What's Up Cuz?

Today I took Aven to meet her new cousin, Dallas. Dallas was born on June 4th (or was it the 3rd?) to my cousin Marcy who is about 4 years younger than me. It will be fun to have two babies so close together. Hopefully they'll be good friends as they grow up together. I think it's incredible to look at these two babies side by side because it really shows how much babies change in such a short period of time. They were almost the same weight at birth and even though she is a mere three weeks older Aven looks so much bigger. As of Friday she was 9 lbs. 13 oz.- a gain of 2 lbs. 3 oz. in a month. It was fun to talk baby stuff with another new mom. We exchanged our delivery room stories and talked about the wacky nurses we dealt with at I.M.C. And of course we talked about poo, because it's almost impossible to have a conversation with another new mom without mentioning it at some point. Congratulations Marcy and Jason- he's a handsome boy!


Here's a sleeping Aven. She only woke up toward the end of the visit. I'm sure she has absolutely no idea she met her new cousin today.


Here's a sleeping Dallas. He slept through the whole visit. He looks just like his dad.

News Flash: Pottery Barn Worse Rip-Off Than Vegas

Here's a picture of my mom wasting money in Vegas back in 2006. Today she continued that grand tradition by purchasing some towels at Pottery Barn. The only reason I am posting this is that she is really quite embarrassed that she actually spent money there. She really had no choice, however. Her posh real-estate agent gave her a $50.00 gift card to Pottery Barn on the occasion of her new home purchase back in October. She has been dutifully trying to spend that $50.00 since she got it but until today was unable to choose something from the many overpriced and mostly useless items available in the store. Congratulations Mom, on spending close to 70 bucks on 2 bath towels and 2 hand towels; at least they were on sale.