why am i still awake?

well it's because my honey is out of town and i hate going to sleep without him.  so i procrastinate going to sleep.  to help me do that, i edited pictures from july (with the exception of the first half from the beach and atlanta and baby's birthday party) and posted them on facebook.  i also killed time doing a number of other mindless things online before i went into a daze about how much i'm obsessed with my child and how i am doing a terrible job of recording the little things.  like how she got her SIXTH tooth right after she turned one.  she got her bottom two and then her top two and then the top one to the (my) left and now the one on the right!  yikes that's a lot of teeth.  my new bff kirstyn has a little girl six months older than baby.  kirstyn's kid has at least 14 teeth and wears a size 6 shoe!  will my baby grow 8 teeth and 4 shoe sizes in the next six months?!?!  i am so not ready for this.

today i woke up early to go to the dmv to get a colorado license.  which i never did the last time i lived here.  y'know how i hate the post office with all my heart?  well i hate the dmv like i hate the post office, although because colorado is so wonderful, i really haven't had a terrible experience with either of those yet in this state.  but that doesn't mean they're not evil.  anyways, the dmv is dmb.  i mean dumb.

so i rewarded myself with chick fil a for breakfast.  i got the chicken minis for the first time.  verdict: not as good as the regular chicken biscuit.  but you have to try new things just in case it could be better.  like the time i tried a chili slaw dog at the varisty and i'll never go back to just a regular chili dog.  oh my goodness i could totally go for some onion rings right now.  what i wouldn't give to be able to eat at the varisty more than 2 times a year...

so after we picked up breakfast we headed to the park to play with new bff kirstyn and another girl in our ward.  we headed home for lunch and naptime.  for the both of us.  then we met up with kirstyn again at the outlets.  i live ten miles and seven right turns from the outlets.  literally all i make it right turns to get there.  i was thinking about it on my way home and i decided it was pretty cool.  i got a $5 dress for baby for next summer and two tops for me from banana.

we each had a fabulous dinner, baby went to bed, and then i spent the next fifty hours being lonely and avoiding sleep.

ps- my kid is getting a little too attached to sleeping with a binky.  i know i can blame it on teething but i still don't like it.  and when on earth with this oral stage fade?!?!  we have about fifty near death experiences a day with all of the inedible objects and choking hazards she tries to eat.  i need to be able to relax... this is taking years off my life.

pps- i started giving baby whole milk a few weeks ago and she absolutely loves it but she won't chug it out of a sippy cup.  any ideas on how to get her to drink more throughout the day without having it be a "grazing" sort of thing?