New Bed

Finally! We bought Rylan a REAL toddler bed. As of late, she's been sleeping on a futon-type mattress on the floor. We were going to just go ahead and buy her a twin mattress and headboard but it's all sort of expensive. Instead, I found a cute Tinkerbell canopy toddler bed at Wal-Mart for only $77! I think it's a more appropriate size for her. AND it has guard rails -- she is a MOVER when she sleeps! 

Of course, we'll eventually have to buy an additional crib mattress for Escher's crib...since the bed doesn't come with one. But that's ok.

And -- A Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Since we already had a traditional turkey dinner with my parents before they left for Fiji, I'm making a ham, baked beans, green bean casserole, rolls, and pickled beets (Rylan's favorite, isn't that weird?), oh and green pistachio marshmallow pudding fruit salad stuff. Wow. I guess that's a lot of food for just 2 1/2 people but leftovers are good. :)

Quick Update

Just a quick update while I take a break from decorating the Christmas tree (yes, early, I know...but I figure I'd better do it while I still have the energy!)...

Per doctor's orders: Escher will be gracing us with his presence sometime on January 24th, 2009 via repeat c-section at Kaiser Permanente Riverside!

His original due date was February 3, 2009 -- so he will be about a week and half early. :)

An Early Thanksgiving Dinner

We celebrated Thanksgiving a little early this year. Mom and Dad are going to be in Fiji this T-Day, so we had our Big Family Dinner last night. As always, it was great! We had our usual: Turkey, lemon-parsley stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, steamed broccoli and hollandaise sauce. Pumpkin pie and Dutch apple pie for dessert. :)

Rylan didn't eat much. She spit out the turkey. Ate some potatoes. Then ate the whipped cream off the pumpkin pie. Oh well.

Not sure what Steve, Ry and I are going to do on "actual" Thanksgiving Day for dinner, though. I don't really want turkey again. We were thinking of making some little Cornish Game Hens. Or we could go totally non-traditional and eat some Chinese food or, heck, we live right across the street from KFC. Haha. 

Election Day

Election Day was uneventful here. I was still getting over a mild cold -- and it was a cool, rainy day so we opted to stay inside. 

Yes, we're disappointed that McCain lost. We are cautiously optimistic in this "change" promised to us...whatever that means. :/  Time will tell, I suppose. It's worth noting that is first election that Steve and I agreed on the same candidate. He's a registered Democrat, I'm an Independent (with conservative Libertarian beliefs, but I just can't bring myself to register as a full fledged Lib). In the 2004 elections, I voted for Bush. Steve for Kerry. This time we mutually agreed that Obama's policies are way too liberal and not what America needs right now. 

It also irks me that several of our friends have commented that they are "finally proud to be Americans" now that Obama has been elected. Say what??? I'm sorry. I am and ALWAYS HAVE BEEN proud to be an American. Even in the worst of times (and during unpopular presidencies) I have been a proud American. 

Let's see -- other than that there's not much else going on. We're excited for the holiday season! I've already got a pretty little Christmas dress for Rylan. We'll be putting up our tree on Thanksgiving Day (or the day after) and take some pictures of her in front of it. 

That's about it.