Happy Valentine's Day!

How cute is that? Hope you had a happy one!

The great pacifier debate

I hate pacifiers. When I see a three-year-old with one stuck in his mouth I just want to yank it out as I pass by. I always think of them as a vice, a crutch. Parents who don't want to deal with what their kids really want force something in their mouths so they don't have to listen to them.

But my child won't stop sucking. It doesn't matter if he's been fed or if he's sleepy or what ... he was sucking on our fingers until they were pruny and that didn't seem to be any better a vice than a pacifier. However, I was still apprehensive about sticking a piece of plastic in instead. I don't want my child to be one of those toddlers ... am I being selfish and caring too much about how people see me? I know I've passed judgements ...

So I talked to the doctor, and she eased my mind about nipple confusion and vices and the reasons babies suck (evidently a lot more reasons than anyone knows). We've gone with a pacifier. I think we're all happier.

Cat Power

There's a commercial that Cat Power did last year where she covered Lana Hall's "How Can I Tell You" ... that song haunts me, and it's not fair that she never recorded more than the 30-second bit. Lana Hall's version is okay, but very 60s. Cat Stevens recorded it also, but it really needed a woman's voice. Can we start a petition to get her to record the damn thing? It's so incredible. Sadly, I'm now going to post the You Tube video of the commercial so you can hear what I hear, and so I can hear it again ...

Spencer's here and he's beautiful!

It's surreal, really. I have a baby. A beautiful baby boy.



Born 2/8/08 3:44am

7 lbs, 7 oz
20 1/2 inches long

here via emergency C-section. Went in for induction, the prep stuff put me into full labor, dilated fine and Mr. Spencer decided to wrap his cord around his neck so they had to go in and get him.

Baby and mommy (and daddy) doing well, in the hospital recovering until Monday!

Only Wednesday

It is not even noon and somehow I've already been awake for several hours, played pretty hard with the dog and taken a nap. I missed Christen leaving for work because I was asleep and I woke up to some terrible comic on Comedy Central -- I actually thought it was a bad dream that I was being subjected to that crap, and then woke up fully and realized it was Emo Phillips and I seriously need to change the channel.

One thing I have not done is had breakfast, or lunch. I'm starving. There's really nothing for me to eat here except grilled cheese sandwiches, but I'm not good at eating out on my own. Yesterday I drove through for fast food and sat in my car and ate it. I very rarely eat fast food, so I can't stand to eat it today too. But just I can't sit and eat by myself. Do you have that problem?

I'm supposed to meet my mom at the park and walk the trails (yes, I'm trying everything to get this baby to come out) so I guess I can pick up something and eat it there. Let's hope today's the day!!

Lost my background

I hate when that happens. That's why I never use something off someone else's site. Oh well, if it doesn't show up soon I guess I'll have to change it. And I liked that rug-like one! Dern it.

Currently putting music on my iPod -- the new Jack Johnson album (beautiful, but even mellower than his previous stuff -- good baby-sleepy music) and the Across the Universe deluxe album. Yay! I ran errands for nearly three hours today and I'm beat.

See ya!

F*cking hilarious.

I hate Sara Silverman. I'll preface this post with that right now. But I borrowed this from the Book Bitches because it's one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time. You have to put up with her at the beginning, but you'll thank me for it :)