Happy Birthday, Angela!

Well, you'll all be happy to know that shortly after posting my entry last night I got Hana to sleep - in her room - and she slept peacefully all night long. She woke up this morning her usual happy self and we are going to have a wonderful day!

I see JennEllen has started her own blog. She keeps saying it won't be as interesting as mine, but I have to disagree. She has a lot of good opinions about a lot of things and I know I will really enjoy reading her blog. We watch a lot of the same TV shows and I always like listening to what she has to say about them. That along with the abundance of knowledge she has in that brain of hers will make for an interesting blog in my opinion. Then you have Josh's blog. I love his already. The parking wars story is hilarious! I was on the phone with him just yesterday and heard a tow truck in the background! I think his blog is a great idea, he can document his experience in LA and keep it forever! This just means we're going to have blog-offs.
Blog-athons. We're all becoming blog-aholics!

Now I want to talk about Hana a bit more. I bought some of that Nursery water to mix with her cereal because it's a bit of a pain to freeze my milk in such small quantities to just use it for mixing with cereal and a tiny bit for her sippy cup. I guess I didn't think it through all that well. I never thought it would taste much different, but she did not like it! Bless her heart she just about threw up! She took a bite and gagged. She took another bite and gagged. Her eyes got all watery and red, she was miserable! I also tried to feed her barley. Yuck. She was not pleased. I learned my lesson: mix the barley with my milk until she's used to it and mix the oatmeal and rice cereals with milk and water and slowly extract the milk and add more water. It's funny because Joe didn't think I should mix up her cereal, like feeding a dog. He thought it might make her sick to her stomach if she has rice cereal one day and barley the next...I love him! That sounds like something I would think up!

So, yesterday was my birthday. It was a good one, but I think I've hit the point where birthdays don't really matter anymore. Was I excited or upset to turn 27? Oddly enough I don't feel much emotion about it one way or the other. Mom called and played "Yer Birthday" for me. I look forward to that every year. I plan to carry on that tradition with Hana. She is going to be a Beatles fan! Well, I realize I can't force it on her, so at the very least she will be exposed to their music unlike those idiots on American Idol! I couldn't believe that during Beatles week the majority of them admitted to not being too familiar with their music. Do they live in a cave?! Who raised these kids? Are they also not familiar with the music of Elvis or the Stones? If they are truly passionate about music they should indulge in all kinds of it. Okay, okay, I seem to have veered off into another American Idol rant. Sorry. Back to my birthday. Joe showed up from work early with flowers, a balloon, cheesecake, and a bottle of melon vodka which I still haven't had one drink out of. Man has my life changed! Two years ago that bottle would be close to empty by now and Joe would be mad that I wasn't hung over this morning. Joe's so sweet! We were supposed to have a nice dinner last night but I had a big lunch and just never got hungry enough. You see, Kroger makes their own tortillas. I know most of you have had them via myself or Jennifer. They are sent from heaven! They are hands down the best tortillas ever. Jennifer's Kroger sells double bags but I've never seen them at my Kroger. I bought some the other day because I was making soft tacos. I grabbed two packages because one is usually eaten before dinner is ready. (I have a couple on the way home, a few while cooking, Joe has some, before you know it the package is gone) So I grabbed two packages and didn't realize until I got home that they were double packages! I have tortillas coming out of my yin yang!!! Hence the reason I had a big lunch and never got hungry for dinner last night! (Want me to overnight some to LA, Angela?) This morning I'm going to make myself a couple breakfast tacos...mmmmm!

And on that note, I'm out!

Here's a video for you to enjoy! Hana loves looking at herself in the mirror!