New Years Eve Already??

Has anybody else started thinking about their New Year's Eve resolution?  Well, you might think I'm kind of weird because I have...  I've always wanted to make decorated sugar cookies like the best of them.  So, by this time next year I will be able to make decorated cookies!

I'm a little anxious on what shape of cookies to make.  I was thinking some star shapes to start out, making some random shapes and whatnot on the cookies kind of like this

Anyone already do this kind of thing? Have any tips or suggestions for me?  Anything will help!

Working Mama

Yesterday was my first day back at work.  I am part time, so I was scheduled 4-8.  I didn't actually leave until 8:30 because I was a closer...

I was not that excited about working.  And I work again today.  In fact, I work the next two days, also.  I didn't really want to go back, but my fiance doesn't make enough for all of us to live on.  Well, he does, but we are still kind of stupid and like to do stuff (and spend money on things we don't need).

Now that I am working, my fiance has to watch baby Carolina while I am at work.  I made a little to-do list for him (basically, bathe the little one, play with her, and clean a couple of things that I've asked him to do for a really long time) and I called him at break to hear him say "No wonder you don't get everything done during the day."  And I get home and he as only done two things on the list: give Carolina a bath and play with her.  He didn't clean :/

Well, other than that little revelation, he decided to watch Dumbo with the little baby.  So, since he put that movie in, I've been watching it all day instead of Tangled.  I have been watching Tangled about 3-4 times a day for a week or so.  Before then, it was Cinderella, and then before that, Tangled again, and right before that The Aristocats.  I've seen those 3 Disney movies about 50 times apiece before I would switch movies.  And my daughter is only 2 1/2 months old!

I'm going to go ahead and get off here.  I need to eat something so I don't feel like crap at work tonight.

Political Musings

So...  Obama has won!  I'm pretty happy about that.  I'm sure not everyone of you that reads this will be happy, but I ask you to not rave in the comments.  It's over, maybe next time.  Thanks.

Anyway, my poor little baby just had a tummy ache that ended with milk being spewed on my shirt :/  The poor little girl.  She wasn't acting all too excited to eat, but it had been a couple of hours and I'm about to go to sleep, so I figured I'd feed her and when I picked her up to burp her, it was ridiculously loud.  And then she burped again, except it was a little more than a burp...

Well, now that that is out (it is pretty disgusting, don't know why I am sharing it with you), I am tired.  Well, not really, but I need to get to bed!  Good night, and have a happy four more years with Obama!

To The Doctors Office!

Yesterday, my fiance took the day off from work to go to our daughter's doctor appointment.  When we got there, Carolina was hungry!  And since I breastfeed I figured I would wait until after her appointment and just get her to calm down enough to get through the appointment...  Well that didn't work so well, she was mad.  And she had to get 3 shots!  A mad, hungry baby with needles poking her!

She does this kind of cute thing when she really gets mad.  She will push as much air out of her lungs as she can, and then take a big gulp of air and scream as loud as she can.  Lately, her loud is getting louder and louder.  I remember when it used to be that you probably couldn't hear her one booth over in a restaurant.  Now, she can scream bloody murder.

Well, her poor right leg bled a little bit (and it got on her outfit that I'm not too fond of anyway, so it didn't really matter, haha), and her left leg didn't bleed at all when she got her shots.

After leaving the doctors office,  I had to text everyone the good news!  She is 23 1/4 inches tall, and 10 lbs 9.6 ounces.  For the past week I've been weighing her and guessing her height.  When I got a tape measure out, I measured her twice (in her bassinet, I put her feet up to the end and measured to the top of her head) and got 23 inches the first time and 23.5 inches the second time.  So, I was right!  And I also guessed her to be between 10 and 11 lbs.  I was thinking about 10.5 lbs, and my moms scale said she weighed 10.6 lbs, so I was right there, too!  I'm so good at this.  If only she didn't seem heavier.  That's probably the worst part of it all.

My fiance and I were driving through the town that her doctors appointment was, and he just so happened to spot a little light blue car that he thought we might like (we have been thinking of getting a new car because ours is a 2-door).  We stopped by the car and he got out to check out the car.  A salesperson came and talked to him for a bit.  And then we got conned to going inside (with a newly hungry baby, again...) to find out the price of the car.  The guy was really nice to us, but when he got his manager to help with some financing questions, his manager was really pushy and not nice.  Like, we had made it clear we were not leaving with a new car that day.  But he just kept pushing the subject.  And once we talked about our car a little bit, he said that he really wanted our car (an Honda Accord), and would give us an extra thousand if we got the new car today.  Luckily, my fiance said no (I don't really want that car).

That manager was really pushy and it was not exactly a good experience car shopping (the first time I had ever gone and also talked to a salesperson seriously about a car).

Well, I need to get off here, the baby's crying!  Talk to you later!

Post-Shopping Day

It turns out I didn't go shopping last Saturday :/  I ended up going the next day to a mall closer than Iowa City.  I got something for Christmas (that you won't be able to see until then! but I can tell you that they fit!) and I looked at some baby clothes that were absolutely adorable.

Anyway, looks like I missed saying Happy Halloween to all of you...  I ended up going and hanging out with my mom, grandma, and daughter (yeah, four generations all together in one house :) actually I've got a fifth generation alive, also).  I tried my hand - unsuccessfully - at crocheting a baby hat.  I ended up making it into a little beret because I didn't want to unravel all of it, haha.

Welp, I'mma get off here and surf the internet a while...  Talk to you later!