Bun_intheoven

Melissa and Doug contest

2009-11-15T04:50:38Z

http://blog.melissaanddoug.com/2009/10/28/melissa-doug-play-kitchen-giveaway/#comment-2599

Lovely

2009-10-04T07:24:14Z

Law of Attraction in Action

2009-10-04T03:23:06Z

I'm taking inspired action and have created a new blog where I will be writing about the Law of Attraction, self appreciation, awareness, appreciation of contrast, the vibrational nature of ourselves and the Universe, co-creation, etc. Ideally my vision is to turn this space into a sort of column where I address specific questions or topics that readers suggest, or just topics that I find interesting, but I think it would be fun to make it a co-creative interactive place . If there is something you'd like to know, or want to talk about- let me know!

Please add/read along as the journey unfolds if you feel inspired to do so!

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Aidan- 20 Months!

2009-08-23T02:03:42Z

I belly laughed out loud:

2009-07-05T05:42:02Z

From Dooce.com

"Jon is about this close to activating the parental controls on our DirecTV so that I can no longer watch anything on Discovery Health Channel or TLC. It started a few months ago when I accidentally stumbled upon a show about a new fad in childbirth called Freebirthing where women have their babies at home without the aid of a nurse or midwife or any trained professional. And at one point there was this three-year-old kid going WHY IS MOMMY SCREAMING LIKE THAT?! And the woman is clawing at this head coming out from between her legs, and she's all GET IT OUT! GET IT OUT! Except, there is no one there who knows how to get it out, and her husband is just standing there shrugging like DUDE, THIS WAS YOUR IDEA!"

I found the whole thing totally fascinating because you've got to have a special combination of bravery and stupidity going on to attempt such a thing, but Jon has not ever recovered from watching it. In fact, one night last month they ran the episode again, and there I was in bed eagerly awaiting the part where the woman has to get in her car, drive herself to the hospital and ask someone to pull out her placenta, when Jon walked in and was all NO WAY, NOT AGAIN, TURN IT OFF, TURN IT OFF, TURN IT OFF. Oh, come on! Television doesn't get better than this! The look on that doctor's face when he says, "You want me to what?" And she's all, I don't know what the big deal is, I just had a baby at home in front of my three-year-old and this damn placenta won't come out, can't you just yank it for me? Give it a little tug?

And then, of course, there's that loathsome show "A Baby Story" on TLC that follows real couples through the last few weeks of pregnancy. I cannot stop watching it, even though it makes me violently angry. I just cannot believe the bedside manner of some of the doctors on that show, and I'm not even kidding, twice in the last week I have watched a doctor wave the arm of the newborn infant at its mother AS IT IS BEING PULLED FROM THE WOMB. No, wait. Let me finish. These doctors treated these seconds-old babies like puppets, waved their little arms wildly in the air, and said, "Hi, Mommy!" in a high-pitched voice as if that is exactly what they would sound like and say upon taking their first breaths. WHILE THE LOWER HALVES OF THEIR BODIES WERE STILL INSIDE THEIR MOTHERS.

You have got to be shitting me.

I was telling Jon about these episodes yesterday, my voice getting louder and louder with each gruesome detail, and he decided that this was it. No more cable television while I'm pregnant, just look at how needlessly angry it was making me. I made him promise me that if my doctor looked at all like she was going to treat the baby like a puppet that he should immediately knock her to the floor, because otherwise I would one day show up at her house with a crowbar and then spend the rest of my life appealing an assault conviction. WHO KNEW that you might have to include a line in your birth plan that says, "If at all possible, could you please not play ventriloquist with my newborn baby."

See you tomorrow, Daddy. Oh, and, BUBBLES!

2009-06-20T02:12:46Z

Hi Daddy

2009-06-18T18:54:33Z

We misssssss youuuuuuuu!
xo!
(Aidan and I have crazy beach hair, hahahahha)

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Hi from the BEACH!

2009-06-15T23:17:59Z

Homework

2009-06-12T04:44:57Z

I just did this, and my jaw is still on the floor from the shock of what I discovered.

Take several deep belly breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth.
On the outbreath make an audible "AHHHH" sound
Do this until your mind is calm and quiet.
Shift your awareness from behind your eyes slowly down your face and neck and into your heart.
For THREE- FOUR minutes STRAIGHT, continually finish this phrase:
"If I wasn't afraid, I would..."

AMAZING what you will find out about yourself and what you really want!

bun_intheoven @ 2009-06-07T21:24:00

2009-06-08T01:24:39Z

PICNIC IN THE PARK!

2009-06-05T00:57:32Z

So I'm thinking it's about damn time we have a BBQ/PICNIC at Freedom Park. Bring your babies and dogs, husbands, boyfriend/girlfriends, ferrets, what the hell ever and come HAVE SOME FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Whatcha think?

I'm thinking Sat/Sun.

Input????

16 Months Old

2009-04-12T03:04:22Z

It's been a long while since I have posted pics, so here are a few. We went to discovery place today, so there are some pics from that in here, but also from the past few weeks.

Aidan is now nearly 16 months old and is learning new words everyday and will show you his belly if you ask :)

First Offical "Bad Mom" Moment

2009-04-05T02:03:24Z

I'm sure there have been minor mommy infractions made on my part in the past almost 16 months, but today was the first real strike against my Mommy card.

I dropped Aidan ON HIS FACE...

We were playing airplane (he was laying on my shins, not the toss in the air kind) and I would flip him up and he was laughing hysterically and then on the last flip up he went past vertical, Flipped over and BAM- on his FACE.

He looked up and his little face was all BLOODY!

IT WAS BLOODY!!!!!!!

The gums above his two front teeth were bleeding (I think...it might have been the inside of his lip- I couldn't tell very well since it was all bloody) and he was FREAKING OUT (as was I- Jackie was handling things quite nicely). He's ok now, but when your baby looks up at you covered in blood because you DIDN'T CATCH HIM LIKE YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO, you basically feel like the WORST person in the world.

Mommy is sorry Aidan...SOOOO SORRY- Please don't remember this and be traumatized forever (good point on this, James).

LOVE IT

2009-04-03T02:47:10Z

Dec 18, 2008

2008-12-19T01:01:53Z

Happy Birthday Aidan.

I love you.

3 Days

2008-12-16T04:07:07Z

Is all I had to wait at this time last year to meet my little boy.

Aidan turns ONE on THURSDAY! WHAT!@??? He's walking and saying mama and dada, and other funny little things like, "that". Hahaha...he will point to something and say "That?" when he wants to know what "that" is. It's probably the cutest thing any baby has ever done EVER in the history of babies.

For real though.

Jackie and I are bringing cupcakes for his class :)
Should be AWESOME!!!

Hopefully this week will make up for how shitty next week starts out for him.

He's having a bilateral myringotomy and possibly an adenoidectomy (For those of you who haven't been to a million pediatrician appointments- he's having tubes put in his ears and might have his adenoids taken out depending on what the doc sees when he gets in there)

My mom will be here all week though so that should make him feel better. That boy sure LOVES his Nan.

I feel so cut off from all of you now. I miss hanging out! COME OVER!

The Puff Incident.

2008-11-29T13:46:17Z

New Videos! Nearly 11 Months Old!

2008-11-07T06:04:10Z

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Amen

2008-08-24T18:25:25Z

Late! 7 months old!

2008-07-27T02:46:46Z

These are from our trip to the beach for July 4th

OH YEA- AIDAN CAN CRAWL AND PULL HIMSELF UP TO STANDING NOW!

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HEY! Vote for Aidan!!!

2008-06-22T17:45:39Z

VOTE HERE!

and repost if you're so inclined!

Make sure to Rate AND Recommend!

It's a baby photo contest for the cover of Parents magazine!!!!!

5 Months 10 Days (ALREADY!)

2008-05-29T02:39:49Z

Aidan is almost 6 months old!!! He is learning to sit up and I bet he will be crawling in less than 6 weeks. He is eager to start exploring the world with his own hands and feet! He is growing so fast, it's really just unbelievable. I hope you all will enjoy these pics and Jackie and I hope to see you soon. Aidan still has not met many of you!

bun_intheoven @ 2008-05-15T22:11:00

2008-05-16T02:12:19Z

There is nothing more beautiful to me than my sleeping baby boy.

4 months 1 week

2008-04-27T04:50:43Z

3 Months 2 Weeks Old

2008-04-03T02:15:14Z