Merry Christmas to all my South Asian friends

Anyone Have the Number for the Guiness Book of World Records?

I think I am the world's best thrower upper.

I've done it 18 times today. and counting.

I am quietly (ok not so quietly) approaching my personal best of 22 times in one day set in April 2006 when i was pregnant with Kiran.

My dr called in a prescription for Zofran, the nausea medicine they give to cancer patients on chemo. But I've thrown up 4 times since I took it so I'm not convinced its working.

But I know what does work is prayer. So please take a moment and pray that my body will kick this and get back to normal. Which is only throwing up 2-3 times a day.

And thank God for my in-laws. They took Kiran all day and I honestly don't know what I would have done without them.

Seriously?

Jonathan and I were both excited to sleep in this morning since Kiran was spending the night at her grandparents'. J has had to get up at 6:30am to get ready before Kiran gets up. Jonathan gets Kiran ready for the day so I can just lay around moaning when I finally drag myself out of bed. Anyhow, J was planning to sleep till 7:45 and me until.......whenever.

At 6:45am our phone rang. It was our trash service. The truck was outside and they noticed we hadn't pulled our can to the curb. Did we have any trash we wanted them to take? Seriously. I mean that is the best customer service I've ever heard of from a garbage company but seriously? Calling at 6:45? To see if we forgot to pull our can? Wow.

Thanksgiving Weekend

2 big meals eaten on Thanksgiving

3 cousins

8 hours in the car

4 Christmas trees picked and chopped down

8 throw ups

1 Christmas movie watched (The Family Man)

4 overtimes for Kentucky and Tennessee

25 munchkins from the new Dunkin Donuts

2 new pairs of shoes

0 pictures taken :(

Advice

I really was looking for stocking advice. You have given me lots to think about. I like the idea of a pattern even though I'm not the craftiest. However, I think I could follow a pattern. We went to Pottery Barn Outlet today and they had cute stockings that were cheaper than the regular ones and 30% off. I figure if I wait till closer to Christmas, I can score some pretty cheaply.

So yeah most of you picked up on my little "hint". Caskey Baby #2 is coming early July 2008. I'm only 7-8 weeks along. I think I'm only 7 weeks, my dates say 8 weeks, I'm not measuring 8 weeks so I get to have an ultrasound on Monday to determine due date! Yeah, I've been sick. It just started last week but ugh the torturous first trimester. Those of you women who have wonderful non-sickly pregnancies, I am totally jealous of you. The nausea/vomiting hasn't been as bad as it was with Kiran (but there is still time) but the food aversions have been crazy. Almost all food smells repulse me. I ate spaghettios for dinner tonight for the first time since college so I wouldn't have to smell the rotisserie chicken that Jonathan & Kiran ate. Poor Jonathan couldn't even come close to me last night after he grilled and had chicken smell in his hair.

Ok enough- but I'm sure you will hear plenty about this pregnancy. I admire women who can wait to tell after their first trimester; I'm terrible at keeping this secret.

Christmas Stockings

*courtesy of Pottery Barn

I have NOT been listening to Christmas music before Thanksgiving unlike some people (ummerrittum) but I have been thinking about Christmas some. I can't even remember what Christmas decorations we own because they have been packed in a box and sitting in an attic for the last two Christmases. I haven't gotten them down yet but I know we have two stockings from before we moved overseas.

I guess my question is How do you buy stockings? I want to have cute stockings but not too expensive. And how do you plan for your growing family? I mean before Kiran we needed two, this year we need three, next year we'll need four since that is how many of us there will be by then. Do I buy four? What if we decide to have another kid down the road? Do the adults have stockings at your house? Jonathan & I always have since we got married but growing up just us kids had stockings. Where did you get your stockings?

I Know You Really Come For Pics of the Kid

I am waaaay behind in posting pictures of current events so I'll try to do a little of that. I actually like to wait a few days before posting events because it gives me time to talk to people about it. If I post that same night then my conversations go something like this:
Me: "We went to the Fall Festival at Taylors yesterday."
You: "I know. I saw it on your blog."
Me: "Oh." *awkward silence*

So a couple weeks ago, we went back to TFBC for their fall festival.

Kiran was able to have deep conversations with some of her friends

Kiran with her cousin on J's side, Buzz Lightyear

Kiran had the most fun running around the ballfield
Kiran with Grandma, Chief and cousins from K's side

It is still very surreal that we are here and able to go to a fall festival and see every one of Kiran's cousins. We love it.