I have forgotten what its like to have a newborn in the house.

How soon we forget, huh?

why is it they only want to cry at 3am? sleep peacefully all day long, but night falls and all hell breaks loose?

Ezra is a good baby....just gives his mama fits in the middle of the night. Poor Mama. Poor tired Mama.

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I went shopping to day and spent wayyyyyyyy too much money on baby clothes...but he can't be naked ALL the time, can he? We have started calling him The Emperor, cuz he has no clothes! All of his stuff was way too big for the little guy, so OF COURSE, MiMi had to go shopping and get him a little somethin somethin....it's my duty as a MiMi. And I take it very seriously.

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I didnt actually think I would get homesick, but I kinda am. But the weather here is FABULOUS and there is no way in cold cold hell I want to be in Ohio right now, with another winter storm on the way. But I'm kinda missing Super Trooper. Hard to imagine, right? ;) I'm sure as soon as I see him, that will go away. HA! Im so mean.

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so about American Idol, why oh WHY did they get rid of Chris Medina? I liked him. Would he win it? nooooooo, but you can't tell me that the dude that kicked Jaycee out of the group is better than he is. Nope...refuse to believe that. and JLo...I love you girl, but COME ON. YOU guys are the one who turned him down! why the tears????! If you liked him that much than you should have fought harder for him....blah blah blah,. and what rock do you live under to have NEVER heard a Beatles song? good Lord! and I am sooo thankful that Meth Head girl who got married in Vegas did NOT make it any further. I was tired of looking at her meth mouth. EEWWWWWW.

Ezra, 1 week old

Things are good in Baby Land.

Little Man is growing already and looks different every day..getting rolls and multiple chins. :)

Murff and I walk every day in the cutest little neighborhood. It's full of cute little bungalows and they all have brightly painted front doors...bright lime green, bright blue or red....nice NICE houses too. Well cared for lawns..well manicured...little picket fences, screened in porches with wicker furniture...pergolas in the backyard.....just really nice. and the people are so friendly...not the DRIVERS, but the people out and about in their yards. It's warms and sunny here, with crocuses and daffodils starting to bloom already.

The drivers are nuts...and RUDE!!!! they LOVE to beep their horn at you if you don't gun it at a green light. I don't like driving down here at all.

So Ezra has been up at night the past 2 nights...making his mama and daddy and mimi very tired during the day. He rules the roost right now!

But we are all crazy in love with him!

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Ezra Michael, the next US President. :)

My new grandson is here!!

we left Ohio Friday night about 11pm...hoping to get to NC around 10-11am. I had talked to Rae earlier in the day and she said she "didn't feel good".....ok.

So around 6am we get a call from her, while we're on the road.

"Mom...I think my water broke, and I feel crampy"

"Ok..call your midwife and let her know..we're about 4 hours away."


so a little while later she calls back,

"I'm having contractions about every 4 minutes and I leak water with every one."

WE'RE HAVING US A BABY TODAY!!!!

So we pull into their drive around 11am. Rae is on her exercise ball, breathing through the contractions, but not really sweating it at all....very calm and relaxed...still not really sure if this was the REAL thing or not. Her midwife shows up, and they're talking and the midwife is telling her that it takes a loonnnnggg time to get to 5 cm, and to just relax....

Well, she checked her and she was 6-7 cm already!!!

Things really got moving after that!

The midwife and her people got busy scurrying around, setting up the pool in the living room. Oh..did I tell you they planned a home birth? No? they're having the baby at home in a pool of hot water!

So they get things set up and contractions are really coming now....she's in the pool, she's outta the pool....breathing and SO CALM during the whole thing. She really impressed me.

She got back in the water with Mike and she pushed for about an hour and out came Ezra Michael!! Born at 4:36pm.

Oh, and I GOT TO HELP DELIVER HIM!!! How cool is THAT? Rae and I both got to pull him out. It was just the most amazing thing ever. I would recommend a home birth to anyone. Rae got out of the pool, got into bed, nursed Ezra...just like she had been doing it her whole life. What an amazing , strong woman she is.

So, the week that we planned to spend just the two of us...shopping...talking...is now consumed with Little Man.

He weighed 6lbs 9ozs and was 19 ins. long. and looks JUST like his Daddy!!! he's a handsome little guy. I'll try to post pics so ya'll can see him, if you haven't seen him on Facebook already! ;)

Oh, and the best part? Marvin got to watch the whole thing and he even videotaped the birth! He wasn't too crazy about having the baby at home, but it all went smoothly, and he was relieved. And he left last night to go back to Ohio, even tho he didn't want to leave. I've been instructed to send a pic of EZ every day while Im here. :)

Ezra Michael

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Peek a Boo, I see you!

About every month or so, we have a very informal "alumni night" at a local wing joint. Anyone can come, have a drink and get caught up with old friends. It's usually a lot of fun and last weekend was one of those nights.







This is me, Hippie and my friend Vicki. Hippie is the boyfriend of our friend Prissy, and yes, he's a Hippie...and a Biker...and totally cool. He makes homemade wine and brandy that is the BOMB!!! gooooood stuff. Homemade Dego Red to DIE for...He gave me a big 'ole jug of it,,and yes....it's almost gone. Good stuff. And he can cook....and he has a Harley. In fact, he gave me my first ride on a Harley...one night, late....he took me for a ride...95mph down winding roads....MOST FUN IVE HAD!!!!



Ok, this is Vick, Prissy and me. Now, it was probably about a year ago that we 3 girls became close friends...we met up at an alumni night and found out that we had ALOT in common...and started walking together everyday and going to lunch and soon enough, we were inseparable. Prissy is an angel and Vick, well....in high school, I thought she was a Miss Priss. But man was THAT far from the truth!!! She graduated with me and Bina, but we were never really "friends" in high school...she was a "popular" girl and I soooo wasn't. But now we're good friends. And she wants to plan a trip to San Diego with me, Bean and Vick....taking over the city! HAHA!





Now you've heard me talk about my friend Scotty. This is him. and yes, we really are "just friends"...tho there are some people who refuse to believe that. We are Best Friends and he's like a brother to me. My own brother doesn't speak to me, so I've replaced him with Scotty! He's newly divorced and had a heart attack a year ago. In fact the 4 of us became really good friend all around the same time. he's the 4th "girl" when we do a "girl's lunch". I thought he and Prissy might get together there for a while, but she met her Hippie and that was the end of that! But he's getting back out there and dating...and we all help him with that. he's very very funny and a great friend, and a great "brother" to me. I talk to him every day and can tell him anything, without fear of being made fun of. And I can cuss him out and he never gets mad at me..so I like that! ;) It's nice to have a guy as just a friend...you get into the minds of men and find out what they REALLY think, which is always helpful. And it's nice to know he has my back.

So that's what I've been up to...a little peek into my life from last weekend!

When life gives you butter beans, add rosemary and some salt and chow down!

I am SO over football...at least for a while.

it WAS a good game yesterday tho...'cept I fell asleep and missed the 4th quarter. I know! that's the most important one....sheesh! But I heard the Packers won, right? ;)

So Im leaving this weekend and won't be back till April. Im really looking forward to getting the hell outta Dodge and away from this crappy weather. I just don't want to "over stay my welcome" ya know? and there are lots of photos to be taken while Im down there...and maybe visiting some Blogger friends..hopefully. Im considering doing a line of calendars and greeting cards, so the new photos would be for that. We'll see.

So today Im feeling....blah and blechy and yucky.

it's the freaking weather, Im telling ya. I need some sun on my skin. does anyone have a "light box"? have you ever used one? does it really help? cuz Im seriously thinking about getting one.

and a friend of mine wants to plan a get away to San Diego...and Im hoping Bina can get in on this too. 3 girls, in the sun...out on the town...alone. and then rent a car and head North to LA for Mary and Q and Zombie Mom. Can't hit CA and NOT see them...those are my homegirls who got me through alot.

Which reminds me....blogging is awesome, isn't it? So so many wonderful people in my life through this thing. I know I say it all the time, but it's so true and I've been reminded of it so much lately.

I'm feeling lonesome today. so that gets me thinking about my friends and how I need them to "re-charge" me. and I'm in great need of "re-charging" these days. Im telling you...I HAVE to move out of Ohio. It's not good for me. Next year, the youngest will graduate and has big plans to visit Crazy Aunt Nancy in CA, so me and The Warden are making plans to move to southern Ohio. he will work at the academy for the remaining 6 years and then we are outta here! and we are really looking forward to it.

When we talk about it, it's like, "7 years to go?" that seems sooooo long! But it's not really. Austin's junior year is almost over already...he will be an official Senior in a few short months....so our moving days aren't too far behind. St. Petersburg, here we come!!!

So that's me today. yuck. Blah. Blech. yup...that's me.

So Long Cold and Ice and Snow (please God let it be warm in NC!)

I've been in my pajamas all day.

and now i have "bedhead" headache....

and a pork roast in the oven, with rosemary potatoes and honey/ginger carrots.

Hubs was in Columbus last night, Dirtbike Boy was at a friend's house, so I was all. ALONE!!!!!

can we say HEAVENLY all together now?????

I spent about 2 hours in the bathtub, reading magazines, and listening to Janet Jackson , "That's the Way Love Goes" on repeat!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

and Im packing my crap up and getting ready to head south in the next week or so. Making lists...gotta make sure I have everything Murff and I will need till April. so, yes Ohio..

I'M LEAVING YOUR ASS!!!!