Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Flashback becomes reality
Friday, October 16, 2009
Happy 8 mo. birthday baby girl
Today is Maren's 8 month birthday. It is amazing how fast time flies by. Before I know it, she is going to be a year old.
Things I like to do at 8 months:
- Play with my giraffe.
- Chew on anything I can get my hands on.
- Grab anything remotely close to me.
- Scoot on my belly backwards
- Babble, babble, babble
- Jump around in my exersaucer
- And push any button, especially on cell phone or remote controls.
- Last but not least, never leave home with out my passy.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Man am I behind!
I admit it, I have been absolutely terrible about the blog since my return to work. I have not had a single post. But it was one year ago that I started the blog, so I've decided now is a great time to try to get back into the swing of things. Part of the problem is I'm on a computer all day long at work; and the thought of getting back on the computer just is not something I want to do when I'm at home. And I always feel pressure to make sure I include a picture, which I really should be doing, but I don't have them on my work computer. And the best time for an update is on my bus ride home from work. So here I am on the bus, with no pictures, but finally getting back into the swing of things.
What have the Lindgrens been up to the last 3 months? A whole lot!
July:
I started work and it was a total nightmare. I came back to a complete reorganization of my division, many people that I had worked with for years left the company and there was more work than I could imagine to get done. I was not ready to dig back in on that level. I had a few days of tears at work; and thankfully was able to find a better position for me. I have moved over into our HR department. This is unfamiliar territory for me. I'm use to being on the business side of things, but they wanted to bring someone in that understood the company and could help them get things done. And that's me! The best part of it all is I am only working four days a week. This is life changing; and if you have an ability to do it, I highly recommend it.
August:
- I had a birthday. I think I turned 32 (I'm having a hard time remember how old I am these days.) It was relatively uneventful. We drove from Orange County to Oakland. We were actually at a wedding that weekend, so we had something else to celebrate. It was the wedding of our good friend that introduced us, Susie Vaks. It was a Persian wedding; and I loved experiencing a different culture's approach to marriage and a wedding ceremony. It was a beautiful event; and we experience so many new and amazing foods. It was a two day event. There was a traditional ceremony on Friday night at her parent's house and then an American style reception on Saturday. We had a ton of fun. We stayed out until 4am on Saturday. I can't believe I made it that long. My mom watched Maren, which was awesome. But it made for a tough Sunday. We were up at 9:00 and back with Maren at 12:00. And she was ready to play with mommy and daddy.
- During the month, Maren became really good at sitting up on her own.
September:
- Over Labor Day weekend we went to Corcoran. My grandma Gibb's and aunt Tammy were visiting from Arkansas. It was really good to see them. But, it was also hard because Alzheimers is really effecting my grandmother. But she was able to spend time with her brother and sisters; and her sister-in-laws. She really enjoys remembering the past, so they are the best people for her right now. She did remember me. And she knew I had a baby, but she kept calling Maren my little boy no matter how many times I told her she was a girl. And I even tried to solidify that thought by reminding she was named after her (her middle name). But it never stuck. I know deep down in that frail little body is the grandmother I have loved dearly for so many years. And I know deep down she hasn't forgot all the special times we have shared together. Unfortunately we all decided it was a tough trip on her and she likely will not be able to travel again. So, we'll just have to start visiting Arkansas more often.
- I also saw a few good friends from high school while in Corcoran. Melinda is about to have her first child; and she had a babyshower that weekend. Jamie and her daughter Lexi attended, as did Paula and her family. Jamie and Lexi joined us for a family BBQ at my dad's after the party. It was really great to spend some time with her and catch up.
- Maren is still without a tooth. She drools and drools and drools, but still no tooth. And she has learned to clap to a little song the nanny sings, but for some reason she won't do it when I sing it. Derek says it's because it's in spanish and I have a terrible white person accent when trying to speak spanish.
- My mom came to visit us on a business trip; and Derek and I had a much needed night out. We had been counting down the days to finally seeing a movie. We haven't seen one since Maren was born, but when it came down to it, we thought we'd fall asleep watching a movie, so we went to dinner instead.
- And to end the month, Derek started a new job at Wells Fargo. He is now the Vice President of Database Marketing. We are very proud of him. We have had a conscious role reversal when it comes to our working lives. He is now slammed with work; and I'm letting things ride.
October:
We've lost or minds. We are selling our house and buying a money pit. It is about five streets over from our current house and more than double in size. It is basically un-liveable at the moment. And it is a short sell, so it likely will not close until December. In the meantime, our house went on the market last week. Do you know anyone that wants a two bedroom one bath home that is way too expensive for the size home you get? If so, let me know. I'll be happy to sell it to them. And for those of you that have never seen our home, you can check it out here. I worked very hard to make it look like this with a child and a dog living in the house.
Current House:
http://www.grubbco.idxre.com/idx/PhotoTour.cfm?cid=42&pid=40433067&bid=1&pt=SFR&actv=0
Last weekend, October 10th, Maren had her first plane ride. And she was such a good girl on the plane. She is like her mama and went right to sleep. Her parents on the other hand were total rookies at flying with baby. It's going to take some time getting use to that. While we are at the airport, Derek said we're only taking road trips for the next few years. When landing on the plane, he said, this is so much better than driving. So, who knows what our destiny holds for us, but I know we are for sure getting on a plane in three weeks to head to Hawaii. We flew down to the OC for another wedding. Niki is also Persian, so we got to experience the amazing ceremony; and we had a much better view at this wedding, so I was really able to see everything that was happening. It was beautiful. And this time, we were home by 1:00, but we were still dead tired yesterday and wanted to go to bed at 8:00 last night. But, we stuck it out until 9:00 because it just didn't feel right going to bed that early.
Maren desperately wants to crawl, but she just can't quite figure it out. When we were at the airport, there was a little boy crawling around and she was talking to him and loved watching him crawl around. She has a good backward push going on right now though.
So that's the update from the Lindgren crew. I promise to post pictures shortly.
What have the Lindgrens been up to the last 3 months? A whole lot!
July:
I started work and it was a total nightmare. I came back to a complete reorganization of my division, many people that I had worked with for years left the company and there was more work than I could imagine to get done. I was not ready to dig back in on that level. I had a few days of tears at work; and thankfully was able to find a better position for me. I have moved over into our HR department. This is unfamiliar territory for me. I'm use to being on the business side of things, but they wanted to bring someone in that understood the company and could help them get things done. And that's me! The best part of it all is I am only working four days a week. This is life changing; and if you have an ability to do it, I highly recommend it.
August:
- I had a birthday. I think I turned 32 (I'm having a hard time remember how old I am these days.) It was relatively uneventful. We drove from Orange County to Oakland. We were actually at a wedding that weekend, so we had something else to celebrate. It was the wedding of our good friend that introduced us, Susie Vaks. It was a Persian wedding; and I loved experiencing a different culture's approach to marriage and a wedding ceremony. It was a beautiful event; and we experience so many new and amazing foods. It was a two day event. There was a traditional ceremony on Friday night at her parent's house and then an American style reception on Saturday. We had a ton of fun. We stayed out until 4am on Saturday. I can't believe I made it that long. My mom watched Maren, which was awesome. But it made for a tough Sunday. We were up at 9:00 and back with Maren at 12:00. And she was ready to play with mommy and daddy.
- During the month, Maren became really good at sitting up on her own.
September:
- Over Labor Day weekend we went to Corcoran. My grandma Gibb's and aunt Tammy were visiting from Arkansas. It was really good to see them. But, it was also hard because Alzheimers is really effecting my grandmother. But she was able to spend time with her brother and sisters; and her sister-in-laws. She really enjoys remembering the past, so they are the best people for her right now. She did remember me. And she knew I had a baby, but she kept calling Maren my little boy no matter how many times I told her she was a girl. And I even tried to solidify that thought by reminding she was named after her (her middle name). But it never stuck. I know deep down in that frail little body is the grandmother I have loved dearly for so many years. And I know deep down she hasn't forgot all the special times we have shared together. Unfortunately we all decided it was a tough trip on her and she likely will not be able to travel again. So, we'll just have to start visiting Arkansas more often.
- I also saw a few good friends from high school while in Corcoran. Melinda is about to have her first child; and she had a babyshower that weekend. Jamie and her daughter Lexi attended, as did Paula and her family. Jamie and Lexi joined us for a family BBQ at my dad's after the party. It was really great to spend some time with her and catch up.
- Maren is still without a tooth. She drools and drools and drools, but still no tooth. And she has learned to clap to a little song the nanny sings, but for some reason she won't do it when I sing it. Derek says it's because it's in spanish and I have a terrible white person accent when trying to speak spanish.
- My mom came to visit us on a business trip; and Derek and I had a much needed night out. We had been counting down the days to finally seeing a movie. We haven't seen one since Maren was born, but when it came down to it, we thought we'd fall asleep watching a movie, so we went to dinner instead.
- And to end the month, Derek started a new job at Wells Fargo. He is now the Vice President of Database Marketing. We are very proud of him. We have had a conscious role reversal when it comes to our working lives. He is now slammed with work; and I'm letting things ride.
October:
We've lost or minds. We are selling our house and buying a money pit. It is about five streets over from our current house and more than double in size. It is basically un-liveable at the moment. And it is a short sell, so it likely will not close until December. In the meantime, our house went on the market last week. Do you know anyone that wants a two bedroom one bath home that is way too expensive for the size home you get? If so, let me know. I'll be happy to sell it to them. And for those of you that have never seen our home, you can check it out here. I worked very hard to make it look like this with a child and a dog living in the house.
Current House:
http://www.grubbco.idxre.com/idx/PhotoTour.cfm?cid=42&pid=40433067&bid=1&pt=SFR&actv=0
Last weekend, October 10th, Maren had her first plane ride. And she was such a good girl on the plane. She is like her mama and went right to sleep. Her parents on the other hand were total rookies at flying with baby. It's going to take some time getting use to that. While we are at the airport, Derek said we're only taking road trips for the next few years. When landing on the plane, he said, this is so much better than driving. So, who knows what our destiny holds for us, but I know we are for sure getting on a plane in three weeks to head to Hawaii. We flew down to the OC for another wedding. Niki is also Persian, so we got to experience the amazing ceremony; and we had a much better view at this wedding, so I was really able to see everything that was happening. It was beautiful. And this time, we were home by 1:00, but we were still dead tired yesterday and wanted to go to bed at 8:00 last night. But, we stuck it out until 9:00 because it just didn't feel right going to bed that early.
Maren desperately wants to crawl, but she just can't quite figure it out. When we were at the airport, there was a little boy crawling around and she was talking to him and loved watching him crawl around. She has a good backward push going on right now though.
So that's the update from the Lindgren crew. I promise to post pictures shortly.
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