Happy Birthday Isadora!
You’re three months old today, and I can hardly believe it. You have grown up so much over these past twelve weeks and I’m completely amazed by how you’ve changed. You’re sleeping through the night now (hallelujah!), and that lets me sleep through the night. You drool constantly, but are getting much better about holding your head up high, which is a good thing as you revealed the icky rash you have in your neck folds today. Fortunately, it started to clear up as soon as I washed and dried the area. You smile and giggle at yourself in the mirror, and I love that trick so much that I put you in front of the mirror every day, several times a day. Your favorite toy right now is your monkey blankie. You love to rub it on your face and suck on the corners. It’s quite soggy and a little gross. Good thing I bought a couple to spare so I can rotate them in and out of laundry. I hope you have a happy three month birthday today. I love you very much, baby girl.
Here comes the sun
And all this time, I thought she really loved the dangling sun rattle on her Baby Einstein Mat. When I saw her grab the sun and look a little frustrated, I though I would try something else. I moved the sun, and she got really excited. I think all this time she’s been trying to get it out of the way so she can see herself in the mirror better.
Sitting in the pod chair
Of course she really went to town on the spinning toy after I stopped filming her.
New Toy
Izzy loves her new fish rattle that we picked up last week. Best 25 cents I ever spent at Ikea.
What’s cookin’, Toots?
Before I go grocery shopping, I try to make a list of meals I plan to cook for the next week or two, and use the recipes for the foundation of my shopping list. Having a list makes sure I buy only what I need and nothing more. With the rising costs of food these days, it is really important to stay on track while at the grocery store. With that said, I DO put cookies and ice cream on the list so that they are not impulse buys. 
Here’s what’s cooking at the Harris House over the next two weeks:
Monday: Tacos and Refried Beans
Tuesday: Tamale Pie
Wednesday: Tilapia, Israeli Couscous with spinach Oops, forgot to defrost the fish. Will swap with Friday’s dinner plan.
Thursday: Tamale Pie leftovers
Friday: Veggie Hot Dogs, Baked Beans
Saturday: Roast Turkey, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Green Beans
Sunday: Chicken and Biscuits
Monday: Spinach Lasagna
Tuesday: Veggie Chili Dogs
Wednesday: Enchiladas
Thursday: Spaghetti and Veggie Meatballs, Broccoli
Friday: Frozen Burritos
Saturday: Halibut
Sunday: Soup and Sandwiches
She giggled!
Many times. And it was awesome!
Light Sleeper
My baby sleeps through the sounds of jack hammers and fire truck sirens, but she wakes up and howls with ear-piercing shrieks of rage the second her belly feels the slightest bit empty.
Uncle Tony Face
When Izzy gets upset, she’ll definitely let us know. Before she really starts wailing, she make a little frown. The frown she makes looks exactly like the frown our friend Tony makes when he’s cranky. So, now, whenever Isadora frowns, we call her Uncle Tony Face.
Uncle Tony
Uncle Tony Face
Testing, testing
I downloaded the WordPress app for the iPhone and am trying to post my first entry. This could be pretty cool if it becomes more stable–the app crashed several times before I made it to the write screen. I’m hardly ever at my computer any more. If this works, I can post entries while I’m feeding Izzy.
Move to #600 Status Report
We are about 87% moved. The remaining items at #604 are as follows: some of my clothes, most of my shoes, my desk, some kitchen stuff, some toiletries, and our art. I plan to complete the migration by EOD tomorrow. I’ll take the weekend off to spend time with the in-laws while they’re in town and then clean the empty apartment on Monday.
The new place looks absolutely fabulous (before and after photos will be posted soon). I can’t even begin to tell you how much I love this new apartment. We already feel so at home here despite the controlled chaos of the move. With Mitch’s folks in town, we have 5 people occupying this apartment and it still feels so spacious. Mitch thinks it’s a bit decadent. I disagree. At 1,000 square feet, I believe it is an appropriate size for our small family.
Murky adjusted to the move easily. She has always had command of the public hallway in our building since back in the day when she used to take daily walks with Joey. She loved running between apartments during each round of moving stuff over. We never had to worry about her getting lost while she was out and about. If she got spooked by a sound or an unexpected neighbor, she would just run into one apartment or the other.
Kirby, on the other hand, did not handle to move well at all. Once we deposited him in #600, he would dash out the front door and run back to #604 and hide in a closet. He also doesn’t know the layout of the entire building as well as Murky, so if he got spooked for some reason, he might end up in the basement. I was also a bit worried about him getting lost again. He was lost last month for a couple of hours and it sucked trying to find him because he can’t hear us when we call him on account of him being deaf. This is our third night in #600 and Kirby finally seems to be mellowing out somewhat.
One of my favorite things about moving is the purging that goes on. Usually I leave unwanted but usable items on the street for someone to discover or I drop them off at Goodwill. The problem with leaving things on the street it that bags of stuff get rummaged through and leave a mess on the sidewalk. I don’t really like to send stuff to Goodwill either. I am not convinced that my stuff won’t end up in landfill somewhere. For this round of purging, I’m using Freecycle, and it is awesome!
Freecycle is a network that lets local people offer up stuff they no longer want to people who want it. I’ve been reviewing the list and this is truly a situation where one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. So far I’ve gotten rid of a handful of diapers that Izzy outgrew and some Ketostix that I had to use while I was diabetic. Tomorrow, someone wants to come by and pick up the old shower curtain hooks that were left behind by the previous tenant. I’m also going to try to get rid of my father in law’s digital camera that no longer works. Well, it still works; it’s just not predictable with the images it captures. I think an arty person could have a lot of fun with the camera and take some intriguing photos with the camera. I’m half inclined to keep it myself, but alas, I am in purge mode.