Neat Random Vivian Pics

First Bath. She only cried about half the time.

Chillin' in the bouncy seat.

Daddy is glad the bath is over!!

Sweet Baby Girl Sleepin'!

Mum Mum and Great Aunt Dinah holding her the afternoon we got sprung from the hospital.

Daddy and Viv after some yard work.

Great G-ma and her namesake, sweet baby Viv, on GG's 87th Birthday!!
"Aunt" Jenny gets in on the action.

1st time in the Bouncy Seat!!

Vivian Elizabeth Born 08/01/2008

Here she is right before the surgery.

Daddy before the big dance.

Vivian was sprung at 7:59 am

Mom and Dad get to bond.

Mum Mum helped with the delivery and clean-up. More bonding.

Our Sweet Baby Girl is here, finally. She weighted 9lbs 1oz, and was 19 1/2 in long!!

Wedding Pics

Getting ready for the Wedding

Jenny doing my make-up. I am clueless when it comes to that crap. My eyes stung for two days after the wedding, mascara? liner? who knows. I think I hate make-up.

Latest Belly Pics

I still have 7 weeks to go.

Baby Ticker

New! Birthday Ticker


Funny Version


Development Version

Construction Zone Update

Brightening up the trim paint. I think there must be 10 miles of vanilla colored trim in our little house. We'll get there...and it will be worth it!! More trim. Me painting the masterbath entrance.
My Joey working hard to get that damn linoleum out. 1 carpet, 2 vinyl, 3/4 particle board all came out of this room.
A little water damage in the corner. Nothing too serious, we fixed it. See! All better. We just removed the floor.

Oh, and there was a little rot back there. This is the shared wall with the bathroom. See the tub?

We fixed that too.

Sub-floor is all fixed.

That damn cement backerboard.

It called for like 58 screws in every 3x5 sheet of hardibacker. We reluctantly followed the instructions.

And so it begins...the tile job. Home Depot really screwed us with the lot #'s on the first day. But, we pulled some tile up and trudged on.

*Update* I did get my money back for the 1 case of 30 that were the wrong lot #, color, and size. Yep, size!. They sold us a box of 1ft square tile that was 11 7/8. Oh, you better believe I was pissed!! Especially, since I didn't catch the error until a few rows had been laid down. But, the HD redeemed itself this weekend by handing me $130 cash, because the tile went on clearance, 5 days after we bought $600 bucks worth.

Turned out pretty good for a couple of ametures. One of which is 6 1/2 months pregnant.

Grouting was grueling. Enough said.

Full room finished pics are coming!!!

Baby Furniture Update

Joe's Grandma, Alice bought the set and we are very grateful and thankful. Isn't it beautiful?

And here is what it should look like when she's 18.
Here is what it looks like now. At least it fits, barely:

Belly Pic!!

I'm getting pretty big already. I'm about 24 weeks here.

There's daddy in the shower!

Save the date!! Details soon.

Parker and Erika's Wedding

My soon to be husband Joe. He looks so good in a tux!!

I'm 5 months preggers here. The wedding was very nice, the weather could not have been better.

House Update

The Living Room progress (click for larger image)

Baby Room Progress--Wow that's some Yellow!

Baby Pics

I'm having a baby. It's a GIRL. Still don't have a name. These are the first pictures, she's bigger now. Almost a pound and about 10 inches long.

Out of the woods...think again Little Red Riding Boots

Recovering very well from surgery all week, then Friday evening my calf muscle started aching. By Sunday evening I had excruciating pain in my calf, so bad that the heavy painkillers barely took the edge off. Describing my symptoms to Doc over the phone, he directed me to the hospital for an ultrasound thinking it may be a blood clot. No clot, but now I have two baffled doctors from the ortho center. After squeezing, poking, and bending they decide I need to get a MRI tomorrow.
"man that muscle is soft" they say, "it's not compartment syndrome, but what the hell is it?"
And the best part is the way the new doctor was looking at my surgery doc like "what the f*** do you do to her leg, bro?"

Leg shot

I feeling pretty good, so far. Still some numbness in the leg. I'm trying to stay on top of the pain.

Post Surgery Pic

I'm posting whilst my right leg is numb mid-thigh to toes. Here's what my little 5th metatarsal looks like now.

Before Shot

Here is the last shot of my right foot for a while. It will have a cast on for many weeks.

X-Ray and Oops!

I got an X-Ray tonite. Result...it's fractured pretty bad. Worst case senario... I may have to have surgery to get a pin/screw placed. Best case ...they weren't really sure. I have to go see an orthopedist tomorrow or thursday.
Like I said before...this sucks!


Surgery is in order. It's actually a shorter recovery time than just getting a cast. Plus, a cast doesn't mean I won't have to get the surgery later down the road.
It's happening on Friday at 4pm under heavvvvY sedation. I'll make sure of that.

Oh, did I forgot to tell you how I did it. Well, I was arriving at my friend Sharons house (the one that lives on the corner of Heward and Harden) and I was so excited to see her. I ran up her outside stairs in the dark and twisted my foot. The variables were: beer, dark, bricks and flip-flops. I am vowing to never wear flip-flops again. They are just not safe! The rest... I will do again.

Ouch! This sucks.

Well, it goes without saying that whenever shit heats up for me at work, I go and get hurt. Really the timing could not be worst. I have like 100 people coming in from all over the world to attend a Workshop that planning started last year. Now, three weeks out I've gone and sprained/broke/rolled my ankle/foot. I didn't go get an X-Ray because I think I'd be able to tell if it were broke. (please comment if you think I'm wrong).