A quick number 2

I bought Raina a potty today...not because we're going to start training now but because (and give me some credit for at least admitting this) a couple other mommies with babies younger than Raina have already started the potty process. I don't think she's ready...but this video shows that she's closer to being ready than Daddy or I ever thought. We had no idea she would do this...I have no idea how Chris didn't laugh!

I'll be back later this weekend. Chris is taking baby away for a 3-day weekend so I can do some uninterrupted spring cleaning. Good times! Not really...but the final result should be super refreshing!!!

Business partner needed

So I sit here this evening alone...Chris is at school and Raina is in bed and the kitties are off puking somewhere in the depths of this black hole that is our house. I just finished reading the blogs of people I know...smart, industrious, put-together people....ya know, the type you wish you could be like, even if it were just for a day 'cause you know that day would be glorious. I'm "supposed" to be working out...the wedding is only a couple weeks away...but instead, I sit here and perseverate on chocolate. Chocolate. In all forms...frozen, melted, dark, white, you name it. And then I start to wonder...Why the hell isn't there a sweets delivery service? There's take-out for everything else but no one to call for my sweet tooth. Why? Has someone tried and it failed? Seems to me like a ticket to a cushy early retirement. Put up flyers in daycares, salons, playgrounds, mall family restrooms...anywhere moms hang out. Shoot, anywhere anyone with fluctuating demon hormones hangs out. Also -- and I can't speak for anywhere other than Pittsburgh...maybe it's just P'burgh-specific -- but ya know how we have flower vendors on every other major corner? I have to think that I could do more business than them if I were out there with a little cooler packed with Reeses, Hersheys, Heathes, etc. And for the mom with children in the car who shouldn't eat sweets, I could sell "carrots"...I could pass out a "menu" list which explains in small print at the bottom that ordering "carrots" will actually get you a brown paper bag of chocolate, but the kids will be none the wiser.

Seriously, does anyone want to fund me in this?!?

Our Memorial Day

Another quick one...

We took the T (that would be "trolley" for you non-Pittsburgh folk) downtown today. It was Raina's first time on the train, and she enjoyed it quite a bit. She particularly liked standing up while the train was moving. Our intention was to go to the Point and have fun at the fountain, but the fountain wasn't running today. Grrrrr! However, we did put our feet in the water and splash around a bit. Here are some pics from today...

Here we are at the T station waiting for our train...

We took her wagon with us, so we heard a lot of "Go go!"

Reading the train schedule...

Notice anything missing?!?

But we had fun splashing anways :)

After some splash time, we found a nice grassy knoll and let her run around for a bit.

The following series of pics highlights the face Raina gives strangers (and us, too, when she's mad!). You can see why I'm forever apologizing to people!

Short one

We went to the aviary today. This video pretty much sums up the trip... "Go Go, Va Va." :)

Here are some pics from our time there, too...

This is on our way out the door.

Getting up close and personal with a birdie of some sort.

This is her throwing a fit and wanting DOWN!

I do plan to get into this blogging thing again...

...but not for a while...got too much going on! Until then, enjoy this clip from tonight :)

She does this face so much. She had us in tears tonight, though :)

(if you can't see it, that means you're in facebook...gotta go to www.momwithoutaclue.blogspot.com to see it)