107 Things About Me

You probably don't care, but I'm going to tell you anyways!

1. I was born in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
2. My parents got divorced in July of 1994.
3. We moved to California in December of 1994.
4. I am the oldest of 3 girls. Taylor and Kat are my sisters names. We are all 3 years apart, except Kat and I are 6 years apart.
5. I met my hubby in a chatroom on AOL in 1997.
6. We met in "real-life" on February 28, 1998, and got married April 17, 2004.
7. We have one son, Owen, born April 21, 2007.
8. I want one more kid...okay, maybe 2.
9. I am a breastfeeding snob. I think formula is crap.
10. Owen is still nursing and I believe in child-led weaning.
11. We co-sleep. Owen has never slept in his crib. Ever.
12. We no longer vaccinate Owen. To us, the benefits don't outweigh the risks.
13. We wear Owen everywhere we go. I love my ERGO carrier.
14. Owen has never had formula or jarred baby food. I made all his baby food when he was younger. Now he eats whatever we're having for dinner.
15. I love a good hug. Or two.
16. My hubby is my BFF.
17. I am still trying to figure out who I am.
18. I'm overly emotional.
19. I cry a lot. My eyes tear up at a love story and I try to hide it with a fake sneeze.
20. I secretly wish I was left handed.
21. My sister, Taylor, is left handed and I'm jealous.
22. I wish I could wear fancier clothes like my sisters do and pull it off.
23. I love flip flops.
24. I love wearing my hair in a ponytail.
25. My mom and I have the dream of opening our own bakery one day.
26. My hubby & I have the goal for my to be a SAHM by December.
27. I give too much information out on a regular basis.
28. I love re-living my childbirth experience and talk about it too much.
29. My sister and I have literally talked for HOURS about giving birth to Owen (mine) and Bennett (hers).
30. Our two boys are 4 months minus 2 days apart.
31. My sisters and I make up works...and use them on a regular basis in public. Bo-Bo, NuNu, Flowery, Eleventeen.
32. My mom is my mentor and hero. I want to be just like her.
33. I drive a 2004 black Saturn Vue named Matilda.
34. She is my "dream" car.
35. I sing. A lot. I put everything into song and am excited when I can respond to a question with a line of a song.
36. I sing a lot of Beatles songs.
37. I hate lipstick. It feels like Crisco on my lips.
38. I love good hair products. I'm also a snob about that.
39. People tell me I'm funny, but I don't think I am.
40. We have a 15 pound, Maine Coon cat named Brody.
41. Owen weighs only 5 pounds more than Brody.
42. I am looking into homeschooling Owen.
43. I go to my chiropractor weekly.
44. Owen goes, too.
45. I love when Sean rubs my back.
46. I hate when he rubs my back while watching the History Channel. It's a 2 minute "pat."
47. I love all things medical.
48. I used to be a medical assistant in OB/Gyn.
49. In another life, I want to be either a Doula or a Journalist.
50. I love words.
51. Journalism was my favorite class in school.
52. I hate when people use words wrong. (Who's is not the same as whose.)
53. I'm a mama's girl.
54. I talk to my mom a MINIMUM of 3 times a day.
55. I call my stepdad Dodd.
56. I wish I had more time to read.
57. I started gymnastics when I was 9 years old.
58. The next year, I tried out for Team, made it and started competing at Level 5.
59. I quit gymnastics for good at age 16, but went on to coach at a gym in New Orleans.
60. I have scoliosis and 3 vertebrae in my neck that are fused together.
61. I love my chiropractor.
62. I will never enroll any of my kids in gymnastics. Ever.
63. I love sweet iced tea.
64. I love Sonic ice.
65. I'm deathly afraid of balloons.
66. I'm equally as afraid of rubber bands and loud noises.
67. I have a love/hate relationship with my breast pump. I LOVE my Medela Pump in Style. I HATE being hooked up to a machine when I could nurse Owen in half the time.
68. I didn't go to college.
69. On a high school education, I'm making $28 an hour.
70. I think I have bird legs.
71. I think I'm too skinny.
72. My Gram has the best costume jewelry ever.
73. My Gram calls my Sugarfoot.
74. She is the coolest 85 year old I know.
75. My PaPa died my senior year of high school.
76. One time, Kat brushed her teeth with Papa's denture cream.
77. I am allergic to bleach.
78. I wash all of our clothes with Dreft baby detergent.
79. Most soaps/laundry detergents/perfumes give me a rash.
80. I am a worry wart.
81. I'm a major Day Dreamer.
82. I love to make lists.
83. When we are going on vacation, I make a "to-pack" list and divide it into categories: pants, shirts, toiletries, other.
84. I love road trips, but only if I am driving.
85. I get really car sick. And airplane sick.
86. Dramamine seldom helps me.
87. You can't take it while breastfeeding anyways.
88. Wearing sunglasses gives me a headache.
89. I love Celebrity Gossip.
90. I actually pride myself on being up to date with Hollywood. How shallow of me.
91. Flying cockroaches scare me to death.
92. I have actually called the Security Guard at our old apartment in New Orleans at 11pm to come kill a roach.
93. I have never smoked in my life.
94. Embarassingly enough, I love the smell when someone first lights up a cigarrette.
95. I'm afraid to put my head under water.
96. Crazy, since Sean was a Commercial Diver.
97. I once got to dive in my mother in law's swimming pool wearing Sean's dive hat.
98. I talk to myself.
99. I'm totally in love with Patrick Swayze.
100. I had trouble getting pregnant with Owen and we had to use fertility drugs.
101. I hated putting fake hormones into my body.
102. I'm waiting on a call back from my doctor to get my IUD removed. (Funny note: As I was typing this, my doctor called. Wish me luck at 3:10 this afternoon!)
103. Mistake: Having an IUD put in.
104. I love the smell of Owen after his bath.
105. I love Owen's open mouth kisses.
106. I have been with Sean for over 10 years now.
107. I'm sad this list doesn't have much order to it. I'm fighting the urge to go back and put it in some sort of order.

So, there you have it!

Owen was really cranky last night. He is really teething now, so we gave him some ice and some Tylenol. That seemed to help, but he had a rough night, as did Mom and Dad. I guess I should get some work done, so I'll close for now. Until later...