Wednesday, January 28, 2009

funniest stuff in a long time



max has been saying some real humdingers lately...with the baby, i haven't had much time to post but two that he just spit out were...


we were doing a little "planet study" because he got some planet stickers. i went to a website to find the order of the planets, i had no idea because highschool was not something i took, hmmm, what's the word, "seriously" that's it....embarassing, i know, but true....

anyway, i was showing him the pictures and he never ceases to amaze me, he puts the stickers down and draws the orbits himself....now, the accuracy left something to be desired but...


me: ok, one planet left...uranus (chuckle, chuckle)
max: do you want to put a planet on the paper mama?
me: that's nice max thanks. 
max: you're welcome. where do you want to put my anus (he thought i meant your anus).

(i had to clarify because i didn't think it was clear.)

i almost fell off of my chair...it was hilarious...

he then wanted to play outside, it's really rainy and not fun in the snow weather...so he said


"i want to draw some snow angels. can i have that woodpen?"
"woodpen? do you mean 'pencil'?"
"uh, yeah, pencil."

these few weeks have been some of the funniest days...i'm trying to remember everything he's said but my pure exhaustion has caused some short term brain damage...will have more pictures soon....


Thursday, January 22, 2009

milestones...if you will...

well, i have a million pictures to share and lots of info...but for now i'll be easy and share 2 milestones in talia's life...

1. she is now officially in 0-3 month clothes...i never thought the day would come...she woke up BIG today...all of the sleeves on the newborn clothes were too short

2. she has her first official cold, however, i think she's almost over it...my dear friend patrick called today and said "she's sick!?!? was she born without an immune system??" well, to that i say, "no, she just has been around a lot of kids in her short life and caught the worst from them." i refuse to stay in the house til spring...i just can't do it...

max had croup last week. that was his first really major illness. he has never really gotten sick beyond a cold...he throws up alot but it's all based on his unbelievably large amount of mucous. 

this "parenting two kids" thing is a lot tougher than i ever thought...
but in the now famous words of mcdonald's
 "i'm lovin' it"

pictures to follow soon...and can someone help me "doll up" my blog...advice please...

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

presenting...

talia eve bovard
december 31, 2008
7 lbs 3 oz
19 1/4 in
dearly loved






Monday, January 12, 2009

talia eve bovard

patrick called this week and said "you still don't have a name??" he apparently never checks facebook....for those of you who are in the same facebook free lives...we decided on the second of january...i just havent had time to post. also, im still having trouble uploading pictures. the files are too large. if you have an apple and know how to shrink files...let me know

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

should be sleeping

well, i should be sleeping right now but i have some untapped energy and a strong desire to share with you guys the events of our recent past. i am not going back to november 27 to get you all caught up but i will share some fabulous highlights...

december 12: my best friend since 8th grade got engaged to a great guy and she asked me to be the matron of honor in the wedding. i was thrilled and horrified. she said the wedding was THIS YEAR in august...ugh, baby two due this year too...lots of exercise will be happening in 2009 for me. i am grateful for a motivator...

december 13: our deadline to have the house complete. we have an annual Christmas party for a few close friends and chris volunteered for us to host this year as another motivator to get the house done. wow. for all intents and purposes...it looked done. A LOT was put into the basement. but the house was presentable...what a fun night. charades and lots of treats. great fun was had by all...

december 17: i am 3 cm dialated. flashback to max...dialated for weeks but nothing happens. also, the whole family is diagnosed with strep. we were all placed on different antibiotics...what a ride. 

december 18: surprise shower for me at work. two adorable outfits, lots of giftcards, and a HUGE cake...how thoughtful...and delicious

december 19: last day of work. great day...

december 23: max's christmas party at preschool, we decided to cut his year short because of my desire for the three of us to bond together after the baby comes....also, midwife says "looks like we're going to have a Christmas baby!" i don't get my hopes up...max was promised "any day now" for four weeks...

december 24: ten minutes before we leave for church, we find a LEAK in the basement. ugh! fortunately our neighbor is a plumber...we decide to wait til after christmas to bug him. we stay overnight at chris' parents house. fun time. this marks the beginning of max's rebellion against sleep.

december 25: super fun day! chris' parents super generous with christmas gifts and max really is really into it. he had a great day and an surprisingly grateful attitude all day. i crash on the couch at 10 and wake up to an almost empty house. everyone dispersed to family's houses and chris, bob, max, and i are left alone. i am officially nesting. i did all their laundry, cleaned the house, and made food. we had NO CHRISTMAS DINNER. i am a creature of habit and it was not quite christmas without sweet potatoes and pasta. so, we had leftovers. 

december 26: great day with my family. great presents for max. he was in heaven. however, we did have one glitch in the completely perfect day. max got upset and he started grabbing at ribbon that nina was standing on and she was slowly about to be flipped over...i had laryngitis and in my attempt to reprimand him, i screamed at him and literally scared the pee out of nina. she peed all over my living room floor. HILARIOUS!!! we were beside ourselves...

december 29-30: chris takes the week off but plans to go back for a short day on new year's eve, i pack our bags for the hospital, and we surrender the fact that they baby will come when she's ready...it doesn't matter how much we want the tax break. 

december 31: i wake up with contractions. i had been having them for several weeks but they were painless. 6am -12pm they were painful. call the midwife, time contractions, watch movies with chris, contractions stop....i am a wreck. call midwife again. she says just wait, this isn't false labor the contractions will start again. at 330, i decide we are going to the hospital. chris calls the midwife and she agrees with my decision to come in. she "checks me" and i'm 6 cm dialated. the day, even with the worst contractions, has not been that bad...so she says, walk around we'll admit you at 515. "ok, let's walk to the elevator, ride it up and walk on each floor" i suggest to chris. he says "no! we are walking up all the flights of stairs. we do, NO CONTRACTIONS just heavy breathing. grooossss! i get checked at about 630 and i'm almost 8 cm. WHAT!?!? i accept. so they admit me, and before you know it...i'm at 9 cm. this was not a painfree transition at all but better than i thought. then i stall out at 9 cm for a couple hours. contractions are back but not making my body change. i beg for an epidural and a cute man comes in and does it. that was at 1100 pm. at 1144 my mother -in-law says "you have 16 minutes til the new year." i yell, "get her NOW!" my room clears out and the midwife comes in. immediately i start pushing, she asks me to stop, i say i can't and one and a half pushes later, she was on my chest. so sweet...

that's all for tonite...but there is more...

sweet dreams

Thursday, January 1, 2009

proud papa

at 1148 pm ______ ______ bovard was born. she remains nameless because we 
can't fully decide. we will inform you when we know. 

7 lbs 3 oz (1 full lb less than wells)
19 1/4" long (almost 2" smaller)
she's dainty...

and we love her so...