Firsts

So, last night I decided to cook Pepper Steak (see the Family Cookbook). A first for me, & it was pretty good if I do say so myself; I also made rice for the pepper steak to go on, from scratch for the very first time ever, as my friend Nicole says, I was a rice virgin (haha). Hila came over before she was headed to a movie night with some of the ladies from church, which ended up canceled & Hila didn't know, so she just hung out for a little while. She helped me a little with dinner & a whole lot with the girls while I was cooking. Here's the work in progress.


Both Nick & Hila said it was really good & that my rice tasted great, that's wonderful news considering I've never made rice before. And here's the finished product.


Other than my cooking firsts, Emily wore her bunting & actually fit in it for the first time that night.

Here's Emily, ready to go out in the cold. While I was still working on dinner Hila went out to her car for a minute & took Emily & Desiree with her. It was so cute. I can't believe how big she is. While we ate dinner we watched Roswell (t.v. show that used to come on FX), I put the first episode on for Hila to see since she'd never watched the show before; the show's got a sort of Bella & Edward feel to it (as far as the forbidden love thing, & fantasy aspect). It's a really good show that I recommend to everybody reading this (if they don't already like the show). Anyway, after that I gave Emily a bath. She really doesn't like those very much, she has some of the funniest facial expressions.

After Emily's bath was done, Desiree got one. I took some really cute pictures of Hila with Emily before she had to go back home. That was my night of firsts for me & my family. Oh, & since it took me two days to get this post up, here's another first. Emily wore her cute little yellow ruffle-butt outfit that Julie sent her (see the baby shower post), she finally fit in it so I put it on her since we were going somewhere (I wanted her in something cute).

Two Little Piggies Went...to the WIC Office

So yesterday was a pretty busy day for me & the kids, & poor Hila got pulled into the mix to (just because she was driving). We had a couple of appointments, one of which (thankfully came to me). So Hila got to my house at about 11:30. She helped me with Desiree & Emily while I did the dishes & got Desiree's lunch ready. At 1:00 the Public Health Nurse came to the house just to check on how things were going with Emily & Desiree. After she left we got the kids & ourselves ready to leave for the other appointment I had, in Silverdale. When we got to Silverdale we still had 20 minutes before my appointment at the WIC Office so we stopped at Sears to pick up our family pictures; they turned out really good, with the exception that the photographer chose the wrong family picture for the 10x13 that was going to my dad, but other than that, really good. So we leave Sears & get to the WIC Office right on time. The lady calls me back & weighs Emily, let me tell you, she is a little piggy-piggy! Last time she got weighed (about 1-1 1/2 weeks ago) she weighed 8 lbs., well, she's gained a whole 2 lbs. & like 10 oz.!! She's almost 11 lbs & is only 1 month & 4 days old!!! Wow, Desiree was a little bitty thing for the longest time; they are so totally different. Anyway, next the lady decided to go ahead & weigh Desiree & get her checked & such to get her restarted on WIC rather than me having to go back on the 27th for Desiree's appointment to get her WIC reinstated. Well, it turns out that my other little piggy-piggy is just a little piggy. She was a little under weight from other kids her age, but she's still my little piggy, just in a different way; she's a little piggy for certain foods, like candy, chips, snacks, or other such treats. So we got both WIC appointments out of the way & got a buttload of WIC checks, 3 months worth for me, Desiree, & Emily. After the WIC appointments we went to the Social Security Office so I could find out what was going on with Emily's Social Security Card. Hila dropped me & Emily off there & she took Desiree with her to Albertson's to pick up a few things for dinner. We both expected it to take me longer, A LOT longer, than it did at the SSO (sorry being lazy). I got in the office, got a number, & went to sit & wait with Emily. But before I could even get my butt on the seat my number was called!! Of course they were closing in like 30 minutes, but hey, it's a Government office so I figured it would take longer. So, I get to the window & explain to the guy there that I still haven't received Emily's SS card & that I was told over the phone (called Social Security the day before) that I should have gotten the card at about 3 weeks after Emily was born so it should have already been in my possession. Of course we didn't take into consideration that the hospital hadn't sent the forms off yet; but I thought they would have gotten it done while we were still in the hospital (or right after we got discharged), but no, they didn't send the forms off until the 9th!!! What the crap?!?!?! I mean hello, by that time Emily was only 2 days away from being 1 month old!!!! Oh well, I was able to get a copy of her SS number for my DSHS application so I could finally finish it, after having started it a month ago. Sorry for the ranting, I'm done with that now. Anyway, on with my story, Hila got back to the SS Office to pick us up & then took us up to my Doctor so I could give her my paperwork about my Maternity Leave for work so she could fill it out & fax it to my HR. Yes, I know, I'm supposed be off leave next week, but apparantly Best Buy HR is retarted & doesn't understand the concept of being on time for anything! Those of you who were up here a few days before the family reunion know what I'm talking about. Ok, so I got that taken care of too, yay!! Now I just hope Dr. McMillen gets it filled out & faxed before, WAY before, I'm supposed to start back at work. After I finished with that we headed back to my house. Unfortunately Hila had to leave to help make dinner. It was very busy, good day. Thank you Hila for ferrying me all over the place :). Here are my little piggies, & Aunt Hila, the day before & the day after (today) the WIC appt.
Heehee, see Emily's little chunky cheeks :).

The Government is Really Messed Up!

Take a look at this thing I found...thanks to Kira's blog! I can't believe the government is trying to do this. Consignment shops & garage sales are the best ways to get baby clothes & little kids clothes, I'd have hardly anything for Emily if it weren't for them! This is really messed up. Anybody who agrees with me on this go to this website & sign the petition. http://www.rallycongress.com/make-second-hand-kids-clothes-legal-/

The Sleepover

Ok, so I know I haven't blogged in a very long time. So here's the most blog-worthy stuff that's happened lately (other than Christmas, which I forgot to blog about). First of all let me tell you about this WONDERFUL swing that Ben & Michele got me for Emily (Baby Shower present). It's the most amazing creation there is! I put Emily in it & in a matter of a couple of minutes she's out. It's so great :). I know that sounds terrible, but I just have to have time to my housework & me time. The swing is the perfect baby accessory & I recommend that everybody with a new baby have one. So again, thank you my saviors, Ben & Michele; you guys are so wonderful!


On Tuesday Hila came by & stayed the night with us. It was a fun night. We can't call it a girl's night because Nick was at the house & involved in some of the stuff we did. First we went to Ben & Micheles for a little bit to visit & give Michele back her book, New Moon. After that we went to the store & picked up a few things for dinner & for the cookies we were going to make later. When we got home at around 5 pm we started dinner. We had hamburgers & chips (appropriate food for a sleepover, in my opinion) for dinner. While we ate dinner we watched family videos, which are totally hilarious! Nick got a kick out of them, especially because I felt the need to strip in the majority of the videos (I was only like 2 years old so lets not freak out) haha! Man I had issues. After we finished dinner & Hila got her shower we started on our cookies, YUM. We made Melt in Your Mouth Sugar Cookies with powdered sugar icing. Desiree told us that she wanted pink flower cookies to eat, but as the evening progressed she forgot about the flowers & told us she wanted pink heart cookies; which was a tiny bit of a problem considering the fact that I don't have any cookie cutters. We were able to improvise on the hearts at least. Hila cut one of the finished cookies into a retarted looking heart (sorry no pictures of her botched heart....haha, I love you Hila) & I molded some of the dough into little hearts for Desiree. Once the cookies had cooled Hila dipped them into the pink icing (Hila brought food coloring just for Desiree's pink cookies). While we were finishing the cookies we watched the two first episodes of the new season of Scrubs, the first episode wasn't that great, but the second one was pretty funny. After Scrubs we watched the Mentalist, well Hila did anyway, while I did some mom stuff. Once the shows were finished we went back to watching the rest of one of the Family Videos DVDs...we really are a crazy family (especially then). It was so much fun. After the end of the DVD we all went to bed, well, Desiree went to bed about 9:30. We had such a fun & busy day that she zonked out after about 10 minutes of being in bed, a very rare anomoly (spelling?), especially for the tiny bit of a fit she threw to stay awake (those are worse if Aunt Hila's not here to witness them & offer incentive); my poor baby was so exhausted, here are the results of our fun & busy day with Hila, & Desiree's hear cookie.

Even Emily couldn't keep up, my cute little squeaker :). We didn't get to bed until like 2 am. So the next day when Desiree woke Hila up at 9 am I felt so awful. But Hila didn't mind, Desiree was just so excited to see Aunt Hila & tell her about sleeping in her own bed all night without any accidents. She's my cute patoot. Poor Hila didn't get very much sleep, but she got up with Desiree & made her breakfast (Princess cereal). Emily & I got up at around 10 something & while I was feeding Emily, Hila made Egg in a Frame for us to eat for breakfast. After breakfast we watched Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, it was a pretty cute movie. I watched more of it than Hila did, & here's the reason why.

That's me looking at Hila's blog & laughing about the picture of my little frog (little squeaker laying on me). After the movie we had lunch & watched tv before Hila had to go to take Grandma & Grandpa to an appointment. Poor Hila. That was our sleepover.