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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Crack Coffee Running Through My Veins

I don't know how many of you have had the chance to try McDonald's new crack coffee, but it should come with a warning! It's all Jennifer's fault, she got me hooked. Now I'm riding the iced coffee horse. Every morning I plan to go get a giant cup of it. Hana is my savior. If it weren't such a hassle to get her ready to go I'd be sitting in that drive-thru every morning. And what's sad is I can't even have the big one, I always get the regular because I breastfeed and I don't need to pass my crack coffee addiction on to Hana. I'm completely convinced they put a heaping spoonful of crack in each serving. It's so good and so addictive! Well, I figured out the recipe. Yes, Jennifer, I am sitting here right now as I type enjoying my very own version of McDonald's crack coffee! Are you ready? Here it goes: I made a 2 cups of coffee. (Dunkin Donuts brand. Mom & Dad introduced me to it, it's delicious) While it was still hot I mixed in Irish Creme flavored creamer, sugar and chocolate syrup to taste. I would be ashamed to let anyone know how much of each I added to this cup of coffee! I put it in the refrigerator to let it cool down. Once cooled I poured it into a cup of ice.....YUM! It tastes JUST LIKE IT!!! Now I can have it every morning and I don't have to fuss with getting Hana ready to go!

Okay, now that I have a sufficient amount of crack coffee in my system I can move on...

Hana is starting to figure out she needs to move her arms in order to crawl. It's funny to watch her because she gets really spastic when she does it! Sorry this video is so dark, I live in a cave.

Her favorite noise this week is coughing. When she first started it I was concerned she was sick so it brought on a lot of attention. I think she continues doing it looking for attention. It's a fake cough! I have to admit, though, it is adorable! I'm sure y'all will hear it at Zone Fest. Speaking of Zone Fest, it's going to be sad without Josh and Angela there. I try not to think about it, I still get over-emotional when I realize they're halfway across the country! By the way, Josh, you have such a "guy" blog. Mom, Jennifer, and I check it daily and we're lucky to get a full paragraph out of you! I'm picking on you, I know you're busy. It's just when you do say something it's always funny and we look forward to that!...Back to Hana. She has also started making this weird kitty cat sound, at least that's what it sounds like to me. In this next video, she's making her usual "toot" noises, but she's also making that little kitty noise you'll start to hear about halfway through.

She's also starting to sit by herself more. She can get into a seated/laying down position all by herself. She props herself up with her arms. She's growing up way too fast! It's so exciting and so saddening all at once! I can't believe she'll be 6 months old on the 26th! Where has the time gone? In 6 more months she'll be 1! Yes, I am already planning the birthday bash in my head. If the weather is nice enough I would absolutely love to have it at this huge park right around the corner from our house. There are two huge pavilions with picnic tables, there's a lake off in the distance and a really nice play area. I think this place would accommodate everyone. I want to invite so many people, our house just isn't big enough. I don't know how many people would be able to attend with her birthday being so close to Thanksgiving, though. Joe laughs at me and says "You do realize that her first birthday party is more for you than for her, don't you?" Well, duh! Of course it's more for me, but there will be plenty of pics to share with her when she's older! Here's a video of her "sitting up" and making her infamous noises!

Man, I'm giving y'all all kinds of videos this morning! It's the crack coffee running through my veins! I do have one more video to share with you before I go. Mom bought her this monkey that snores when you push it's hand. Hana has discovered this and LOVES it! She thinks it's so funny. Of course, it's impossible to get her to react the way she normally does with the camera on her, but this is a pretty funny video. At the end she shows that she is just done with this monkey by growling and pushing it away. Sorry it's sideways, I can straighten pictures up but I haven't found a way to straighten videos.

This is Hana watching me type all of this...


Now I'm done, I promise! (I wonder if all of this is going to fit on one blog page?) It seems I have adequately titled this entry "Crack Coffee Running Through My Veins."

1 comment:

JennEllen said...

Oh, yes, the crack coffee! Sorry!! It is soooo good, though. We both live about the same distance to a McDonald's. Some mornings think about going there, too, for a coffee, but then I restrain myself. I've kind of cooked up my own version too. Not as good, though.

And, of course, all the videos of Hana are just adorable! I have a feeling we're all going to just sit around ZoneFest looking at her and Lauren. Are you going to have multiple outfits for her to wear? Will Joe let you change her into them? LOL See ya!