Persona Grata: Ella Grace

The weekend before my big oceania trip, I went to visit my old co-worker and her super CUTE baby girl. We did some catching up as well as a little foto shoot of some sort of ella. Ella is mos def one of the happiest babies i've had the pleasure of playing with. She's almost always content or laughing and she's got these beautiful thick eyelashes. My friend really does make parenting look so easy. She's never frazzled and she's got these completely calm way of handling all the crazy baby situations. One thing i really hope to learn from her is to let the baby be and not coddle the baby to death. I'm a worry wart so i know it's something i'll def have to work at. When ella does cry, she's got the MOST endearing cry ever! Almost like how an nyc socialite might cry when rich papa doesn't give her what she wants. She's also got these amazingly strong legs. Since her mom has got some romanian ancestry, i like to joke that she's gonna be a gymnast. It's been a while since i've seen them so i need to get something together with her stat! I've been very fortunate to have met such awesome people at work. Nothing is more miserable than having to come to work everyday and interact with people you just can't stand.

Paw Pals: Cat Fight

Sometimes i really hate my life. It's been more than a year that i've had stewie and alfeo. Why is it now alfeo and not alfie? While we were on the big trip, my mom would e-mail us updates on all the furry friends. I can't remember if she spelled stewie's name right but for some reason, she would spell alfie alfeo. So now i call him either alfie or alfeo. And she calls stewie chipadee. I don't know. Ef-oh-be mom. So after more than a year of cohabitation, these two cats still do not get along. Alfie chases stewie and then attacks her and she pees everywhere cos she's so small and tiny. And even when i go to pick her up and she sees him, she starts growling and shaking and hissing. Ugh. And i feel bad cos i don't want her stressing out. So for one plus year now, we have been going the extra mile in keeping them separated at all times. Alfie gets locked up in a room all day while we're at work. Then whoever gets home first locks stewie up in my room (where she's the most content at staying anyway) and alfeo gets let out to roam around. Right when i'm about to sleep, i let stewie out and alfie sleeps with me. Sometime in the middle of the night, either stewie will start scratching at the door or alfie will start meowing. Oh my gawd that boy meows all the dang TIME! So i'll get up to switch them. It's a lot of work. And we complain about it all the time but none of us has the heart to let them fight it out. I don't want my little girl stewie to get hurt! They're both so kind and loving individually that i wish they would just hurry and show signs that they're ready for that next step! Argh. I would love to finally have a good night's sleep without any of those dogs or cats waking me up with the annoying sounds they make. And fracking big poppa is a pro at pretending like he's dead asleep so that i'm the one that's having to get up. Can you guess who's the one that has night shift come baby time? Hopefully my ef-oh-be mom.