halloween.

halloween was rushed and completely unplanned this year. nate was at the restaurant, i didn't put my costume together until the morning of, cash was cranky and badly needed a nap...i could go on, but i'll spare you the complaining. even with all that, it was still a pretty good first halloween for cash. he only tricked and treated at grandma and momma mary's house, but he's not that into candy anyway. after wandering around neighborhoods with janet and the kids, we went to nathan and julie's annual halloween party where he experienced gummy bears for the first time (he's a fan.)

in other news: i gave myself a black eye today, the restaurant flooded from a leak in the roof, i now have a headache from said black eye and i am trapped at home until the dish guy gets here to fix our satellite. awesome.

i know i've said this before.

but this REALLY IS THE CUTEST THING EVER.

sweet JESUS.

the gods of technology HATE ME. so far, in the past 2 weeks, my computer has broken, my phone has quit texting, my car is acting up ANDDDDD...our satellite went out last night.
seriously? SERIOUSLY? I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR THIS.
so that's the reason behind my absence.
back to my regularly scheduled ranting soon.
(and do i EVER have some pent up anger to let loose.)

halloween is my favorite.

mr. no sleep.

most days i don't mind shouldering 90% of taking care of cash and the house by myself. especially right now, when nate has so much on his plate.
except for nights like tonight.
nights when i want to lock the baby and the dog in the house, get into my car and drive to mexico. i'm reasonably certain piper can keep cash from burning down the house or playing with the kitchen knives until nate got home. if she could change a diaper and make a bottle, i could be gone for DAYS. (plus, i could forgive her of all her sins. more on THAT, later.)
or nights when i want to throw the baby at nate as soon as he walks in the door and lock myself in our bedroom with the covers over my head. (throwing a nearly 30lb baby at someone whose been on his feet for the last 16 hours probably isn't a good idea though.)

i'd like to take a minute to tell all those people that the newborn months are the toughest to BITE ME. BECAUSE THAT IS A LIE. i'm more tired now than i EVER was when he was a newborn (granted, those months are a little fuzzy. the most i remember was his period of wanting to party like it's 1999 at 1:30 in the morning. oh, the informercials! booty bump, anyone?) the boy has decided that he now longer wants to sleep through the night and demands a bottle/diaper change at 2:00 in the morning (kid can SOAK a night time diaper in 4 hours. he must have a bladder the size of a basketball.)

between mr. no sleep and everything else going on, i now find it perfectly acceptable to go to bed at 9:30. and to drink my weight in coffee at 7:30 when he decides it's time to be awake, after waking me up 2 and 3 times the night before. also? i tell everyone who even mentions that they are thinking about having kids, DON'T DO IT. be happy with your dogs and your late nights partying and your clothes not covered in questionable gooey substances. SERIOUSLY.

size six.

to make a long story short...cash ruined a pair of shoes today (muddy pumpkin patch + kid who refuses to walk = MUD EVERYWHERE. including inside his ear.) so mom and i went to target to look at getting him some new shoes.
looked in the baby aisle - no shoes his size.
went to the little kid shoe section. picked up a size 3 and laughed. his feet were that size when he was born.
picked up a size 5, thinking he could grow into them. THEY BARELY FIT.
ended up buying him a pair of size 6.
let's review: he's 11 months old, wears 18 month size clothing, WEARS SIZE 6 SHOES.
O.M.G.

the leap of faith.

we've FINALLY opened.
and i still get heartburn every time i think about it. but in a good way (if that's possible.)
i think this is as good a time as any to say this: i love to write. and this blog gives me a place to tell all of my silly little stories, NOT a place to talk about our business. so this will be the first (and probably last) time i link the two blogs together. i believe whole-heartedly in not censoring myself - unfortunately, i can't always do that now. for that reason, i'll try to keep them as separate as possible.
the good news is, i'm really going to try and keep the burger blog updated OFTEN. so if i'm going to be blogging for one...i might as well do both, right? i'll be back to my regularly scheduled silly-ness here soon :]