Why oh why can't I clone myself?

Yesterday I thought  I was being productive and crossing things off my things to do list, however I have reached an obstacle. I can't find any Infant tylenol liquid drops *turns out tylenol has been recalled*. Then today I tried to get Olivia's birth certficate from Pasadena City Hall and *bummers* they told me I have to go to another location. I did complete one thing on my list *color my Mommy's hair* but it came out terrible. She wanted to go lighter but I only had 20% developer so it is too light in the front *because of her gray* and still dark in the back. I am glad she isn't picky about her hair. We went to the Corner Bakery for lunch with my Mom's best friend, Debbie. It was crowded but luckily Liv slept the whole time.

Things to Do
Pick up Liv's perscription and baby tylenol *boo, I went to 3 stores and its sold out*
Go to Target
Get gas in my car/car wash
Pick up cookie decorations and ribbon
Pick up Livs Birth certificate from Pasadena City Hall *will go tomorrow with Antz after Liv's appt*
Color my Mom's hair
Clean the house
Print maps from the church to our house
Finish decorating cookie favors *at Leslie's tomorrow at 5pm*
Take a photo of Liv in her christening gown *like mine*

I hope we get alot done tonight. At least I already have her gown and blanket ready to go!

We just need to finish the cookies *tomorrow night* and pick up a traveler from Starbucks

I'm going to try Babies R Us for the infant tylenol. I am super happy because while I was searching at Whole Foods I picked up a pair of red Toms *that I was been coveting for weeks*

I also got a necklace from Urban Outfitters while I was getting some bandaids for Liv.

































My silly girl *when she smiles, it makes my heart burst with love*

Well hello summer heat, where have you been?

Ok, of course today of all days, Mother Nature has finally remembered, Oh! it's summer and it should be 80° today. Now I love hot weather on a typical basis but today I am particularly tired from an all-nighter and Liv has been in fussy-overdrive *I think she hates the heat*. I have been too busy trying to calm her down to wash dishes or grab any food. I have a long list of things to-do today when Antz gets home.

Pick up Liv's perscription and baby tylenol *boo, I went to 3 stores and its sold out*
Go to Target
Get gas in my car/car wash
Pick up cookie decorations and ribbon
Pick up Livs Birth certificate from Pasadena City Hall *will go tomorrow with my Mom*
Color my Mom's hair
Clean the house
Print maps from the church to our house
Take a photo of Liv in her christening gown *like mine*

I also have a busy rest of this week :( Mom is coming to visit tomorrow and I'm coloring her hair. Thursday is Liv's pediatrication appt and my ob/gyn appt. and after Antz gets off we are going to Leslie's to decorate the cookies. Friday we have to clean our house and print maps from the church to our house. I am concerned about getting someone to take photos at the christening. Aimee volunteered Holden but I'm not sure he will get the shots I want. If Antz uncle Richard goes maybe I'll ask him. I still am not sure what I am wearing but most likely my white dress and my blue cardigan.
I finished most of my things to do but there was a recall on Infant tylenol and I couldn't find any so I need to call Dr. Wang tomorrow and ask what should I get. I picked up her perscription of Rotanq and Emla cream. I also bought some bandaids from Urban Outfitters but I wanted either crayola or bacon ones. I am a little nervous about her vaccinations, I know Dr Wang is only protecting Olivia but I worry she may get sick or it may have side effects. I am praying she doesn't cry but she did well when she got her Hep B shots at the hospital. When I was at Whole Foods looking for Infant tylenol I picked up some red Toms *who knew they sold them there*. I also went to Paper Source to get ribbon for the cookies and that store is super cute. I was so tempted to buy the matching Mommy/daughter cupcake aprons but I resisted. It will be awhile before Liv would wear it anyway.

What I want to be when I grow up

Oh what I would give to be a fab event/wedding planner a la David Tutera. I dabbled in wedding coordination years ago for a whole week. I thought it was an ideal job as a wedding coordinator's assistant on a cruise ship but I couldn't stand being a minion to the drunkards and white trash brides. My first wedding was a complete diaster as I was supposed to meet the entire wedding party in the lobby of a ship the size of a city. I had no sign, no idea who was in this wedding and being my first day, no clear idea of how to round up 30 people out of 3,000! I somehow rangled together the party *who were still drunk from the previous night's bachlor/bachlorette parties* and ushered them to the wedding lounge. The lounge was hideous, dark, smelly, not one stitch of wedding decor, or flowers and the wedding party all wore t-shirts and jean shorts. I was morrtified! This is really how this couple wanted to seal their love? It only got worse, the bride lost the groom's ring and it was my duty to search for it 5 minutes before the nuptials in the tiny, windowless stateroom *literally going through a stranger's luggage was no fun*. I was not the hero that morning and everyone looked at me as if I lost the ring. It was the most awkward day of my life and I had 3 more weddings to go before 5pm. The kicker for my resignation *as if I needed more incentive* was the office of the church I was working for was in Bel Air and the cruise ship was in San Pedro harbor. Those from LA know that is as far as you could possibly drive within Los Angeles county *64 miles round trip!!* not including the excruiating traffic to and from each location. I envisioned myself as Jennifer Lopez in The Wedding Planner, wearing an earpiece, fluffing wedding gown trains on yachts or the veranda of the Four Seasons. Not holding the hair of bridesmaids as they barf from sea sickness and begging the mother of the groom to not smoke inside the cruise ship. Well, that put me off the idea of planning anything for a long time but after almost a year of planning our baby shower the bug has bitten me once again. I have lots of friends who seek my advice when it comes to weddings, Halloween parties and birthday ideas. I have a binder full of vendor's business cards, I frequent the wholesale flower mart for my parties and I drool over party/wedding blogs inspiration *Once Wed and Snippet & Ink are my obsession* Problem is, I am in full-time Mommy mode so it will be a few years before I could devote the time to starting a biz. I also am picky about my *would-be* clientele, ok I'll just say it, I need folks with a big budget. I know the wealthier people are harder to please but I would be wasting my time planning an event at Party City prices. Even a low-budget event can have some chic-ness to it.

A trip down Memory Lane

This morning Antz brought out our old scrapbooks. We noticed there was a bunch with empty pages and we've been saving memorabilia from our travels for years. I have so many pics that I hadn't scanned into my computer because they are glued in the scrapbooks so I took pics with my Canon as best as I could. *beware extremely poor quality*
Our first international travel was in August 1997 when I won the showcase showdown on the Price is Right to Venice, Italy. Keep in mind these were the days before digital cameras and we were only 20 & 21.

We look like teenagers, I know! I would give anything to have had a better camera and taken more photos of this trip. Back then I wasn't so into capturing the moments but at least I have the scrapbooks to hold our memories once we get old and are wearing Depends. Our next trip was domestic but exciting because we returned newly engaged! It was Antz first time to the Big Apple but I had been before with my Mom when I was 11.

On top of the Empire State Building *after Antz proposed* It was bitterly cold but I was never happier. After our wedding I started working for JetBlue airlines and we were able to fly to London for $50 each so I decided we should go see Bjork in Paris over the summer with Aimee. We definitely should have taken more pictures but we were having so much fun.

I have never been so excited for a weekend of nothing planned!

Today is half day Friday for Antz so I'll be going to run errands when he gets home at 3pm. Yay! I took on too much today and now I'm exhausted. I cleaned Liv's nursery, the bathroom is now sparkly clean, big clean up in the kitchen, washing the bedding and towels and a bit of swiftering! *whew* In the interrum of this cleaning binge, I've changed Liv 4 times, given her a bath, fed her and had some animated tummy time. The best part is Liv has been super happy all day. She slept a bit in her swing while I cleaned the kitchen and I even wore her in the Babywrap for awhile. She's now laying contently in her bassinet allowing Mommy a small break to eat and blog :) I am loving all this hard work. I feel so ...*hold please epic diaper change*
I have returned. Olivia spit up Exorcist style! ...rewarding and truly happy.

I watched Up in the Air with Antz, I really liked it, surprisingly. I was annoyed at the opening song but the rest was charming. I am so happy the weekend is here so we can do NOTHING! I have missed not having something scheduled. Of course next week is full of things. My Mom is coming in town on Wednesday and I'm going to color her hair. Then Thursday Olivia has her pediatrician appt *and will be getting 3 vaccinations!* and I have my follow up appt. with Dr. Teng. I want to bring Liv to meet the nurses. Friday we will be making the christening cookies at Leslie's house *I still am looking for the monogram stamp*. We nixed the plan to go to Marston's after the christening because Antz doesn't want to exclude any of his family. So it will be cake and punch at our house afterwards. Leslie and Antz picked out this awesome cake today

We are definitely getting rid of the topper and putting her name on it. The issue is, the cake and punch is impromptu so we aren't sure who will be coming to our house. Oh well, this is the new unstructured me!Today I lucked upon this rad DIY that I am super excited to try to make *or ask Antz Mom to make for me*

This sweet dress is made from *drumroll* a pillowcase! I have got to hem it with pom poms and and some zigzag trim. Maybe I'll check out the fabric store I got my bridesmaid's skirt fabric from. I suck at sewing but it looks feasible for even me. I have not a clue where I will find such a cute pillowcase but maybe I'll get lucky over the weekend.