Archive for December, 2004

30Dec 2004

Thursdays are for…..shopping & cleaning?

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It is almost the New Year and I’ve managed to almost completely waste another day of 2004!

Another night of bad pregnancy sleep that lapsed in one hour intervals from midnight to ten a.m. yet still left me feeling like I’d been up all night. Luckily I got a one hour nap in this afternoon which has refreshed me.

Yesterday Adventure Dad and I went to my last biweekly OBGYN appointment, from now on I go every week! The Dr. cecked around down there and said that Papaya is head down, as high up as she can get and I’m 1.5 cm dilated. We’ve certainly got at least another week and my new guess is January 25th which is BOTH the length of the average first pregnancy and a full moon!

Then, I made myself useful in the cleaning of this home - an area where I have been quite useless lately. What did I do, you ask? I went on Amazon and used the gift certificates from my Tutu to Adventure Dad and I for Christmas and bought a new vacuum since the one we currently have no longer sucks and has a strange burning smell when you run it. The old vacuum was our first married purchase, Adventure Dad hated to spend money on something so practical, so I’ll be sad to see it go for the nostalgia of it all. Then again it would be nice to have a vacuum that does more than leave lines in the carpet without cleaning.

On Amazon I also picked up a few books…one of which (Breast-feeding for Dummies) was recommended by my sister-in-law who how has two kids and one of them is up to 12 pounds at one month old. This of course makes her my expert:) She had a good point about a lot of the breast-feeding books out there - they seem to want to preach at you with the implication that if you don’t breastfeed you are evil. My question is, if we are already reading this book, are we really in need of such a lecture? It would seem we are already motivated to give it a good ‘ol college try.

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Welcome to my blog.... by Papaya Mom on December 28th, 2004
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Thank You Celebrity Moms by Papaya Mom on June 7th, 2007
Like Maggie Gyllenhaal who nurses her 8 month old daughter in public and KNOWS it's not a big deal - I mean AAP says a MINIMUM of a year so why is 8 months SO shocking?Like Joley Fisher who had a homebirth and did not hide it like some pariah - her body did what it's meant to do in a place where fewer interventions lowered her risk of complications.

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29Dec 2004

Movie - Big Fish

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Most things that are considered evil are simply lacking in social
niceties. - Edward Bloom

What a beautifully shot movie! The photography is like a painting,
the story line flowing as a reason to see more vivid colors and great
effects. Time stopping for true love, wrestling a huge catfish, in a
car under a lake, and many other beautiful things to watch. What fun
it must be to be the director of photography for a movie like this.

Adventure Dad’ favorite character - Carl the Giant.

I do have to say that it is hard to look at Billy Crudup and not yell
at him about being a schmuck for leaving Mary Louise Parker pregnant to date Clare Danes. In this movie he’s this husband with his wife pregnant and trying to find out who his Dad is. When the acting is good, I can forget, when the story slows - I sometimes feel like yelling at him. Maybe it’s pregnancy hormones.

Fun soundtrack - a bit similar to Forrest Gump. …..Lord I was born a
ramblin’ man……

Back to the love story…between the parents, as told by the father,
and Will and his wife and soon to be newborn son. I love the
interactions between the couples - so much love and so well shown!
Cuddling in the bathtub, talking half awake in the morning to a spouse,
the stuff we all actually do.

Ewan McGregor - an amazing actor that carried so much joy though the stories. We laughed, we cried….and now we are off to bed.

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National Cherry Blossom Festival by Papaya Mom on April 2nd, 2006
blowing wind across the basincrowds aplenty back and forthrubbing shoulders with them allmen, women, black, white, brownpetals floating down upon usgushing branches of pink above"johhny! smile while sitting on this branch!"choppy water floating petalsice cream wrappers and soda cups"no lids or straws allowed here"honking horns pedestrians gone wildcoundown timers mean nothingit's important i join THAT crowdthe one across this streetgrass just starting to growpatchy after a dry winterstomped to obliviondust clouds race across the Mallline up here, "dont cut!"soon you can enter the Metrothen queue for the escalator"step to the back of the platform!"On the train as the sun setsmissed the fireworksgoing home with a sleepy babewe'll all sleep long tonight.

Playful Parenting by Papaya Mom on November 13th, 2005
I have not yet read the book but I like the title.

Mount Saint Helens by Papaya Mom on July 28th, 2005
And off we went to take Papaya on her first trip up a Mountain.

Day 1...480 miles by Papaya Mom on March 5th, 2006
Seattle, WA to Missoula, MTBreakfast with family, Rick and Beth, was the end of our time in Seattle.

Ways to Love a Child by Papaya Mom on December 3rd, 2005
From a friend's post.

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28Dec 2004

Welcome to my blog….

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I realized that although I love Papaya’s site, the news function would work better for me as a blog. Therefore…I will just link this blog. I know your impressed.

So, it’s been a while since I’ve updated everyone on how I’m doing. Big news - I’m pregnant. Big laugh from the peanut gallery who knew this when I was moments past conception and have enjoyed the weekly updates on everything from Papaya’s movements on.

My happiest thing these days is that Christmas has passed and, therefore, Papaya’s birthday will be after Christmas. The farther she goes into January the better for future birthday parties when all of her friends are away visiting family over Christmas break. Also, we will all save a lot of money buying her gifts at the after Christmas sales rather than competeing with Christmas shoppers.

In non-baby news - I’ve had Adventure Dad home! He had Thursday through Sunday off and actually stayed home. I’m going to pretend that the building was not locked and he did it out of love for me. What he did do out of love was a lot - he filled up the hot tub, rubbed my back and was very patient with all of my slow moving creaking heavy pregnancy waddles from here to there. He is now very excited about becoming a father and can’t wait. I, on the other hand, am really enjoying the last few weeks of this pregnancy thing.

Okay, so much for that not having any baby news. But, come on, at this point everything we do seems to relate in some way to this large child I’m carrying out front of me. I wonder if that will change or increase with her arrival?

Also, we talked to Bill yesterday (our old roomate from Hawaii). He seems to be doing great and this summer will be leaving the USS Topeka, where he is NAV, and going to the Air Force War College in Alabama. Alabama? I guess when you are the Air Force you can put your base anywhwere. Thank goodness the Navy has some prime real estate that we’ve been lucky enough to live in. He’ll be in Alabama for a year on his JPME Phase I (which Adventure Dad did in Monterey) and then off to Omaha for a two year shore tour after that at STRATCOM. In Alabama he’ll be at least in the same state as Rob & Nancy Brooks (Jack and the dogs too) where Rob is starting his own First Command Office. In Omaha, um…..I don’t know anything good about Omaha. People seem to like it there, but it seems awful far from a lot of places.

Thats all for now….

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Thursdays are for.....shopping & cleaning? by Papaya Mom on December 30th, 2004
It is almost the New Year and I've managed to almost completely waste another day of 2004! Another night of bad pregnancy sleep that lapsed in one hour intervals from midnight to ten a.

As she eats breakfast... by Papaya Mom on April 28th, 2006
I read my friend's blogs.

Ricki Lake by Papaya Mom on June 29th, 2007
.

Thank You Celebrity Moms by Papaya Mom on June 7th, 2007
Like Maggie Gyllenhaal who nurses her 8 month old daughter in public and KNOWS it's not a big deal - I mean AAP says a MINIMUM of a year so why is 8 months SO shocking?Like Joley Fisher who had a homebirth and did not hide it like some pariah - her body did what it's meant to do in a place where fewer interventions lowered her risk of complications.

A New Year! by Papaya Mom on January 3rd, 2005
We had a great New Year eating Cajun food at Mor Mor Bistro with friends:) The music was a bit loud and Adventure Dad felt like he was out of place without his AARP card but we had a nice time nonetheless.

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