Seven Quick Takes - 11/20/09

1. I am posting early today because I have ACTUAL PLANS tonight. Like a real person! I’m going to see New Moon with two dear friends tonight. And I could not be more excited. Not really for the movie because frankly, I thought the Twilight movie SUCKED. But I am a sucker for hugely hyped movies. I want to see them so I can talk about it with others. (Also, this was also my least favorite of the books, so I’m going in with very low expectations.) But more importantly, I get to go WITHOUT THE BABY. And while I adore that child, I am REALLY looking forward to having some “me + friends” time for a few hours. (I also wish Taylor Lautner was older so I could admire his chest and not feel like a pedophile.)

2. I bought two new CD’s this week. I picked up Kris Allen’s debut CD which is straight up BOMBING on the charts. He’s set to be the lowest debuting Idol winner EVER. Worse than Taylor Hicks, y’all. (Although Jordin Sparks is actually the one with the lowest debut.) That is BAD. Bless his heart. I also got the Glee soundtrack. OH YEAH. I love me some “Don’t Stop Believing.” Also? Both CD’s were only 10 bucks at Target!

3. Speaking of Glee. Oh my goodness. Have y’all been watching? SUE SYLVESTER MADE ME CRY. Just…good lord. I couldn’t handle that scene at the end of last week’s episode AT ALL. I also can’t help but love Puck. Is that bad? Probably. He’s just so…HOT. (Not that my husband isn’t the HOTTEST MAN EVER.) I also really, really love Emma Pillsbury’s hair. I want it. For me. Now. (Tangent: I know I’ve mentioned this before, but I really love having red hair and it makes me so sad that I can’t dye it red because I married a red head and then gave birth to a red head, so I’d totally look like a poser. :sigh: Had I known this, I would have dyed my hair WAY MORE when I was single.)

4. We had a strange evening last night. Around 4:30 I got an e-mail from UD stating that the Montgomery County free H1N1 vaccination clinic had no line, but was ending at 6 pm. I didn’t check my e-mail until 5:15. So Alex and I literally dropped what we were doing, grabbed the baby, and headed out the door. And indeed, we did not have to wait more than 5 minutes to get Jack his shot. So yay! Baby is fully vaccinated against all evil forms of flu! (Sort of!) And also…dinner was eaten out since we left the sausage in the oven and the pasta on the stove. AWESOME.

5. I can’t keep track of my water bottles. I bought a cute little steel bottle at Old Navy (5 bucks!) a few months ago. And I proceeded to lose it. I looked EVERYWHERE and couldn’t find it. So I gave in and bought another one. Sure enough, we found the original water bottle a few weeks later. Which was fine because then Alex could use the original water bottle. And you know where this is going right? I totally lost the new water bottle this week. I have NO IDEA where it is. I thought it was in the diaper bag and it is NOT. THERE. Nor is it in my mom-mobile. So I’m back to using the original bottle. Poor Alex. He has to use BPA laden plastic bottles instead.

6. I’ll write a full post about Jillian Michael’s book later, but my initial reaction has pretty much been this: OMG WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIIIIIIEEE. HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP! PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OILS! ARTIFICIAL SWEETENERS! FOOD DYES! BIRTH CONTROL PILLS ARE CARCINOGENS! GIVE THE BABY WOODEN TOYS AND GLASS BOTTLES ONLY! YOU SUCK AT LIFE, YOU BIG PROCESSED-EATING, PLASTIC-TOY-GIVING LOSER!

7. So this morning, my baby decided to make me feel like a jerk for being so excited to spend a few hours away from him tonight because he started saying, “MAMA!” I know he’s probably just babbling and doesn’t know what it means, but it is unmistakable. He sits there and says, “Mama! Mama! Mama!” And it’s the most adorable thing in the known universe. My sweet little baby can say Mama! I left him playing in the living room to start my coffee and he started yelling “Mama! Mama!” So I came running back in and he smiled. And I’m not just hearing things. Alex heard it this morning and pretended not to die with jealousy that our son said Mama first. Woo! Mama for the win!