When she laughs her stomach shakes like a bowl full of jelly

Keira has learned a new trick and it is by far the cutest thing I have ever seen a person do, i might be a tad prejudiced.  Anyway, she recently learned how to laugh, and I mean REALLY LAUGH!  She laughs when I tell jokes (which are always funny despite what her daddy thinks) she laughs when we kiss her cheeks, she laughs when she gets in her carseat, she laughs at just about everything.  And when she laughs her whole belly shakes, and she laughs so hard she really gets going and she looks a little bit like a baby santa claus.  I can't believe how much she has grown and changed in the last 3 and a half months and it has been such a joy watching it.  Can't wait to see wait the next months have in store... crawling for one (which I can't wait for!) then eventually walking and talking, hopefully she has my sassiness mixed with chris' calmness so she won't be overboard like her mother.  But she already is becoming quite the diva, she loves LOVES loves to look at herself in the mirror, and she recently has started to practice different faces in it (I am not kidding ) looks like I am in for it.  She also is figuring out her feet, I catch her watching them move and trying to figure out how to get them to do what she wants, she has pretty much mastered this with her hands as well.  She also got like a MILLION things for christmas, but you know what her fave present is?  A little white stuffed lamb from Kathy and Phil the greats (her great grandparents).  Who would've known?  She talks to it, hugs it, kisses is, laughs at it....

Purple Short Hair is NOT my look

So last weekend was my bestie's birthday party.  The theme was "Wiggin Out" because we are yet another year older :(  Anyway, we all got wigs and rocked them downtown at the Power & Light.  Well most everyone. I was super excited for mine, I had been planning out my look for like 2 weeks, I really wanted a purple wig, I have had this purple thing lately, couldn't I have had that phase when I lived in Manhattan and the whole world was purple?! Anyway, my lil sis made a comment that her friend had a purple wig, about shoulder length that I could borrow, I was super excited, got my outfit together, Chris let me wear my christmas present, that I have since refused to put back in the box (I have been sneakily wearing it ALL week) Chris just noticed yesterday.

Anyway, on Saturday night at 7pm Mere came over to do my make up and give me the wig. I pulled it out of the bag and IT WAS DEFINITLEY NOT SHOULDER LENGTH!!! It was well ABOVE the CHIN!! Now, I am the girl who cried for days when my hair stylist cut my hair to my shoulders, how could I ever have hair ABOVE my CHIN!!!  See, Mere is a hairstylist and the pics I saw of the wig were shoulder length and curled under, but she had decided to give it a haircut, since the photos!!! AAAGH, it was too late to buy a new one so I just had to suck it up.  I wore it for Mindy's sake, can't say it was the most attractive, but it was alot better than Vals: Brett Michaels (or mom shag) or Pegahs: Stripper wig, but then we had Mindy who looked super cute in her pink shoulder length wig or Kelseys wig that looked like her real hair. bitches. Anyway, in order to cope with the hideous little boy hair cut me and my little decided to drink 2 bottles of champagne, and then millions of vodka waters while at the P&L.  We did have a blast and I have many hilarious pics to show of the night we all wore wigs to the bars.  Which we did get the most dirty looks at Mosaic, Pegah by far got the worst, but it was all in all a great night. Also, another issue of the night, the minute we walked into the P&L this psycho chick came running behind me and mars and starts doing the running man and screaming Ice, Ice, Baby lyrics, mars being the mars tells the girl she is a freak and to get away from us.  At this she goes tearing off in front of us, runs, and jacks Mindy in the side, then tackles her to the ground (knocking off her wig) leaving her wig cap exposed, and then starts choking and punching her! It was like a slo-mo nightmare! and of course, it had to be mindy, the bouncers at SharkBar save the day, arrest the psycho, mindy had to file a police report, and then we got to party.  but according to my mom this is a growing trend down there, and they are lobbying to keep the bars open til 4am! right this was at like 11 pm, and already everyone there was so drunk they couldn't stand!  We still had fun anyway.... clearly you can see by the below shots:

7 am wake-up calls make drinking a WHOLE bottle of champagne not as glam as it once was...

For my alarm clock, I depend on my little baby Keira, sometimes she wakes me up on time for work, sometimes she is a little late, but I can always depend on her to be awake around 6 - 7:30ish, no matter what day of the week.  Unfortunately she has yet to figure out that it is OK to sleep in on Saturdays and Sundays. haha.  Anyway last week, Chris let me out of the house, haha like he keeps me locked up or something, but he stayed home with Keira while I went to my best friend Kyle's Fame Holiday Party.  Where I brought my own bottle of champagne. I was super excited to be out with my old friends and drink it up like I used to, except that while getting ready for this event, it was quite a long process, i skipped dinner. Not a good idea when you will be drinking, and haven't drank since New Years Eve of 2009!

Needless to say I had quite the interesting night.  I got to the party around 10:30, tried to snack on some cheese and crackers, was sort of an annoying mom in the beginning, pulling out millions of pictures of Keira to show off, then Kyle popped my bottle and the drinking began.  I had about 3 glasses of my martini & rossi Asti when I started feeling a little tipsy and people really started coming in, I was having a blast. Then I saw him. Bowtie B, Kyle's old roommate from college, me and Bowtie B have a special hatred for one another, a. he was always super rude when me and the girls would come to KState to stay for a visit at KU in Kyles apt, I am sure it was all fueled on jealousy (on his part) he has had a secret crush on Kyle since the beginning, needless to say he was sort of a buzzkill, even more when i saw him chugging on MY bottle of martini & rossi, bc he brought tacky ass Korbel.  Then bowtie has the nerve to say to me... "your Kati right?  man you look different with dark hair, younger which is good, but different too."  I try to ignore and not start a fight in the middle of a HOLIDAY party but seriously?  Then bowtie says to me, "So have you been here all night?"  Mind you it is 11:15, "yeah since about 10:30, i guess you could say ALL night."  Then bowtie says back "Yeah, it looked like you had been hittin the bottle pretty hard when i got here." WHAT?!? I am sure I turned like 90 shades of red and purple, and seriously had it have been 2 years ago, Kyle would've had a serious Jerry Springer fight in the middle of his kitchen.  But instead I calmly said, "Really? well I would've liked to have more but some cheap ass has been drinking my bottle of champagne, when they probably bought that lame bottle of Korbel, thinking no one would notice." haha Bowtie. I won that round.  Anyway, bowtie left shortly after that and promptly quit drinking my champagne, and switched to wine to try to act like he wasn't the LAME-O who brought sick Korbel. But me and kyle know the real story. and it's not even like Martini and Rossi is super great champagne, or super expensive, it is just the fact that he is so rude it makes me crazy.

Needless to say, I was very roxy that night (my drunk alter ego).  However, the next morning I realized why I could never again drink an entire bottle of champagne, then some vodka waters at the Plaza.  I got my 7 am wake up call and I felt like I was going to throw up all morning. not to mention the train roaring through my head, all the while having to entertain and take care of my precious. 
I have one more holiday party this weekend, my best friend Mindy's 26th bday, and after this bash (that I am sure I will drink WAAAAY too much at) I doubt if I drink again for about 3 or 4 months. my my my how life changes.
*Kati

Roxy, Dryle, and Drindy

After the bottle of champagne

To The Lunch Stealer

Dear Stealer of my Butternut Squash Ravioli Lean Cusinie,

Why did you do it?  I was really looking forward to a delicious and nutritious lunch today, I was saving that particular lunch for Thursday (today) because it is a treat and my favorite lunch.  All I have to say is you got some balls to whip that lunch right out of the freezer, in the middle of the office, and eat it!!! What if I had walked into the kitchen and saw you eating it!

What kind of person steals another persons lunch?! Did someone steal their lunch?! I saw my empty box of delicious butternut squash ravioli at the top of the trash can today when I walked in to go eat on my lunch break today and I thought to myself surely that isn't mine.  Someone saw mine in the freezer earlier this week, and bought there own, then I saw much to my dismay that it was clearly labeled with my name:(  I am pretty sure 2 Kati B's DO NOT work at Reece and Nichols Leawood.

So to that lunch stealer, i hope it was freezer burnt.

*Kati

NEW OBSESSION

I AM SERIOUSLY OBSESSED!!! THIS IS SO SUPER CUTE, IF MONEY WERE NO OPTION YOU CAN BE SURE THIS WOULD BE MINE!

Oscar de la Renta Calypso and Crystal Bead Bib Necklace with Silk Cords - We're Obsessed - Fashion - Instyle.com

Just one of those days...

I used to have days like this quite frequently back when I was single and responsibility free, but lately I have been a little more together, with having to plan out my schedule and time with a new baby and all, but this morning I had one of those mornings.  You know the kind that you wish that because you had such a crazy morning you could just skip the whole day, go back to sleep and start over the next day, or atleast skip the whole work day and go to the bars for happy hour (not so much for me anymore, but i used to be that way).  Anyway, this morning Keira woke me up bright and early at 4:45 am for a bottle.  I fed her and she immediately went right back to sleep around 5:15 or so, normally I wouldn't go back to sleep I would just clean until it was time for me to start getting ready, this morning however, I decided the bed was calling me and I went back to sleep :( this is the most dangerous thing for me to do.  I usually get up around 6:00 (along with Keira) for her to eat, and then play a little, and then I finally get ready, well today since she got up so early and then went back to sleep I slept until 7am, yes thats right 7AM!!! So i rushed around the house getting ready, got Keira dressed in her sleep, woke Chris up, and ran out the door.  Got her to the babysitters, and then went to get my morning diet coke.  I was already running late when I got to the gas station but if you know me, I CAN NOT LIVE WITHOUT DIET COKE.  So in my rush I spilled my whole drink all over the gas station floor... graceful is not me, then refilled the drink, and ran to the cash register.  Of course there is a little old lady in front of me buying Virginia Slims and paying for them in, i kid you not, PENNIES!!! this poor old woman is counting out penny by penny her $5.83 or something in pennies!!! So i make it to work ten minutes late, unacceptable for a Monday morning.  Let's just say the day has progressed the same since then... can't wait to go home and love on my lil one (and my hubby too)

Killing Me Softly.

AOL Radio Top Jams is seriously THE BEST!  I have been jammin to great music all day, it is a mix of today's music and jams from jr. high on up.  Seriously the memories are flooding through me.  My number one memory of Killing Me Softly is, riding to my g-mas with my mom, and the Fugee's version of the song came on and I distinctly remember turning it up and saying it was my new favorite song, and my mom just started laughing and was like... "this is an old song, just remade."  It was like a total mind blow to my 6th grade mind, they remade songs?!  What?! I had never once in my life considered this possibility.  My how life changes.

Diva 'tricks' of the week

Keira is really growing up lately. She looks more and more like a toddler ( i know she is only 3 months old) but she no longer looks like a scary little baby (you know when they are so small you are afraid you will break them).  Anyway, she can hold her head up, smile, ALMOST roll over (she already rolls from her stomach to her back) but now we are working on the reverse, and she loves to talk in her baby language.  Lately she has been such a good little baby and has been going to sleep around 10pm and sleeping ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT until around 5:30 or 6 am which is so wonderful.  I am crossing my fingers that in a few weeks she doesn't turn into my lil sister.  Maura was the best baby ever until she hit around her 3 month age, then she woke up. I'm praying Keira keeps up her angel act and sleeps through the night for the rest of her childhood (haha).  Anyway, I snapped a pic of her sleeping the other morning and a few playing on her new play gym ( a christmas gift from GiGi and Papi, but she got it early).  She also taught herself how to stick out her lip and pout when she is upset, or can't wait a minute longer for that bottle.  She performed this new trick when my mom was watching her the other day, and my mom told me that I am in for it, she is just like me. (i used to practice my pouting face, and how to cry on a dime in front of the mirror for hours as a kid, i guess i was a little bit of a drama queen).

Back in the Day...

So I have the office to myself this week, my office mate has the whole week off.  Lucky. Anyway, because of this I am able to jam to whatever music I choose, which is currently AOL Radio's Top Jams Station. All day I have been having a blast listening to all my current faves, when randomly on came Lloyd Banks' "Karma" which brought me back to my days of blaring all my 50 cent, Lloyd Banks, and many other rap CD's while getting ready in my room at Kappa Delta.  Which made remember all the fun my roomies and I had dancing in front of our mirrors, singing, and putting on makeup/doing our hair/getting dressed for our nights out in the 'ville.  Oh how I miss those days.  Pegs and Jess, I never had more fun living with anyone else!  We had so much fun: like our many nights of prank calling, Pegs was always the BEST because she could do impressions and accents, our 'princess' book, and many others.  Most of which can not be named because they were oh so devious.  I miss you girls and thanks for making my college memories the best!  I will never forget our many nights of 'deep' conversations, eating ramen, stealing shirts, and breaking into the snack closet during rush week, and much more.

This is a pic of the original four roomies in Kappa Delta T4!!!

WTF? Holiday PSAs?

So Chris and I were watching TV lastnight when this creepy Public Service Announcement was shown.  It was this creepy guy sitting on a couch (with his legs crossed) looking directly into the camera he said: "Want to get your WOMAN (yes he said woman) something special for the holidays?  Schedule her annual PAP SMEAR!!! then he went on to discuss how important pap smears are!! Chris and I just looked at eachother in complete disbelief.  We thought it was a terrible joke, we kept waiting for the punchline, but it was a serious PSA!!! Guys here is a tip DO NOT schedule 'your woman' a pap smear for the holidays it is creepy and a private matter!!!

The Most Glam Invention As of Yet...

Gold Hair Pomade.  That says it all. It is my newest obsession of must-haves.

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