Photo Dump... Enjoy

The Washington Monument at night... as seen from the Lincoln Memorial. So cool!!
The most awesomest Hello Kitty hoodie Derek bought me for Christmas!
Snnnnnnnnoooooooow! We got dumped on the weekend before Christmas. We got 16 inches I think! Crazy!!!
Derek playing in the evil white stuff. Church was canceled the next day which was crazy to us!
The Lincoln Memorial. It says "IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER" This is one of my favorite places in DC.
A HILARIOUS body spray my parents brought back from England. We kept saying "FCUK" for everything while they were here.
AFI. The only picture I got of them... Haha. Yes, this is the reason I flew all the way to Utah and got stuck in Denver for 6 1/2 hours in the freezing-freaking-cold. Now ask me if it was worth it? HELLS YEAH!!!! I'd do it again in a heartbeat!!! (see the guy with the mic just right of center? he made it worth the trip! and I was also particularly impressed with Hunter's bass wailing. BEAUTIFUL!)
Lili's new toy that her Grandma and Papa got her for Christmas. She really likes it!
I couldn't resist putting this pic in. I think she looks like the Mayor of Whoville from the Grinch. I love her hair!!!
Is it just me or does she look JUST like a Holt in this pic?! It must be that goofy, crooked grin shared by her Papa and Uncle Fuzzy.
Liliana eating a lemon at Applebee's the other night. She kept making funny faces but I couldn't catch them on camera.
This pic is funny b/c I took it while we were in Utah and she HATED Fuzzy at first. She kept pushing his hands away from her and pushing him as far away as she could with her feet. I left her on the far end of the couch with him while I went to wash my hands and clean up some of her stuff (at my mom's) and I came back into the room and they were watching TV together like this. She LOVES him now!!
This is Falcor. We ran into him whilst Christmas shopping and couldn't resist. She loves riding around on him!
Falcor again. She will crawl to him and climb on top of him and pull on his ears. Then she growls. It is soooo cute!
Someday she'll hate me for taking her in public looking like this... But it was a very hectic morning! This is at the airport in Denver on the day we flew out of Utah. It snowed like 6 inches (and was still snowing!) when we had to leave my parent's house (in BFE) at 5 AM! It was one of the scariest drives of my life! I just didn't have time to fix her hair before we left, and I thought maybe later in life I'll be able to get away with telling her it was in style (maybe it is in France or something? it looks kinda fashion-forward, yeah?)


Peace out homefrys!

PS These are just pics from my phone. I have about a million on my camera too... so there will be more to come later!

Yes, Those Are Cute Bras...

Soooo I changed the background design but then it felt weird not to update a little... so here's a pic to make up for the weirdness. And yes, we were in the bra/panty isle at Walmart. If that is a problem... then you're the one with weirdness.

Hahaha I'm in quite the mood, yeah?!

Update on things:

*Liliana is sick. STILL. Longest. Illness. EVER. Her fever went away but she still honks with a croup-y cough that is sad, yet mildly amusing since I had no idea humans were actually capable of such noises. She FINALLY slept all night last night, so I think we're on the downhill side of this. And she has a voice in the mornings again so I get to wake up to the hilarious honking "mum mum!" and clapping. My child knows me so well... applause is always appreciated in my world.

*Derek seems to be still sick or getting something new. Lame. Sauce. I hope he gets better b/c it is so sad to see him not feeling well. Maybe his tapeworm died and took his immunity to illness with it?! I hope not!

*I am also trying to get better/hoping I'm not getting worse. Sore throats abound in casa de Dawn.

*I'm turning twenty-freaking-OLD tomorrow. I'm not happy about this. I'd like to stay twenty-freaking-my-CURRENT-age for another 4 or 5 years.

*We still aren't sure what we're doing for Turkey Day. We were gonna go see Kyle in Savannah, but since we're all sick/sorta sick/possibly getting worse... I think we've decided to stay here in Manna. We didn't know what we were gonna eat there, and yet we still don't know what to eat here either. Amazing what culinary incompetency equates to in the real world. Good thing we live in MY world where a Golden Corral is open on Turkey Day. Hahahahaha. We'll see what we decide tho.

*Guess what happens in TWO weeks? AFI! Woo hoo! I don't know if I made the big announcement, but there is a big announcement: I AM GOING TO AFI!! They are playing SLC on Dec 8th (Derek's other b-day, I suck) and me and Lili are flying in that day for the show. Then we will be leaving on the 12th, with a certain Fuzzy one in tow, and we'll rendezvous with my hubby, mama, AND dad back here in Manna! I'm freaking excited!!

That's pretty much it!

Peace out homefrys!

PS Hahahahahahaha I forgot to explain why I chose this pic! (Yes, I realize it is mostly obvious that I chose it b/c I have the most adorable baby girl and I thought I should show her off) Aside from the obvious, this is a monumental pic. This was Lili's first time riding in the cart like a grown up baby! She held on for dear life for about the first 5 minutes and then got all cocky and cool. It was hilarious. And for those of you that might be wondering how I could possibly let my child sit in the cart without one of those cloth things.... Well, its b/c I'm not a sucker for silly marketing schemes. hahahahaha I believe in GERMS! (probably why she is sick) but I believe in gaining IMMUNITY from germs and what better way than a little exposure to them, yeah? Really, that's all now!

Pics from the beach

this is what the freeway looks like

















right before (or after, depending on what way you're going) going into the tunnel









A GIANT sculpture of Neptune. Really cool!













Liliana on the side of Neptune.















A lobster on the Neptune sculpture.













A fish on the sculpture.














That's the hotel we're gonna stay in someday lol.














THE FREAKING OCEAN!!! Prettiest thing I've seen! (Other than my baby doll, of course...)








Liliana LOVED the beach. She loved watching people on the boardwalk but she loved watching the ocean even more! This goofy grin is proof that she is JUST like me!










Again, goofy smiles from loving the beach!












That's right all, we went to the beach!! On Monday I was having one of the worst days ever and I was going to just pack up and go to the beach.... But it is a 3 hour drive and it was already 12:30 by the time I came up with that idea, so we decided to hold off one more day. Yesterday was the best day ever!!! You will not find two happier girls than me and my Liliana at the beach! She LOVED the ocean! She wouldn't even have her bottle because she just wanted to watch the water. She kept laughing and making her little excited noises and flapping her arms. (I'll have to get a video of her excited arm flapping someday... it is sooo funny!) It was a gorgeous day at the beach and a wonderful drive too. Liliana was an angel and let me sing AFI at the top of my lungs (still don't love the new album, FYI) and she only cried when I had to put her back in her car seat to leave the beach. She did NOT want to come home. HINT HINT DEREK. The trees are finally changing colors and that made the drive even better. I still can't believe the forest that we live in. It makes me wish I had some talent for art -- like photography or painting. I'll stick with... well, whatever else I might have a tiny bit of talent for. Haha. Someday we'll go back to the beach and we'll take Derek with us too so he can see what we're so excited about.
In other news....
Well, there isn't really any other news to report. Derek still seems to enjoy his job... and that's pretty much it. Oh, he got all techno-obsessed looking for a new TV for us. We did get it tho so I'm not sure what he's going to obsess over now. Time will tell.... Liliana eats more baby food now which is fun b/c I like watching her faces... but not so fun when its time for a diaper change. I miss the old days of her formula only diet that didn't make me gag. Whoever told us that we wouldn't gag when it was our own baby LIED. She also needs a bath after every meal haha. Good thing she loves baths!
A few other tidbits:
*What the crap... Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize... Really, guys?
*AFI is playing Columbia, MD NEXT FRIDAY and we are GOING. I will owe Donia for eternity for babysitting Liliana!!!
*Shankapotomus is the funniest word, like, ever. I laugh my face off every time I see that commercial with the creepy baby.
*I do not sleep and therefore I cannot be held liable for the things that come out of my mouth, yeah?

Peace out homefrys!

Baby Update

I'm sure I'll be having layout issues again b/c I'm special like that. Pictures!

Don't mind the crazy hair and lack of make up on my part... Liliana loves my phone. She loves eating it and reading my text messages. This is her getting caught snooping on my phone.






Liliana posing for the camera...













Yes, she has a pony tail. Her hair is sooooo long!!! I can make one on the top of her head too so she looks like Pebbles (from The Flinstones).













I know its blurry... She doesn't sit very still most of the time. This is Liliana trying to crawl... With her bum in the air. And I love her pants!









Snooping on the phone again. She totally took this pic by herself on accident. I think, anyway. I just found it in my phone and Derek didn't do it...










It is almost midnight... and we are still up. Poor baby... I'm not one of those mom's that does the strict schedule thing. We don't usually stay up this late, but we don't usually go to bed before 11 anyway...
We went to Liliana's 6 month appointment yesterday. She hated the shots, of course. The unexpected bonus is that she apparently hates the doctor too. I, however, loved him. He's like House, which totally works for me. She screamed her head off at him. And she was throwing SUCH a fit that he couldn't really check her until she calmed down. It was HILARIOUS. I probably should have been embarrassed, but I'm saving my embarrassment for when she can talk and therefore able to say inappropriate things in public. Other than the fit she threw it's all good in the hood.
A few other tidbits:
*We went to a "fireside" that had NO fire and NO s'mores. Uh...?
*We are in search of a TV. Not that there is anything wrong with ours, but we're thinking its time to upgrade.
*There are wild frogs running rampant thru our neighborhood. GIANT wild frogs. I knew there would be bigger bugs and spider "problems"... I was NOT expecting squirrels the size of house cats and frogs invading my personal space. Oh, or possums. Opossums. Whatever they are.
*"Crash Love" update: they put it on MySpace for 2 days as a preview... I'm still not in love. It is growing on me. There are a few songs that I like, and that like will probably turn into love the more I listen. OF COURSE one of them is called "Sacrilege"... Which is funny b/c I think its my favorite on the album and my favorite all-time AFI song is "God Called In Sick Today". Awkward? Yes, a bit.
*I'm going to a Tupperware party tomorrow night.... Alas, the worst has happened. Dawn has become Domesticated. Huzzah!

That's all folks!
Peace out homefrys!

Wanna Know Why Life Is Good?

So, I am abusing my posting rights, but I don't care...

AFI WENT BACK TO THE STUDIO THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Know what this ridiculously awesome piece of news means? That a new album will be out soon!!!!

I could die right now and be the happiest girl on the planet! (well, you know, not REALLY)

Peace out homefrys!