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A few of my favorite things!

Diaper Hose: makes cleaning the poop off of B.G's nappies so much easier! No more dunking/flushing/dunking...now it's just spraying! Thanks mom and dad for getting that for us!
Organic Mum-Mum's: Calais favorite snack, besides bananas...but gotta limit those because it can back her up a bit! Love hearing her little teeth crunching away
Pumpkin Scones: Yumminess :) Love the ones from Whole Foods...might need to make another trip there!
Books: Anything and everything right now. Thankful that I have the time off right now to enjoy reading. After winter break its back to work and short times with Baby Girl!!!!

It's that time again~

I've compiled the top NYTimes Fiction books for 2010.

And before you ask,

No, I haven't finished last years list or the top 100 Chick Lit books either :)

There are a few series that have popped up on the previous years lists, so I'm adding the series of Wheel of Time (I think there are like 14 of them, and they are HUGE, as well has the The Girl w/ series)

I'm also planning on adding the BBC list to my books to read...

It's a good thing I like to read :)

So here is the list of the TOP NYTimes books from 2010

The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown
The Help, Kathryn Stocket
House Rules, Jodi Picoult
Changes, Jim Butcher
The 9th Judgement, James Patterson
The Overton Window, Glenn Beck
The Search, Nora Roberts
Safe Haven, Nicholas Sparks
American Assassin, Vince Flynn
Hells Corner, David Baldacci
Worst Case, James Patterson
Caught, Harlan Coben 12/17
The Shadow of Your Smile, Mary Higgins Clark
Dead in the Family, C. Harris
Sizzling Sixteen, Janet Evanovich
The Postcard, J. Patterson
Fall of Giants, Ken Follet
Worth Dying, Lee Child
CrossFire, James Patterson
Fantasy in Death, J.D. Robb
Silver Bourne, Patricia Briggs
Deliver us from Evil, David Baldacci 12/20
61 Hours, Lee Child
Private, James Patterson
Freedom, Jonathan Franzen
The Reversal, Michael Connelly
The Confession, John Grisham
Port Mortuary, Patricia Mortuary

Feel free to make this list yours and see how well you do!

The Edge

I want to stay as close to the edge as I can
without going over.
Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.

Kurt Vonnegut

Pumpkin Patch 2010

Every time I pick Calais up I can't believe how big she has gotten.
6 months have gone by.
She now weighs 15 pounds!
She loves to smile/laugh/stick out her tongue.
She can sit up on her own.
She has started solids.
Loved peaches and sweet potatoes, didn't really like avocados!Friday, October 8 was a Oregon In-service Day. Most districts will pay for their teachers to go to professional developments. PPS doesn't have enough money, so instead we get a day off! I'll take it.
Joe wasn't working either so we decided to hit up the local pumpkin farm on Sauvie Island. Love that it only takes about 10 minutes to get there from our house. I'm sure we will go at least 1 more time before the fall is over!While out there, we took a hayride. Picked out a few pumpkins. Joe and Calais went on the cow train! Calais loved the wind whipping through her hair (however Joe was a little cramped in his cow Georgia!)

Calais only stays up about 2 hours in between her naps, so when we go we always try to leave right after she wakes up! We didn't get a chance to go to the animal barn or walk around a bit more.

Neglect

Hello Blog, this is Cara! Nice to meet you.
Okay in all serious, I know I've neglected my blog over the past week. I will try and catch up over the weekend.

I have to admit it has been a hard beginning to the school year. Lots of new stuff going on with work (ended up with a much higher level of students than in the past) So many changes and all in all just a stressful place to work.

Working out EVERY morning b/c Joe has been working nights so can't go to the gym them. I've been really good this week. Getting up at 5 every morning to pump then go to the gym.
Really Really Really missing Calais during the day. It's been hard going to work and not getting to hang out with baby girl during the day. I want to tear up each time I think about how much I miss her during the day. Thankfully Joe and I have been able to video chat most days (except for the past few when I've had working lunches) and I can see Calais on the video. I think she can actually recognize me when I talk to her on the computer, which is nice!

I really look forward to the weekends where we can be an actual family and have us all hang out at the same time.

Here's a pic from our trip to the pool last night!

Day 6

Day 06 → Something you hope you never have to do.

Being a new mom I hope that I never have to bury my child. I can't imagine anything worse. When you bring a child into this world you want to give them everything they could possibly ever want.

With an infant, I feel like new moms are constantly warned about SIDS. One of my biggest fears is that something like that could actually happen. Calais has slept in her Pack N Play in our bedroom for her first five months. We have just started putting her in her crib in her room at night. I get up at least 1 x an hour just to check on her and make sure she is okay. On a few occasions, when we put her down for her nap, she will propel herself onto her tummy and then just scream b/c she doesn't like it. I worry that one time she won't scream and we won't know to flip her back. Losing a child is a scary thing and it's in the back of my mind all the time. I hope it's something we don't ever have to deal with.