welcome to atlanta

first off, have i mentioned before how much i hate packing?  because i despise it.

let me tell you i've had more pleasant flying experiences than the one i had today.  there was no crying or anything and she was really well behaved but my baby did not sleep even one second of our three hour flight.  it was like trying to contain an octopus.  an octopus with adhd.  i was ready to pull my hair out.  but you know baby with her hair pulling fetish did that for me.  luckily i was wearing a black shirt so everyone could see that half of my hair was attached to my head and half was not.  it was disgusting and painful.  also her diaper may have leaked on her, me, and my nursing cover, and before we even got on the plane, i did quite a bit of trucking around the denver airport because the security guy couldn't scan my text message boarding pass and i had to go back upstairs to the delta counter to ask them to print out a paper boarding pass so i could haul myself and my bags and my baby in her carseat back down through security.  and then since that took so long, by the time i got to the plane, everyone had boarded and they said i had to gate check my rolly bag because there wouldn't be enough room for it.  i hate that.

on a positive note, delta didn't even bat an eye at my "diaper bag" which is actually just a huge duffle full of all of baby's things for the trip, my rolly gate checked bag was waiting for me on the baggage carousel, baby finally passed out at noon MST (she'd been awake for almost six hours), and mother and i had a delicious lunch at the varsity.  i love being home.

other things happened but instead of writing about them, i'll just post the pictures.  it was never fabulous but lately, my photography has seriously gone downhill.

waiting for mom

my bag and my "diaper bag".  not pictured: my loaded purse.

still passed out

don't let the grogginess fool you.  baby loves the varsity.

bath time!

go ahead and tell me.  i have the cutest kid ever.

she was playing with a dinosaur so i gave her stegosaurus spikes.  i'm a really good parent because i take advantage of bath time being an educational experience.

this is weed.  or sister lisa.  i love her to death and tonight was the first time i'd seen her in TWO WHOLE YEARS.  welcome home from finland weed!  remember you're always welcome at the maycocks where my dad will serve you a nice salad with the fatted salmon.

have you ever wondered why i'm so nazi about my kid always wearing a bow?  let me tell you.  the real purpose of this picture was to compare my child to my brother as a child.  sans bow and avec comb over, my baby turns into her uncle wally.  yes, he actually goes by uncle wally.  but i swear he's not weird and creepy.  except when he attempts a mustache.  but really, aren't those maycock genes amazing?  and dominant?

not pictured: BBB (big booty belen) who, after tonight, will now be going by the name "buns."  i love that girl.  especially when she says "toaster" with an american accent.  

we're here! we're here!

we've been in our house for almost two weeks and it has been amazing.  I LOVE PARKER.  we only have a handful of lingering boxes left to be unpacked.  we have almost the whole house furnished.  as of thursday, baby has stopped crying and clinging to my legs 24/7.  that felt like it would never end.  we have a tv and channels.  the first time in our marriage.  on tuesday we'll finally get internet.  on thursday, baby and i are going to atlanta!!!  we'll be at the beach all of next week.  to prepare, we've been going to the pool every day.  baby girl loves the water and it completely fearless as she crawls headfirst into the baby pool.  oh, we also got a second car.   first time in our marriage that we've ever had two cars.  baby girl is getting so big.  she's looking so much older to me.  she claps when we tell her to and she waves in socially appropriate situations.  she also does quite a bit of walking while holding on to just one hand.  still won't stand up on her own though.  she sits down the second i let go of her.  and if she knows it's coming, she won't even put her feet down.  this morning we had waffles for breakfast.  first time in forever since we didn't bring our waffle iron with us to california.  i was so excited for waffles that i made them from scratch since we were out of bisquick.  and ohhh they were so good.  the waffles themselves were just normal but when you add butter, powdered sugar, syrup, whipped cream, and strawberries...  mmmm.  it's going to be a sad day for me when baby wants to eat what i do.  until then, i'm grateful for mornings like this one where she'll happily eat peas while i stuff my face with loaded waffles.  we have hung absolutely nothing on our walls yet.  hopefully that will happen sometime.  and hopefully i can go back to taking pictures and blogging regularly too.  maybe... in a few weeks.  okay, that's all i have to say now.  i'm at the in laws right now and i should probably be a better guest.

life has been a little busy lately

holy cow i can't wait for this mini whilwind to settle down.  we made it to colorado finally.  i say finally because after everyone had boarded the plane last night and waited for 15 minutes, they told us that our pilot was a no show.  flight delayed for a full 2.5 hours.  we got in late.  i got to sleep at 3:15 am.  did i mention that i woken up at 5:50 am?  baby is trying her hand at some early morning waking lately.  it's happened thrice.  i wanted to say "thrice."

remember that terrible week in colorado when we came out here house hunting?  baby was sooo sensitive and clingy and having a terrible time sleeping.  well, lately has been the mini version of that.  ever since we started packing stuff in boxes she's been all out of sorts.  her whole little world turned upside down.  yesterday she woke up at 5:50.  we turned in our apartment keys by 8.  spent some time on campus at the stanford bookstore and spent the rest of the afternoon eating clam chowder bread bowls at fishermans wharf and hanging out at pier 39.  when i say "we" i mean myself and baby girl.  and my youngest brother in law, my father in law, my mother in law, and her parents.

that's because honey left with the uhaul somewhere around 7 am.  his brother is driving with him but only for the good company.  his brother can't actually drive.  honey drove from 7 am til after midnight.  and today he'll drive the rest of the way.  salt lake city to parker colorado!

so it's been busy and challenging with all of those weird little things.  like not having a pack n play.  MIA pilots.  nursing/feeding baby purees and finger foods while we make our way around stanford, san francisco and two airports as "hillier, party of six"

well, baby has fully unpacked both of our bags and is bored with that.

wish us luck.

putting on the green

a video full of giggles

baby girl used to really make us work for her laughs.  well not anymore.  when we're home, she laughs at just about anything.

this video is from last friday night after i got home from yoga.  and just so you know, my christopher and i hum christmas carols to our baby all year round.

ps- we started packing tonight.  well, my honey packed.  i watched him and ate.

we've been busy

liza, sorry i haven't been blogging lately. do these pictures of my baby in an itty bitty wagon make you want to forgive me? maybe i'll catch up on sunday when i have a little more time. love you!