Somewhere over the Rainbow

Sorry for the recent month long absence but a certain nine almost ten month old has been terrorizing my world and lately at night I haven't felt up to blogging. Amidala is almost walking. She will stand on her own if you put her down, she is pulling up on everything imaginable include my self and Anakin. She walks around holding only one of our hands. Our world is about to turned upside down any day now by a certain cute munchkin. Anakin had posted 9 month pictures at www.everythingthelighttouches.com so go and check them out. Also a plug for him, if you want an pics done please let him know. There should be a new post up there soon as there is a current backlog of photos on our iMac.

Now for the updates:

#12, While you maybe thinking when did Rachel go to Europe, well I didn't, I'm changing this one. While I would love, love, love, love to go back and see some more it probably won't be in the finances for a bit here, so I'm changing it to just taking a vacation with Anakin alone, sans bebe. Hopefully it will be for our 5 year anniversary.

#41: This one was quite easy, I'll admit it. Since Amidala has been eating more and more of our food, it's easier to eat the table then anywhere else. Plus there are hard wood floors in the dining room and that means super easy to clean

#64: Amidala is slowing learning some signs, she does more and sometimes mommy. We try to use them as much as possible, its a start

#41: 2 more wines tries at a wine tasting at one of my favorite wine stores, Bon vivant in Randolph. They had a Portuguese White and a Merlot. So I tried both and they were both so delicious we bought a bottle of both.

Hope everyone has a great weekend. Check back soon for more post!

Rachel

Back to Reality

Vacation is good. We just got back from visiting the in-laws in North Carolina and boy was it hot and by hot I mean at least 90 each day. It even got to 110 on Saturday and the AC decided to break that day as well but that was our last day. Anakin, Amidala and I all had such a good time and Amidala loved spending time with her grandparents and I'm sure they did as well. We found out our little girl is like a fish and loves loves loves to swim. So much so that she was putting her own face in the water by the end!!

Anyways, I didn't feel like blogging while on vacation and didn't have the time either because Amidala kept 4 adults running around. I did manage to get some of my 101 in 1001 done so that was good. So here are the updates.

#78. I finally made something that wasn't four sided. I made a flour to accent a hat for Amidala. I am also working on two hats currently, one for Amidala and one for the hospital.

#9. This is still in progress, Amidala likes to get her face wet and kicks in the water so hopefully we can do some classes this winter/spring coming up to help her out more.

#38. I tried two new wines while on vacation. One was a mixed pinot gris and a reilsing. It was very tatsy, a little tangy but so so good. I also tried a Sweet wine, which by it's name you can guess is sweet, it's a blush wine which I do enjoy as well.

#72. Anakin and I got to go on a date while we were there as well. We went to dinner and saw Inception, which was a great movie. It was fun to go out together but also good to go back and see our little princess.

#30. Amidala had her first play date before we left. We drove up to Meuthen to see Katie and her little boy. Katie is a friend of mine from college and we met when we pledged our sorority. Amidala had a lot of fun and we can't wait to see them again!

Thanks for catching the update!
Racehl

101 in 1001 update

Hi All,
Sorry for the lacking blog post, or none at all for a few weeks here. I've been busy working on my list as well as trying to keep Amidala out of trouble (she's crawling and starting to stand now). Anyways here is the update.

#19. I last cut my hair in January and I have decide not to cut it again, aside from trimming my bangs, until it is long enough to donate it locks of love. I've always wanted to do this but my hairs gets about mid back and I chop it off. So this time I will try very very hard to not cut it, plus I've never had super long hair.

#6. I have completed a blanket to donate to Sturdy Memorial Hospital.I did a new stitch that I learned by myself, the fan stitch. I need to make the hat still but I have never made anything that is not a blanket so I'm going to have my MIL help me when we visit.

#26. On Tuesday night since I had no TV to watch since it's summer and there is nothing on, I took an hour and entered all of the address from our address book as well as the lists from our wedding and the baby shower. Now all of our address are in one central place. A boring task but now it's done and Christmas cards will be so much easier to send out this year.

#54 and #55. On fathers' day I made Anakin dinner since it's his day he just got to hang out with the princess and I cooked. We had mac an cheese with chicken from a recipe I found online and I just added chicken to it. I modified the recipe as we did not have heavy cream or sour cream so I just put milk and a ton of cheese.

#38. I tired one new wine a Savigon Blanc, which I've never had, I usually stick to reisling or a beer so I had this one because a friend brought the bottle over and left it. While I didn't not like it, it was a little dry for my taste but at least I finished my glass.

#76. We are taking a family trip to visit some family. I have put a lot of time into planning so we don't forget anything and if we do I'm sure we can but it there as there will be stores.

#84. On Wednesday I finally finished a crossword puzzle without cheating and looking up the answers. I ususally do one during my lunch as a way to destress and just get my mind off of work for about 30 minutes.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed my update!!! Hopefully I will be getting a new layout soon so keep checking to see it.

Rachel.

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Blanket

First off I hope all you watched Glee this week. All I can say is that show is amazing, I probably cried way too much for a TV show, but that version of somewhere over the rainbow was great.

Secondly, watching the finale I finally finished Amidalas' blanket. I kept meaning to start one while I was pregnant but I could never find the time, and found I had even less time when she was here. I had my MIL teach me a new stitch when they were out here in May and that is the one I used for her blanket with just a simple border on it so it doesn't take too much tear from Amidala using it. I am now working on making one to donate to the hospital that Amidala was born at along with a hat. The hat will be my first non four sided piece, but hopefully it will come out well and I can make one for myself and probably everyone else for Christmas. Amidala's

Pictures of the blanket to come.

thanks for stopping by Rachel

I didn't mean to light you on fire....

So today's titles come from our dinner preparations. We were making quesilldas and were cooking the peppers and onions with butter and tequila. It was very yummy. But needless to say it was interest. Let me preface it with I AM FINE. I DID NOT GET HURT So during the cooking process Anakin put some more tequila in and in order to get them to soften quicker cover the pan. I was stirring the chicken on the back burner and all of the sudden my neck and face were engulfed in flames. Anakin then proceed to say oh shit, i didn't mean to light you on fire.

ALso on a more positive note today I was able to go though all of my clothes in the basement and organize them and I came out with a bag of clothes, shoes and bags to donate. I am very with happy with that. I did a big purge before we moved. It just feels good to do that.

Have a happy and safe Memorial Day and Remember those who have fought for us.

Rachel

Give Blood, Give Life

So on Friday I gave blood for the first time in about 5 years and it was fine. It was funny to see some of the people that were there from my work and just people off the street. The thing I liked about it was I got to see/meet some people that I didn't even know where in my building. On the other hand, I did get to see a grown man cry. Yes that's right there was a grown man crying the whole time he gave blood. It was quite comical. I'm not making fun of this man I'm sure he had his reason but honestly it's not that bad, maybe my pain tolerance is higher from multiple IV attempts while in the hospital for E or what. But this is the first of 5 times I will be donating blood over the next 1001.

Come back soon,
Rachel

101 in 1001 update

So an update on my 101 in 1001. I currently have a few of the items on my list in progress. I have to call the library tomorrow to see when I can drop off my donation of book, I am giving blood at work on Friday (1/5). I have to admit the second one was easy as I do not have to leave my building to do so but only go down 3 floors. Also I learned a new crochet stitch, the thistle stitch, I learned it and I'm going to start E's baby blanket by using that stitch. I started it in red but I found some baby yarn that was a more appropriate color.
Also E has started to say some words, dada was first but now we have baba and mama(finally!!) Check out L's site, www.everythingthelighttouches.com for some cute pics of E and just some awesome pics in general!

Stay classy San Francisco,
Rachel