Sydney

Well, Sydney is 6 months old today. I can't believe it. We went to the doctor for her check up and shots last week (very sad). She weighs 15 pound 14 ounces and is 27.5 inches long. That is long! I don't think that this means she will be tall for sure but I hope it means that she will get a few extra inches above average. They can really help with weight later in life and you aren't required to wear 4 inch heels with every pair of pants you buy. She is gleefully rolling over, trying to sit up and making all kinds of noises. We have decided that she may be a loud child. She hollers and hollers out of excitement during the day and delirium near bedtime. She is sleeping through the night and waking happy in the morning, smiling as she observes her Don King hair in the mirror. She likes to play with toys in her bed when she wakes, but is still very loud so I have to get up anyway. We are a little concerned that she will think that her name is actually, sooo pretty, baby love, punkin pie, cutie, sugar buns...I could go on.

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Well it has been a busy few weeks. I still don't have a computer at home during the day. Syd is keep us pretty busy anyway. I have been somewhat stressed lately by the contents of my home. I am too busy to dust many of the items and our house is crowded with furniture we only use to hold things we never use. I am moving two things out of my dining room. This still leaves two buffets, two china cabinets, a table, 12 chairs, and a silver chest. I decided it was time to use the book that bought on organization in the Charlotte airport (if you will remember I said that it changed my life, but change is still a slow process - especially where possessions are concerned). I am using the following method. Consolidating all possessions by type and deciding what to keep and where to put what I do keep. For example, you spend an hour organizing all of your wrapping paper/supplies only to find that another room also contains wrapping paper/supplies and the former space will not accommodate the additional supplies. According to the book, you get white document boxes (this is so everything looks neat while this is in progress) label them (i.e. tools in one box, pictures in a box, etc) and take them from room to room. Once you have completed this with all the rooms then you assess what you have, get rid of a few of the unnecessary duplicates (such as three hammers of the same size), and find places that fit what is in the box. Just avoid to many Misc. boxes.

Ok, who am I talk to? I guess myself. The main point of this post is that I am consolidating my junk so I can live my life with out it all getting in the way! The other week Adam and I had something to do every single night! We don't have time to dust all the stuff we have sitting out and if we did have the extra time we wouldn't want to spend it on cleaning.

Last week, I participated in a casserole swap. It was a test run actually. Being me, I forgot to find the last person to participate and I ended up having to be two people. This meant that I ended up with double the casseroles which is a plus but my house still has not recovered from that event on top of all the white boxes littering our home. Don't forget to picture things that don't fit hanging out of the boxes, such as stems of artificial flowers that I bought for a "project". It is true that you have to make a mess to clean up a mess or was it that your house gets worse before it gets better? No that's not it. Anyway, it is bad, very bad. I am still thinking that I want to do more casserole swaps to make my life easier during the week. I am even thinking about doing the meals for a month thing. Let me know if anyone has any ideas on this...

Jess

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Sorry it has been a while. I don't have a working computer at home right now so I have to find time when Adam is there. Sometimes it is early in the morning, like right now... I updated the Mystery Link. I saw the preview in a theater and the name of this movie just made me laugh. Have you ever heard of a "working title" (I think that is what they are called)? I think that someone forgot to come up with something better and they just went with what they had.

So what have we been up to lately? We are taking ballroom dancing with a group of friends. Right now we are on the foxtrot for a couple of weeks. It is much like a waltz. Last summer we took hustle lessons (think Saturday Night Fever) last year for my brother's 30th birthday party, which was a 70's themed party. My brother and his wife, Stewart and Amanda, are having a baby soon (due Sept 5th). I am not sure if I have told that already, but we are all really excited. Sydney is really rolling over and liking the food these days. We have two new contraptions in our house. The Bumbo seat and a baby sling. I use the Bumbo seat for feeding her and letting her sit right in the action. You must see this thing. It really is funny. The sling is great too. You can use them up to 2 years old. It hold her on my hip and when she is older I can swing her around to my back. I wish I had had this when she was born. You can cradle them on the front of you when they are smaller. In fact, I have two slings now. I think I like the one I bought on ebay the best. It is reversible and I picked the fabric.

Jess

Fencing

This has a few quotes from my brother.

NYC Pictures

Check out Adam's pictures at the link to the right. I tried to put some explanations on the ones I knew. I will get him to label them later. Here is a sneak peek.

Five Months