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So next week I turn 30. 30. wow. I can't believe it. I really don't feel 30. I've been talking about it with my girlfriend Teresa at work- trying to plan my party- and she says to me, "Of course you don't feel 30, because you act like you are a teenager." To this, I laugh. This is true. She acts much more mature than me and she is 5 years younger. And I'm the one with a 9 month old! ahahahha! I love it, though. I'm over turning 30- I think growing older is awesome. I don't really see what the big deal is about your 'age'. 30 is the new 20 anyway, right? At least according to People magazine! :)

My faux hawk returned this weekend. My hair before was longer in the front kinda like a bob- but then spikey in the back... That was cute while I was at work, but then the minute I get home- I want EVERY hair out of my face. Pebble's ponytails on the top of my head, headbands... both together. It was stupid. That is why I don't grow my hair out anymore, because it was always in a ponytail, unless I was 'going out'. I'm married and Tyler thinks I'm hot no matter what. I must admit though, the girl who cut my hair did NOT know who to cut a faux hawk. I definitely have a BUTCH cut right now! ahahahahahah! And unfortunately, it's SO short, that there is no hair left to 'fix' to make it better. eek! I just have to let it grow out a tad. And where a lot more make-up. :) After she chopped it, I was afraid Georgia would react differently to Mommy-with-no-hair. But she didn't even flinch. She was just happy I was home from the salon.

April/May

Those first fotos were Georgia in her Easter dress. Now she is a pro at sitting up on her own. And then that is a pic of us at the March of Dimes March for Babies this year. We are with Angela and her boys. she is a friend from work. Georgie is in her stroller staying out of the sun. I headed our Campus fundraising this year. We raised over $600.00 with donations and with a Nacho Sale at work.

My Mom has been laying it on thick about us not putting up a recent post... so this month in a nutshell... we have been sick. Ty started catching a cold the first week and then Georgia got a runny nose and then I got a sore throat. Georgia got over her cold in just a few days but we continued to feel crappy. Tyler went to the doctor and tested positive for the flu- which for the doctor's office meant that he probably had the Swine flu. I went and got tested- but I was negative.So we had to quarantine him- Georgia and I packed up and went to Grandma's. he was able to go back to work the next week but then got a call at work- the very night he had gone back to work- that he didn't have the Swine flu, he had Whooping Cough. It's highly contagious and he was to immediately leave work and go home. during this time I had been going to work and I just couldn't kick this dry cough. well, I made an appointment for the next day and so did my mom. when I walked in the office- they put a mask on me. they swabbed my nose- horrible! and gave me a prescription. They told me not to go back to work until Monday- of course Tyler is at home too. so we are both quarantined now. Georgia is fine because she has had boosters for whooping cough - Mom was okay too, she had a tetanus shot a few weeks ago and that had whooping cough in it, too. Whooping cough? Come on! who gets WHOOPING COUGH! I thought that was one of those viruses that with vaccines- just didn't exist anymore! well- it does. And we got it from somewhere.

So April, Georgia has joined the ranks of crawlers. We have been able to corral her in our living room with our ottoman blocking the way to the rest of our apartment, except today she started figuring that out. she kept crawling over to the ottoman and pulling herself up and whimpering. She will do this while Ty and I are not in the living room with her. While we are in there with her she is content. OH! yeah and this past Monday Georgia pulled herself up all by herself! Now we just can't throw things up on the couch.

This morning, I also checked her gums and she has a 3rd tooth! So that is her two front bottom teeth and she just cut her top front left tooth. she is enjoying the new world of baby food with all the new tastes. the only thing she seems to really not care for is the Ham and Beef. I don't blame her. That is the one food I can't bare to taste.

April news

so I guess our blog is a monthly thing now?! Let's see- nothing too big is going on with everyone. The biggest thing is the new member of our family. We have surrendered my cat, Chiquimula to my mom to keep her company. :( So without her here, I finally gave in to Tyler's 5yrs of pleading for a dog. We adopted Napoleon last Saturday. He is a Yorkie Bichon- (Yorkshire Terrier/ Bichon Frise mix) he is absolutely adorable. And truth be known, cats are A LOT different from dogs. it has been a true adjustment for me... I'm still trying to figure out how to interact with him. But Tyler is loving him! he is 2months old- and NOT potty trained, so you can only imagine. here are a few shots of our little Napoleon (or Poley for short)... and there is a shot of GK in her jumper. :)

a few photos

here are a few shots I have here at work...

I believe I've mentioned before that Tyler likes to pick a color and then dress GK in that ONE color. This day's color was Purple. That's Georgia's favorite dolly- her Minnie Mouse from Gramma Phyllis. Georgia was lucky Minnie was wearing purple. Tyler has been known to also coordinate the color of her car toy.

Then here is an action shot of Georgia's moving skills... she first pushed her "toy on crack" (to the left of Gigi's head) under the coffee table, then scooted under there herself. We definitely need to start baby-proofing the apartment! I'm still trying to figure out how she got under there...


And we have a morning nap shot. she noticed these amazingly entertaining socks of mine so of course she has confiscated them. she has just as much fun if not more with one of those dumb socks then a "regular toy". here she has collapsed on it after too much fun. You can also see a faint dark outline underneath her (and the sock) that is not a shadow, it's drool. :)

Update!

so I'm finally updating the blog! what's been goign on the last month:

• Georgia started eating "baby food"
• GK cut her first teeth in Feb! her bottom right and then a week later her bottom left!
• GK just this Monday started going up on her hands and knees
• We celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary on the 19th of February.
• The Fam had to stay with Gramma Phyllis for 2 weeks as our water heater went out in our apartment
• Manda started class again... statistics!
• Tyler has perfected the art of putting Georgia down for her naps
• We are preparing to set up the nursery. GK still is in her pack and play in our room.
• GK has also developed a love of blowing raspberries. she especially likes doing it with a mouth full of baby food. :P
• Georgia is also pushing herself around; she'll be one place one minute, and 3 feet away the next!

Obviously, we've not been good about keeping the blog up. Things have just been too crazy! As always... we will TRY to do better. :)

The girls are sick...

Pray for Tyler. Both me and Gigi are sick and Ty is feeling a little overwhelmed. :( We both have a cold with a nasty cough. He took Gigi to the doc this morning, and she had this breathing treatment with meds in it, or something... i guess she HATED having the little mask on and cried the whole time. so the two of us slept most the day; I stayed home from work.

Saturday Georgia had another first! She was getting a bath and we were just finishing up and then I hear Muuuuuurrrrrraggggggghhhhh! I look down at her, confused, and see two long skinny snakes emerge from between her legs. I immediate start laughing and cheering that she was able to get all of that out! She has been a little constipated as she has been getting this cold. I love how oblivious she was. She just kept smiling away and splashing. And it probably didn't help that I was laughing and smiling too. ahahahahha!

Happy New Year!

Alright, so I haven't updated our blog in awhile. But I have a baby what do you expect? And we moved, and had family for Thanksgiving, then had Christmas, and started school again... and we have just been busy. I don't really have that much spare time to dink around on the computer anymore... I'd rather be playing with Georgia. She is a few days shy of 5mos old now and is doing great. We are pretty sure she is starting to teethe as she is a drool machine now! she loves blowing spit bubbles, and putting everything in her mouth. she is rolling over now and is convinced she is a "big girl". She always wants to sit up or stand, she doesn't like to be held like a "baby" anymore- unless she is getting her bottle! Me and Tyler's schedule has been very trying the past 3months. We commute 2hrs each way to drop off GK at her grandmother's house in Mesa- and then drive back to Phoenix for work (during rush hour). So we don't get home until 7ish every night.We are all together, but I nap on the way to work and Tyler naps on the way home. It's been very hard to spend time together as a couple. When we are together- it's usually one of us holding/ playing with Georgia and the other one is eating breakfast or dinner. Tyler's schedule should be changing here Feb 1, so we will see how that affects our commuting/ quality time together. :) We miss each other. lol- that's sounds so sad! We sure do love our little girl though- and it's worth it in the long run. Here are some recent phone shots I have taken. That first one was just taken today.

Brayton's Birthday

This past Saturday was cousin Brayton's 3rd birthday party at Brandon & Michelle's place. And I didn't get ONE foto of the birthday boy!! Georgia and I went out there for the BBQ and cake. Michelle made the cake and did an awesome job decorating it with a Transformers theme. We got him a Nerf Blaster gun that shoots ping pong balls. But I was mad Tyler wouldn't let me open it after we gave it to him. I LOVE putting kids toys together! he is such a party pooper sometimes! ah ha! Brayton would have wanted me to open it for him... :) Then Daddy joined us at the party (Ty works on Saturdays until 5) and we played Rock Band. I was good though, I didn't hog the mic this time. I shared. Here's Gigi in her little party outfit. Tyler had a paper due and it was getting late, but I was being irresponsible and kept putting off leaving. Here is Tyler and GK saying "We have had enough!". I don't know who's expression I love more!!

Halloween...

At least I haven't lapsed the next Holiday... :)

Georgia was a black kitty cat.

Tagged Again

Where is your cell phone? no clue
Where is your significant other? couch
Your hair color? dark brown
Your mother? pateint
Your father? is missed
Your favorite thing? pillow talk
Your dream last night? dunno
Your dream/goal? pay off the pregnancy hospital bills
The room you’re in? dinning room
Your hobby? needlepoint
Your fear? walking in the dark
Where do you want to be in 6 years? back in California
Where were you last night? home
What you’re not? reserved
One of your wish-list items? brown shoes for GK!
Where you grew up? Oakland
The last thing you did? ate CocoPuffs
What are you wearing? PJ bottoms & t-shirt
Your pet? Chiquimula
Your computer? Dell & HP
Your mood? content
Your car? KIA Spectra sport & Corolla
Something you’re not wearing? matching clothes ah ha!
Favorite store? Gymboree & Macy's
Your summer? Hotter then HELL
Love someone? Ty & GK
Your favorite color? Orange
When is the last time you laughed? 1/2 hour ago
Last time you cried? last night

Our New President

So I am clicking around checking out the blog-0-sphere I'm noticing just about everyone has something about the election. Again, I will make an attempt to catch up. :) On November 4th Tyler and I with Georgia went to our polling place to vote for the 44th President. Tyler, GK, and I had our usual hour commute home from the East side of the Valley and we were hungry and tired and we just wanted to get in there mark up our ballots quick and get home. But as I grabbed the pen and went to mark my vote for President, it hit me. I wasn't just voting for the Democratic nominee because he was a democrat, I was voting for Barack Obama because I believed in him. I was voting for him because I wanted him to be our next President. I knew Arizona was going to go 'red', but I still wanted to vote and participate in the altering of our country. Come what may, it will be a different place, and I am very proud that we were apart of it.

even the title is a different color!

So I was on The McCarthy Family Happenings blog site published by my brother Mike and his wife Krista and I was thinking... you know? My blog site is pretty dull... I want a cute Blog site!! so I explored the vast add-ons and templates and skins... and this is what I've come up with. I love it! I found a bunch of other skins that I liked that I can't wait to use. As you can see I added a photo of GK from her recent photo shoot, too. I would love to do more, but I'm at work and I think this lunch hour has gone a little longer than usual...

smiles

We are really excited as Georgia isn't just smiling from GAS anymore! she is showing more emotion and reacting to things more now. This morning Tyler put her on our bed to change her diaper and I came in from the bathroom, and said a big happy, "Hello Georgia!" and she turned her head to me and started smiling and kicking her legs... I was suppose to be getting ready for work, but she was so awake and she was cooing and squealing, and I just couldn't pull myself away!! I couldn't help but compare her to the other babies at church yesterday, and man she is a calm baby! All the other kids were screaming, fussy, and crying. And then there was GK, just kicking back. I wonder if this is the calm before the storm. :) I just realized I didn't post any fotos from Halloween. I'll try and do that tonight.

The New M.A.S.H.

When I was in grade school and couldn't sleep, I used to turn on the little TV in my room. It seemed like after 11:00pm the only show that was ever on was M.A.S.H. At the age of 10 or 12 that show was sort of funny, but it was a little over my head. But I knew that it wouldn't be scary so I would tune in. I came to despise it.

So with a newborn, there are a lot of late nights/ early mornings. If you noticed on our "what we are watching list" I usually watch music videos. So late at night, the only alternatives are Paid Programming or "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air". THIS, my friends, is the new M.A.S.H. This dumb show is on at all hours of the day. I will go so far as to say that at a certain time and place this show had its place? And seeing Will Smith in his acting debut is kinda cute. But that lasted for only one re-run.

I now can only dream of a re-run episode of M.A.S.H. REAL humor based on the issues of that day, smartly written... and with real actors! It incorporated a little history with entertainment, which I'm all about these days. I try in vain to find it on any late night line-up. But, to no avail.

Instead, I tune in to MTV and VH1. If a video comes on by Phil Collins, at least I now it won't be longer then 3 minutes...

progress of moving-

so... we still haven't "moved in" to our apartment yet. We did some painting today- finishing the living room accent wall and the dinning room nook. I don't think we are going to paint Georgia's room before we move in; which is fine, since GK (Georgia Kathleen) is still in our room anyway. Tyler and Dustin Bryan moved our dinning room set in last week and Tyler set that up today. :) And I packed up almost all of our clothes. But man, when we come home from work, it is feed the baby and feed ourselves... and go to bed. We are having the EQ coming Saturday night to help move the couches, the bed, and the bedroom furniture. I just don't know how we are going to have everything else ready to go by then...

little updates

So now starts the little mundane steps of developement that Tyler and I get excited about. enough to blog about them. I figure that they might be lame but in a few years... or in a few weeks I won't remember the little wonders that we are experiencing day to day.

Georgia clocks in at 8lbs 11 oz this week. She is focusing her eyes more. Tyler and I will be on one side of her and call her name or shake a rattle and watch her turn her head to the noise and breifly focus. It's so awesome when she looks into my eyes... even if it is just for a moment. We let her sleep the night, and she wakes us when she is hungry. THIS is great. she wakes up only once during the night, as Ty and I get up at 4:30 to feed her every morning before getting ready for work. Georgia is getting more hair however, it's growing in blonde. Her eyebrows are still blonde; they are filling in a little too. In the past few days we have noticed she has all these new eyelashes growing in! I'm really excited about that. She has had like 5 long lashes since she was born... it was like a switch turned on. All of them started growing in at the same time. She has also started flicking her tongue around. Well, that is about it for now. I'm sure there will be PLENTY more to come. :)

overloading Mommy

I guess Chiqui is done being intimidated by Georgia. She saw my empty lap and went for it.

Wehrwein grandkids- updated

here is a foto from last weekend... left to right Rennon is holding Georgia, Alora is holding her and Rennon's little brother Jarum, and Brayton is holding his little brother Trentin. At first I just propped Georgia up beside Rennon but then he saw Alora and Brayton holding babies... he said, "I want to hold her..." it was so cute! All the little cousins. So Tyler and I have pulled one of our classic moves. We checked out an apartment this past Friday and we got it! It actually is a ridiculous deal, so we had to move on it! It is 1067 square feet, 2 bedroom apartment for $640 a month. Normally this apartment would go for $900+ but it was "on sale" I guess you could say. We got the keys yesterday and have been scrambling around packing and sorting to move in. We weren't planning on moving out of my mom's place until around December, but we had to act on a deal like this. Georgia is doing great! she went to the doctor last Tuesday and she weighed in at 7lbs 15oz.

This week-

This week is a busy week. I have to go back to work for a day to get my vacation time freed up. (it was made available while I was out on leave) But then I'll be home the rest of the week because my mom is having her last chemo treatment on Wednesday and then Thursday Tyler is having his gall bladder taken out. It never stops, does it? Last Wednesday Georgia had an appointment with the doc and she has gained a pound in a week! she is now 6lbs 7oz. She is starting to fill out just a bit- but then we saw her cousin Trentin last night. he makes her look sooooo itty bitty! He was born July 29th and is already 14lbs! Granted, he was full term and...well... Michelle makes ginormous children! :) Here is a foto of our itty bitty nudey.

Georgia is here!!

August 27th at 10:36am Georgia Kathleen Wehrwein was born! She weighed in at 5lbs 6oz and measured 18 and 3/4 inches long. Pretty good size for a "late preterm baby" at 35 weeks.