Just Married

I was married yesterday. It was an amazing wedding and an awesome reception that lasted into the night.
I got dressed quickly and my garter belts broke so I had to take them off. My shoes were sliding around a bit so I had to walk daintily. Edith was fussy - maybe because I was nervous.
I walked down the aisle to "Where Is My Mind" by the Vitamin String Quartet. Klint was waiting for me under some trees, along with the minister.
It was a garden wedding. Klint's mom planned the entire thing on her own. It was perfect in every way and so much more than I expected. Klint and I listened to the vows and stared into each other's eyes for 15 minutes. We held hands, exchanged rings, and kissed.
There was so much excellent food. I ate homemade jalepeno poppers wrapped in bacon, meatballs, tamales, beans and rice, homemade salsa, brie on crackers, and cupcakes. The leftovers made a very decadent breakfast for the morning after.
Our cake was white with black filagree swirls and real red roses. We added a cake topper of our own that we bought in Hampden. It was a Mexican Day of the Dead wedding couple. The cake tasted yummy with a layer of lemon in the middle.
Klint chose the music for the reception. Leslie Hall got everyone grooving on the patio. The ladies danced until the sun went down. After the sun went down, we were in for a very unexpected surprise.
Klint's friend Cyndi went out on the patio and did a fire dancing routine with some kind of fire on the end of chains that she swung around her head at an amazing speed. Now, that was an awesome extra bit of wedding entertainment.
All of my family that I invited showed up and I really appreciated that. Laura, Sebastien, and Calypso came all the way from France to be there. Laura brought me garlic stuffed olives and a homemade bottle of booze.
By the end of the night, all the babies wanted to sleep. It was a wonderful wedding. It was special. I am now a member of an awesome family.

Marriage

I'm getting married in two days. Thanksgiving is tomorrow. Today I get a very special present from my mom that requires a trip to an antique shop. I have been a little out of it and overly sensitive to jokes lately, so I had better watch myself.
We bake cranberry bread today. I hope to eat some. I've got to try to stop saying bad things about myself.

California

We made it! We flew for six hours straight with a baby from Baltimore, Maryland to Los Angeles, California and it wasn't too horrifying.
Right now, we are resting and trying to get the whole "time zone" thing under control. We all did pretty well except for waking up at 4am. But - that is still an improvememt since Klint normally wakes up at 4am anyway. I think we're doing well.
I'm trying to get my hair to calm down before we go out to the Marukai. I haven't been there in a long time and I'm excited. We're going to the dollar store version to pick up some origami paper.
My stomach is growling.
We had Carl's Jr yesterday. I know this is not an intellectual or impressive thing to brag about, but I have not had a Western Bacon Cheeseburger for what feels like a decade. There are no Carl's Jr places in Baltimore. In fact, the closest one is Oklahoma. I will also need a Six Dollar Guacamole Burger.

There's here...

Twitter, facebook, myspace, a composition notebook, a moleskine notebook, and a hardbound sketchbook to write down all my thoughts. Those are the major areas. I could log into gaiaonline.com and rant there, but I haven't been there in years. And my ex probably uses it as a sanctuary free of Hallie stuff.
I wish I had time to be a crafty journal chick, but that will come back to me in five years. Or whenever I can get Edith in love with craft projects. Right now she is in love with a boob and naps next to mama.
Our wedding is soon. I feel like I need to call the marriage license people to make sure they'll be open. I am just nervous.

Sleepybones

Edith is asleep. She is leaning on me and dozing quietly. It is 2:43 in the afternoon and I am trapped on a bed with a cute baby. I can't get up and go do other stuff because she will wake up. All I can do is lay here and twirl my hair. I have interneted all I care to for now. I guess I should have napped with her. But I have my upcoming wedding to think about. And my strong desire for baked goods. I need cupcakes, muffins, cookies, cake. I must go bake now.

One Week, Two Weeks.

In one week, we fly to California. In two weeks, we are married. Andy and Libby won't be able to make it to the wedding. I will survive. I just hope we get some excellent pictures. I will even try to take a few. Edith might sleep through the entire thing. I hope she will be in a good mood that day. Life starts anew, right? Not really. Life has already redefined itself for me so many times in the past two years. Getting married is just another step. A step up to the top. When I lived in Colorado, I was sure that my life was over. Now I do the math and I see it isn't even to the halfway point. What a miserable life I could have had if I had stayed in Colorado.

boob

Is it so wrong to discover that you never snapped your nursing bra cup back into place, meaning that you have been walking around the last few hours with minimal boob support?
I say no. Mainly because it seems to be happening to me often lately...

19 DAYS TO GO

My wedding webpage alerts me that I have nineteen more days until my wedding. Wow. I have a hard time believing that. All this life lived and I'm onto my second marriage, a six month old baby Edith, and it is not even half over yet.

Chili

I am cooking some very special chili today. No, I cannot share the recipe. It is a family secret. My ex-inlaw's super secret chili that I adore. It has Anaheim chilis and chorizo. That is all I can say. I can smell it cooking and it is driving me insane.
I have decided to make it my own. Instead of Mexican beer, I am adding Natty Boh. The Baltimore beer of choice. So now it is Hallie's chili! I can't wait to taste it after all afternoon in a crock pot.
We are going to The Walters art museum for a children 's Day of the Dead festival and crafty fair. The chili was a coincidence.

lazy blogger

today i am trying out the lazy blogger format. No extras that i cant type on my keypad with one thumb.
My wedding dress is almost complete. I am really gonna have to strut my attitude to make it work....my first impression is that i will look like a cupcake on stilts. So i must raise up some hardcore fat girl attitude to get it functional. I will tell myself that klint will think i am a sexy beast. I am only there for him. That is how i need to feel.

me...a little about.

I am recently engaged and soon to be married. My man Klint took my great grandmother's engagement ring, my mother's collection of old gold rings, and a gold filling from his mom to custom create MY engagement ring.
We are flying to California this month to be married. On Black Friday. In his mother's backyard. She has put this entire wedding together in the past two months. With a cake, Mexican food, lots of guests, and the whole shebang!
Everyone involved is getting very excited. I hope that I look beautiful and no one tries to change my mind about the way I'll be dressed. A tea length white satin poofy dress, red and black shoes, a birdcage veil, and red lipstick with black eyeliner.

travelling to somewhere

We fly to California as a family for the first time in a few weeks. Edith is as fussy as ever. I am not making enough milk for her and she refuses formula. And she is teething. And I still have not finished my wedding dress.

baby wisdom or baby logic or whatever the hell...

Last night Klint was joking about our next baby. I keep thinking there won't be one. The last birth was not a good thing for me. I am lazy and Edith exhausts the heck out of me right now. And I was getting the feeling that there would be no more babies.
Then I thought something I'd never thought before. I imagined ten years from now and I saw two kids running around and yelling and having a good time. Then I saw one kid, lonely and shy, sitting at a dining room table. I don't want Edith to be alone.

What secret present is my mom planning for my wedding gift? I need to go with her alone one day. A Tuesday or Wednesday. I have no real clue here.

I am going to finish sewing my wedding dress today and I am quite excited. Just need to sew the bottom and I'm basically done!

I am going to finish sewing my wedding dress today and I am quite excited. Just need to sew the bottom onto the top and I'm basically done!

I am now officially part of a functioning family unit. I have responsibilities and jobs to do so life can be good. Not quite so selfish.

I was proposed to on Halloween. I'm sitting here, staring at my engagement ring, realizing the seriousness of the situation. Fun, but important.