tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-213256252009-11-16T07:52:05.861-08:00Marigoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05549794215220229412noreply@blogger.comBlogger446125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21325625.post-6649643416160425352009-11-10T11:19:00.003-08:002009-11-10T14:29:49.370-08:00

We had a bit of an exhausting weekend. Milo is now weaned from his mother's bosom. He was NOT pleased about it and let me know by screaming loudly into my ear for a couple of hours on the first night. But he's doing great now and goes out like a light at bedtime. He just crawls up into my lap when he's ready, pops his thumb in his mouth and five minutes later he's out. He is sleeping much,

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Why, Hello. Looks like it has been a month exactly since I've updated this blog. I'm trying to update Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! at least twice a week now, so that's where all of my blogging efforts have been dumped. Unfortunately, that leaves this blog a little high and dry. Steve was motivated to update for about a week, but the novelty has worn off, I think, and here you are left with no

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Huck's third birthday was yesterday! Unfortunately, Steve had to miss it for a work trip, but we did celebrate with a birthday party in the park on Sunday. I have been sick and we had guests in town, so this was a super toned down version of my usual birthday party craziness. I read somewhere once that you should invite the same number of children as your child's age, so I told Huck that he

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I've decided to write for the next five minutes and get out as much brain fart as I can in that time. I'm officially sick. Sick! Just in time for our weekend houseguests to arrive, Huck's birthday party and Steve leaving town on Monday for a business trip. Sorry, Jeff and Foy, if the toilets are gross when you get here, but I'm sick. SICK! Maybe you guys can clean them for me. Maybe you

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You might think that your kids are cute. You might think that they are smart. You might even think that your kid is special. You know what I got to say to that? Why you trying to front on Huck and Milo's Cute-tip? Don't even try to throw down no "My Baby did the darndest thing . . ." because Huck and Milo will Jello pop yo booty. And brains? Milo poops extra brain cells twice a day - He

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I wasn't going to talk about this yet, but it seems like more than a few people took my "working on other projects" post as code for "had a mental breakdown." First of all, I would like to assure everyone that I have not gone bat guano loco. What I am doing is a two-fold project--I'm focusing my energy into my crafty blog, Hideous! Dreadful! Stinky! whilst simultaneously working on a book.

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You're probably asking yourself why Steve, the negligent father and "DH", is all of a sudden chiming in here. You came here for the particular charms of Marigold, the fantastic mother and "HM", and got some cheap substitute. Well, Marigold has gone Britney Spears Batty. Mariah Carey Cuckoo. Lindsey Lohan Looney. Elizabeth Taylor Touched. Jacko Wacko. (is it still too soon?)Not really.

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STEVE: We decided to go to Downtown Disney this morning for the first time. I looked up how to get there first and we were off. Here is how we made a 20 minute car ride into an hour and a half:1) So far so good. Getting off the freeway. (This is at about 15 minutes.)2) Impromptu stop at K-Mart on the way! (Maybe 20 minutes)3) Didn't notice that we were already on the right street (Katella)

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I'm going on hiatus for awhile. I've started a big, daunting project that I'm not ready to talk about in case I don't have the follow-thru, which I most likely don't, but I still am going to pretend I do for a little bit and therefore this blog is going to go dark for probably a few weeks.Also, I cut all of my hair off.

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Yikes! It's been awhile since I've updated. Here are the answers to your FAQs:What's up with the car? Did you get it fixed? Did the dude get arrested?The dude did not get arrested. Word to the wise: if you cause an accident while driving drunk, and nobody is injured (except your baby momma, who has enough adrenaline and MD 20/20 pumping through her veins to run) exchange all of your

Marigoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05549794215220229412noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21325625.post-17775011666905877352009-07-26T21:18:00.004-07:002009-07-27T09:28:27.273-07:00

The impact was relatively mild, and at first I thought that the driver in the car behind us simply hadn't hit his breaks in time to compensate for the slowing traffic. Then I heard Steve say, "That motorcycle hit us!" and I looked out of my window just in time to see a motorcycle skidding out, and watch the female passenger's body fly off of the back of the bike and roll, roll, roll onto the

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This morning I logged onto Facebook and found out that I won a raffle held by my midwifery! You were supposed to post a picture and story on their fan page, so I put up a link to Milo's birth story and I won! A tank top! Yay! I love winning. Then later today I got this e-mail:Marigold,I am happy to inform you that your photo has been selected to run on the OC Family Magazine website from July

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Huck and his potty reward stickers & reward tattoos all over his armsHuck has done really well with potty training. He is still having some trouble going #2, but every day is better and better. The frantic running has stopped and underwear is staying clean & dry, and not a single nighttime or nap time accident. We're very proud. I guess I have said that to him a lot over the past few days

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Yesterday was the Big Day--we "threw away" the last of Huck's diapers and put him in Big Boy underwear, and started our 3-Day potty training boot camp. I was really, really nervous about it, considering our previous two attempts did not go well. But this time we went into it with a plan, and so far it seems to be working great! The method is basically that I don't leave his side for all of his

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Attention! Huck has won the very first coloring contest he has ever entered! He colored Larry the Lobster for our local Trader Joe's and they gave him a huge bag full of juice and cookies and gummy penguins and organic mac'n'cheese and more! His father and I are obviously pleased as punch! We hope that this is an indication of great things to come for our budding artiste--perhaps an art degree

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Happy 6th of July! We had a nice weekend. Steve had a half-day on Friday, on Saturday we threw the kids in the pool (pictures to come), ate BBQ dawgs and burgers, and Sunday I did a whole crapload of long-overdue laundry while Steve took the kids for a walk and to the grocery store.I also managed to pick up my book again this weekend, which I put down, then Steve picked it up and finished it,

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Milo woke me up this morning around 4:30. After twenty minutes of trying to wrestle him back down, we finally just got up for the day. Huck wandered out of his room (yup! HIS room! He's been sleeping in his own bed all night for the past week!) and joined us. So I cooked up an Apple Pancake Puff, brewed up some coffee, and felt sorry for myself. We had a poor attempt at potty training the

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Accusations have been flung about! Horrible lies and accusations brought on by the last post!I am happy to admit that our pre-Milo life was better documented, and Huck's first 21 months were faithfully and frequently recorded in pictures and blog entries. But since Milo has been around I've had a few people mention to me that I don't post pictures of Milo. There seems to be a general consensus

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One year ago today, I was doing this:which hurt a lot. But by the end of the day we ended up with this:which was pretty well worth it. And soon we had this:And a little too much of this:And now we've got this:And all in all, we think it's been a pretty good year!

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Things are happening. Things are getting done. You may not think so on account of all of the time I've spent on Facebook, but some serious progress has been made by way of getting my house in order.Huck's room has been completely rearranged and a spot has been reserved for Milo to move in once weening is complete.Yes, you read that right. We're already getting serious about weening. It's funny

Marigoldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05549794215220229412noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21325625.post-79859816929142295442009-06-05T14:11:00.006-07:002009-06-10T15:16:03.123-07:00

My To Diddly Dillity Do Doooooooooo List:order food for milo's birthdaylaundrygroceriestidy up, in generalmake more banana pecan cookiesresearch/purchase or win a BRAND NEW BLENDER!write aunt bernput up the thing from aunt bernsit down and do health insurance crapbuy jeanspurge clothespurge toysde-mold shower & sanitize bath toyssend baby einstein dvds to pintersput co-sleeper up on craigslistdo

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Steve forced me to get onto Facebook. He kept saying I shouldn't do it, but he kept talking about it. I re-activated my account last night and this morning I had 40-something Facebook Updates in my gmail.This isn't good, folks. . .

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*poof*I am giddy! GIDDY! I had my groceries delivered! To my door! Delivered! No hauling the kids to the store, no wrestling a crying one while screaming "Walk! Stay where I can see you! Don't touch! Only look!" to the other. No strapping the little one to my back as I go up and down my stairs hauling heavy grocery bags! Delivered to my door using Vons.com home delivery service. First

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We drove up to NorCal (that doesn't sound as hip as SoCal) for a long Memorial Day weekend. The excuse was to go to Sara's graduation, but we drove up on Thursday and missed the actual ceremony. Graduations are always boring, anyway, and the thought of trying to wrangle the kids during some boring speech by some boring councilperson sounded. . .what's the word I'm looking for? Boring? No.

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One more of Milo wanting in on some Wii action:

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