Author: jesser

Matt has just completed the next to last piece of furniture in Tabby's room. The very last piece is a bookcase to go on top of this cabinet. It has been almost done for quite a while, but finishing (sanding, varnishing, sanding, varnishing, ad nauseum) takes such a long time!! Matt has put in many late nights and weekend afternoons into this piece and I think it is most lovely. Now Tabby has a place for her toys … and possibly a place for her! We discovered during a paticularly fussy period where she wanted to be in constant contact with us that she was immensely happy in the cabinet (as the photographic evidence shows). Perhaps we should build her a playhouse.

Tabby's first Thanksgiving was very enjoyable. She ate her turkey and squash with great zeal and really really enjoyed having the rapt attention of all of the people around her.

We had five lovely days of time off as a family and I think we made pretty good use of them. Honestly, a lot of it was used doing boring stuff at home, but we made it to the zoo with some friends on Saturday, which was fun, though I forgot the camera. Too bad, too, because we saw a joey who climbed back in his pouch. Very cool.

Miss Tabby has, regrettably, been a bit under the weather. She's had a little cold and is possibly teething (there's a LOT of drooling going on). This has caused her to be very clingy and easily upset and frustrated. She needed much more attention than usual which hindered the progress of our various projects, but of course, we were happy to give her what she needed. She seems to be doing a bit better.

Some stuff did get done, however …. Continue reading “Long Weekend Wrap-Up”

I had a really fab and productive day yesterday. And we capped it off with a lovely date-night at the Donkeys Broncos Game where they beat Matt's home town (state?) team, the TN Titans. Cutler, a Vandy alum like Matt and I had an excellent game. It was overall just a very fun game to watch and we were so happy we could be there. My mom had secured us a couple of company tickets. We may have to ask nicely again. And as luck would have it, it was a bee-yoo-tee-ful evening in Denver with temps in the upper 50s. A very lucky thing in November.

My parents and Kelly watched Tabby and enjoyed themselves immensely. We were regaled with Tabby's infinite cute things when we went to pick her up. They played clapping games, fed her clementine oranges and read innumerable stories to her. And she was a happy sleeping baby when we got back.

Now I'm looking forward to a couple of days of work and then 5 solid days of “vacation” with Matt and Tabby. We're going to do some cooking, work on the house, and have a Thanksgiving celebration with friends and family. I'm so excited!

Now we know what happens when she gets her naps. She had two naps yesterday, one with me in the AM and one with her daddy in the afternoon, both good long naps. When we put her to bed at 8:30 (already a while after her normal bedtime), she would have none of it. She layed there and talked to herself for a while and then started fussing. So we let her get up and watch Ugly Betty with us. This photo was taken around 9:55. Does she look tired to you? I went to bed at 10. I think she went to sleep by 10:30. Cheeky baby.

Pretty nice weekend. We did nexto nothing on Fri night. I went to bed at 9:15, though I wanted to go to bed around 8. Matt went to a woodworking show on Saturday while I went Christmas shopping with the girls. Tabby was a sweet happy baby the whole day. Sunday Matt was supposed to go shooting with the guys, but ended up having to do a work thing. Tabby and I did our grocery shopping, etc. and ran a couple of errands and we spent the rest of the day doing the boring Sunday stuff … laundry and such. Glad it's a short week, people!

And last, but certainly not least, a HUGE shout out of CONGRATS to my good bloggy buddy, Ani, who is expecting her first baby!! I'm so excited for her.

I keep getting asked what Tabby wants for Christmas. Though I started her a wishlist on Amazon, the whole thing seems kid of silly to me, cuz honestly, the things Tabby wants most, you just can't buy.

Tabby's Christmas List (as translated by mummy)
♥ for the grownups around me to stop changing my clothes whenever I get messy … this greatly infringes on my playtime/mobility
♥ to be able to eat ALL of my food with my own hands, no matter how messy it is
♥ to have everyone's undivided attention every waking moment
♥ to get a nice cuddle when something frightens me
♥ for Loki to slow down for a minute so I can “pet” him
♥ a trip to the zoo or anyplace else where there's nothing but interesting things to look at
♥ to be able to chew on anything I happen to pick up
♥ all baths, no showers
♥ another bite of that ice cream stuff