Toilettries

I am working a graveyard tonight and I don't have a lot of anything new to report so I am going to blog about a recent discovery of mine ...

I was getting ready for work today and I needed a band aid. I have a cupboard outside my bathroom where I keep my toiletries and first aid supplies. As I was looking for one band aid I realized how much stuff is in this cupboard and after careful inventory this is what I recorded ...

• 12 fragrant lotions


• 2 finger nail polish removers


• 2 body sprays


• 2 insect repellents


• 10 mini deodorants


• 5 hand sanitizers


• 5 exfoliating body washes


• 2 hair serums


• 5 lint rollers


• 3 loofahs

One would think that I would smell like vanilla walnut passion fruit citrus, but I don't. I smell more like baby spit with a hint of dryer sheet and chap stick.

I know a lot of these items make for good gifts but for the future maybe you people could refrain from the toiletries and just give me cash. HA!

Can't Get Enough

And who would blame me?

Best Friend, Mi Amiga, BFF, Friends For Life

This is Jessica, the one I have frequently referenced in blogs pasts. She is talented, beautiful, and lucky for me and my lack of talent, Chandler's personal photographer. I can't take a good picture to save my life.

Jessica's hubby, Anthony, watched Chandler today so that Me, Jessica, Merry, and Amy Q. could go see Mamma Mia this afternoon. I knew the movie was going to be good but I did not know I would enjoy it enough to go immediately to Target to purchase the soundtrack.

It was nice to have a girly afternoon and no movie would be more appropriate for such an event. Amy brought her broccoli to munch on (don't know what that was about), Jess was squealing with excitement before the movie even started and Merry giggled to the right of me the entire movie. It was one of the more fun times I have had at the movies.

Photos By Jessica

I love this face!

And Jessica, I NEED you. If you read this, I need your help to edit the layout of these fabulous pics. I am computer challenged. Oh, and by the way, the link thingy you set up on my account to link to your blog is not working ... so we should fix that while you fix my pics. And I made it so Ang can comment, cuz we need some Ang lovin' too.

Lately, Jessica has been the fixer of many problems Keena.

Thank you Best Friend!

Grandma's Prerogative

This is Grandma Carole. Chandler is her first grand child and she spoils him rotten. She watches him once a week while I go to work and she never puts him down. I keep telling her that she needs to or he will become a permanent appendage. Grandma's prerogative I guess.

Hick-a-Choo Fart ... Must be a Guy Thing

Now maybe some of you Moms already know what this phenomenon is ... but I, being a fairly new Mom have just discovered what "hick-a-choo fart" entails.

Late last night I was violently wakened from my slumber by my screaming newborn with cries reaching an all time volume high. Thinking he was hungry I immediately offered sustenance. I was wrong. I thought maybe it was a soggy diaper. I was wrong. I thought maybe he wanted to snuggle. I was wrong. After running out of ideas and my heart beginning to break from his screeching cries, I set Chandler on my lap in an upright position. What came next was inexplicable ... He proceeded to take one deep breath and then hick-upped, sneezed, and tooted in a span of two seconds. His fussiness immediately stopped and the little dude passed out in my lap then and there.

After mentioning the events of my witching hour to nurses at work, I was informed that this body function had a technical name ... "hick-a-choo fart". Apparently this rare but real body function occurs among infant males ... and some adult males. Must be a guy thing.

Dog Gone It

This is Anabelle, my companion of 13 years. I adopted her from the pound and while I was filling out the adoption papers at the desk another small person had picked her out with her
Dad. I had to pry Annabelle out of the arms of a screaming seven year old. That was a treat.
She is the only mutt worth approximately $4792 ... this is a compilation of vet bills, dog food and supplies, court costs, yes I said court cost, I had to show up in court for 'dog running at large' ... carpet cleaning expenses and grooming. One time she turned up missing and with in 45 minutes the pound was calling me saying they had her ... Already? ... 45 minutes? ... Did she take a cab to the pound? ... How on Earth did She get there so fast? It ended up costing me $150 to spring her out of doggy jail ... dog gone it.
She is now referred to as Grandma Annabelle because she is so ancient. She is a beloved member of the Hemphill family.

Mattie Mattie Mattie

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Today I am watching Mattie Taylor. He is Jessica's youngest child....for now....she wants another baby sooo bad. It was time for lunch and I let Mattie pick his own food. He chose string cheese, apple sauce and Top Ramen right out of the package into his belly. He did not want it cooked.