My Barbie-Dream (Redo) Wedding

This is another (late) Theme Thursday installment.  Theme Thursday is when lots of other bloggers decide to all write on the same theme.  It was started by this chic who is very clever!

My wedding was really generally awesome and I wouldn't mind repeating the entire weekend.  I still hear people tell me how much fun they had.  The short version?  We got married in Maine at a resort about 5 minutes away from our lake cabin.  So we had the rehearsal & after party by the lake at our place.  It was far enough that most everyone HAD to stay the weekend and the resort is majorly affordable to pretty much everyone and includes breakfast & dinner daily.  And the food's not bad.

BUT there are always things that didn't work and that one would redo.  And then there are the people who flake after the wedding and pretty much never talk to you again and you wish you could have made a better....well....anyway.

 

So I mentioned bridesmaids that flake or something.  My maid of honor was / is my BFF so no regrets there.  It was a great thing to have her by my side after all these years.  Then I had my 2 sisters in law (to be) and family is a pretty safe gamble since you are stuck with them and they are cool chics.  Then I picked 2 friends of mine who I love hanging out with.  One lives in another state and I don't see her that much but I still love her just as much so no regrets.  The other lives on my damn street and I see her like once a year.  We hung out like every weekend or every other at one point and though we are both busier with our hubs and all now...we live on the same damn street!  Not sure what happened but she just flaked on me after my wedding.  Meh.

 

 

 

I would have picked differently and here's one big reason.  The bachelor party for my husband (to be) involved alot of $$ spent on intoxicants and great revelry and well, it was a great night in the city.  I wanted to go to the city as well and see Blue Man Group, eat a nice dinner, and then get righteously drunk somwhere closer to home (or have a driver or something).  That's not what happened.  But several gfs later said they would have TOTALLY made that happen.....GAHHH!  So my redo will include a f'n kick ass party to end all parties.  With a disco trolley!

 

 

 

My wedding shower was a lovely event - no changes except as I requested I WANT TO KNOW WHEN IT IS!  It "had" to be a surprise so I wasn't told so I drank 4 bottles of wine (with a friend) the night before - not knowing it was the night before.  I was dying DYING!  And embarrased. 

 

 

I would not change the venue or any of that since the overall weekend was one of the best in the history of ME.  But I would meet the DJ in person next time to make sure he's not a leprechaun.  Because if I'd known he was a leprechaun, I would have chosen a more better guy who was human.  And who didn't lie about what he had and who didn't interpret "Bride of Texas Origin" to mean "Bride Who Wants Only Country Music". 

 

 

OK I know that picture sucks but I didn't really try to take his photo.  He was kinda scary.  So that's what I would change.  Wouldn't change my friends, family, or even my marriage to Mr. Database.  He has turned out to be a wonderful husband & father to our Moe.  I think I might even skip the wedding redo and just get the disco trolley!

 



Late Late Late: Moe's Babyfood Rating Scale

This post is part of Theme Thursday, a time when a bunch of other cool bloggers and occasionally ME write about a shared topic.  Click the link to the right to see more people's confessions of things they've had in their mouth since becoming a parent. 

I have to give credit to Jenn for the suggestion when we were discussing this week's TT topic.  And I totally meant to get this done but it didn't happen.  I still wanted to write it.  Do I TT it?  Hmmm

Also, another credit - Moe's buddy Ari came up with this rating scale. 

So...weird-things-I've-had-in-my-mouth-since-having-a-child:

The first weird thing, like really really hardly mentionable at all werid.  It's still werid to ME but as we parents all know, the moment of birth is f'n as weird as it gets!  So when Moe was born and they put her on my chest I was kinda reeling from the shock of acutally having just had a baby.  And she was all ooey gooey with g-dknowswhat and I kissed the top of her head.  It seems like the right thing to do.  I was too shakey and weak to pick her up plus she was still attached to me and I really didn't know if I was allowed to reposition her.  I wanted to see her face and tell her hello but couldn't.  So I kissed her and got that um, well, never mind...

Baby Food!  I swore I'd never taste it (or feed it to my kid) but then it happened.  The first experiences with real food were tough for Moe and she wanted nothing to do with it.  So I tasted the food to make sure it wasn't some nasty poison flavor and I just didn't know it. 

Rice Cereal mixed with 30cal Nutramigen fortified Breast Milk -
Moe said it was TOTAL DIAPERS!  I thought it tasted like room temp bland cereal (1 Binkie).  Mr. Database was horrified that I tasted it at all. 

Peaches
5 Binkies all around!  Babyfood peaches are like-woah delicious!  No wonder my alien dorm-mate ate them all the time. 

Applesauce (homemade)
Moe's & Mom's agree - 5 Binkies!
Applesauce (babyfood)
Moe gave it 3 Binkies.  I thought it was like really really watered down made with Red "Delicious" apples or something.  It was sterile.  Mom says DIAPERS!

Pears
Mom says it's 3 Binkies.  Not bad and just like real pears, the grit is somehow appealing.  Moe says the grit is just too weird.  2 Binkies.

Peas
DIAPERSDIAPERSPUKEDIAPERS  It was that bad.  I gave it to Moe.  She puked like that chic in the Exorcist.  I tasted the peas in the jar.  I think I'm really permenently scarred for life.  Metallic and awful.  Like canned peas. 

Peach, Apple, Oatmeal
Yes Please!  5 Binkies!

Kiwi, Spinach, Pear
Ok, so I said I wouldn't give foods that I would never eat in such a combo.  Not even sure how this one made the cut.  Moe said it was 4 Binkies.  I thought it was 3.5.  I would eat it except I know what it is and that kinda grosses me out.  Poor Moe.  She has no idea so she pretty much loved it.

Pumpkin, Apple, Cranberry
4 binkies from Moe.  I gave it 1 Binkie.  It wasn't terrible to me but was just weird.  Think pureed, cold, Campbell's vegetable soup.  Something along those lines.

Pear, Carrot, Apricot
3 Binkies from both of us.  She ate it without trouble.  No particular joy either.  It was strangely tasty but once again, I think it's a very odd combo. 

Banana
5 Binkies from Moe.  Like seriously, could not get enough.  So good you can rub it in your hair.  This is the only one I didn't even taste.  I love bananas IRL but the smell of the jar stuff is nasty.  I think it smells like a dumpster behind a deli on a hot summer day. 

Orange Banana
Orange you glad you tried it?  I thought it just tasted like the regular banana.  That I never tasted.  Now I'm confused.  Anyway, Moe gave it 1 Binkie.  In that she didn't puke but she really ate nothing on the occasions we offered this one. 

Since we are in the thick of it, this babyfood thing is far from over.  I am beyond proud to say that even though our start to Baby-Led Weaning got bonkers derailed, Moe is making strides toward eating real food like a real human because she is in fact, really human.
Real foods she has eaten include cucumbers, carrots (cooked & raw), avocado, clementines, spaghetti noodles, chicken, steak tips, turkey, broccoli rabe, and her latest fav - asparagus.  She's had other stuff but I forget what. 

So dear readers, I know the burning question is -what's next???  Yet to be tried before we maybe get done with mush are:
Kale, Apple, Mango
Sweet Potato & White Beans
Pear, Apricot, Barley,
Sweet Potato, Corn, & Apple,
Apple, Cinnamon Oatmeal,
Strawberry, Banana
Banana & Blueberries

Each pouch or jar is 2-3 meals for her so it will be a bit longer before I have to decide what I will put in my mouth next.