Ebay addiction

Well, I think the title says it all. I have a new addiction- eBay. Remember a few months ago I blogged about LOVING little girl clothes? So I've been on eBay trying to get a few fall things for Gianna. My sister in law, Wendy has been such a blessing and has passed down to us her girls' things. They should fit at the same time because Gianna was actually born on my oldest nieces' (Grace) birthday. But our little petite cutie is a tad smaller (well she WAS a preemie) so we have lots of 12 month winter things. But, she doesn't have very many winter things in size 6-12 months. She actually is still in 3-6 month clothes and I don't see her getting out of them any time soon.
So hence the ebaying. Well not quite hence. I used to be quite the garage saler in my pre-Gianna days. But I can't quite bring myself to get early on the one day John lets me sleep in. So I thought eBay would help fill the void. I could get some really cute things for really cheep. Not so much. Some things I have gotten are cute, but some things I have REALLY wanted have been stolen in the very final last seconds of the auction. If you have ebayed then you know the frustration. (Or the joy as you did it to someone else!) But I have found myself this last week just bidding and checking ebay SEVERAL times a day.
After just one day I told John I had an addiction. After two days I told him the same thing. After 3 days he asked if I wanted him to fix my "problem" or just listen. I told him I was done- for now. After loosing 2 really GREAT items that I REALLY wanted was enough for me to take a break. Plus my favorite neighborhood is have their annual garage sale his weekend. So I'm curred from ebay..... Just what to do about those garage sales!?!?!?!?!?!




A shout out to my Maid of Honor Holly Jack Nobel who just found out she is having a BOY!!!!!!
Not as many cute clothes to choose from, but she gets her trucks and tractors forever!

Sleep

Well it seems I've blogged a lot on the subject of sleep. But I am doing dances in the street because not only is our darling daughter going to sleep all through the night--- She is also going to sleep in her crib! And miracles for the miracle baby- when I put her down in her crib at night- most nights she just grabs her lovey and rolls over with NO crying and goes to sleep!
AMAZING!!!! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers! We are getting to be a well rested crew here! (if only I can sleep through the night again!:)
Looking back I know it seemed so major, but now - even only a few days into it- it seems like it wasn't that bad.
Here's what I mean: When something is a problem for you and it seems to be a BIG problem and some one else has it figured out then you wonder what you did/ doing wrong. At least as a girl I do. John always maintains that it was an external problem not an internal one!
I know there will be many "major" things that come our way. I just hope that I learn from this one that prayer and patience work.

Groovy BABY!

Check out our 7 month old baby and how groovy she is!

My New Computer

Sunday, John got me a new computer because our 5 year old Dell was dying a slow and painful death. We gave it a good burial. I've been trying all week to get used to the new one. It's like when you get a new cell phone and you have to put in all the numbers again and you are totally lost because you DO NOT remember any of the numbers!
So my computer is like that too. I've had to re-look up old bookmarks and such. John is awesome and he is transferring them from one computer to the new one for me so I can get about the business of reading other people's blogs. Because I for sure do not have those sites memorized!
Soooooo what kind of computer is it?!?!?!?!?
It is the coolest and most awesome MacBook! That's right you mono-user Windows people- I speak two languages- IBM and MAC. I really do love it. It has a cool feature that is called photo booth and you can take pictures of yourself as you look in the computer!
John has been busy at work this week so I haven't been able to figure out how to get the Picasa albums on my computer yet, but I know John will soon and then you faithful blog readers- we will have more pictures of that great girl we all know as Gianna.
Who by the way is now 7 months old! Can you believe it? I went in to feed her at 3:30 this morning and I KNOW she grew from when I put her down last night. It's amazing.

Famous People in Research Valley

Check us out online here. We are on page 64.

We did this awhile back as is evident by Gianna still "inside" Charissa. But we have the faithful dog. A lady I work with talked to me about how we came to College Station. She liked the story and wanted to interview Charissa and I for a local magazine. A few days later a photographer came to take some snapshots. We didn't think much of it and forgot about it actually. Then last night I randomly googled Charissa Ludlow. It was the first hit. The pic below is from the magazine. The Ludlows are in print! and world wide web! and also a blog!

Our Old Friend Rob

This weekend we had a visit from our good old friend Robert. Robert was John's roommate in college. They had great times together. To many to name and I defiantly don't want Gianna to read them or hear about them until she is VERY MUCH older!!!

I love old friends. They remind us of who we were and how we acted. Sometimes that is comforting and sometimes it's not! But seeing Robert did remind me of a very different time in our lives. We caught up on friends we used to know and how they are doing. And just how much we've all changed and still stayed the same. I loved the times we would have a big group of our friends sit in the Wall/Gates lobby and he would play his guitar. He would always play the Eagles' Best of my Love just for me. He and John would stay up until dawn debating some minute theology point and they both loved every second of it.

Robert is going to study Russian literature in Chinese! Yes, he is that smart.

We've grown up, with houses, jobs and family. But Robert is a classic! He's a reminder of who we were, witness to who we are now and an encourager for the good times to come.

Tourist in your own backyard

This week has kept Gianna and I very busy. We had a visit from my oldest niece- Grace.

I'll give you an insight into our week with a few lists.

We enjoyed visiting:
George Bush Library- We saw the White House in miniature. It made me want to see the real thing
U Paint It- Grace and I had a blast painting. We picked out things then paint them, and they glaze them for you. I go to pick it up tomorrow.
Saw Hairspray and loved the dancing.
Barnes and Nobel

We cooked:
Blueberry pie
Key lime pie.

We made:
Popsicles
Tacos
Corn on the cob

We ate at:
Olive Garden
Freebirds

We went shopping at:
Hobby Lobby
Post Oak Mall- Didn't find the blue dress we were looking for, but still found surprises for the other nieces.
Grocery Shopping- OK so this this was more of a have to than really cool, but we did get a cookie at Kroger (OK who else gets one too?)

Gianna and I had a good time, but I am exhausted!

Gianna enjoying a popsicle