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Thursday, December 3rd, 2009
12:01 am	I'm not on there much anymore, but I love Neopets.. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
11:55 pm	Oh my gosh! I just found out what "Dju" means! I'm always asking her "Do you want juice? Do you want to watch Kermit? Do you want a blanket?" etc... When she said "No. Dju Beebee." She was saying "No, I want the baby." Awww! I'm so happy she wants to keep him! lol (4 Comments |Comment on this)
9:15 pm	Tonight at the store, a woman started smiling and talking to Baby Brother while he was in his car seat, sitting on the floor. Bina came, and the woman said "He's so cute! Can I take him home?" And Bina said "No!" She asked again, and Bina pulled the umbrella thing over the top of the baby and said "No! Dju Beebee!" I dunno what that means, but she made her point. She even put up her hand and shook it and repeated "No. Dju BeeBee." I about died laughing. Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
11:04 am	This morning, Baby brother woke up and didn't cry, but he pulled himself up in the crib and stood there smiling at us, waiting for us to wake up and play with him. Current Mood: amused (Comment on this)
Monday, November 30th, 2009
6:48 pm	Baby brother is pulling himself up on everything he can crawl to, and just started going "Babababa". Me: Look at him! That's your son, you know. Oliver: Yeah.. poor guy. Me: What do you mean 'poor guy', why do you think I married you? Oliver: I try not to question it. Current Mood: amused (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 28th, 2009
11:45 pm	My Bina really is a sweet girl.. Those who don't catch on to this because of her level of intensity in everything she does will only realize it when she's better able to communicate. (Comment on this)
1:30 am	Four years ago today, I met Oliver for the first time. He was terribly nervous, and says now that when he saw me, he said to himself "No way... there's no way she'd ever be interested in a guy like me." He took me to pick up a fake engagement ring, and a bag of shredded coconut because we were going to his family's house to make chocolates. Pam, my mother-in-law, says that just the fact that we were holding hands was enough to convince her that Oliver and I were actually engaged. They got up and hugged us, and Rynn said "You two are just full of surprises" and I took that opportunity to tell them we were faking. They hit Oliver a couples times, and everybody laughed, and then we sat down at the table and joined everyone else making chocolates. Nathan was gone then, at the MTC. So when I came in, I noticed Oliver's brothers watching football, and I already liked Oliver a lot, and I thought to myself "oh no, they're sports fans, where am I gonna fit in in this family?" But the whole time, they were asking me stuff like.. "Do you like sports?" "Would you rather be hot or cold?" And apparently they liked my answers, and said Oliver and I were gonna get along just fine. I remember when we started, Pam set Oliver to watch the coconut in the oven so it didn't burn, and I was directed to sit at the table. Then Oliver burnt the coconut, and Pam said "You're fired! Go sit by [her]." And Oliver said "okay!" We were out of chairs, so he stood next to me. He had an apron on, and chocolate all over his fingers. I wanted to take him by the wrist and kiss him on the cheek, and then pretend like I hadn't done anything. Luckily, I was able to resist because Oliver says he might well have fainted. He showed me his figurines that he'd painted, and then we left and went shopping for Christmas gifts. We came back to my aunt's house and watched Bandits on the couch, and he didn't touch me the whole time. He says he wanted to put his arm around me, but he was too nervous. I thought it was cute. Then we went to the dollar movie theatre with my cousin and her friend. While debating about what movie to watch, we noticed "Oliver Twist" and Oliver said "You don't have to pay a dollar to see that" and he started shimmying in his seat in the car. We ended up watching Just Like Heaven, and thinking it was dumb. And then we went for a drive, and walked through a really pretty, but frigid park. I was freezing, and my cousin said there was a blanket in the trunk of her car, and Oliver immediately piped in "I'll get it!" and took off before I could protest, or make sure it wasn't locked. At the end of the day, when he dropped me off, we hesitated to say goodbye, knowing we lived in different states. He told me how his dad was retired from Delta, and it wouldn't be any trouble to fly out and see me, -if I wanted him to. And then he was going to walk back to his car, and almost exasperated, I said "Hug me!" And he did. And I remember feeling like I was truly at home for the first time in my whole life. I knew I wanted to be hugged like that forever. When he was gone, my cousin said "He liiiikes youuu..." And I don't know how obvious it was, but I liked him too. I even thought to call and invite him over the next day, but I remembered he was probably back at school. But I should have called because he missed the first flight, and he was apparently still around. The next time I saw him was when my family picked him up at the airport after Christmas, when I sent him my evenstar necklace. And after that second visit, I knew that I would marry him. Oliver I love you. Thank you for being brave and asking me out that day after thanksgiving, to come and meet your whole family. Thank you for not being scared away by your first impulse. Yes, you said some kind of stupid things, but I knew you were just nervous, and honestly, I can't remember what any of those things were. All I remember is how cute you were when you were nervous, how strong your arms and shoulders looked compared to your apron, and how clear and honest your eyes were, and how you wore your heart on your sleeve. You looked at me like I was the whole world, and we'd only known each other for a couple hours. I'm so happy I found you. Someone I was afraid didn't really exist. Someone I trust so much more than anyone else alive, who truly loves me and cares deeply for me. You are and always will be my favourite person. Thank you for giving me the chance just to know you. My heart is forever in your debt. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009
7:52 pm	This is so true... "pre-schoolers have no impulse control. Knowing it is wrong is not enough to stop her from wanting to see what it feels like on her hands, what it smells like, what it looks like on the floor, etc. The best course of action at this age is almost total supervision." (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
11:16 pm	I love Christmas, and I'm way excited. But every now and then I remember that Christmas last year, I lost my Suz. (Comment on this)
3:48 am	The Curse of the Princess Monster!! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, November 20th, 2009
2:21 am	The older I get, the more amazed I am at the reasons for which so many people seem to get married. Money, Convenience, Desperation, Lust, Even, just because they didn't think they could do better. Or.. because they think they're supposed to. And to whom is almost an afterthought. I said. I would never get married unless our love was epic. Epic. And if I couldn't find it, if it wasn't God's will, I would continue to be single, and live my life to the best of my ability, loving and caring for mainly myself. When I tell people about Oliver, they tell me I'm lucky. And anyone who knows the whole story also knows luck had nothing to do with it. But.. am I lucky I didn't end up with a creep for a husband? I'm kind of insulted at the thought. Sure, people change. But for the most part, when a marriage has gone sour, they tell me they saw the warning signs, and ignored them. Married the guy anyway. I would never do that, and I believe no one else should have to either. There are good guys out there! And if you can't find one, even if your heart is breaking, have fun! Be with friends and family every waking moment! Do service in your community, and make more friends! The heartache won't go away, but you can learn to live a happy life in spite of it. I had only just learned to do that before I was led to Oliver. And I believe it made me a better companion for him. He is my favourite person. His child-like profile and his strong jaw. His curly hair and broad shoulders. These images comfort me. I love his smile and that spark in his eyes when he's truly happy. I love his gift for empathy. His honest and innocent affection. We are happiest when we're together, doing absolutely nothing at all. But I love how he plays with and baby-talks at our children. I love how he teases them, and they smile back at him, open hearts, bright eyes. He is a wonderful daddy. These are things that make life worth living. But he didn't just wake up the morning after the wedding a different man; ready to be a father, ready to see me at my worst. He was already that man. And when I'd been caring for a screaming non-sleeping infant for four days, and I haven't had even one moment of peace to brush my hair, or wash my face, or change my clothes covered in baby puke. (Really... who ever sees that coming on their wedding day?) He came home to that after working an 80-hour week and he took her. And he let me sleep. And he did that because he loves me. He did it because he has a heart of gold. Because he's a good man, and he would do anything to make us a happy family. And come what may, we are in it together. Because he's my husband. And I couldn't take that lightly. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
2:22 pm	I cut the baby's hair!! It was getting pretty crazy, and he's an infant.  He wiggles all the time.  I wasn't sure I trusted a stranger with scissors so close to my baby's head. Anyway, for not knowing what I'm doing, I think it turned out okay. :) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, November 6th, 2009
10:00 pm	I took this picture of Baby Brother last night while he was tied to me in the baby sling. I couldn't see how it turned out, because he was so close, I had to hold the camera up and press its side against my cheekbone to get the shot. But I love this picture.  I love the quiet focus, the innocence, and the intensity in his new, 6 month old, blue eyes. My sister says its weird and cool to see us both together.  And I'm glad she notices something, because I notice it too, and it's a little awkward to wonder if no one else can feel this when it's as plain as daylight to me every time I look at him. I told Oliver it's the strangest thing, knowing you remember someone when you can't have ever met, but that's me and my boy. I know him.  I know him like I know the feel of the holidays in winter.  I know him like I know there are stars in the sky.  I know him like I know my heart beats day in, and day out. I have always known him, and he has always been there for me, and what we have together is bigger than this world. We were meant to be together as we are now; sharing our mortality in time and in body; our hair, our hearts, our sober and beckoning eyes, -are all the same. I wonder if God's spirit children can come in sets of twins just as children do on Earth, and if so, he must have been mine. I love you, Honey Bee. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
5:49 pm	I'm currently debating making t-shirts out of these for Bina and Baby Brother. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
5:56 pm	Some psycho on IMVU just accused me of... (drum roll please)... Getting powerful people on IMVU to erase her homepage, because she wrote my name on it. Yeah. I even told her about the box of peppermints I made like.. two Christmases ago, that accidentally got labeled as Adult Only, and I requested that it be switched back to General Audiences. Still haven't heard from the admins on that one.  -Yeah.  I got me all sortsa power! :p Oh.  And when I denied everything.  Cuz.. it's loony.  She accused me of being an ugly person, and putting on a face of innocence, and not being mature enough to admit my guilt to her. She can't even figure out why I would want my name erased from peoples' homepages either (it's even bad for business).  But she's convinced I did it, and that I'm a bad person because of it. What... the... crap. (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
9:23 pm	My mother-in-law came over today and she watched the babies so Oliver and I could go out.  Yay! We shared some great mexican food, and saw UP at the dollar theatre.  That one is definitely worth owning! UHh!  It's been a while since we could go out just the two of us.  Feels great.  I can't wait till Bina is older and I feel comfortable leaving them with a regular baby sitter. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
9:01 am	Baby Brother just crawled!! It was just a little tiny bit, -but it's a start!! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, October 30th, 2009
11:38 pm	I'm gonna die laughing (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
12:34 am	Haunted Gingerbread House Spot the Jack Skellington cookie. Anyway, this is what I'm bringing to work tomorrow!  The house won't be eaten at work, I'm taking that to Jacob and Robyn's.  But my co-workers can eat the cookies and extra decorating candy! (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, October 26th, 2009
11:00 pm	In the last two and a half hours... Bina has managed to: spill juice all over the couch, spit a piece of apple at me, get herself stuck under the bed (screaming and crying ensued), and throw a ball across the room, knocking into a bowl that almost fell on top of a sleeping Baby Brother. (2 Comments |Comment on this)