LOST

Tonight was the season premiere of LOST. Yeah! With all the mindless, reality TV going on, and the writer's strike, I had pretty much given up on television.

Ahh, but then the previews started and I started counting down. I was not disappointed. It was glorious to have something to watch and ponder on. I'm still thinking about all the clues and foreshadowing 2 hours later. Will they go back? Who are the other 3 that left the island? Who was in that coffin last season? Does Jin have her baby? What the heck do the people on the boat want on the island? On and on. I probably won't be able to sleep tonight. Just kidding... kind of.

I'm so happy to be watching something. Anyone know when Heroes starts up again? :)

Worn Out!

On Friday, Gimmy came up to visit with McHaney. We took her to Chuck E Cheese to play and eat pizza! After we got home, I had to run out for a work meeting and left the two of them at home to rest. This is what I came home to... isn't that the sweetest little angel face you've ever seen??

Site Meter

So, I added this thing called Site Meter to my blog. It calculates how many people view my blog each day and sends me a report. Yesterday was the first time I had used it and this morning I received a report saying there were 77 views on my blog yesterday. Wow! I don't think I even know that many people! Anyway, it was pretty cool to see.

First Serious Injury

Well, Mc has gotten her first serious injury. Thursday night she and her daddy were playing, as they do every night before bed. He was throwing her around up in the air and she reached over and grabbed a light bulb on the chandelier in her bedroom.

At first, she cried for about 5 minutes and stopped for about 2 or three minutes and I thought. "Wow, not so bad!" Then, I think after the shock passed, she lost it. It was the saddest thing I had ever seen. She'd press her hand onto my face as hard as she could, wanting me to kiss it and make it better. I'd kiss it over and over, knowing that the heat from my face was only making it worse. She'd start hitting me on the mouth then like make it better make it better. So horrible... I mean HORRIBLE!!!

We tried putting real aloe on it and burn medicine. We gave her motrin and tylenol. Nothing seemed to help. It was her bedtime when it happened, so she was already tired. For about an hour she was inconsolable, and she's a pretty tough little girl. The only thing that seemed to ease the pain at all was holding her sippy cup filled with ice and water. She would try to calm down so she could go to sleep and as she was about to doze off, she'd drop the cup. After about 20 seconds she would start shaking her hand, her lip would start quivering and she'd start screaming again. It was definitely the worst thing I've ever been through because I couldn't make it any better. I swear I sang 200 rounds of Old McDonald had a farm. (between her tears she'd scream at me "eiei mama"; I guess it was helping to take her mind off of it.)

Anyway, she finally passed out around 10 and woke up yesterday like nothing happened. Her little hand is blistered pretty bad. There were 5 at last count. I'm just so glad it wasn't worse!

Bug Cakes

Okay, I know I've posted a lot today, but have any of you used one of the cast aluminum pans from Williams-Sonoma? Uh, they're awesome! My cousin Mandi gave me one for Christmas and I just used it for the first time this morning. Mc was bored, so we decided to make some vanilla bread and I thought, "Might as well try out that new pan." Well, look how cute! The little cakes are so detailed. You could ice and decorate them, but why (not these, they are bread, but if you wanted to make little cakes or something)!?!? They are cute just as they are. I just brushed them with a vanilla glaze to add a little moisture and flavor. Anyway, I have to say this may be the first of many cast pans to come for me!

Calling Grammy

As most of you know, Daren's Mom (Grammy) has a miniature donkey farm and it is one of Mc's favorite places on earth; lots of farm animals for her to love.

She has always loved "calling" people on the phone. She calls, my Mom and Dad, Daren, Me and Grammy. Please check out the new video of how she calls Grammy.

New Set

Here is a new burp cloth and bib set I'm doing. I never used one of these shorty bibs when Mc was little, but my friend Suzanne used them all the time on her twin boys and they were great. They never ruined anything because they were always wearing a little cute bib over their nice outfits... hmmm, wish I would have thought of that.

Anyway, I copied the idea of this bib from one Ethan has... thanks for the inspiration buddy!