Run, don't walk...

I know, I know, I'm one to talk. When I go to Walmart, most of the time I look like I just woke up. And most of the time I did. I am always walking in with my greasy hair in a ponytail, pajama pants dragging, and sunglasses still on hoping that no one calls out my name. But seriously, we all know there are some fugly people that shop there, not to mention the weirdos. Well, we finally have a website that has captured these rare beauties who love a bargain. Visit this site NOW: http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/.

Ride'em Cowboy!

A sad day...

It looks like we've really reached the end of the rainbow. There are reports that after 26 years, PBS' Reading Rainbow will be off-air starting this week. The show stopped production a few years ago, but they were showing the old episodes on PBS. But PBS' contract with the show expires on Friday and they aren't renewing it. This means LeVar Burton will no longer be there to gently stroke our soul by reading a story about a flying pony or a happy mushroom. Yeah.
And Reading Rainbow will go down in history for having one of the top 10 theme song of all-time. Watch their trippy intro below and try to tell me that it didn't take you higher for a quick second. You can thank Reading Rainbow for getting you buzzed for the first time. It will be missed.

I had to move...really had to move!

For those of you wondering, yes, I can find a Grateful Dead lyric to be a title for any blog post. Here's my little Helen on the move! Not so graceful yet, but you get the picture. When she lays down on the floor now, she has to roll over.

The wheel is turning and you can't slow down...

Lots of people have told me in the last few months to cherish this time with Helen because she won’t be this little long. Well, they were right! In the last few weeks she has really seemed to be growing fast! She can now sit up with her head straight in her Bumbo seat, push up on her arms during tummy time (she hates it, but she does it), and roll over! Yes, my little baby rolls over! I think she is getting some teeth in too, due to the sudden drooling and finger-biting. I have even caught myself in conversations about her saying “when Helen was little…” Ha! It just seems to have happened so fast, pretty soon she’ll be fixing me a drink! ;)
Anyway, while I am really excited (and a little sad, too) about all of these milestones, it makes me want to spend all my time with her! The day after she rolled over I went into her daycare and bragged to the ladies about it. Yeah, this was old news to them, apparently. She had been doing it for days! Ugh. As much as I want to stay home with her, I am reminded that my working is providing her with a better life. That thought gets me through it.
So, here are some gems from our afternoons together. Enjoy! (She’s getting so big!)

Twinkies

She loves those damn cloth diaper things that we use as burp cloths...won't go anywhere without one.

Helen and her monkey