30

Apr

More Pictures!

Today was a weird day.  I'm basically done with school work for this semester; I only lack two finals, both of which will be posted next week.  In English, at this point in my career at least, I don't have to really study for tests.  Instead, I have to do all the reading beforehand and just be prepared to write an essay.  So today was a total off-day for me!  I had no school work, no packing, no baby, no agenda!  It was fun, but also a little difficult.  I mean, I got kind of bored!!!  I played the Sims 2, which I love, did some knitting, puttered around, but by 2 pm I was super ready for Amos and Hazel to be home.  I know all you working moms hate me right now; Amos gave me a little bit of what I like to call "Voldemort Eyes" when I told him about that.  LOL

After they got in we did our usual, when it's sunny out – we took Hazel to the village green, with a snack, and let her play until dinnertime.  Here are a few pictures from our outing 🙂
First things first:  a girl's gotta eat, and this one loves it.  She's eating these awesome bran/raisin muffins we have been getting from Tom's.  We could make them (we even have their recipe, I think), but it's especially convenient right now to just stop downstairs and get a homemade snack that we can all share for $0.75.
These cool chairs are out in front of the Ali-Linz store in Clinton; Hazel thought it was cool to sit in one, and she thought it was cooler to see Daddy sitting in the other.

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28

Apr

This is for Nancy.

Hazel's St. Louis grandma requested some new photos to replace the creepy one of Hazel in the diner on Saturday, claiming that Hazel's computer eyes follow her all around her office.  These grandparents will do anything for some new Hazel footage!!  :D

So here you go!  These are all from Hazel's bath tonight; nothing really special, but definitely replaces the creepy diner stare!
And here are some pictures, all in black and white, since the bathroom light is a nasty yellowish-gross!  I love these pictures, even though they are grainy and kind of blurry, because one day they will remind me of the times when Hazel could never sit still, not even in the bathtub.  This is the Age of Movement for her, and for Amos and I too, as we chase after her from 6:20 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.  I want to remember it like it was, because she changes so rapidly.
That one might be another contender in the "Creepy Hazel Stare" award, jeez.  At least she's not looking right at us, Nancy!!
Hey, this is a public blog!  :)

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25

Apr

What a Big Girl <3

Today Hazel shut herself up in our room about 12:45 p.m., which is about 15 minutes before her normal naptime.  We just decided to leave her in there, since she wasn't crying or anything, and seemed to be playing quietly.  After about half an hour we realized that it was completely quiet, so I snuck in to the room to take a picture of the first time Hazel put herself down for a nap.

Only after I got in there did I realize that she was having a fashion show in her bed before finally conking out.  She even put on her own shoes, on the right feet and everything.  It's just adorable!

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24

Apr

Saturday

Moving so far away, combined with the onset of spring, has spurred a flurry of social activity lately.  We are lucky to have met so many wonderful people during our time here, and we want to see everyone before we go, since we are unlikely to make it back here until at least next year.  Last evening Brittany came to see Hazel and I while Amos was away at the SUNY IT Awards Banquet; Hazel was hilarious, showing Brittany all her toys and her bed.  At one point I'm pretty sure she threw a curse at us, complete with pointing.  

Today has absolutely flown by!  We packed some this morning (well, Amos did; I got to sleep in until 8:20!!), then headed off to Common Thread's open greenhouse.  That CSA has been a big part of our experience here, and we are going to miss the farm itself almost as much as the awesome owners, Amy and Chris.  We got to meet their absolutely adorable baby girl Georgie for the first time as well; holding her sweet little 3-month-old self made me acutely aware of my empty uterus.  Yes, I DID just say that, Hazel's grandmothers!  :)
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Afterwards we had lunch at Eddie and Zina's, this tiny diner on our way to the farm.  Last year we would stop there on the way to the farm every Saturday, since we were up early with a one-year-old.  It was bittersweet, eating there once again.  I took a couple of photos of Hazel, who loves to eat, loves eating in diners, and kind of likes having her picture taken.
Doesn't she look so serious and beautiful?  I love her smile, but I love her composed face also.  It makes her look curiously adult to me, which is also kind of saddening.
In this one, though, she is clearly wondering why no food is in front of her, which is just SO HAZEL!
Tonight we are headed up to Thuy, this amazing noodle place in downtown Utica.  There is absolutely no decor, and the ambience comes directly from the big television in the corner, but I would put up with guerilla warfare for this woman's #12 soup.  

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23

Apr

Football Socks and Clinton Adventures

I finished Hazel's Auburn Pride Socks last night!  They are just slightly too big, which is perfect; by the time game day rolls around, they should fit nicely!  War Damn Eagle!  I was too excited to try and wait for some nice light coming in the windows, so here's a picture in the early morning blue light.

Auburn Socks
Auburn Socks

I know this is a kind of crappy picture, and it's because Hazel was staring at Monsters Inc. like she's never seen that movie.  I'm serious – take a look:  
Yep.  She's a zombie.
Luckily she eventually recovered, because we have had a busy day already!  First we met up with the gorgeous Pat Murphy for some coffee and poker.
The gamblerThe gambler

And then we got to have a delicious lunch at Nola's with Amos and Hazel's honorary aunts!  I even made them all take a picture together, although it is obvious that Hazel was interested in walking around more than posing.
Thanks, everyone, for such a beautiful day so far!  Although Amos has an awards banquet tonight (good luck, Amos and Pat, for the Excellence in Teaching Award!), Hazel and I have planned another walk, this time to the Post Office to see our friend Valerie, which will end in some outside playing time if Mama's fingers aren't frozen off.  It's sunny out today, I know, but tell it to the icicles I have for fingers 😉

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23

Apr

Just One More Reason

Awesome fact:  I will not live very, very close to a bar in 19 days.

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Apr

Getting Ready for the Move

As I have very recently finished my two giant papers (30 pages I wrote!  Yes I am bragging a little!) I have had more time to focus on packing and sorting, since Hazel still goes to her sitter everyday.  Yesterday I got sorted on one of the most important parts of any big trip – the knitting.  Yes, the knitting.  I can't be driving 20 hours, then waiting a week for our stuff to meet us in Bama, without knowing how I'm going to keep these hands busy!!  :D  

Are you ready for some sock yarn porn?  I am!  These are the new sock yarns I bought recently from Knit Picks, which just arrived yesterday and deserved their own pictures!
Oak
Oak

Lovely, right?  The blue is for my feet!  Any knitter will tell you that knitting for yourself happens rarely, and when I saw this yarn I just knew that I needed it on my feet every night for the rest of my days.  The green and brown will become socks for two lucky recipients; the brown most likely for Amos, and the green as a Christmas gift for some lucky duck.
This gorgeous yarn was an awesome surprise from my friend Clara last night at knitting!
This is going to be a beautiful and fun knit for Hazel.  I'm not even sure what it will be, yet.  Maybe tights, with feet and all, or maybe a little wrap/sweater deal.  Whatever I make it is going to be super fun to knit with a yarn called Cartoon!

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21

Apr

It was on Sale!!!

I really couldn't help it.  See, I needed more of the blue & orange to finish a project, and then I saw the green and brown on sale, and then I added the blue because I've been wanting it for months.  Literally – two months!  ;)

Yes.  Awesome.  This is all for socks – Sock Summer 2010 starts in just a month!
Today, in our daily jaunt to the village green, I decided to take a quick snap of this gorgeous tree that is in bloom right now; I think it's a type of magnolia, but I am not sure.  I have loved these trees all my life, and one day I'll have one planted in my yard.
And the last is just a photo from after we got back home and had dinner.  

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20

Apr

The Name Game

In the wake of moving, I have been telling more people about this blog.  I'm quite addicted to it, and I know I'll keep it up after we leave here, so I thought it would be a great way for people to still see what we are all up to in Athens.  When telling people my blog URL, however, I got a little embarrassed…it's rocknrollfun.vox.com.  That's kind of silly; it reeks of 2004, as I told a friend today.  It reminds me of being single, taking tons of pretty crappy photos, walking around in the heat of Auburn, sleeping late after studying until three in the morning.  It was a good time, but it was time to change.  I'm a mother now; I'm a wife, still a student, a lot more tame, and generally more quiet.  Maybe not the last one.  

The new URL is < http://theconferfamily.vox.com/ >.  I'm writing for three now.

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19

Apr

Cookie Monster

Tonight was another one of the rapidly dwindling firsts Hazel has experienced:  her first cookie.  Amos was baking our favorite cookies for some friends of ours.  We came up with the recipe and named them Buttermilk Snickerdoodlers (now that is a long story) and they are full of delicious, healthy stuff.  This batch features carob chips, cinnamon, kefir, and almonds.  

We don't make them too often, but they are an awesome treat every now and then.  Amos suggested letting Hazel have one, since she "helped" him cook them, so of course I got out my camera!  I had to document this child's first cookie; we have made sure to not fill her diet up with unnecessary sugar, and what she has had has mainly been honey-sweetened whatever, so this was a BIG DEAL.  Except that, apparently, it's kind of not that big a deal!  She just started to eat the cookie like it was a totally regular, normal kind of thing for her.  So funny!

Amos and I sat down with our own Snickerdoodler, with Hazel in her high chair close by to the table.  She was doing great, just eating her cookie like any old normal thing, but suddenly she started to cough a little.  Then a little more.  Then she turned red.  Then she was choking.
It was over in a matter of seconds; first I smacked her back, but when I saw that she had food completely blocking her airway and that she wasn't breathing at all, I picked her up and gave her the Heimlich.   Up came the cookie, plus all her dinner, on her hands, the rest of the cookie, the tray, and me.  
The poor girl's first cookie experience was a disaster!  She not only had her first cookie, but she also threw up for the first time.  

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