sophia anne

it's sophia, not sofia

i'm a dork.
posting and emailing is not smart when you've been up for two days with one hour of sleep. yesterday i kept mis-spelling SOPHIA.

today, my mom and i both called her chloe. but not in front of her. probably had something to do with the mad 3-hour PINK shopping spree we went on and the fact that one of the stores is named chloe and hunter.

i really don't know how kim and james are holding up so well. they've had no sleep to speak of since wednesday night. they are incredible.

it's a girl!!

sophia anne
05.30.08
1:55 pm
8 pounds
12 ounces
21 inches long

she is healthy and fabulous. mama is doing fantastic. they are both strong women who worked very hard to bring sophia into the world today.

after a super tough week, i am overwhelmed with joy.

pictures forthcoming.

sympathy cards

the sympathy card.

i always send them ... to anyone i know who's experienced a death. it's just what you do, right? it's a way of acknowledging that you care, that you're thinking about the people who's lives are irrevocably changed forever. i've also sent plants and flowers - it's what you're supposed to do.

well, i don't want any part of it. being on the other side for the first time in a VERY long time, i don't want the cards, flowers, plants. they can't bring her back.

clear

2nd to sitting in the middle seat, i hate standing in the security line. inevitably, i get stuck behind a string of probable camry-drivers, who can't pay attention, and take forever to get it together so they can pass through security. these are the people that put massive amounts of liquids through the x-ray (even though it's been almost two years since the liquid ban) and refuse to take off their shoes, belts, ten gallon hats, etc.

so, for $128/year, and a government background, check i can now "fly clear." there are still just a handful of airports with the technology, but where it's available, i've bought my way to the front of the line. for $10.67/month (or two trips to starbucks), it's worth it.

green

we are finally making the change.
no more bottled water.
we're going to buy a purification system today and use cups. i'm really proud of us. we go through at least a case of water a week. that's a lot of plastic!

still nothing

we tried our best to walk the baby out yesterday with 7 hours of shopping (seriously, i don't know how kim hung in there for that long) but no luck. i left last night, sure s/he would make his/her appearance as soon as i left, but it's been 16 hours and baby sink is still happy on the inside. :-)

i do have to mention that i think baby sink is definitely going to be a dancer and party animal. when i played "da ya think i'm sexy" mixed by n'trance last night, baby sink started moving around A LOT. so much that we could see him/her moving through my sister's stomach. love it!

so we continue to wait. i'm going to the beach and try to concentrate on something else. :)

baby watch - 6 days to go

6 days to go.
no baby yet.
i'm going to drive to the IE tomorrow and check on mama sink myself. :-) she's bored ... who could blame her ... and i'm dying to see the finished nursery. plus i have like 5 toys for the baby and a ton of clothes ... i'm running out of room. :-)

i'm going to pack for a few days ... maybe that'll get the kid moving.

there will be blood is right

i'm still catching up on my oscar movies ... joe and i watched there will be blood over the weekend.

they're right ... there will be blood ... i wanted to claw my eyes out from sheer boredom. did it really have to be 158 minutes long? seriously? i could have put my amateur editing skills to use and cut about 75 minutes.

it had a great story and i'm sure is a really good movie, but for me it was like being locked in a museum for hours without my ipod, sunlight and snacks.

full moon - still no baby

despite having three children of her own, my grandma's prediction that baby sink would be born on a full moon night is about 7.5 hours away from being inaccurate. as my sister is not in labor, the chance of her having the baby within the next few hours is slim to none.

so we wait. i just hope the baby doesn't come tomorrow as i'm in texas and i would almost feel obligated to buy a small cow-person hat. obligated. i did buy a monkey in texas today. he came named ... marvin the monkey. i may change it, but am not sure. marvin, as he is called today, joins norman from san jose. i bought a stuffed animal lamb last week in san jose and promptly named him norman after the norman y. mineta airport. extra credit for anyone who can tell me who norman y. mineta is ... without using google.

8 long days until baby sink's estimated due date.

seis de mayo

i know i'm out of chronological order, but this is a picture of the mariachi band that flew home on the same flight as me on el seis de mayo. i was coming home from chicago. my friend tim advised that they must have played for oprah, but his information was incorrect. :-) i love the sombrero holders!

apple itunes can kiss my ass

i have only purchased 2 songs from itunes and got another free with a starbucks promotion.

the first song was lost when i changed computers.

the other two are in itunes purgatory. it is absurd that i LEGALLY bought the songs, but can't convert them to mp3s. protected my ass. i tried everything to convert them, but most solutions cost at least $19.99 for new software. f that.

so never again mr. steve jobs. never. i will download music from amazon.com where there is no bullshit.

how do you respond?

i love being asked, "did you have a good birthday?" seriously, how are you supposed to respond? i had a great birthday ... but what if it sucked? could i be honest? "thanks for asking, but it sucked ass." these are the things that keep me up at night.