Update on Us

I think I might need to rename my blog to "Ripley's Chat" instead, seeing as how the blog is all about her now! But since our lives now revolve around her, it's hard not to have my blog be consumed by Ripley pic's and stories, especially since she's so darn cute!

So a little about us these days: I'm continuing to stay home with Ripley, so that's my main "job" and in addition to that, I'll be doing some at home telemarketing. Thankfully it's all inbound calls, so I won't have to do any cold calling, which I would hate. Instead, I take calls from people who want to place orders for products they usually saw on an infomercial. Definitely not my dream job, but it's super flexible, which is what I need. I get to make my own schedule and am able to do so using 30 min. incruments, which is great. I haven't started yet, but just finished all the training, so now I'm able to take calls. The only downfall is all the rebuttals you have to go thru with each call. They call to order a knife set and you have to get them to buy the wood holder to go with it, but it doesn't stop there, oh no, you also have to try and get them to buy the flatware set and a magazine subscription too. Lol. Oh well, hopefully I'll get used to it and not too many people will hang up on me.

As for Matt, he just made 2 years at EA. Can you believe we've been out here for 2 years? Time goes by so fast! Things are going well there. Madden '08 is coming out tomorrow, which he worked on and it's already getting great reviews. He also just recently updated his website with new work, so you can check that out at: www.goofslapper.com/demaray/digital.html If you click on "traditional" you can see some of the leather work he's been doing lately, which is a somewhat new hobby of his. He made a seat for his motorcycle and a pillow for his Dad. He has also made a wallet and belts too, but aren't pictured. Pretty cool stuff.

That's all for now. xoxo

A few of her favorite things...

Here's Ripley and her new favorite toy, it's a teething cloth. She loves to eat it.

And here she is with her favorite pair of yellow shoes she got as a gift, along with her "Wicked" onsie. Doesn't she look like a little Leprechaun?

And here's Ripley with her friends Kylie & Hunter at Gymboree class.

I like to kick, stretch and kick!

Ripley is 3 and half months now! She loves to kick, because she's 50! Well, ok, she's not 50, she's 3 and half months like I just said, but if you ever watch Saturday Night Live (Molly Shannon), you know what I'm talking about. Moving right along, she does love to kick and she's always moving around - trying to lift up her butt and when you hold her up, she loves to stand like a big girl. She is also sitting up with assistance from her little chair or pillows on the couch. And she's still talking away. Last night she was having her own little conversation, having a blast by herself. It was really cute.