What a Week

We have had a crazy last few days. Here's a rundown.

• Harper got Hand, Foot, and Mouth disease from baby school. It wasn't serious, but she did have a lot of sores in her mouth that made it really painful to eat just about everything. She's better now.
• The breaks went completely out on Rob's car. It's still not fixed yet.
• We moved into our new house. All of our stuff is technically in the house. About 20% of it is put away.
• The air conditioner in our new house magically broke right before we moved in. The temperature has been in the mid-90s for the last 5 days here in Nashville. It was literally 85-90 degrees in the house - way too hot to stay there so we have been staying with friends for the last 3 days. It took 2 repair companies and 4 days to fix it, but it's fixed and we will finally be sleeping in our new house tonight.
• Harper pooped in the bathtub for the first time ever. Enough said.

We are all a little tired. But, the good news is that things are getting better. Thanks to all of our totally awesome friends that helped with the move and especially Laurie and Ed for letting us stay at their house.

Nice Timing

Things Harper likes about baby school:

• The tunnel

• Art time

• Reading with her friends

• Water Days

What Harper doesn't like about baby school:

• Getting Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease

Yep. That's right. Nice timing too (T-minus 5 days till we move). She's doing ok. Her mouth hurts, but ice cream helps. Prayers are appreciated.

Child Labor and Other Confessions

We are officially moving on Saturday - that's when the movers are coming. Until then, we will be packing and moving as much as we can by ourselves. To this end, we have resorted to using child labor.

I am very excited to move into our new house. It's out in the country. Harper will have a huge yard to play in. I can't say that I'll miss our apartment very much. We are currently living on the 3rd floor. There are 39 stairs to climb to get to our apartment. 39 stairs to carry Harper up and down every day. 39 stairs to carry groceries up. 39 stairs to climb when you get to the car and realize you forgot something on the kitchen counter. You get the picture.

Also...I have a turkey in my freezer. It's been there since last Thanksgiving. The university that I work for gives out turkeys every year at Thanksgiving as an employee appreciation gift. I don't know how to cook a turkey. Therefore, it has been in the freezer since I got it. My question for you is: Is it still good? Should we bother moving it to the new house or just toss it? Does anyone want it? Or better yet, does someone want to come to my house, cook it, and then we can have a dinner party? I'll cook everything else. You just take care of the bird. Deal?

Sleeping Beauty

I love getting pictures from Harper's teachers at baby school. It's so nice to see what she does all day. Here are two that absolutely crack me up. She fell asleep at the table during lunch! The kids usually take a nap right after lunch. I guess she just wanted to get a head start.

Cable TV Makes You A Better Person

Ok. Finally getting around to the post for today. I spent the morning having my brain fried by some tricky statistical analyses at work. Hate it when that happens. Anyway, today I would like to put forth the notion that cable TV makes you a better person. While this idea may seem a little counter intuitive, I assure you that it's correct. Because Rob has to get up at an ungodly hour and Harper is, well, a baby, the two of them are usually in bed by 8:30 or 9 at the latest. This means that after they go to bed, I get to watch what ever I want on TV - no Disney Channel, no cop shows. Now while I will agree that there is a lot of stupid stuff on cable TV (some of which I thoroughly enjoy), there are also some really good, enlightening, character building shows too. Here are a two of my recent favorites with links so you can watch them.

• MTVs 16 and Pregnant Catelynn episode - This is probably the best thing I've seen on TV in a long time. These kids blow my mind with their wisdom and strength.

• 30 Days Minimum Wage episode - I love this series. Every episode tackles a difficult issue and is very thought provoking. To watch this clip, you have to have a hulu account (it's free).

What have you seen on TV lately that really made you think?

Bit-N-Spin

A couple things for today. First, Harper got bit AGAIN at baby school yesterday! It was the same kid that did it last time. I figured out who it was, by the way. I counted teeth. Only one little boy had enough bottom teeth to leave the mark on Harper's arm. Forensics wins again!

Secondly, Harper is only 17 months old and she can do the Sit-N-Spin all by herself. I was pretty impressed. I know the quality of this video is horrible. I took it with my cell phone (and I don't have a fancy-schmancy cell phone). But, you get the gist.

Bye Bye

Just when I think I'm starting to get the hang of this whole baby thing, Harper throws me a curveball covered in bodily fluids. On Saturday, she had a massive poopy diaper blowout that required a bath for both baby and mommy. On Sunday during a routine visit to Sam's Club, I got a free sample of bacon and gave Harper a tiny piece to try. She started to choke on it, coughed a lot, and threw up in my hands. To my credit, not a speck of poop or vomit got on anything except me and her. Who knew I had this hidden talent of poop manager/ vomit catcher? Anyway, on a cuter note, Harper loves to say goodbye to Sage the cat in the morning. This morning, not only did she say goodbye, she also decided to give Sage a kiss. (PS - Don't mind the mess. We're moving in 2 weeks and packing has commenced.)