The Christmas Eve party was a big hit. All that homemade food was much enjoyed! The handmade gifts were well received, and I even got Jessica Seinfeld’s groovy new cookbook. My in-laws just left our home. Their flight back to Ohio was cancelled (OMG!) and they are now driving back. Like previous visits, this one [...]
Preparations are underway for the big Christmas Eve party we are hosting. Here’s how the menu is shaping up: From family members: Shrimp and okra gumbo Corn and crab chowder Roasted turkey Baked ham Christmas cookies more desserts From us: (Smoked) oyster roll Salmon spread Jezebel (spicy apple jelly spread) Artichoke casserole supreme Cajun jambalaya [...]
I am not a big believer in signs. But. Pete called to tell me that Hulk Hogan is to reign as king of Bacchus in 2008. I should have known then. But. I got home and picked up Sun to nurse her. As I sat down, I heard a distinct “tink tink tink,” and looked [...]
I have been focusing on staying positive through this holiday season. And that should be easy since we are celebrating Sun’s first. But as a new-parent, I already feel the pull to do more, buy more, consume more. I have felt pressure to buy fancy clothes for Sun “for the holidays” and am constantly being asked [...]
Katie over at Overflowing Brain tagged me for this hoopla. She is modest in saying I have higher traffic than her on my blog. I doubt that is true, but compliments will go far here! Here are the rules, as decreed by someone higher up than myself. 1. List 12 random things about yourself that [...]
Today Sun was scheduled to have her MRI. After a very, very long day, she did not have that MRI. I am too exhausted to explain. Plus, I want to stay positive. In the end, she had a CT scan. The tech stayed late for her and the doctor met with us before we left. [...]
Last night was my firm’s holiday dinner at Commander’s Palace. I don’t know if it is that I didn’t make it to last year’s soiree or that being a new mother, I don’t get a lot of adult interaction, but I enjoyed myself at last night’s party more than I can remember enjoying in a [...]
We decorated our Christmas tree tonight. We are now at the point that each and every ornament has special meaning. There’s the one given to us by friends in San Diego just after we were married, and the matching ones that have “Nola” and “Sunshine” engraved on them–my grandmother took her granddaughters to the mall [...]
Sun looks a lot like her father. That’s really an understatement–she looks EXACTLY like her father. The shape of her face, her eyes, her dimples, her hair color, even her eyelashes. And everyone tells me so. LIKE I DON’T KNOW! The other day CS and I attended a funeral, and the widow turned to me [...]
We went to the pediatrician today and were told that the results of Sun’s EEG were good. But. (Why is there always a “but”?) But, because of her rather large hemangioma, there is the slightest concern that she could have an internal hemangioma that could be causing the shaking she experienced. (And the doc mentioned [...]