Going off to London Town

I'm going to London tomorrow, and I'm beside myself with excitement (please read this entire blog with a british accent in your head). Special shout out thank you to all the peeps who have prepared packets for me with things to do!

Other things in the works: Dave moving in...that's actually this gigantic mess that I'm turning a blind eye to. Thank the LAWD I'm going to be in London for the next few days so I can avoid it! Whooopeee!

Anyhoo, my niece (Samantha) and my nephew (Xavier) were here for a month a little while back. And they absolutely looove my Chloe (who doesn't?). Here are some cute pics my sis took. I didn't post them all because they're a little k i d d i e p o r n ish (I typed it out like that so some weirdo wouldn't be able to do a search for that word and find my loveable nephew). Anyway, so Xavi desperately wanted to get in the tub with Chloe (who doesn't enjoy bathing almost as much as Xavi), so they did and we couldn't figure out who made the water filthier.

Blogs and Babies

So, i'm entering the age in which everyone around me either:
1. is trying to have a baby (2 friends)
2. is having a baby (3 peeps)
3. just had a baby (2 peeps)
4. just got engaged (4 peeps)
5. just recently got married (3 peeps)
or
6. and lastly, for the wimps: is moving in with their significant other (3 including me)

Lets do some math...thats 2+3+2+4+3+3= a lot of growing up.

While all of these wonderful occasions are...wonderful...they're leaving me broke...but it's really alright because the payback is, I get to look at these wonderful blogs and pictures via facebook of these bebes and I get to go to beyond awesome weddings...and **mushy moment** i get to see my friends supah doopah happy...which is worth being broke for.

Anyway, some blogs with babies:
michellenuccio.blogspot.com that would be my godson Nico...the cutest thing EVER!
littlescullin.wordpress.com thats little Sofia who was just born last week..her mommy was once my colleague.

and..if you're up for it. this is my favorite blog:
mattlogelin.com i don't know him. He is Alexis' sister's friend's husband. Alexis' sister's friend (Liz) passed away the day giving birth, and her husband, Matt, continues this blog and tells all about his life with her and his new life with their daughter Madeline. It's an amazing blog with awesome pictures and stories of love..If I knew Oprah, i'd send her the link. It makes me cry every morning...sad and happy tears.

It's incredible. I have yet to comment on his blog and tell him that I love it...makes me want to stop nagging dave about his messy-ness and just tell him I love him...but for now, I'm still annoyed about coffee grounds and coffee mugs and overall boy-mess.

But for now, I bid you adieu (pronounced: "a Jew" in celebration of Passover)with my very own, new family picture.

i am Sooooooooo Tired

Of CLEANING!

I feel like all i'm doing is cleaning and doing dishes and doing laundry and dusting and the worst part is, I haven't seen any progress. AAAAH!

You Choob

My fave youchoob vids:

Dave's Appendix and Beard

It started on Saturday, March 15. We went to Dave's friend's birthday bash and all night long, Dave's tummy wasn't feeling too hot. He thought it was muscle pain, and just went along, celebrating Saint Patrick's day (Happy Birthday Michelle) and working as usual. Thursday, March 20, I stayed home because I had the flu and Dave came home REALLY not feeling well.

We go to Cedars Sinai at around 5pm and at 7am, Dave was wheeled into the Operating Room and lost his appendix.

He ended up having to stay in the hospital until the following Tuesday. It was very scary and sad (he was pretty helpless). But all is well now.

You can track the progression of his health by the growth of his beard.

See....
Saturday night...



Celebrating Saint Patrick's Day


Pre-Operation. This is the first time the doctor sees him, and I'm not very aware of his pain level. This was taken about 3.2 seconds before he got very angry with me for taking photographs of him in his "gown." Like I said, I wasn't aware of his pain level.


Post-Surgery. He was working on his tri-flow which measures his lung capacity. Please forgive my eyebags, I hadn't slept very much. Although, I don't really have a good enough excuse because Dave's mom high-tailed herself to LA from Oregon in the middle of the night and still looks fabulous. So...yeah. I need my beauty sleep.




Feeling a bit better. As you can tell, it only took Dave 3 days before he was conducting business in his "gown." (I say "gown" because it's really a dress). I'd like to remind my readers to notice his beard please.





And then he was discharged. Jackie and Jacob (Dave's brother) made him this very clever shirt. He got quite a laugh in the hospital.



YAY...
ok but...here's what happened when the beard was coming off.





I'd also like to point out this similarity:


RIGHT????

All I have to say is that Dave is an extremely lucky guy! Jacob and Jackie came to the hospital as soon as they could and Jacob was the ONLY one who never left that first night. And Dave's mom drove at 3am to Sacramento to catch the first flight to LA!