She's Not A Boy, OKAY!

Ava takes her first ride in a TARGET cart sitting all by herself...she was SOOOO happy!

WELL, this is her after some lady said "AHHH, your little boy is very cute and being so good!"

I had a private conversation with myself, "ARE YOU STUPID...can't you see the flowers on her shirt...she is beautiful and the only child not screaming in here today."

I instead chuckled and said "thanks, SHE is being very good."

P.S. Ava left Target with two new binkies that day, I thought she deserved it!

My New Year's Resolution finally comes to light!

I am starting to find humor in my very mundane new life style. Why not laugh that my mind is turning to mush from entertaining an 8 month old...it really doesn't take much to make her laugh or to find amusement in a sock on my head. Why not laugh that I purposely make lists so I have an excuse to run to the store when Dejan comes home. Why not laugh that my only connection right now with any friends, and people I can't seem to remember but they just won’t stop asking for that friend request (that one really makes me laugh), is through Facebook. Why not laugh that I now have an audience every time I use the bathroom. And, finally why not laugh that I have totally fallen in love with this vampire Edward Cullen...at least I can still engross myself in a good book, life is still the same after all.

So there you have it, my new year's resolution...TO LAUGH MORE!

Christmas and the New Year

Thank goodness Dejan, Ava, and I celebrated a quiet peaceful Christmas before we left for our parent's houses, because otherwise I would have to say Ava's first Christmas was a disaster. I got a stomach virus that made me sicker then I have ever been in a long time and proceeded to pass it to Dejan then Ava. My mom was supposed to leave for Italy (that's a whole nothing story I won’t share), but instead she came home that night to find me sitting on the bathroom floor...I haven't done that since my college days! lol Needless to say, the three of us spent Christmas Eve lying on my Mom and Dad’s couch under a blanket sound asleep....Merry Freakin' Christmas. I guess you can just imagine how Christmas Day was; at least I got that sweet picture of Ava up there. I'm thinking Fiji sounds really good for Christmas next year!

We did get to see our nieces Addison and Anna and nephew Sam, which seemed to brighten the long days. Ava played really good with all of them and of course seemed totally bored once we came home.

New Year was spent in Iowa City with a bottle of Dom Perignon..."the last splurge", YEAH RIGHT DEJAN! It's always fun to go up there. Thanks for letting us invite ourselves Seabold's!

Happy New Year...here's to 2009!