Giggles BEFORE

I'm finally going to take poor little Giggles for her first haircut. She has awesome, luxuriant hair for a baby, and I hate to cut it, but the poor baby can barely see for the hair in her eyes. And, in the back, it's already past her shoulders. That side's not a problem except that it kinda makes it more obvious how desperately she needs that haircut, hehe. I'm hoping that she has enough hair to maybe even get a little style of some sort. I took some pictures of her "Before" the haircut, and I'll post a few more "After" we've gone so stay tuned.

I Am Vindicated!

Whenever I'm on the computer at night, QT's constant refrain to me runs along the lines of: "don't stay up too late" or "come to bed" "are you coming upstairs yet?" I've explained to him time and again that I need this "alone time" to unwind and enjoy some peace and quiet after having spent the whole day with the kids and the animals, but he doesn't seem to understand what I mean. I'm not sure how my losing a bit of sleep every now and then in favor of some alone time affects him, but I guess it must because he's incessant about this. And so it goes...EVERY SINGLE TIME.

So, we just returned from a family trip to New Mexico. All things considered, the kids and the dog all behaved remarkably well during our trip. The trip itself was lots of fun. We stayed pretty busy each day and about collapsed into bed each night. Imagine my surprise then when, on the 2nd or 3rd night of our trip, QT stayed up well past our "bedtimes" to surf the 'Net...on his own...in the peace and quiet of night. Two (maybe 3) full days in the company of our wonderful and lively children, and he's finally getting the whole "alone time" vs. "sleep time" thing I've been trying to explain to him all along. No matter that he was doubly exhausted the next day from lack of sleep. It was totally worth it. I say, HA!!! I am vindicated.

My Eyes Adored You

Giggles absolutely LOVES being with her big brother and watching him and perro loco chase each other around the house. When she sees them acting crazy like that, she laughs and laughs and contorts all over the place just to be able to keep them in her sight. I'm sure it won't be long before she's following them around on foot, and then "the boys" will really see what's what, haha.

Bday Pics-just a little late!

We ended up with a very simple celebration for QT's birthday. I made some jello shots, ordered some wings, and invited a few friends over to play games, chat, and help us finish off all the goodies. One of our friends brought a cake, others brought beer and snacks, and everyone brought donations for the Aurora Animal Shelter. While the adults hung out in the kitchen, Pumpkin had a blast "hosting" his own kids' party upstairs replete with their very own party food layout.

Here are some pics of us (Giggles and I dancing to La Sonora Dinamita before our guests arrived; QT holding a tray of birthday cupcakes decorated like billiard balls; and Pumpkin after enjoying a cupcake and then sharing a VERY FUNNY moment with one of his buds).





























Here I am with my peeps (minus one or two, unfortunately):



And, finally, here are QT's cakes:

This is a test of the emergency blogging system!

DO NOT be alarmed. I'm coming at you live from facebook's app Blog It! I've read that this is a good way to update all one's data streams at the same time. Sounds like a great way to save time! Let's see how this works.

Ok, I'm using a format called "Markdown" even though I don't know what it means. Hmm, there still doesn't seem to be a way to post any pictures on Blog it. Supposedly, that feature is coming soon...or hoping to anyway.

Well, it looks like that's all I can do here. Now, I'm gonna go see how this looks in Blogger, plus, I've got a baby screaming at me over here so time's up.

The Zoo

Today was Giggles' first visit to the zoo! It was a bit chillier than I expected, but we had fun nonetheless. By far, the favorite activity of the day was the Lorikeet Adventure at Bird World. For $1, you can purchase a tiny cup of nectar, which you then feed to the lorikeets. We probably bought about 5 of those tiny little cups, but boy, it was worth it to see Pumpkin have such a great time. The birds love the nectar so much that they'll sit on your arm and sometimes even try to make off with the entire cup, haha.

Wouldn't you know it, on such a momentous occasion as Giggles' 1st zoo outing, I left my camera at home. :( I managed to snap a few photos using my cell phone, but uh...it appears that I only took pictures of Pumpkin. Oops!! Sorry, Giggles. Here's my fave:



In other news, I'm planning a small soiree for QT's 40th birthday. It's all very last minute and definitely very laid back. Just a few of our friends coming over to hang out and enjoy jello shots with us. I don't even know what sort of food I'm going to be serving at this party yet. So, I was going to the store to pick up a few things we need for tomorrow, and I stupidly backed up right into QT's truck as I was pulling out of the garage. In my brand new vehicle, no less. I don't know what the heck I was thinking, but it sure wasn't that there was another vehicle parked in our driveway, haha. Oh, it just pisses me off. And, I haven't even tasted a jello shot yet!!!

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