Eureka, we found it!

Little man got a present for his 8 month birthday - his first tooth! It's good to know I was right about one of my kids teething since with Sam I was convinced she was getting her first tooth for...oh 6 months or so. And with Lexi, I never really new she was teething, she'd just wake up in the morning with a new tooth. You think I'm joking, but on one of our trips to Disneyland she screamed/laughed on the teacups and I noticed her first 2 year molar had popped through. I know they say you get less attentive about milestones with each child, but even I thought that was extreme. ;)

But luckly, as with our other children, Jack has taken teething in stride *knock on wood*. He's been drooling, chewing, etc but not overly fussy. I'm hoping this is how it will be for the rest of them!

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Twitter

I signed up for Twitter. Mostly to follow/comment to MckMama because I'm not that cool to really need my own. Honestly, my life isn't interesting enough to twitter. Or tweet. Or whatever it is. And I'm not even sure who I should follow. Maybe I'll get the hang of it, but I highly doubt it. I have a feeling by the time I finally get it, it will be Samantha explaining it to me.

Baby Stellan Needs Your Prayers

Stellan, the youngest child of Jennifer over at My Charming Kids, is not doing very well right now. He's is a heart baby and in the past 3 days has been in continous SVT (you can learn about it on her blog). The latest is that he is being airlifted to Boston, but it's not looking good. Please, please pray for this little boy and his family. They need a miracle right about now. And knowing how hard you all prayed for my little miracle, I'm confident you can help here. Stellan is only a month older than my Jack.

Oh DVR, How I Love Thee...

Let me count the ways

* I can record shows that I can watch in peace AFTER the kids go to bed
* I can pause you to go change the load of laundry
* I can record shows for the kids for those time that Mommy needs 20 mins of quiet

The list could go on and on, trust me. So imagine my horror when our Dish DVR went out yet again. Finally having enough of the same issue and their crappy customer service, we cancelled our service and signed up with AT&T UVerse. They shut off our Dish on a Thursday and AT&T was supposed to come that Saturday. Except after waiting all day, the never showed. The hubby called over and over again just to be told they were running late and would be on their way. Finally at 5pm, after realizing we had been stood up, he called again - and was told they had overbooked and wouldn't be able to come until the following Saturday. Not a great start with the customer service AT&T!

But that meant an entire week without any television. How were we possibly going to survive? I'd like to think we don't watch that much tv because honestly how do I have time between catching up on blogs and wasting time on Facebook? Oh and raising 3 kids. But there are a handful of shows we really like and we were lost. Luckily, we did find that most were online, so it wasn't a complete tradegy. But no shows for the kids - that would certainly make for long days. And the first two days it did. But a really cool thing happened - they stopped asking for the tv, knowing it wasn't just me being the world's meanest mom. And they played. With eachother! And didn't fight! Maybe the two things aren't connected, but it was amazing.

But I was thrilled when AT&T showed up yesterday to set us up. Because I can only guess the novelty of our new found no tv freedom surely would have worn off by this week. Now if I could only get the hubby to put down the remote long enough to set me timers. Because I really can't miss another week of Army Wives.

Baby Love

About a week ago Jack starting giving baby kisses. You know the kind I'm talking about - wide open mouth and slobbery. But they are so sweet, especially Jack's. He grabs me on either side of my face and pulls me forward to give me one. I'd love to share a picture/video with you because trust me, we have tried getting one, but an interesting thing has happened. Apparently Jack is so used to getting his picture taken that the minute he sees the camera, he turns to it and smiles. Yes, he is our ham. Hopefully soon I'll be able to get a picture to share. Until then I'll just enjoy the baby love.

Taken For Granted

Do you appreciate the area you live and take full advantage of what it has to offer. I know I have a few friends who truly do, but honestly I really don't. I love where I live and think it's one of the best places in the country to live. We're fairly close to everything we could want - beaches, lakes, snow, the wine country...and San Francisco, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. But we rarely go into the City. The only times we go, besides driving through to go to the airport is when we're visiting my sister-in-law who lives there or when we have out of town guests that we want to show it to.

My mom and stepdad just did an Alaskan cruise that sailed & returned to San Francisco. They actually docked in San Fran yesterday and stayed on board last night. Well we decided to suprise them and meet them in the city yesterday and play tourist with them. And it was so much fun. We walked to Pier 39 and Fisherman's Warf, stopped for appetizers and drinks and did a tour of the USS Pampanito, a US Navy Submarine used in WWII. I wish we had longer to do more stuff, but for the short amount of time had, we did a lot and it was fun to explore the city a little.

Hopefully we'll start going in the City more often because it really has so much to offer. And I don't like taking it for granted.