It's rough out there on your own

Boy did I learn the hard way today. My day started off pleasantly, Aimee and Holden came over to visit Olivia. Holden has 3 brothers and 2 sisters so he is an expert in babies. He made Olivia very happy.

After their visit, I went to meet Jennifer and Baby Charlotte in Montrose for our walk. I am digging Montrose, it has a charming downtown area with tons of sweet Mom & Pops. We went to this adorable kids shop. They had the birthday hats I want to get for Liv.

Olivia turned into Fussypants when I tried to put a hat on her but I have to get her one for her 1st birthday.

She is not into hats but I hope she'll get out of the phase. After swooning over the cuteness of the shop we went to lunch. I had a turkey, avocado and croissant sandwich and sweet potatoe fries *so yum* but I only had half of my lunch because Olivia was hungry and she let everyone know it. I had to feed her in my car but that was horrible. It was like 100 degrees in my car, I couldn't get comfortable in the backseat. I was trying to be discreet but every person was walking right next to my car and Liv was screaming bloody murder when I cut her lunch short. I breastfed her last weekend in my car at the mall so I thought it would be easy peasy.

I tried to hurry home but I was having issues with taking out the car seat *it got stuck* and I hit my arm on a piece of metal in my garage. To top it all off, I was hot and sweaty Betty and feeling frustrated and sad that Olivia was so unhappy. I felt like a Mommy failure! I called Antz and he gave me good advice *pack a bottle when I go out, load the car before I put her in, etc* so I felt better. I was so confident from our first time out alone on Tuesday that I thought I would be fine. Nothing is worse than Olivia crying and I can't make her happy. I have a new found respect for single parents because today was hard for us. She is perfectly happy since we've been home and I am planning to meet Jennifer the Thursday after next at a Mommy & Me class. I really like Jennifer, she is rad, she is into Tom Waits and classic movies. I love her wedding pics *at Silent Movie Theater* she wore a gorgeous vintage gown.

So stunning!
So I found the metal beads *India Tree Dragées*

and the edible flowers *India Tree Party Decoratifs*

for the christening cookie favors at Sur la Table online last night but one thing concerns me. The beads have a warning that present a major problem. Is the presentation of these cookies worth possible cancer? And if the manufactorer knows they may cause cancer, how are they still selling this product?? Grr! I already can not find the swirl and monogram embosser for the cookies. I want these EXACT cookies!!

Lovely Olivia Lily is 5 weeks old

Our darling daughter is now 5 weeks old!!

I can't believe how quickly she's growing. Today after her bath, I took her 5 weeks photo and she was holding her head up on her own! *for a few seconds*

Today she was speaking *baby talk* while Antz was getting ready for work. She has been smiling like crazy *melts my heart* I can't believe I survived a day without Antz. We went to the post office and I sent out the christening invitations *finally*.

I put her in her stroller and was going to take a mini walk but the street we were on was gross and people were asking me for change so I just took her home. I made a date with Jennifer *Antz co-worker's wife* this Thursday to take our girls for a walk in Montrose.
Leslie wants to try to make the cookie favors herself. I know I am not good at all with baking and icing but we will help her make them. I need to find the Monogram embosser, I'm thinking of trying Williams Sonoma this Friday.

You have been replaced *for now*

Let's talk TV. I am actually over the reality TV programming. My current favorite show is Louie!!

I missed out on last week's premiere but I lucked upon a mini marathon tonight and 3 episodes have rocked my world. I already was a big Louie CK fan but with Ricky Gervais on his show, he has my heart! Yep, that means It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has slipped into the #2 spot {Twilight Zone is still standing firm in #4 and Daily Show is solid at #5}. I don't know how a lame channel like FX has such amazing TV shows. I am also baffled to how Mad Men is on AMC.
By the way, I am watching today's Daily Show and Julianne Moore is on there and God that lady is wicked gorgeous! She is one spicy redhead!

Alert new obsession warning!

I hadn't checked out Zillow.com in awhile so this morning I was perusing new listings and I came across 2 beauties. One is in Eagle Rock and the other in North Pasadena. We decided to take back the sailor outfit to Janie & Jack and since I was burnt out on the Santa Anita mall we went to the Grove. Unfortunately it was majorly crowded, boo! We had lunch at the Farmer's Market and walked around a bit.

So on our way home from the Grove I decided to check out the houses I saw on Zillow. Neither have any scheduled open houses but I wanted to see the neighborhood. We definitely liked the house in Eagle Rock better *it's closer to Antz job and a better neighborhood* but the house in Pasadena is in move-in ready condition and has a better layout. The house in Eagle Rock is $20,000 less but needs close to that amount in repairs and renovations. The cool thing about the Eagle Rock house is, if we did get it, we could remodel it to our taste and it has tons of potential. I am so obsessed with this house, coming soon, a reno mood board!
Eagle Rock House

Pasadena House

I am super bummed because Antz has to go back to work tomorrow. I know I'll be ok without him taking care of Olivia, it just sucks that he may miss out on some of her milestones. Luckily he can come home for lunch and he still has half-day Fridays for the rest of the summer.

Want to play along?

1. Favorite John Hughes ‘80s movie? Definitely 16 Candles, I video taped it from HBO back in the 80's and I watched it over and over so many times that the tracking was ruined on the video. I had the biggest crush on Jake Ryan and I loved the soundtrack. Long Duk Dong rules!!

2. Favorite non-John Hughes ‘80s movie?
A tie between The Goonies and The Lost Boys. The Goonies was my all-time favorite movie until 1987 when I fell head over heels for a blonde boy named Corey Haim. I was obsessed with the Lost Boys, I know every line by heart. I wanted to move to Santa Cruz and become a vampire.

3. Cake or pie? Discuss.
Wow, what a toss up! My absolute favorite is Baskin Robbins ice cream cake in pralines & cream but does that count as official cake?

4. Here is $100 cash, what would you splurge on?
For sure a mani/pedi *I haven't had one since my bebe shower* and a new pair of red Tom's

and with the rest I would probably have a feast at Tenno Sushi...mmm I wish I had that 100 bucks now.

5. Here is another $100 cash, but you have to donate it. To whom and why?
$50 to the Burbank Animal Shelter. I adopted my Lola from there and it's a lovely shelter but I'm sure they could use as much help as they could get. The other $50 would go to WWF. I can't stand to watch those commericals with the baby polar bear on the iceberg looking for it's Mommy, it kills me! I feel like animals deserve all my charity.

6. First job you ever had.
When I was 15 I worked as a summer counselor at a camp near my house. It was the best first job ever! I only worked from 8am - noon but I had so much fun. We went on field trips every Monday and I really bonded with those kids. I bought a pager *this was the early nineties* and a pair of boots with my paychecks.

7. Something that you collected and have since stopped but people keep giving you (and what do you do with it now?).
Haha, I was a huge Hello Kitty collector years ago. I have since developed a reputation of being *Miss Kitty* and people continue to give me Hello Kitty gifts on my birthday. I have a bunch of stuff in my closet still in the boxes. On my last birthday I got this guy that now lives on top of the doorway of Olivia's nursery.

8. Describe your perfect Sunday.

Today was pretty perfect, Sarah *our photographer that did our maternity pics* came by at 9am and we took newborn/family pics.

Now we are lazing around the house. Antz is going to grill cheeseburgers and corn on the cob later and we will watch the fireworks in our backyard and make s'mores over the firepit tonight.

9. Look! Time travel is now possible! Where would you go?

Yay, 1960's London. Groovyness!!