You may have heard of Phantom Ringer (ringtone), which is where you think you hear your phone ringing when you are watching a movie or something. Well… It seems to be happening with baby toy music now.

I was at court today since I got called for jury duty, and was waiting to be called/dismissed, and there was music playing in the distance. I was working on some project sketches in my notebook, and I swear, I suddenly started hearing one of Ashley’s toys. It was distinct enough, that I now had the damn song in my head, and couldn’t get it out.

Seriously, they need to put a warning label on these music toys, “may drive parents batty”.

Ashley started crawling about 2 weeks ago. She’s such a cutie truckin’ around the house. I can’t help but brag – I’m a proud mommy!

I am removing the vids from youtube. The human race is full of stupid, ignorant, useless windbags, who seem to have nothing better to do with their time then comment (ironically) on how much time I seem to have on my hands.

Instead, flickr now hosts videos, so I am going to move the videos there, and make them invite only. If you want access, shoot me an email. You will need a flickr account, which is free, and you will need to tell me you nickname on flickr so I can add you to my friends/family list.

ugh. That Subway sandwich ad is the worst most annoying ad ever, and i can’t get it out of my head. Apparently it works on babies too, since every time it plays on the TV, Ashley spins her head around to the TV. Probably because both mom and I keep singing it all the time. What’s interesting though is that when I sing it, and Ashley is not paying attention to me, she looks at the TV, even though it was me. So that means she has associated those sounds with the TV. LOL

Been off the posting wagon for a while because Ashley has been back to waking up constantly during the night. Seems to be more reflux problems, which should be growing out of, but isn’t for some reason. We are now on a waiting list for the Gastro specialist at Phoenix Children’s Hospital to figure out what is wrong. Currently we are giving Ashley the max dosage for her weight for Zantac, which of course thrills me to know end if you know how I feel about drugs in general… But since she won’t eat without it, we have no choice.

However, since she is now maxed-out on the dosage, she has started to sleep through the night, mostly. So i will try to get back to posting again. It’s hard to be creative and enthusiastic when your child is sucking the life out of you.

I just had to post that Ashley said her first word last night! And of course it was “mama” It was clear as could be and her grandparents and father heard it. I guess we have to work on “dada” next!

Well, I guess I have truly become a “mom”. I have become obsessed with a product called baby legs. They are baby leg warmers and are used to keep your little one’s legs warm or to protect them from hard surfaces when crawling. They also make diaper changes very easy! Anyway, I was going to buy some but they cost $12 a pair. I said forget it and made my own! In fact I have become so obsessed that I made 10 pairs. I learned how to make these by following the tutorial here.

I think she likes ‘em!

Two days ago I was asked by the Rubicon Project (an advertising network that I used…) to place a terms of service (TOS) on this blog stating that I will not promote adult stuff. Basically they don’t want me peddling porn. LOL, this is a blog about raising my daughter… Well, I created a TOS that was about as solid as any other TOS that you see on the net, which is to say it has no real enforceable value and makes some ridiculous assertions. And of course I had to do it in my usual smart assed manner, which I pushed into absurdity and apparently Rubicon didn’t see the point or my humor. Soo…

I have been asked to by one of my ad/affiliate networks to add a Terms of Service notice to this site. LOL. I’m serious. Ridiculous I know, but alas, it gives me a topic of humor to write about.

Warning, by clicking the following link to read it the TOS, you are agreeing to to be bound by law in a contractual agreement to put 5 bucks into Ashley’s college fund. Just kidding.

TOS

Apparently the fever from a few days ago was a precursor to a skin rash from a viral infections called Roseola. Pretty much every kid gets it at some point, and the rash itself is not a big deal, though it looks bad. Red welts all over her trunk. All gone now, but, pretty bad looking for about 2 days. The only possible issue from what I could find was the fever, which was over anyway. So, all is good. First illness, and no worse the wear.