on with the episode of Batali/Ray vs Flay/De Laurentiis. I noticed a disgusting habit of Giada De Laurentiis. Every time she dishes out a dollop of something (she was filling ravoli), she LICKS her finger off between scoops. Am I the only one that thinks that absolutely gross? Maybe it's my recent bought of food poisoning that's tainted my opinion.

103 Posts! Wohoo!

I notice that my 100th post was about three posts ago. So here's the ever celebratory 103rd post.

Today Liam figured out how to climb up on the last type of chair that was stymieing him-the folding chair. Which means that no table nor high surface is safe anymore. And thanks to my mother-in-law, Liam loves to climb around on the table. I'm trying to stop him of that habit.

We're also going back to baby boot camp. Due to the food poisoning last week, and some other random things like it's cold, Liam is wanting to sleep and nap in our bed. I've been listening to him scream for at least three hours every day while we have the power struggle of the century. But I'm determined to win!

I mussa have some of that mussaman curry

I don't know what it is about pregnancy, but I always crave curry. Strangely enough, with Liam it was curry AND ice cream AND strawberries all at the same time. When we lived in Holladay, we were fortunate enough to live right by a Laotian restaurant, so it was always easy to my curry fix. So I decided to try a Thai restaurant that got really good review in the newspaper. As always, I got the mussaman curry. Sadly, the potatoes were underdone, there were a ton of bay leaves in it, it was extremely mild, and there were nut crumbs in it. I think that I am going to have to stick to the Thai Chili Gardens.

Liam from a year ago-where did my baby go?!?

Food Poisoning

So one way to keep your weight under control during pregnancy is contract a horrific case of food poisoning. Justin and I were both down on Wednesday, and have been recuperating ever since. I do feel intensely guilty because Liam knew something was wrong but didn't understand why Mommy and Daddy were being so BORING and slow to respond. Although, it's probably best that Liam start understanding that I can't respond immediately to every whim.

Tonight I need to finish my dress. I'm having some friends over to watch Anne of Green Gables since I just read the book.

Holy cow

I went to Target this past week to Christmas shop for some of my nephews that I hadn't crossed off my list yet. After I was done, I figured I'd get ONE small thing for the baby because that's what made it real for me with Liam. So I headed off to the baby section.

Keep in mind up until now I had to keep mental blinders on because I thought that the girls's clothes were so cute, but I had to actually buy the boys's stuff. So I've been living in somewhat oblivion for the last two years.

First thing I was attacked by was the amount of PINK. Lots and lots of pink. And it wasn't the cute pale pink either--it was a full on assault of the most aggressively hot pink I've ever seen. I found ONE item less than $10 that wasn't the most atrocious colour. There was some cute Classic Pooh stuff (for which I am the biggest sucker ever) but it's expensive! I've found some companies that don't believe that pink/fuchsia/rose/coral/blush isn't the only colour girl's clothes can be. Unfortunately, they are Gap, Old Navy, and Gymboree; all really expensive clothes unless on sale.

I've decided to decorate the nursery in red and yellowish gold, with black and white for accents. I've bought this beautiful taffeta (100% polyester!) that has these gold dragonflies embroidered all over it. It's also the fabric I'm making my evening gown out of. I did Liam's nursery in Classic Pooh (none of that &^*% Disney cartoon Pooh) that took me FOREVER because I made almost everything. I was pleased with how it turned out though. I'll post pictures when the computer stops being on the fritz.