Our Cute Baby

My husband is probably the sweetest man ever. We have been talking since before we got married about getting a dog, but we were planning to wait until March or April to get one. Well ... my cute hubby decided to surprise me with one for my birthday (end of January) so he started looking into it more this month. He found a great deal on the type of dog I wanted so he surprised me even earlier. I came home from my Christmas dinner with the girls on saturday to this:

Isn't she cute?! She's a great dane puppy, 11 weeks old. We named her Calypso and we call her Caly for short.

She has been so much fun to have at home!! She is, in true puppy fashion, very playful and clumsy but she is also very sweet and cuddley. We're crazy about her.

I'm so excited to see her get bigger .... and bigger and bigger. She's too sweet!

Calling All Married Friends

Let me preface this post by saying that I LOVE all of my friends' children who are male. They are all very sweet and fun and I'm thrilled you have them. (Or if you're pregnant with a boy, I will love your child and I'm in no way disappointed in you or upset with your baby's gender.)

But for the love of pete, will someone PLEASE get pregnant with a girl? I see cute little girl baby things all the time - bows, head bands, dresses, shoes, jewelry - and I am unable to purchase them for any of my friends because ... quite frankly ... it would be a little sad to see a baby boy in a ruffled lacy church dress and matching bow.

Plus, all the cute little girl names I hear about are completely wasted on boys and I'm running out of cute boy name suggestions (I'm only one person).

So I leave you with this plea ... If you're considering trying for a child or have already decided to try to become pregnant, THINK PINK and the rewards will be endless.

Query

A few weeks ago, Jay and I were driving to a friend's house and had to stop to fill up my car with gas. While the gas was pumping, I happened to glance up and see this sticker and noticed a moment later that the same sticker was on all of the pumps at this particular gas station: (the last word says Approval-not really important but just thought I'd throw that in there)

I immediately started cracking up, amazed that someone would make that mistake. I look over to the other side of the car only to see that Jay isn't laughing. Apparently, I have an odd sense of humor that makes me crack up when I see publicly posted gramatical errors.

After realizing that my hilarious discovery was in fact ... not that hilarious to my dear husband, I immediately set my sights on finding someone who would be as amused as I was.

We arrived at our friends house and I shared with them the once-thought funny photo taken of the sticker. Again .... no amusement.

I showed it to my family the following Sunday afternoon and finally received the laughter that I was hoping for from the start. (Almost a full week later)

So my question ... Is it really that weird that I'm so amused by the mistake of others (seriously, does no one proof read anymore before putting signs and stickers up at their place of work?) or did I just happen to show it to the wrong people?

RAW

So at our house, every Monday night, instead of just football or a movie or another activity, we do something pretty unique. It took me a while to get used to it, but after months of practice and countless hours of endurance, I’m not sure whether I’m proud or ashamed to say … I am now used to and actually enjoy Monday Night RAW.

For those of you unfamiliar with RAW, it’s 2 full hours of action-packed, sweat-filled choreographed wrestling. Now the participants of this thrilling event are not your average men and women. No no … They are pumped full of steroids and work out in a gym more in a week than I do in a year. (Ok, so sure, I work out less than your average person but just making a point, these people are insane.)


If you’re still not sure you’ve ever seen RAW (or one of its equivalents like ECW or Smackdown), it’s the same activity that men like The Rock and Hulk Hogan made a surprisingly good living doing for years.

I started watching it simply to appease my cute husband, boyfriend at the time. But I was shocked the other day to find that I was actually looking forward to Monday night to find out what will happen with my favorite characters on RAW. I think it’s kind of a more masculine version of a soap opera – Jay even calls it his “stories.” I even got angry when my favorite of all characters, Triple H (picture below – no spring chicken, but I think he’s as real as anyone gets on that show), was traded to Smackdown, another “branch” of WWE, which airs on Fridays. You’d be amazed how quickly this show sucks you in. I never thought I’d see the day.


Moral of this story: Be careful what you do to make your spouse happy because you might end up addicted to cheesy fake-o wrestling.

He's Just Fun

Can I just say I probably have the coolest brother ever? He seriously cracks me up. And even though I'm horrible about writing him (although when I do write, I try to make it extra fun to make up for my terrible lack of consistent contact), he continues to send our family a sweet, informative and usually hilarious email each week.

You would not believe the things he does out in Maryland (on his mission). Swinging on tree vines (very Tarzan-esque), catching snapping turtles, walking 15 miles a day with his companion and oh yes, icing on the cake, they sure did shoot and kill a dove with a slingshot and proceed to skin and EAT it. EW. That's just wrong! I have pictures if you don't believe it, just ask. And yet ... I really wasn't that surprised when I found out. haha. It was very ... Lance. (Not the animal cruelty, just the doing of bizarre and unexpected activities.) We love him for his craziness.

Yes, I know - You only wish your brother was as good as mine. Too bad. I'm not trading.

Here we go ...

Alright - I realize this is how everyone's first blog is but ... Who am I to break tradition? I have finally succumbed to the threats of my blogger friends and family and have created a blog. You will be thrilled and amused as I post the extremely wild and crazy details of our lives and activities. Movies watched ... Weekend trips ... What I made for dinner last Tuesday ... the sheer excitement of our lives will shock and astound you.

Stay tuned and prepare to be amazed ...