-the QB gave birth (dare i say finally?) to a beautiful baby boy on wednesday, who we shall forever and adoringly call ian. to celebrate, i decided to race over to the QB household for some quality holding time. you’d be hard pressed to find a cuter, more elated family in the greater carmichael area. still to this day, after almost every one of my friends have embarked (at least once) on the journey that is called parenthood, i am still amazed. tremendous humans, all.
-speaking of celebrations, baby celeste (daughter remarkable of the Peep), celebrated her 1st birthday on saturday by having a few of her closest peeps over for a pool party (nice choice on the brawts celeste!). seems cliché, but it is amazing at how fast time goes. turn around and i remember looking at her face for the very first time.
-after the kid’s party, i moved on to the more adult party that is midnight mass in sac. this year, they moved the event inside of the cal expo (6th year, 6th location). it’s really hard to describe an event of this nature—you really have to just be there. i’ll let some of the pictures and conversation quotes speak for themselves.
photos
memorable quotes
1. “6th year, 6th location.”
2. “I’m going back to the room with the “live” music.” [Dan]
3. “Hey, we’re trying to have a party here, could you turn up some music?” [Stripes, to the lady handing out “no party” fliers]
4. "Oh boy, left a mark on the shirt there Dan.” [Neil, after Dan took a post-hot tub soak spill]
5. “These are my kind of people.” [Dan]
6. “Is “Flipper” coming with us?” [Neil, talking about Dan]
7.“Dad, if we go over there, we’re getting shanked” [Miss to Neil when he veers over to an interesting crowd at around 2 a.m.]
8. “How old are you ladies? Well, can you just say you’re 18?’ [Hot tub talk]
9. “You just missed one helluva party!” [Johnny to policeman arriving on the hotel scene]
10. “Oh my, Miss I just saw a car tip over! Wait, nevermind. It’s just a lowrider.” [Neil to Miss]
11. “I thought I raised you better than this.” [Neil to a passed out Mikey. At 11:30 p.m.]
12. “The lion attempts to leave the cage.” [As we all watch Dan/Mike try to escape the hot tub area.]
-finally, monday morning brought the 2nd spinal epidural in 5 months – the gift of 2 herniated discs. one never wants to hear at age 30 that they have the back of a 65 year-old. but in the end, after a few scary conversations and a few trips in and out of the hospitable mri, it’s just something that is dealt with. and look, it could be much worse. and i know it. a few needle pricks, prompts to keep breathing and a lanacane flush and i was off to recoup. if only netflix hadn’t have let me down. there’s only so much rachel ray and kelly & regis a sane human can take. thank goodness for on demand.
all in all a busy week. with more busyness to come. house of m seems to be booked through the end of august (how does it happen every single summer?). i pray i make it, though if the upcoming weeks are as full of joy, celebration, laughs and pain relief as this last week was, i’ll be the fortunate one.
