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So our friend Kenny is being deployed to Iraq soon, Steve just left to go have a couple beers with him. It's 9:15, he's going out and I'm going to bed? That doesn't add up right. Five years ago we'd get off work at Von Maur about 9 pm, go home, change and head to the bar. At 9:30 we were just starting our nights, now that's when we end them! ha! Boy, how times change!

Do you think if you had a different name that it would change who you are? I'm not saying you would be a totally different person, but I just think if my name were Mary, I would be a slightly 'different' person than who I am today. Maybe that's just me being weird. or maybe when we say 'she doesn't look like a Jessica' it actually could mean something. I couldn't be a Mary, it's too nice. I couldn't be a Candy, I'm not a stripper (no offense to those Mary's or Candy's out there).
So when you have to name a baby, it's a lot harder than what you think. My whole life I've loved all these weird names (I still like Harley and Kennedy) but when it comes to actually having to give a person a name, that will be with them forever!!!.....it is much harder than you realize! We worried about using the name Presley, but we've liked it for years! What if we never have another girl, and we don't get the chance to use the one name we both liked a lot? We had to do it.
As always, there is the association with Elvis but we were prepared for that. Then we realized that instead of PreSS-ley, some people say PreZ-ley...which no one probably even thinks about, but I do. Like my friend Colleen (Call-een, not Co-leen)! Just gives you something to think about, or maybe not....maybe that's just my crazy brain needing to go to bed.

New camera

So we got a new camera, but some of the pictures were blurry and Steve was frustrated so he exchanged it for different brand. So far it seems to do a pretty good job at catching that smile!
This picture was with the first 'new' camera!
Then we got ready for the Packers/Vikings game and put her Favre jersey on her. Favre just looks 'right' in green and gold....not that crappy purple! :(

This was with our new 'new' camera. Fresh out of the bathtub, blowing raspberries at us.

and her new smile! No more baby bird, open mouth smile.

Another weekend gone by

So Friday I decided to take a 1/2 day off work to go home and do some massive cleaning. You know, sweeping and actually cleaning the floors, dust..included the top of the microwave. I got laundry started and felt very productive! Of course now there is stuff all over the place and more laundry to do.....I hate that never-ending feeling!
Friday night my mom watched Presley so Steve and I could join Holly and her free keg at Down Under. It is always so nice to get out and be social with our friends. We didn't stay too late, Steve had to get up early to go to the Iowa game and it was my night to get up with Presley.....and you never know how that is going to go!
Saturday Presley and I had a good girls day together. We went shopping for some much needed fall/winter clothes. It's pretty bad when both mom and daughter don't have enough long sleeve shirts to make it thru the week! We spent some money, she napped and played very good! It was a good girls day!
Today, we didn't do much. Her napping schedule was all jacked up and instead of 2 naps she got 3 short naps. Steve watched more football...fantasy football is very important and can be stressful for him on Sunday's! :) He just got back from Wal-mart with our new camera! We just got a camera for our wedding 2 years ago and it has worked great until we had Presley. She does things too quickly and we miss some good shots. (because we already don't have enough pictures of her! geez....really it's a little out of hand!!) So Steve has been doing his usual research to determine what we should get (the man will get online for hours, go to stores, talk to experts and get back online again...I don't have the patience for all that, but I'm glad he does!). It is amazing how much technology can change in 2 years! So I'm sure we'll have some pictures of Miss Presley later this week. (if we can figure out the camera and how to download the pictures onto the computers!)

8 months old!

Wow, 8 months old! I don't think much has changed with her in the last month to be quite honest. We are trying to figure out a good eating and sleeping schedule with her, so we can cut out some of the problems we are having.

Our 8 month old:

• still moves/scoots/pulls herself up on things she can reach, all the time!


• prefers to be standing against anything and everything, though she doesn't quite realize that she needs to be responsible for holding herself up.


• actually makes baby sounds instead of just grunting and growling! haha


• does a good job picking up her cheerios, gerber puffs and graham crackers, she picks them up with her hand and then tries to stuff her whole hand in her mouth.


• doesn't have any teeth, but her hair is finally growing in nicely!


• doesn't sleep thru the night, she'll do good for a couple nights and then be bad for a week, it's a bad cycle that we are tired of.


• is working on pat-a-cake, so big and bye-bye, but loves to smile!!!

Look at those big brown eyes!

People are crazy....

• So I pulled up next to a pretty girl in a nice car the other day, then she started smoking! Gag me! Sorry but she became ugly real quick. I just have this image of smoking being something that dirty, white trash people do. No offense to my white trash or my smoker friends out there! I just grew up thinking that way, we were never around it, none of my close friends or family smoked. But it was at the moment I really realized that even the nice, pretty, rich people smoke....but it still makes them ugly
• On my way to work this week there was guy riding his bike in the street, against traffic, on Martin Luther King at 7:15 am? I think maybe he was hoping to get hit.
• Yesterday I saw a man with the top down on his convertible. Normally that would be fine, but it was 55 degrees, windy and raining....it's not like he got caught out in the rain and didn't get a chance to put the top up....it had been raining all day!
• I was beginning to think maybe my mom and I were the only people who haven't smoked anything ever, but I found another person. A guy I work with, high five to you Christian!....the only reason we were talking about it was because Steve was redoing and getting rid of the old duct work in the basement a couple months ago and he found a baggy of pot in the old duct work! Who does that? and if you do hide you pot, don't you think you should remember where you put it? Who knows how long it had been there!
• I underwrite mortgage loans at work...a lot of times we consolidate credit card debt into the new mortgages....I think too highly of people. In my mind I think "we'll payoff this $50k in credit card debt for them and they'll be smart enough NOT to go charge them up again"....and every single God damn time they go and charge them back up and then want to refinance 6 months later! STOP using your credit cards!!

Embarrassing!

So I heard there is a new comedian on Saturday Night Live and on her first appearance on live TV, she cussed! I guess she was mortified and didn't go to the after-hours party, I'm sure it is something she will remember for the rest of her life! But it got me thinking about embarrassing things that have happened to me that I remember....or maybe they didn't happen to me, they happened to someone else but I was so embarrased for them that I think it was me? :) So I'll go ahead and relive some of my embarrassing stories for your enjoyment!

• In middle school gym class, we had to run sprints. My shoe stubbed the floor and I fell in front of everyone. No one else probably remembers this, but I do!
• In middle school (again!) I was in English class with Mr. Wiggins and I didn't feel good. Now, I don't like to draw attention to myself, so for me to even ask to go to the nurses office was out of my comfort zone. In the hallway on the way to the nurse, I puked all over the floor. Thank goodness everyone else was in class!
• I have no idea how old I was, but I think we were picking up a pizza from G-Wiz (is that how they spelled it??) and I went in to the store. I came back out and was then told that my dress/skirt was caught in the back of my tights! This story might have been my sister, but I'm not for sure! Still embarrassing!
• In college, I asked a friend was he was getting his mother for Mother's Day.....totally forgetting the fact that his mom died when he was in highschool....open mouth, insert foot!

There are just some of the events that come to mind right away.......Of course, I hate anytime I have to speak or be in front of a lot of people! I let Holly and Samantha take the attention, they are good at that. So I admire this Saturday Night Live comedian, I admire any one who has enough courage to ACT, in front of PEOPLE on LIVE television (my worst nightmare).

Sorry!

I follow a lot of blogs and don't like it when I have to go days and days without an update. It's disappointing to me! So I apologize for being one of those people. I last updated Saturday night. I have things I want to post, but haven't had the time......or we've been going to bed at 9 pm since Presley has decided that sleeping is not important to her.
So this is my pathetic attempt at a blog, to hold you guys over until I can post again! :)