Monday, September 1, 2008

Abby's 1st birthday! Huzzah!



Abby wrapped up in her ducky quilt. The fabrics have different rubber ducky pictures. Thanks Sarah!



Abby in her pink sunglasses. She was so proud of herself for having sunglasses. It was fabulous.



The cake! It was a ducky cake. She struggled to get past the frosting and she was way tired so she started rubbing the frosting in her eyes (as she rubbed her eyes). To be honest, I don't know if the cake was ever eaten.



A tub of duckies. The babes loved it. I don't know if Kaitlin was very happy with Luke and Abby though. They kept taking the ducks out and forgetting to put them back! ;)


One in each hand! Wahoo!

I've been tagged.

Wow. My first time being tagged. Thank you, Kelsey. I will always remember this moment. Though, to be honest, I'm not quite sure how this whole tag thing works. Nor can I think of any fabulous responses. So I did my best and here it goes:

(Intro)
Link the person who tagged you.*Mention the rules on your blog.*Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours.*Tag fellow bloggers by linking them. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger's blogs letting them know they've been tagged!

I'm linking Kelsey.

Okay, folks, you got it? Six quirks of mine. Ready... go:

1. I have a million, perhaps a billion faces that I subconsciously pull as I laugh, tell jokes, speak in public, speak in private, cry, scream, sarcastically fight, etc. etc.; however, it's usually just when I'm talking to someone and I'm telling them a story or responding to a comment (which I guess is almost always?). My boss used to laugh at me every five minutes because he'd claim that I just pulled a new face. I can always tell when I've pulled a weird face because Jesse will get this funny smile on his face. I don't do it on purpose. It just kind of happens.

2. I live and die by my lists---and my planner. It was more emphatic when I was in school and working, and now that I'm a mom the lists have changed. Instead of "write essay for Soc W 405", they became "wash dishes, eat lunch, do laundry, finish wiping down kitchen table". One time I even found myself scheduling time to go to the bathroom. Ridiculous. I check my planner 2,200 times a day to make sure I know exactly what I have today, tomorrow, and the next three weeks to come. Lately though I can never seem to remember what day of the week it is. All I know is that today was "Park day" and tomorrow is "Library day" and then "Mother's Group day". So odd being a mother....

3. Like Kelsey, I hate crumbs. I really hate crumbs on my kitchen floor. I think I sweep my kitchen floor at least 6 times a day, if not more. Abby is really good at giving me stuff to sweep up.

4. If I'm going to start a project, I like to get it done all in one day. I don't know how to space it out. When I made a quilt for Jesse the week he got home from his mission, I completed it in either one or two days. It should have taken me at least a week. When I start a book, I prefer to finish it in 1-2 days. Case in point: I finished The Goose Girl, Enna Burning, and River Secrets all this past weekend. One for each day. Much was neglected in my house. I decorated my magnet board in one night. You get the idea.

5. I don't know how to shop. I don't like to spend a lot of time in one store looking through stuff. If I don't immediately see what I want, then I leave. Part of my problem is that I can't separate one item from another to see how it would look on it's own. Like a piece of jewelry or shoes or a shirt. I see it with all the other items on the display rack and it overwhelms me so I leave. I'm embarrassed to say that my mother still does a lot of my shopping---and I am ever so grateful for that. One day I'll figure it out.

6. My idea of a midnight snack is usually a bowl of oatmeal or nine-grain. Though I will admit to the occasional bowl of vanilla ice cream.


So I'm done. I tag... Sarah. Yeah, you editor-girl. And just for fun, I also tag Jesse. BAH!