News for this week

So David turned 6 months old today. i have read in several places that "you can't spoil a child before they are 6 months old." So i guess starting today if i rock him if he's just being a jerk and whining for no reason, he'll get spoiled:) He has his 6-month checkup next Tuesday, where we'll probably find out he is over 19 lbs and therefore has outgrown his infant carrier, and we'll need to buy new ones. We should maybe think about doing this tomorrow because i have coupons at Babies 'r us that expire on the 19th. i wish buying secondhand baby seats was a safer thing to do, but baby seats are just the kinds of things you really need to buy new, in case the second hand ones had been recalled, or had been in car accidents, or just aren't safe anymore according to those people that decide what is and isn't safe in the car.
Last weekend MN got dumped on with rain and hail, and in Bloomington, where my parents live, there were hundreds of downed trees, as well as on 3 AM Sat morning their power went out, and stayed out until Tuesday afternoon. They got a generator, but it was only a particular wattage that could handle their refrigerators and chest freezer, and not something like their A/C, so the family pretty much lived at my house a lot of the weekend. It was very fun and very exciting for me to have a break from the monotony of everything, though it was bad news for them. Having them here also provided us with a babysitter while we finally went and saw Harry Potter, which i really enjoyed and even stayed awake through the whole time. It wasn't so depressing as the last HP, because even though someone you like dies in this one, at least it's an adult and not a boy like the last movie.
Monday is Kris' and my first anniversary. We're hoping to find someone to watch David on Sunday so Kris and i can do something, but really, we're super broke (news to me as of yesterday morning) and i really don't think we'd be able to pull off going anywhere we'd have to spend money, especially with having to buy new car seats and paying off our mortgage and doctor's bills and student loans, all of which are conveniently due at the end of the month. However, this was not meant to be a depressing paragraph, so i'll veer away from the topic of money. Our first year of marriage has been fabulously wonderful. People say the first year is the hardest, and if this is true, then i'm super glad i got married! i'd say we learned a lot about each other, but that's not totally true because we'd known each other so long there wasn't much else to find out. The only things i've learned is that he takes really long showers and is very anal about the way he hangs up his clothes (with three different colors of hangers, each color with its own purpose.) But we've had all sorts of fun fixing things up, or taking walks around Shakopee, playing with David, eating pizzas all the time, and we in general extremely good companions. Also at my new church he's subbed for drummers on occasion, letting us finally play together in church again. It's been a very good year. We had ourselves one great baby, and have had friends over for dinner, usually lasagna, and have all sorts of fun inside jokes. It's great living with my best friend. i love him:) My heart is getting all melty on the inside. i'd go tell him i love him, but as he just got back from work at 2 AM this morning, i'll wait until at least 10 AM to do this.
This is very jumbly. If i find i ever have a real issue to post about, it'll be good and not as free form train of thought as this post has been.