Thursday, August 27, 2009

Baby Signing Time!!!

I figured while I sit through my fantasy draft I could go ahead and throw out another blog. First off, I need to say how scary of a feeling it is to walk into the house after work and the first thing I hear from Meg is, "I read your blog!" Now, I did do this for people to read. I just expected a few days, maybe weeks before anyone found out about it...thanks Ally.

Now I could never describe my experience down here without explaining what consumes my time the most when I'm at the house. Whenever Stella wakes up from her nap, or is a little unhappy, the best trick to get her in a good mood is the dvd, baby signing time. The title says it all. It actually is very crazy to witness. A woman, two kids and a frog go through a ton of different signs that a baby might use in a day. Different foods, colors, people. And Stella has picked up a lot of these. And to make everything a little easier to remember, they all get thrown into a song at one point in the show. I'll admit, they are catchy the first or second time around. But, they tend to take their toll on the 101st or 102nd time. And it is hard to explain to people when my mind will wander and the next thing I know I'm breaking out into the latest song we've been listening too. The new one isn't bad, the crazy pizza song.
"I like spaghetti on my pizza, put the spaghetti on the popcorn, put the popcorn on the soup, put the soup on the sandwiches, put the sandwiches on the eggs, put the eggs on the pizza, don't forget the extra cheese...I blacked out, where am I.
I am proud to say I know as many signs as my one year old cousin. But I give myself about a week before that's over. She's been picking them up at a rapid pace lately. And I'm pretty sure she's been giving me the finger, but she's so friggin' cute that no one says anything about it.
So here's to Rachel, Leah, Alex and Hopkins (guess which one is the frog).

Also glad to report we had the 67th day of 100 degrees. Two more and we break the 57 year record! Gooooo Sun!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Giving This A Shot

Howdy Ya'll...sorry about that, hello everyone. Welcome to my brand spanking new blog site. Don't really know what to do now...so...how are you?
This is all very new to me. I always hear about my older sister's blogs and how everyone loves them and I always think to myself, if she can do this, I can probably do this very well.

So, here's my situation. I am currently in Austin, Texas interning at the Barton Creek Resort. I work on one (Crenshaw Cliffside) of the four golf courses at the resort and am having a great time...so far. My one complaint is the depressing heat, which I am proud to say is on the 66th 100 degree day this summer. Second hottest summer in Austin...EVER. Pretty good timing on my part.

I am currently living with my cousins Megan and Nate, and their two kids Stella and Sam. Stella is one, Sam is almost four months. I don't know what the bigger shock to my system has been. Being around two very, very young children, or eating more vegetables in one meal than I had the last four years of my life. I am very lucky to have Meg and Nate down here. I can't imagine how crazy it is to bring a newborn baby into your home, then a week later bring in another one...except he's 24. They are all very fun and easy to live with. I learn something new everyday. Except changing diapers, I had to draw a line somewhere.

My main reason for joining the blogging community is there is a lot of funny stuff I encounter everyday. Whether it be at work, around this new town, or finding out how much my youngest cousin really respects me after I hold him, feed him, make him laugh and he still craps in my hand. I'm sure most of the people that read this will be family which is my intention. I know how bad you all miss me and I figured this would be a good way to keep you all updated on everything down here in big ole' Texas.
By the way, they really do everything bigger down here. I bought a 24 oz. beer from a gas station for $1.25. Not my proudest moment. Mostly because an hour later I spent four bucks for one measly 12 oz. can. Lesson learned. Now I just hang out outside the gas station.