Hey Baby, What's your sign?

(Seductive Voice): So...how have you been lately?

I promise my lead in will make sense with what I'm saying. I still work from home on a regular basis and this coming Monday, I have a huge software integration going live. It's been a year long process and requires complete training of our 75ish recruiters across the country.

To make this easier, since I am the only trainer, I divided the group into six sessions, with the first session being at 1pm yesterday.

I found a babysitter for Daphne and at 12:00 was about to head out the door to drop her off when I got a phone call. One of the attendees called me and was like, "Where are you!? No one can get on the call!? It's the wrong number!".

I'm ashamed to admit it, but I did swear. Just a tiny blue response to an hideously un-fun scenario. I had scheduled everything on the Eastern time zone rather than the central time zone so everything is an hour ahead. I unceremoniously dump Baby Girl into her crib because now I don't have time to take her to the sitter.

I rush to my desk and look at the call-in information that I sent out to everyone, "1-800!? What? It should be 1-866!"

I send out the new number and we eventually get started on our call.

After the training session, my vendor contact, who was on the phone with me called me to let me know how great of a job I did and stuff. At the end of the conversation he mentioned that the number I sent everyone to at first was a sex chat line.

What?

Yep, a sex chat line.

He was very nonchalant about the whole thing, just throwing that in there at the end of the call. I was shocked and then I blushed and then I busted out laughing. Full on belly laughs. I couldn't believe that I just sent a handful of recruiters to a sex chat line!

My professionalism is startling lacking some days...
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Top 10 Worst Fears

I have a list of top 10 worst fears, and I realized one of them today.

I was almost tearing up in the baby aisle of the grocery store at 7:00am this morning because a big one, definitely near the top of the list was happening at that very moment.

I had become a slobby mommy...

1. I lived in the suburbs.
2. I hadn't showered in the last two days and my hair was pulled back in a seriously greasy ponytail.
3. I had a head cold so I was fuzzy, my eyes were red rimmed and I was breathing though my mouth.
4. I was still wearing my pajama shirt and had thrown on the closest pair of jeans that I could find (translation: ill fitting and out of style) - I think I'm going to throw those pants out today.
5. I had my baby with me and she was still in her pjs.
6. I had on flip flops. It's like 35 degrees out.
7. ZERO make-up. Not even concealer.

The list can go on, but I'm too depressed to continue.
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There, I Said It.

POOP.

Yep. This is now an official "Mommy Blog" - deal. I realize that some of you who read this, may not want to anymore now that this is mostly about Baby Girl and all her goings on, but eventually, I will have a life again outside of her and then you are welcome to come back and read...

So, back to the afore mentioned word.

Baby Girl hasn't been. For a while. I tried prune juice and that worked at first, but then it stopped working. And then suddenly, this morning it started working again. Really working. I did not know her body could hold so much of anything for so long and then just let it all go with the only sign being a telltale smell.

As part of this lovely early morning experience, Baby Girl has graduated to size 2 diapers.
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4 Months

So, As you can see from the side bar, Baby Girl is 4 months old and DH is holding her. I tried unsucessfully all day to get her to pose for her 4 month shot by myself.

These are a few of my attempts. Not only am I quite the amature when it comes to my camera, but she's starting to wiggle and it make it difficult to keep the sign in place.








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Sad and Shaken

I took Baby Girl to the dr. today for her 4 month well check.

She's doing fine by the way, a little skinny, but we have a plan to remedy that. On our way home, we were hit by another car. No one one hurt (except for the subaru), but it was not a fun experience. It happened not 100yds. from my place, and the guy that hit me, lives down the street.

To make it worse, this guy's dad comes out and it yelling at his son like you wouldn't believe. Turns out his son had his license taken from the lagrange police and he was driving his dad's rental car.

?What?

Yeah - I wonder at peolpe sometimes. So his dad is trying to be all nice to me and get me to agree to let him fix my car without involving any insurance companies or police officers. To which I say, no dice.







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Halloween

I'm not big into the holidays. It's never really bothered me because I'm not big into costumes and I haven't really had a place that I liked enough to decorate.

But, alas, now I have a daughter and a husband, and I spend the majority of my time in my home, so I feel like I need to step it up.

As you may have noticed, Baby Girl is not in a super cute costume - she is in a super festive, and totally awesome Halloween outfit though. (This is how I make up for her lack of costuming). This outfit was graciously purchased by my mom. Because, knowing me as she does, it wouldn't occur to me to buy Baby Girl anything for Halloween.

So, DH has mentioned to me on more than one occasion how much he love fall decorations. I've finally taken the hint and bought a few things. I think they're all a little on the lame side - but that's why I don't decorate!



Anyway, they must be really lame because DH can't quit commenting on these word block things that I purchased that say "Harvest". He can't believe someone would use dark lettering on a darkly painted block because then you can't see it.

And, I'm all - really? I'm finally making an effort here to be more "festive" and you have to mock my attempts? Just wait until Christmas, buddy, it'll be bah-humbug for the rest of the year...
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