Teeny Manolo

Posting a teensy bit about the newest addition to our family.

The Munchinette was born at the very civilized hour of 9:33am on November 5. She came in at a healthy but petite 7lbs, 6oz. She currently has curly brown hair and blue eyes. Both of those could change, I’m guessing.

I had a repeat C-section, and according to the anesthesiologist, I set some sort of World Record in Vomiting During the Giving of Life. I guess my body does not react well to anesthesia, and I even told the doctor prior to the surgery that I had some similar issues with the Munchkin, although not nearly as bad. Even the anti-nausea medication he put into my drug cocktail didn’t work. Boo.

So, I’m slightly sleep deprived, even though I am lucky enough to have a wonderful husband who is taking two months off work to help out with my recovery and just generally making sure that the Munchkin gets to school on time and wearing appropriate clothing.

Here’s to the many sleepless nights to come!

Who says that moms are all about “mom jeans” and sweats?

Certainly not the people who have submitted photos of their stylishly clad mothers at the aptly named “My Mom, The Style Icon” blog.

I don’t know that my mother would have been considerd a style icon, but she did have some pretty rad cat-eye glasses during the seventies.  Oh yeah, and she had a sort of bouffant hairstyle that went well with the glasses. 

I don’t have a huge impression of her clothing, but the sad part is, she has a lot of her old clothing still in her closets, and yes, she has closets plural, so all I would have to do is go over to her house and have a look-see.  She probably still fits into most of them still, damn her.

I do seem to remember a pair of white go-go boots.  I think I’m going to have to dig up some old albums!

In my very unbridled opinion, these plates are superfantastic! 

(Neatorama via Boing Boing)

Say what you will about some of the fashions that were on display at the premiere of  The Time Traveler’s Wife, but I happen to think that young Brooklynn Proulx hit the proverbial ball out of the proverbial park with this outfit.

I love the dress, love the chain belt, love the red purse.  All of it adorable and totally age appropriate.  Noah Cyrus, get out some paper and start taking notes, young lady!

Well, I have had a very tough time pulling a fast one on you, our fabulous readers.  Not one game has gone by without someone making the correct guess.  I gotta pick up my game apparently.

Congratulations to the fantastic Pencils, who correctly guessed Elton John.  And look, he still has the chubby cheeks!

Today we have yet another blonde charmer, and I’m thinking you’ll have a bit more difficulty with this one. Bring it on, my friends, bring it on!

He’s man enough to wear his daughter’s necklace as a bracelet.

Swoon.

Johhny Depp at Comic-Con (Source:AP)

So I’m hopelessly old-fashioned. So I went to boarding school and have yet to fully recover (my therapist is working on it). So Michael Lewis will never marry me.

Le sigh.

So what? I am not too old to lose my heart to a well-dressed young man, and if I have to be the sugar mommy I couldn’t do better than these dapper outfits, which are less than half-price at the Brooks Brothers Boy’s Department right now:

Seersucker Prep Jacket

Cotton Junior Nested Suit

Martha’s Vineyard, Hollaback!

I’ll just let him say it, since he does it so well.

From his speech to the NAACP’s annual meeting, via Gawker.

They might think they’ve got a pretty jump shot or a pretty good flow, but our kids can’t all aspire to be LeBron or Lil Wayne. I want them aspiring to be scientists and engineers, doctors and teachers, not just ballers and rappers. I want them aspiring to be a Supreme Court justice. I want them aspiring to be president of the United States of America.

Amen.