Hello Blog,

Ahhh! Home at last! Life couldn’t be better than this moment. Our trip to Florida was delightful; our flight home was cake; I am unpacked; the baby is napping; Julie Roberts is serenading me via iTunes; and to top it off I am munching on leftover airplane snacks. Bliss. Now I am off to check in on my favorite bloggers then maybe read a novel. But, not before I share with all of you a smidgen of Normy and our wedding preparations.

Smoochy and Aunt Sara work on making wedding baskets.

Sara's specialty is bows.

Smoochy's specialty is ribbon weaving and drinking whiskey.

Granny Janie's job is to sit and look pretty. Well done, Grams.

Normy wants a job too!

Normy tries to help with the baskets.

Sadly, his dexterity fails him.

Normy becomes irritated when demoted to ribbon dispensing.

Finally More From Florida

I wanted to post all last week from my parents house but that proved to be beyond possibility. I could have squeezed out time to post between the many pre-bridal shower activities my mother, grandmother, and I were engaged in; but every time I sat down to my parent's computer to write the stupid thing crapped out on me. My folks are waiting to purchase a long over due new computer until after Vista is released. But, now that I am visiting with my sister in Tampa I have access to a functioning machine and high speed Internet, so I have no excuse.

Things are...well things are wonderful. I love being in Florida in the winter time. Sure the air conditioning is still on here...but it is nice to be wearing shorts again. Plus, I really wanted Normy to get a chance to wear THIS outfit at least once before he out grew it, and that wasn't happening in chilly cold California.

Cute huh?

Anyway, Like I was saying, things here are pretty fantastic. I am enjoying spending some quality time with my family and my family is enjoying some quality time with my baby. I have become somewhat superfluous. But, that's to be expected I suppose. How can I compete with this?
The truth is, I can't. I might have been that adorible about 27 years ago but now my fat detracts from my appearence instead of enhancing it. Ahhh babyhood, when else in your life can you have rolls like this and still be concidered precious?

A Little Normy a Day Keeps the Doctor Away

Here I sit at my Mom and Dad’s computer in good old Naples, FL. It’s after midnight and the house is quiet except for the tapping of my key board keys. I am still on West Coast time and the rest of the house is most definitively on East Coast time, where it really is 12:42 am. Thank goodness Normy is with me; he only went down an hour ago. The poor guy took his long afternoon nap at 7:00 pm this evening. It’s cool though, we’re adjusting.

Actually, we’re just happy to be here. This trip to FL is Normy’s fifth airplane trip. For those of you who are keeping track (okay so that’s really only Smoochy and I) that’s five trips in 7 months. Normy’s been on a plane more in his first year of life than I was until I was 18. Well, that’s the age we’re living in. Heck, he can already type more words per minute than I can. I guess he has an advantage though because all his words are spelled the same:

“AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!”

He is such a cute little shouter.

We’re “home” in Naples gearing up for Kate’s big wedding shower. My spitfire little sister is marring one of Smoochy’s best friends. Shit, one of MY best friends. Chuck is like a brother to me. He lived next door to Smoochy and I in Georgia, so saw me through many a patrol. Every time Smoochy went out to sea I would mope and morn and lament. Chuck would tell me if he had to hear me say, “I miss Jacob!” on more time he’d disown me. But, he never did. I can’t possibly tell you how excited I am for their wedding.

When I got married I kept saying (to anyone and everyone that crossed my path) “It’s all Happening!!!” Just like Penny Lane and the Bandaids kept saying in Almost Famous (Seriously, if you haven’t seen that movie, go to Blockbuster NOW and pick it up. GO! Go now!) And now I feel the same way about Kate’s impending big day. It’s all happening! I’ve never been more happy about two people tying the knot (with the obvious exception of my own wedding, of course!)

But there is so much else going on. Visiting with my own grandparents who are wintering with my folks here in Florida, my best friend’s baby shower, Normy growing like a weed before my eyes. I am a swirl with emotions right now; and all of them are of the warm and fuzzy kind.

Or is that the glass of wine I’ve had as a nightcap?

Mmmm, nope it’s definitely more fuzz than buzz.

Any how, I’ll try to keep up on posting this week if only for my darling Smoochy who is so badly missing his baby boy (and me too hopefully a little!) There is far too much cute baby to be contained in one house. Enjoy a little slice of Normy pie!



OK, So there are about three other pictures I'd like to up-load but either Blogger or my folks' computer is going REALLY SLOOOOOW... so this is all I can give. It's time for bed.

Morning Computer Time

Since mom has a doctor’s appointment this morning she didn't have time to do her usual computer time with Dad. SCORE! GET SOME! I've been wanting a little NCT for so long now (Normy Computer Time). All was excellent till the end when I was feeling weird and accidentally threw up a little over Dad's computer's keyboard. He'll get over it.

Snuggle-Buddies

Ahhh...

There's nothing better than a couch nap and a snuggle.

Normy and the Green Beans

Thanks everyone for encouraging me to stick with the blog. I assure you, I have no intentions of deleting it or ceasing to post. My last entry was more of a lament that I have been feeling so unmotivated about it.

Anyway, I thought I'd share the following camera-video. Smoochy and I feel slightly conflicted about posting videos. I'm not sure why, because we have withheld nothing else on this site; but some nagging doubt still remains. But, this is just too cute (in my maternal opinion) to keep to ourselves. Plus Drop Shots seems a little more "private" than U-Tube. Sorry if the shaking gives you motion sickness; I'm not exactly a cinematographer. Enjoy...

Normy-Vision

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*Sigh*

So much for "I'll post pictures, tomorrow I promise." Or whatever it was I wrote. I'm so sorry you guys. All I can tell you is that I have taken a break form the Internet, and I might need a little it longer to get back in the game. I haven't even been reading my most favorite blogs. Normy's hernia, the holidays, and our trip to Kansas took all of my energy. Now we are home and I have my own bed, my own computer, and a little time so things might pick back up over here at Day in the Life of Smoochy.

My year anniversary as the proud owner of a blog came and went without the commemorative post I had imagined I'd do. frankly, I feel like the blog is running out of steam. Or at least I've hit a dry spell. Some days I day fantasize and plan all the fabulous things I'd like to write about, but then by the time the baby is in bed and the kitchen is cleaned I am out of steam. The essay I had mapped out on my jog has been reduced to one or two scrawny sentences. And now to make matters worse I am blogging about blogging!

Blech!

But, Look how cute my kid is…

Almost seven months. Good Lord.

happy baby

I wanted to show off this picture a week or more ago. This photo is from back in Kansas. Isn't it sweet? Some days I am baffeled, amazed, and overwhelmed that I can love my baby so much. Smoochy and I say all the time: "He's just so freaking cool!"