She finally arrived.

So happy to announce our little girl arrived safe and sound.
Monday, February 5th, 2007.

Check out our little girl.

take care,

Kate

Does anyone have the number to the stork?

Okay I’m ready, I mean ready, ready, ready. Then I think, I don’t mind waiting, gives me more time with my wonderful husband. Poor guy, he’s been waiting on me hand and foot, for the past nine months I tried to limit that, but now, forget about it, bring on the pampering honey. At night when I try to slumber (a very uncomfortable task of late) is the time I am ready to have this child delivered, but during the day I am quite content; only thing is that my nights are starting earlier and earlier.

Check out some pictures of the shower and our little one’s room.

Last Sunday there was great disappointment at Casa Shea. My boys lost their game. There was actual silence. They played very well; it still saddens me to think of the loss. They’re still my team and always will be, next year we’re going to the super bowl, just wait and see.

take care

had to share this

Billy Joel in White Coat

My favorite season - fall

Ahh October, and the wonderful season of fall. What a month so far. The fourth was my birthday and my handsome husband decided to surprise me with a party. The plan was we were going out to dinner to a French place up in Del Mar, Pamplemousse Grille. We drive all the way up there in traffic and he “forgets” his wallet and we have to drive all the way back home retrieve the wallet and drive back up to the restaurant. He felt terrible. I was going to suggest we just go to a restaurant closer to home and try Pamplemousee on another day, but he was looking forward to taking me there for my birthday, we talked about it all week, and I didn’t want to break his heart. He felt so bad already and said he was ruining by birthday. He had been complaining about his knee bothering him and so I of course volunteered to go up and fetch his wallet while he waited in the car, of course SURPRISE was waiting for me. It was a great deal of fun.
I also received mystery flowers on my birthday. There was a very lovely card, but no name. I do not know who to thank for the beautiful arrangement and chocolate. It drove me crazy trying to figure out who they were from. I even called the florist and they couldn’t even tell me what state they originated from. Thank you to the very thoughtful person.

In baby news we still do not know if our little one is a he or she and we’ll find out with the rest of the world in January. We did get to see the little tyke bouncing around in there; quite a little mover. As for me I’ve only felt little things, but then again being the first go around I really don’t know what to expect. I did feel a little something during the football game when LT made a touchdown leaping over the defensive line. I know the little one’s a Chargers fan.

take care,

spam & fam

I am so tired of spam comments on this blog. A day does not go by that I do not get a comment from some casino or drug advertisement. I’ve become quite a pro at deleting comments rapidly. So good that I may have inadvertently deleted some of the comments that are important, from real people who actually read this thing. If I did delete your comment please accept my apologies it was not intentional.

I’m feeling very round lately. I’m just over five months pregnant. We find out Thursday if we’re bringing in a girl or boy into this world. We are very excited. I am so tired though. Work has been absolutely hectic, stressful, and nerve wracking. I really like the company I’m working for now; they seem to really care about their people. I just wish it wasn’t so crazy while I’m five months pregnant.

My wonderful husband and some great friends of ours painted the baby’s room while I was in Florida for a CVS meeting. We’ve put the basinet together; our next project is to tackle the crib. Things are coming together little by little. 131 days left until my due date. It feels like forever away. I haven’t felt any major baby movement yet. Looking forward to Thursday and the next two days I have off form work. I am so tired; I think I’ll turn in for the night.

take care,

video killed the radio star

What do you think about music? I’m sitting here listening to some piano music from an internet radio station. It’s beautiful. There are some pieces of music that makes my heart jump. It is very cliché, but it moves me. I’ve noticed the music that does this to me is instrumental. I think that’s because I can put my own words to the notes. When words are already present and part of a song you’re given what the songs is about. Now I know there is an argument that can be made that lyrics do not define a song. For someone like me. one who is not a huge music person (I can read music and play an instrument or two at the novice level) lyrics guide my imagery of songs. You should see some of the pictures I come up with when I don’t understand the words! Makes me wonder if I heard a song for the first time without its lyrics and then later with its lyrics… wait a minute! That happened to me once. You know the theme song from MASH? Growing up as a kid watching the TV show, I liked the music. It wasn’t moving because I always associated images from the TV when I heard the song. Later in life I found out the title for the theme song is “Suicide is Painless” and I heard the lyrics. In my mind those lyrics did not match those notes.

take care,

This and That

Things have been a bit hectic to say the least at casa Shea. Knock on wood I’ve been feeling really good, just tired a lot. It’s been so hot lately we went out and bought a little pool to keep cool. It comes with a pump and can hold five or six adults. We christened it on Sunday with some friends over. We swam and ate bbq. Super K decided to cool in the pool, didn’t bring a swim suit, so she jumped in fully clothed, including her jeans.

Has anyone seen the Al Gore documentary “An Inconvenient Truth?” Any thoughts or opinions to share? I think it’s funny that some people went to see the movie to get out of the heat.

Last Sunday I watched Meet the Press, what an interview it was. Mister Russert discussed stem cell research and the Middle East situation. As a matter of fact Monday evening we had a very interesting and intelligent discussion on both topics with some good friends. It’s nice to talk about current events and have different points of view to share without raising voices and hurting feelings.

Before the baby I use to think, do we really want to bring a child in to this world? Especially with events like 9-11 and the Danielle Van Dam tragedy. Now, we have so much love and joy to share with this little one, I feel like team Shea can survive anything.

take care,

Some BIG news

There is a new member of Team Shea on the way. We saw our little one for the first time today. It is absolutely amazing to think that we created a little life. Welcome to Team Shea, we’ll see you in person in January.

take care,

Catching up

It’s been over a month since I’ve posted. Lots and lots is going on. Mothers day and Fathers day have come and gone. May gray, June gloom, are part of the past and July Fry is here. We finally visited the Getty Villa in Malibu. Simply breath taking. June brought us to the great state of MO. We visited some family in the Ozarks. An absolutely beautiful place. Lots of peace and quite. Definitely some different experiences, got my first tick, rustled up some horses, and waded in a river. A wonderful trip and a much needed RELAXING vacation. The fourth was nice had dinner with the fam and spent some time with friends. We’ve switched vets recently, our new vet is much closer to home and gave Gatsby a clean bill of health.

take care,

No excuse

Wow it’s been a while, I’ve been finding it difficult to study for the NAPLEX, and I’ve been out of school for four years now. Not so long where I don’t remember how and all the work it was, but long enough where the motivation is difficult to locate.

We bought my Mom a pet; it was an early Mother’s Day gift. A very cute cockatiel, Piason, a wonderful find with the help of Super K. Mother’s day was good, we barbequed at her request steaks and asparagus, good stuff.

Work is going well, I really like where I am, it is quite a commute down to National City, but my crew is absolutely wonderful. As a matter of fact we had a little going away get together at Dave and Busters, one of my clerks relocated. D&Bs is an interesting place. As far as my long commute I really don’t mind it gives me lots of time to listen to my audio books. Currently I’m listening to Wicked. I’m enjoying it so far.

I’ll be a CVS pharmacist before you know it. I am very excited about that, but I’ve worked for SAVON / OSCO for 12 and half years. As a matter of fact when I worked for OSCO in Iowa during grad school I was so loyal to OSCO my classmates teased me that I bled OSCO orange. It’ll be strange to work with a different computer system and management system. More than likely I’ll have a new boss as well.

As far as adventure in my life, well we went to the grocery store the other day and needed to buy some shampoo. I was looking at the wall of hair care and said to my husband, we should get something we’ve never used before. (Wow, now that’s excitement). So we ended up buying these huge ass bottles of Aussie shampoo and conditioner. They are so large they come with their own pumps. Now every time I’m in the shower I see those huge purple bottles and think of Tashie. What would her comment be, I’m sure she’d have quite a quip to share.

Much more exciting adventure occurred yesterday. I was off from work and Richard and I went to the Cabrillo Monument in Point Loma. I hadn’t been there since I was a little girl and Richard had never been. It was so beautiful and peaceful. We took lots of photos and had to stop for a seafood dinner. The salt air gave me such a craving for fish. Once we got home on the table was the box of glory. Amazon had arrived and team Shea began the BL marathon. We watched the first 8 episodes of Boston Legal. DENNY CRANE!

At the moment Richard is murmuring to himself in Latin as he translates Virgil’s Aeneid. He is so studious rocking back and forth in his plaid rocking chair. Yesterday was for fun and adventure; today I must do the boring things in life, laundry, dishes, pay the bills and find a CPR class. I need to get recertified soon.

take care,