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Busy, Busy!

Whew! I've been running around crazy all day and this is the first chance I've had to get online! I've been running all around doing last minute things-- buying diapers, new shoes for Olivia, more dog food, writing instructions for my friends who are dog sitting (love them!), stocking up on yummy snacks for the car, and PACKING, PACKING, PACKING! James has a ton of homework to finish before we go, and also an online quiz, so I've been on my own tonight. He said he didn't understand why I was so stressed out about all the packing. It's hard work to pack everything for a baby. I had her suitcase closed and realized I hadn't packed any of her socks. And then I forgot her Beechnut banana cookies (don't even want to think about 3 days without those!), and then I remembered I needed to pack a bag of toys. And then I forgot to wash her bathing suit! It's a lot of work! Luckily, she didn't put up a fight tonight when it came to bed time. She fussed while I was showering, and as soon as I got out, she tugged at my shirt, nursed, and went right off to sleep!

I also took some time to make dinner for my friend Ben and his man so they could come over and see what to do for the dogs while they house eit. I made potstickers, which I've posted about before. I made the filling in advance and froze it, so I didn't have to worry about preparing that tonight, but I did fold 50 wontons by hand, make fried rice, and I threw some frozen egg rolls in the oven. Yum! I forgot to take pictures because we ate it up so fast. Also, we started dinner kind of late because Ben was just getting back into town this evening from-- guess where? Savannah! He went with my dear friend Rebebba, and from what I hear, it sounds great! Rebecca has great taste, so I'm going to check out some of the places they went. We had a nice chat during dinner, and Olivia decided to make a big poop, so we had to listen to pushing and grunting, which of course made everyone laugh! BTW, Ben's b/f is a hottie. I'm married and he's gay, so it's safe that I say so. :-) BTW, I told James that for payment for them house sitting, I promised them a threesome with James. HAHA! I crack myself up. James wasn't so amused even though he likes them a lot.

As promised, I want to leave you with my instructions for how to make James' mom's coconut dream cake. I've posted about it before, but I'm not sure if I ever showed you the method. It might be in my archives, but I'm too lazy to check!

First, bake a cake according to the directions. When it's done, immediately poke lots of holes in it, like this!

You should end up with a lot of holes!

Pour a can of coco lopez and a can of condensed milk into the holes. I'm not usually this messy when I do it, but the coco lopez was more solid than usual, so I had to give it a good shake, resulting in a mess. But it all soaks in eventually!

After it sits in the fridge a couple hours, ice it with cool whip and top with toasted coconut. Heavenly! We had the leftover tonight!

On the exercise front, I am about to takeover as organizer for our stroller exercise in my moms' group! It means I have to go to all of them, which is good! Oh, and today, the girl working at Victoria's Secret told me how good I looked after having a baby. And she said it twice. Yippppeee! Still need to get off some of the weight I gained pre-pregnancy though. It'll happen, I'm working hard!

Now, for Olivia news and then I really have to go to bed!

Olivia showing off her flute playing skills. She's so very proud everytime she makes a note. It's the cutest thing! I really must learn how to post a video clip from my camcorder!

In the other pictures on the bottom, she's kissing her reflection in the mirror. :-)

Here she is showing off her teeth. I love the gap in the front. Too cute!

Her eyes are so blue!

And last, she's been making this face 100 times a day for the last week, and it's always accompanied by a grunt. LOL!

Ok, off to bed and then to Savannah in the am. May have to make a Starbucks stop. Will be v. tired. If I don't blog while I'm away, I'll be back Saturday night. Leave me some love while I'm away!

Posted by Hannah at April 4, 2007 11:47 PM