Well, Ava isn’t even crawling yet and I had to make our first call to poison control. Ava and I went shopping at Yankee Candles this afternoon and when we came home, I put our new tarts and votives in the jar I always keep them in. Ava loves taking them out and putting them back in, so I let her play with them while I started supper. All of a sudden, when I was walking past her, I felt something powder-y under my feet and looked down and she had bitten through the plastic and into a wax tart and there was powdery stuff coming out all over the place. It was on her lips, too, obviously and I didn’t know if she’d swallowed any, so I freaked out and called poison control. The lady I talked to said they didn’t have those in their system, but to give Ava something to eat and drink and watch her for the next hour to be sure she didn’t have a hard time swallowing and make sure she wasn’t drooling. So…she drank about 3 oz of juice, 2 oz of milk and had her supper. So far, she seems like she’s doing OK, so I think she’ll be all right.

Posted: November 29th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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I am in so much pain right now. Last night, I was bending down to pick up some of Ava’s toys and I got a shooting pain across my lower back. Chad tried rubbing it for me and it didn’t help much at all. It doesn’t really feel like a pulled muscle because now it’s more of an ache and it’s all the way across my lower back. I thought it would feel better this morning, but it really doesn’t! I wish Chad hadn’t taken a day off earlier this week because now I can’t ask him to take part of the day off and help me today. It hurts just bending over to change Ava’s diaper or pick her up. And last night, he put the side of Ava’s crib all the way up and I could barely get her out when she woke up in the middle of the night.

OK, enough complaining…

Chad and I watched Evan Almighty last night. It was so funny! I’m planning on watching it again today since we have it on OnDemand until about 8:00 tonight. I was surprised at how religious (not sure if that’s the right word) it was.

Anyway, Ava and I are off to storytime in about 10 minutes so I’ve really got to get moving!

Posted: November 29th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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We’re finally back from Wisconsin. We got home at about midnight because of the traffic and accidents on the way home. When we got to Lawrence, we saw this. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many emergency vehicles in one place!

We had a really nice time in WI, though. We spent Thanksgiving day and part of Friday with my family. They all enjoyed passing Ava around and she tolerated it fairly well, with the exception of being overstimulated on Thursday night and refusing to go to sleep for about 2 hours.

Then we spent the rest of Friday and Saturday with Chad’s family. He had a lot of fun playing his new X-Box with the guys (by the way, he actually got my grandpa to play it with him, too!! And I beat him so bad when I played with him).

Now we’re back home and I’m getting caught up on the laundry, house, unpacking, and office stuff. And it’s 2:00 and I haven’t even gotten dressed yet. Got to keep moving, but I just wanted to update everyone.

Posted: November 26th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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Have you been needing new bathroom vanities ? We could use one, but I doubt we’d ever find one in just the right shade of purple (our bathtub, toilet, and sink are all matching purple). I’d really love a bathroom vanity with storage space (cupboards and drawers) underneath. I haven’t had one like that since our first house and I really miss it.

Posted: November 26th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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Do you need a tv lift for your living room? We already have one for downstairs, but we’re in need of one for our bedroom (right now the TV is on a wooden crate with a table cloth over it). Chad and I will have to do some looking around on this site and see if we can find one that matches the rest of the furniture in our bedroom.

Posted: November 26th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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This is definitely one of the odder sponsored posts I’ve had to write, but hey, you can’t pick and choose your assignments. If you’re in need of a colon cleanse , be sure to check out this site! I’m not sure what would cause you to need one or even really what one is, but I’m sure you would know if you needed it.

Posted: November 26th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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We just had a really nice “vacation” up in Wisconsin for Thanksgiving (“vacation” is in quotes because anyone who has kids knows that it’s way more work being on “vacation” than being at home). So obviously we’re not looking to go away again for another couple of months, but Michigan bed and breakfast sounds like an awesome idea for a vacation!

Posted: November 26th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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Posted: November 19th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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Are you looking for any new TV accessories? We know from experience how expensive they can be. When Chad bought his flat-screen TV, all the accessories he wanted to go with it cost almost as much as the TV itself! car fan is a great site to look at if you want to get all those pricey accessories for less!

Posted: November 19th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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Do you have already have a bank where you have your checking account? If not, you should check out checking account . I have to admit, I don’t know much about this bank (other than the fact that some of their commercials are really pretty funny), so I’ll have to look into this if we ever decide to switch banks.

Posted: November 19th, 2007 under Random Thoughts.
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