Optimistic Slacker

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Baby Talk

Here's a list of official baby words (updated to reflect the order in which they appeared):

meow
mama

hoo-hoo (baby for dog)

woof

hey

baby

hehehe baby is her latest word, which she finally said for dad today :D

update: she is now working on "thank you" & "Adina" :D

Monday, July 2, 2012

My very good friend Ambrosia moved away to the Midwest last year. Thankfully, a friend of hers got married recently, which gave her an excuse to come visit! I took a day off work for us to spend together - a day which turned out to be BEAUTIFUL in so many ways!

She says "Hi dad!"

happy slobbery baby with her buh-dee

mama & baby

so sweet! Ambrosia even got kisses on her way out :)

sistahs

family photo! sadly, it didn't turn out super well

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Our other site

We officially have a gardening blog. Yobo started it less than a month ago to help catalog our gardening adventures :D We're both big believers that people should share the information they have and, oh boy, does he have a lot to share when it comes to gardening. If I remember, we'll be making up some business cards pretty soon for Adina's Acres, and No Budget Gardening will be a part of that. I haven't had a chance to post over there yet, but all good things in due time LOL So stop on by & check it out. We'd like to hear from everyone, especially if you're gardening in Alaska!

Friday, June 29, 2012

Oonce Oonce Baby

I'm not a big fan of house, but Yobo & the Moose sure seem to like it.

Dinner with a friend

Tonight, the Moose & I tried the Anchorage Olive Garden for the first time on a girl date with our good friend, Bee. We had such a good time! The Moose & I were late, plus I totally forgot my phone at work; thankfully, Sweet Bee did not leave us :D We ate some OK food with great portion sizes and an excellent waitress. The only other hiccup was that the man at the table next to us kept staring at the kid and when I tried to put her in the high chair (in between me & the man), she started crying. I couldn't blame her, so she just sat in my lap through dinner. As usual, she totally just chilled, babbled to me & the Bee, and ate her dinner. The waitress asked if she could hang out with her 1 year old son to teach him how to behave at restaurants LOL We all split the baked salmon, broccoli & peppers, bruschetta, and a few breadsticks. Then Bee & I split some Tira Misu (sp?) - double yum! It wasn't AMAZING, but it was good enough to be enjoyed and the portion sizes made up well.

After dinner, we went for a little stroll around the area. The Moose wanted to walk, so we let her loose. She was going along & then stopped when she saw a family with a kid and STARED. I had to pick her up to get her moving again after the family started looking at us funny. What can I say? She's enamored with other kids. I thought this was normal. Anyway, there were some ladies a bit later who were much friendlier & playing with her as they walked passed us. The Moose stopped & stared at them, so one of them said "I can do that, too!" LOL and stopped to stare. I don't think the kid knew what to make of that. Then the other lady ran to her car, hid behind it, then jumped out to scare the kid - which the kid LOVES. Totally won her over. After that, there were waves & smiles to the ladies :) She face planted once in the parking lot, but did quite well in walking circles around Bee & I.