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We’ve moved to a different location…
Seema has a new cousin.
Briana Kay was born on 1/31/2009 just after midnight. Weighing 6lbs, 15oz, and 20 inches long. Lots of hair, and as cute as can be.
Congrats Lizz & Matt!! You can see some of their maternity portraits here.
Briana was just 10 hours old in these photos… click on photos to enlarge them
We just can’t get enough of her.
Picture of Seema from this past weekend.
I dress her up so cute in a green mock turtleneck and jeans, then layered on a pink and green hearts sundress. Was trying to get some Valentine’s photos… but at last we’ll have to try again.
Re-cap from yesterday…
We are excited to have a new President. We are excited to see what change he will be bringing.
Our eyes (along with millions of others) were glued to the tv and computer screens yesterday.
1. What is your favorite thing to do on a snow day? Watch tv and cuddle up under a blanket
2. What color are your socks right now? Tan and brown striped
3. What are you listening to right now? Me typing on the keyboard
4. What was the last thing that you ate? Not sure, but I drank OJ this morning
5. Can you drive a stick shift? Yes, but it’s been a couple years and I now tend to ride the clutch LOL-Chris!
7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Sales person – sent them to voicemail. ha!
8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? Definitely. J
9. How old are you today? 26.1
10. Favorite drink? Hot chocolate… mmmm…
11. What is your favorite sport? Geez.. IDK
12. Have you ever dyed your hair? Yeah, lots.
13. Pets? Nada.
14. Favorite food? Anything Mexican or Italian.
15. Last movie you watched? Hmmm… Holes, I think that was the last one. We watch a lot of old movies on tv.
16. Favorite day of the year? Thanksgiving
17. What do you do to vent your anger? Eat
18. What was your favorite toy as a child? Barbie
19. What is your favorite, summer, fall, winter or spring? Fall
20. In what outfit do you feel the most like yourself? Depends were I’m at… if at home sweats and a long sleeved shirt (for the winter)
21. Cherry or Blueberry? Blueberry
22. Kittens or Puppies? Puppies
23. Choir, Band, or other? Other, IDK
24. Facebook or Myspace? Facebook
25. Sleeping arrangements? Queen size bed, and the kiddo comes in to take over the bed mid-night
26.Where you’d most like to visit? Canada, again. Europe, Italy
28. Favorite Youtube video? Jeff Dunham with Peanut – yeah that’s pretty funny!
29. Favorite smell? Freshly mowed grass, clothes when they come out of the dryer, fresh squeezed/cut oranges
30. Least favorite sound? Fingernails on the chalkboard… – yeah that!
31. What inspires you? My friends and family.
32. What are your irrational fears? Snakes, drowning, heights
33. Regular hamburger, cheese or spicy hamburger? Regular…. But preferably a veggie or turkey burger.
34. Favorite class ever? HMTL – from college; Bellies & Babies seminar – met some new peeps and learned some good marketing things.
35. Number of keys on your key ring? 1 – car key only!
36. Favorite type of shoe? Slip-ons lol
37. Favorite day of the week? Saturday
38. What do you hate? A bit of everything, depends on what’s going on
39. Do you like your handwriting? Sometimes
40. What is your favorite lunch meat? Turkey
41. Do you have kids? Little girl
42 If you were another person would you be friends with you? Heck yeah!
43. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Sometimes
44. Do you still have your tonsils? Yes.
45. Would you bungee jump? No, I don’t like heights.
46. What is your favorite cereal? cheerios
47. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? See above shoe question ^
48. Do you think you are strong? Yes
49. What is your favorite ice cream? Rocky Road or Birthday Cake
50. What is the first thing you notice about people? Eyes
51. Red or pink? pink
52. What is your least favorite thing about you? I get distracted easily
53. What color pants and shoes are you wearing? Brown pants, brown shoes – yes, I’m the matchy-matchy type of person
55. Do you exercise? Yes
57. Eye color? Blue
56. Do you wear contacts? No
59. Scary movies or happy endings? Hmm… more action/drama/comedy
60. Favorite interjection?
61. Favorite dessert? Brownies
62. What book are you reading now? Nothing for now
63. What is on your mouse pad? My mouse… lol
64. What did you watch on TV last night? Nothing good was on, so watched a bit of Channel 8’s recap of Bush’s last speech – what a joker, did you guys see how he was acting? WOW
65. Why did you complete this survey? Had the time, lol
I have a few things that I use daily to help me be more organized. Really I don’t think I could live without them, even though there was a time that they didn’t exist in my life.
1. Ping.FM. I am addicted to social network (facebook, twitter, etc) To be able to update all my statuses at once I use ping.fm. This also updates my LinkedIn and MySpace statuses. Check it out, it’s a real time saver.
2. Morning Coffee. I’m not talking about a cuppa coffee that you drink, even though that does help me through the day to get with the program. I’m talking about this nifty little application that works similarly to your browser favorites, but will load all the sites you have in your Morning Coffee with the click of one button. For more information go here. I use Firefox most of the time, and this is an add-on.
3. Android G1 phone. I just got this phone recently but it’s already making my life easier. I can get my photography emails delivered to the phone, having a calendar always with me is a godsend, to do list application, OI Shopping list (even lets you cross of the item), Compare Everywhere is also a neat application (it lets you scan an items barcode and will compare the prices with other stores).
4. Household Handbook. Have you heard of this? If not you are so missing out. I just started mine in Oct 2008 and it’s the best thing. It’s a 3-ringed binder that holds everything needed to run the household. Monthly calendars, weekly calendars for scheduling, weekly meal planners, take-out menus, cleaning matrix (broke down by yearly, monthly, weekly, daily cleaning), and more stuff. It’s like central command. I keep it in the kitchen by the phone. There’s a section for phone messages too. If my hubby needs to know where we’re going to be he can just look in there.
5. Magnetic Clips. These are a lifesaver for me. We have a magnetic door and it’s just so handy to stick these clips on there. They hold outgoing mail, money, etc. Pretty much anything I might need to grab on the way out the door but otherwise would forget it if it wasn’t in front of me.
I’d love to know what makes your life easier?
Seema loves to color. Actually we all get in on the coloring with her new Aquadoodle that Santa brought her!
New John Deer boots that Uncle Chris gave her.
This was our first gingerbread house. It was one of those kits. Seema just wanted to eat all the candy she could get her hands on without us knowing.
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This year we decided to host a 2 day event. My main goals was to have the family together. That’s really all I cared about this year. We didn’t cook the big turkey or go all out on a feast. Instead we had a simple Christmas Eve dinner followed by a couple movies, then Christmas Day brunch with a few more movies and games, then a simple dinner of manicotti and salad. It went pretty much as I had pictured.
Christmas Eve table
Grandma and Seema reading a snowmen book
All the movies we watched these two days
She was too tired from all the morning’s excitement of opening gifts. Napping while waiting for our Christmas guests.
Only 8 days until Christmas! I’m no where near as ready as I was suppose to be. The biggie on my list is to still plan out Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas Day brunch.
Feel free to play along if you want. If you do, post a link to your blog in my comments section. I love to read what everyone puts on these things.
1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? A little of both. Bags for gifts that I have to deliver. Paper for gifts that sit under my tree.
2. Real tree or artificial? Artifical. We have a pre-lit 6 foot (which no longer is as tall as it used to seem) one. It was a well spent $20 at a Black Friday sale a few years ago. It needs replaced though. I would like it to be a bit taller and more filled out. Plus now the middle section’s lights don’t work anymore so it looks a bit funny.
3. When do you put up the tree? Usually we pull out all the Christmas decorations the day after Thanksgiving but this year I wasn’t hosting Thanksgiving so I started putting everything up on Thanksgiving Day before we headed to my parent’s house for dinner.
4. When do you take the tree down? Sometime in January. I tend to be a slacker in this department. Last year I think everything was packed back up by the 15th.
5. Do you like eggnog? Not really.
6. Favorite gift received as a child? Nothing really sticks out to me.
7. Hardest person to buy for? Punit. If he wants something he just goes and buys it. He doesn’t let anyone have a chance to get it for him first. ugh.
8. Easiest person to buy for? Seema. Any 18 month old would be easy to shop for!
9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes. I got it for Christmas last year.
10. Mail or email Christmas cards? I mail out Christmas cards.
11. Worst Christmas gift you’ve ever received? Not sure on this one either. I tend to blank on these “past times” questions. lol
12. Favorite Christmas movie? It’s a Wonderful Life we used to watch every year as a family. But now with half of us kids moved out of the house we don’t. We really enjoyed Home Alone 3 this year.
13. When do you start shopping for Christmas? When I get my gift list together.
14. Have you ever recycled a gift? Only for White Elephant gift exchanges at work.
15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas? Peanut Brittle, Peppermint White Chocolate Bark
16. Lights on the tree? Yes, white.
17. Favorite Christmas song? O Holy Night
18. Travel at Christmas or stay home? If we travel it’s only 20 minutes from our house.
19. Can you name all of Santa’s reindeer? Possibly, if you give me enough time. lol
20. Angel on the tree top or a star? Star
21. Open presents Christmas Eve or Christmas morning? We open 1 gift on Christmas Eve. It’s always the gift that has Christmas pjs in it.
22. Most annoying thing about this time of the year? People who are in a rush or grumpy.
23. Favorite ornament or theme color? Red and White/Silver
24. Favorite for Christmas dinner? Cranberry Sauce with real cranberries in it.
25. What do you want for Christmas this year? Realistically? New backdrop. Some cash. Unrealistically? A new house with the layout that would work for our family.
Seema’s first candycane.
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