HIS and HERS

HIS (Brooke's Answers About Chris)

1. Sitting in front of the TV, what's on the screen?
Family Guy, Sportscenter, Food Network

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does he get on his salad?
ranch

3. What's one food he doesn't like?
beans

4. You go out to a restaurant, what does he get to drink?
Water, but then he'll drink out of my Coke.

5. Where did he go to high school?
Half Moon Bay High School

6. What is one phrase he says all the time?
"Aw, Rosemary Barragan can't defend herself."

7. If he was to collect anything, what would it be?
baseball cards or comic books

8. What is his favorite type of sandwich?
turkey with cranberry

9. What would he eat everyday if he could?
macaroni and cheese

10. What is his favorite cereal?
Ohs

11. What would he never wear?
anything Red Sox

12. What is his favorite sports team?
Yankees

13. Who will he vote for?
Schwarzenegger 2012

14. Who is his best friend?
Me...and Jeff...and Craig

15. How many states has he lived in?
5 - New York, California, North Carolina, Arizona, Utah

16. Does he have any nervous habits?
Not that I can think of.

17. What could he spend hours doing?
Watching movie trailers.

18. He is:
Funny, smart, handsome, thoughtful, generous...and he takes such good care of me and Olive.



HERS (Chris' Answers About Brooke)

1. Sitting in front of the TV, what's on the screen?
Fox News, Friday Night Lights

2. You're out to eat; what kind of dressing does she get on her salad?
ranch

3. What's one food she doesn't like?
tomatoes

4. You go out to a restaurant, what does she get to drink?
Coke

5. Where did she go to high school?
Fremd - F-R-E-M-D - green and gold

6. What is one phrase she says all the time?
"Your mom..."

7. If she were to collect anything, what would it be?
photographs

8. What is her favorite type of sandwich?
turkey

9. What would she eat everyday if she could?
chocolate

10. What is her favorite cereal?
Peanut Butter Crunch

11. What would she never wear?
something immodest

12. What does she always wear?
diamond earrings

13. Who did she vote for?
McCain

14. Who is her best friend?
Chris Barragan

15. How many states has she lived in?
8

16. Does she have any nervous habits?
bites her nails

17. What could she spend hours doing?
holding Olive

18. She is:
amazing, wonderful, mom, soffey, awesome, funny, sexy, hopeful, nervous, concerned, prepared, insightful, spiritual, a blessing, sleepy...

We tag the Wards and the Barrientoseseses!

30

We are uncle/aunt to 30, count them, 30 kids now - 28 on my side and 2 on Chris'. You might think that since Olive is only 7 weeks old she is the youngest on my side. You're wrong. She now has 2 cousins younger than her. Rosalie was born a week after Olive, and this week Scarlet Alta Eaton was born. She's Timmy and Sarra's 4th and we hear she looks like her elated big sister Janey. Still waiting for pictures though. Anyway, I feel pretty lucky - make that blessed - that we have 30 healthy nieces and nephews. We try to be involved each of their lives as much as we can. It's a lot of work, but being that they're all so bright and/or funny and/or talented and/or delightful in one way or another, it's worth it.

Material Girl

Lacey got this dress for Olive. She's been dying to be big enough to wear it and show off her bottom. Such a material girl. Why does my daughter already have a better wardrobe than I do?

Lortab, Ice Packs, a Big Coke, and the Comfiest Bed Ever

I decided to take the day off my feet. It's been almost 7 weeks since I had Olive, and I'm still in a lot of pain. Actually I shouldn't say still but rather again. For a while I was feeling close to 100%, but for the last 2-3 weeks I've felt pretty terrible. I keep thinking it'll get better, but it's just not. Last night the pain got kinda bad, so today I'm taking it easy. I'm all set up in our big comfy bed - we seriously have the most awesome bed ever. I've got ice packs beneath me and Olive and Maeby beside me. I already went through 2 prescriptions of Motrin, so I'm presently buzzing on my last Lortab. And I asked Chris if he'd get me a "big drink" so he showed up with a virtual bucket of Coke. Hopefully all this will amount to a little relief. Since we just moved here and I'm a new patient my new doc can't see me till April 1st, and even then I'm pretty lucky they're squeezing me in. So I have no idea why I'm feeling awful or if it's normal or whatever. Which leads me to you - I want to know about your healing process and I want to hear your thoughts on whether this seems normal or scary or what. Plus I need some good reading material for my day in bed. So pipe in, please.

One More

Light Up

Chris had to spend the night in Henderson so I thought we'd send him some love; she lights up for him.

My New Favorite Chore

It just occurred to me that the hot Arizona sun could be very useful in saving money and energy. I've never done this before, but it was so fun. Do you guys do this at all? Any tips on fabric softening or hanging techniques or anything?

Still Winter

Oh yeah, it's still winter isn't it? I have to keep reminding myself that not everyone is getting all hot and grouchy while they make dinner, and not everyone has to be mindful of how long they're reading outside without sunblock. I have to keep reminding myself that most of you are still chilly willies. Not me. The AC kicked on for the first time tonight at our house, and it was such a relief. Arizona, dude. Weird.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The Scriptures Are True

...particularly the one about dogs returning to their vomit. Yesterday Maeby got a hold of one of Olive's dirty (I'm talking dur-tee) diapers and shredded it to pieces. Then last night when Chris was making spaghetti and meatballs for our newly adopted weekly Spaghetti Madness, he gave Maeby some of the raw meat. And then this morning, she got yet another one of Olive's dirty diapers (yes I learned my lesson about keeping them out of her reach). I sighed with frustration when I found the diaper shredded all over the place, not terribly happy about having to clean it up. But as I headed into the other room to get some cleaning supplies, I noticed another mess to clean up - an awesome-looking pile of dog vomit. Another sigh of frustration. So I cleaned up the diaper mess and then headed in to clean up the vomit, but it had mysteriously disappeared. You guessed it; she had eaten it. Isn't that gross? I mean, I had to laugh out loud (LOL, if you will) at how the morning was going, and I'll admit I was delighted to not have to scoop it all up and stuff (just had to squirt some Nature's Miracle and let it work its magic). But seriously, that's so gross. So gross, in fact, that you probably wish I hadn't posted about it huh?

Grandma Oatsie

Chris' mom Rosemary came up for a long weekend of loving on Olive. She was super helpful, freeing up my hands so that I could finally finish unpacking and do a few other projects. We did a LOT of talking, maybe even a little gossiping, and had a great time together. And Chris and I got to show off our cute little town, which we've been dying to do (this place is so fun - please come visit!) Nestor and Anna came to pick up Rosemary on Monday. Anna and Maeby are hilarious friends; they're so funny to watch together. Anyway, thanks to Grandma Oatsie for the fun weekend!

Ketchup

I can't believe how much time we don't have these days. Once we get the unpacking done and the new parent thing down, I'm sure we'll blog some more. But until then, here's a few pictures...

our girl

Olive's cousin Rosalie (Jimmy & Alisha's #5) was born one week after her.

Chris got Olive this little onesie for Valentine's Day. He did some sweet stuff for me too. Such a lover.

3 very sleepy girls

Chris loves wearing the Baby Bjorn (thanks Noonan); such a proud dad.

This is after Olive's first bath - she was kinda mad. She's always really expressive with her tiny hands.

sleeping with Dad

Olive has 2 cousins on Chris' side - Anna and Gabriel. Here are the three brown-eyed Irish kids together. Chris' parents supplied the shirts - they're such cute proud grandparents.

We went to the Cubs-White Sox spring training game at HoHoKam with John and Anna. Olive got lots of attention in her Cubbies getup.