BioMom is here for a lovely visit. But I am tired and should be in bed. So I will indulge myself in posting baby pictures because i am so lame. and sick of the red sox, yet somewhat happy at the same time.
We are shopping and eating too much and watching tv. It is delightful. I feel so spoiled and contented it freaks me out a bit. Because I am me.
Tomorrow we are going out for steak and then home to carve us some pumpkin heads! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (evil laugh)

Dear people who make C.S.I.,
TURN ON THE FREAKIN’ LIGHTS! I can see the light switch from here. Surely the power is not off in every place where a crime has been committed. I am just saying. It might help with the evidence gathering and the magical liquid that solves all mysteries business.
Love,
Jen
Also;

Here are some interesting and not so interesting things that have occurred recently and that I am compelled to share with you:

Charlotte got one of her top teeth finally. Now she has the four on the bottom and the one top one. Quite the biter, don’t get your fingers too close. She is also in a new car seat as she weighs about 17 pounds and is almost 17 27 inches long at almost 9 months (on the 28th).

We have had about 8 inches (i’m guessing) of snow in the last several days. It both sucks and blows. This is the view out my front window.

I had lunch with my secret boyfriend a couple of weeks ago. He remains hot. I am keeping the shot I have of his underwear all to myself though.

We had a great time at my friend Michelle’s wedding a few weeks ago. Admire my hat as well as the lovely wedding smooch.


Here are some other assorted photos. Taken when BioMom was last here for the Baptism. I think they are mostly self explanatory.


me, char, and BioMom



Charlotte wanted to STAND at the front of the church while the congregation oggled our holiness.


it is hard to tell, but if you really look, you can see my jesus action figure on the cake with a little rubber baby that cait send me when i was just barely pregnant. aww. and dude, the cake had pudding in the middle.

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As just as an aside. My doctor and I are changing up my medication for my mentalness. Some of you have commented on the inaccuracy of the bipolar diagnosis, and it may indeed be wrong. But there have been some recent behaviours that lead her there – excessive spending (damn you ebay!), not sleeping, not taking proper steps in treating my own diabetes, and yes, of course, mood shifts. We will see. I am seeing her more frequently until I feel more sorted out. Don’t worry about me, I am a good consumer, be it of fabulous shoes or doctors of psychiatry.
xoxo
jen
p.s. Charlotte definitely gets her farting ability from her Mum. Mark’s farting prowess is sub par.

eating good. pooping good. big fart tonight! peas up noze bad. daddy sings funny songs. pull kitty tail MEOW. must crawl.
BYEEEEE

I thought I was feeling sort of back to (gigantic air quotes) normal (/gigantic air quotes), but my shrink told me yesterday I am not. What do I know?
Truthfully, I haven’t really told you what she has been saying about my brain. Her suggestions freaked me out a bit, so I am bit in freaked out mode for a little while on top of being depressed. She is suggesting treating me for Bipolar Disorder. I guess that label was a bit too “crazy person” for me, worse than Anxiety Disorder, Eating Disorder, Fucked Up, etc. It has taken me a while to process. I was initially in denial, thinking my doctor was mad, or wrong, or jumping the gun. I am not embracing my bipolarism, nor am I sure that I am, but I am considering other courses of treatment. My anxiety has been under control since the baby, but my mood has not. So many facets of crazy I suppose. So, that is where I am at in a mental way.
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This weekend we went to visit BioMom in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Ohmygod, when I looked up that link, I see that Medicine Hat’s city motto, is “The Gas City”. I am just going to laugh for a few minutes, pardon me. Can I just say that I should be living in Medicine Hat permanently if that is the case? Oh dear. The drive is a little under five hours, but when you have a baby who WANTS TO WALK STAND OR ROLL AROUND AT ALL WAKING TIMES, you need to take breaks. There was also the feeding times and change times, and Charlotte needed a new diaper now and again too. *rim shot* The Trans Canada highway is indeed the bald ass prairie. If I was alone driving, I would have to put the stereo to volume 11 while listening to November Rain. The visit was lovely, but short. We ate lots. I slept quite a bit, and we enjoyed BioMom’s four cats, and dog.
I am still not quite back in the swing of things with all my software needs since my motherboard died, but I do have a couple of photos to share.

I am going to visit BioMom with Mark and Charlotte for Canadian thanksgiving weekend. I have been busy enjoying gastro-insestinal distress and whoknows what (thus lack of posts). If anyone has any ideas about how to keep an 8 month old and two 34 year olds from going INSANE during a 5+ hour drive, now is the time to tell me.
Have a lovely weekend, see you on Tuesday.

I wish they would stop showing the commercial for that Sarah Michelle Gellar movie The Grudge, because it is freaking my shit out. What the hell is on the back on her head in the shower, and that screaming kid with the black hole for a mouth scares me! All I am trying to do is watch my Daily Show people. Fear and Jon Stewart don’t mix well. Even the web page has scary music! Gack. I am going to bed to hide under the coversl
Wait, oh mygod. THIS is scarier.

Some thoughts on Safeway