Another Weekend!

This week has been a great one, and I can officially say that now that I'm done with my Physical Science test. After having all of those chemistry terms (protons, neutrons, quarks, ionization energy, oxidation state, valence electrons, electron dot structures, nucleons, neutrinos, DNA, RNA, mRNA, tRNA, ribosomes, rRNA, ATP, ADP, glucose, chlorophyll, nuclear fusion and nuclear fission, nucleotides, amino acids, isotopes, radioactive dating, beta decay, gamma decay, alpha decay, covalent bonds, ionic bonds, metallic bonds, carboxyl group, hydroxyl group, carbonyl group, electron capture, polymers, spdf orbitals, and Carbon 14) spinning around in my head (making me rather dizzy and quite sick, actually), I have realized how ENTIRELY my success in this class depends on my brilliant husband. That's right--every night this week he spent helping me understand all of the above-mentioned terms and processes (I listed them all to remind myself later of what to study for the final. I hope you skipped over them). For those of you who haven't taken or heard of this dreaded GE (my last class in my college career, I might add), the course crams physics, chemistry, and geology into one dreadful, mixed-up disaster. As you might have noticed, this last test was all on chemistry (Dan's specialty), and although it could have gone better, I am thanking my lucky stars (actually just one lucky star--my husband) that I, quite the idiot when it comes to science, stumbled through it with a B. Otherwise, who knows what would have happened?! Especially when I never do any of the lessons till the week of the tests (thanks to the wonderful but wretched flexibility the online section allows!).

Another event this week was Violet's first time going to one of Dan's soccer games! Thankfully it was indoors, or else it would've been too cold and too dark for both of us. It was the first tournament game they had, and luckily they won. Dan's mom and brother Sam also went (although we know that his mom was really there to see her granddaughter, not Dan :)), so it was fun to see them. After the game they took us to La Dolce Vita for a great Italian dinner. Violet wasn't quite as quiet this time eating out, unfortunately, and I had to take her out to the car to calm her down. After that rough start, however, she did great.

This week I pulled my sewing machine out for the first time in our married lives, and managed to...get ready, everyone... sew a piece of elastic together to make a headband for Violet! I know, quite the feat (almost a half an inch of sewing, Elise!), but taking baby steps is always the way to go ;). Unfortunately, I couldn't even finish the headband, because I couldn't find a regular needle with which to sew the fabric rose on. However, I still wanted to take pictures with the headband, so I just got some tape and VOILA! The rose is attached! You can see the tape in these lovely pictures if you look closely (except the ones I photoshopped).

With those pictures I took advantage of my "new mom" offer from shutterfly for 25 free birth announcements. Like every "free" deal, there was shipping and handling--$5 for something that can't cost more than one buck to send. Oh well. So I await the pictures in the mail. (Speaking of waiting for pictures, I'm also expecting an order from winkflash in the mail, and I'll let you know who does a better printing job--winkflash or shutterfly. I have yet to compare with snapfish.) One of these days I'll take Violet to an actual photo studio for her real infant pictures :).

She is growing so fast I can hardly believe it. This week she has started smiling so much! Real smiles, by the way--not just the smiles in her sleep. I caught some half smiles on film even, as you can see. She is so much fun. My favorite moment this week I think was when I woke up in the night with her snuggling up to my back, trying to eat it! I don't know if I'll ever be able to move her to her own bed...I'll miss her too much at night!