Month: November 2008
Keep your mitts off my baby name, HBO
My husband and I never share what we are naming our babies until after they are born. Our theory is that nobody will criticize a baby’s name while they are holding the baby or hypnotized by the charm of a photo. Plenty of people have no qualms trashing a particular name while the baby is still in utero, though. Also, how am I supposed to know the baby’s name until I see his or her face? What if she doesn’t look like a Priscilla or he doesn’t exactly fit Merlin? We go to the hospital armed with a couple of possibilities and chose the name that softly clicks. The danger in keeping potentially perfect baby names close to our hearts is when someone announces their new baby has been given our top name contender. It’s happened before, but we don’t find ourselv...
An update on my cow
[photopress:cow.jpg,full,pp_image]Many of you Mile High Mama Regulars know that I recently won a cow in a raffle. Excuse me, a STEER, a bovine that was castrated before sexual maturation, for those that, like me, weren’t exactly sure. Anyway, if you read about my cow raffle win, then you also know that I had to go out and PICK the lucky steer destined to fill my freezer… and those of my extended family as well, for that matter. What you don’t know, though, is that I received another call. This time I was asked to come out and help herd the cattle and CORRAL the one that, metaphorically speaking, had my name on it. This “raffle prize” was starting to seem like a little bit more trouble than it was worth. I mean, come one, HERD? CORRAL?? And, while we were on th...
Are you a morning person or a night person?
I used to think I was a night person, but it’s become apparent to me since adding my third child to the mix that I am most definitely a morning person. In the mornings I’m refreshed, even if I haven’t had any sleep. I haven’t had to listen to anyone (except maybe a baby) crying. I haven’t had to refill a sippy cup three times within one hour. I haven’t had to mediate arguments over who’s the rightful owner of that headband or those crayons. That stretch of darkness, even if it’s only a few hours long, is enough to revive my sanity. I awaken (or not) with sufficient patience to chase children in and out of the shower, brush tangled hair carefully, and start refilling sippy cups once more. And I can do it all with a sense of humor. The witching...
The Family Pet: To Have or Have Not?
Growing up, we always had pets. There was Peppery the Tomcat who enjoyed knocking up the neighborhood felines and who, despite his amorous inclinations, was a fighter not a lover (I had the battle wounds to prove it). Then there was my beloved Lacey who I trained for the Bichon Frise Summer Olympics against her cousin, Missy. One day on a run, portly Lacey faked an injury. I had no idea dogs even knew how to do that. I loved and cared for my pets even when they did not love me back. I always assumed when I had a family of my own, pets would become a part of our life. Except they’re not. My 4-year-old daughter Hadley adores animals and constantly begs us for a pet. I think if we already had one when we became parents, it would be different. But my husband issued a decree we would not ...
Fun U*neaks Customizable Footwear Giveaway for Your Little One!
[photopress:Uneaks.jpg,full,pp_image]Every once and a while, I receive a product pitch from a publicist that just oozes with ingenuity and cleverness. U*neaks Customizable Footwear was that product. You see, in my 4-year-old fashionista daughter’s eyes, shoes are a huge problem in the wintertime. During the warmer climes, she has a variety of flip-flops and sandals but once the temperatures turn, she is limited to only a couple pairs of stodgy shoes. Horrific, I know. And then we stumbled upon U*neaks. U*neaks patented customizable footwear are sneaker-style shoes with side clear panel windows and specially designed socks that allow kids to continuously customize their shoes by simply changing their socks. Pair the shoes with any of U*neaks’ double-sided decorated socks for foo...
Schedule a session for your Christmas photos, help a family in need
Melissa Howell is a Mile High Mama and professional photographer who specializes in children’s portrait photography. She services the greater Denver metro area and her work can be seen at Blue Prints Photography and www.blueprintsphotography.blogspot.com/. [photopress:BluesPrints.jpg,full,pp_image] He didn’t know he had only seven months left to live. He just knew that he had cancer and he was dying. So he spent every moment he could with his wife and family–at least all the moments when he wasn’t sick from the chemo. Every once in a while, there would be encouraging signs–a good blood count, more energy after a treatment. We wondered if there would be a miracle–if he would beat the odds and defeat the disease that was ravaging his body. He wrote about h...
Support Our Troops With DVDs; Meet Twilight Cast Members
As part of its annual sponsorship of the Starz Denver Film Festival, Bellco Credit Union partnered with Films For The Troops, a program of the Colorado Film and Video Association (CFVA) and the Denver Film Society, to collect new and used DVDs to send across the world to wounded American soldiers in military hospitals and Colorado troops in action. Bellco hopes to help Films For The Troops exceed its goal of collecting 1,000 DVDs in 2008. Beginning Saturday, Nov. 8, Bellco will have collection bins in its 15 branch locations and corporate headquarters, as well as at five American Legion Posts. New and used DVDs – rated G through R – will be accepted through Tuesday, Nov. 25 at the Bellco branches and American Legion posts, with a final community collection taking place from 10 a.m. to 2 p....
Our Adoption Story–The Beginning
In honor of National Adoption Month, we are pleased to hear from Melissa. She moved to Colorado at the tender age of 19 and currently resides with her wonderful husband and herd of canines. After trying for a year to get pregnant after they wed, they started their adoption journey. A funny twist of fate as she found out as an adult that she herself was an adopted county baby. Melissa blogs about their life and times at Full Circle. Darling Husband and I met in 2001 via an online dating service. By the time we actually met in person I had been in the singles scene for several months and was pretty much over it. Being single in your early 30s is not for the faint of heart and DH was my third first date that week. It was insane and I was absolutely exhausted. I had been on a mission to find s...
Whatever the outcome of the election, the grandkids will not live with me
It is the Sunday night before the election. It’s hard to tell what this coming week will bring. These ramblings will post the day after the election. I am hoping that there will be a clear-cut winner. I don’t want a repeat of the ambiguity we went through during a previous election. Come Wednesday(today) I want to be either shooting fireworks off my roof or drowning my sorrows in what is left of the Halloween candy. Just like this election, it’s also hard to predict how my kids will turn out. I want them to be happy, successful, productive adults. But, if my grown-up kids aren’t sending me on exotic trips and paying for my cataract surgeries, I, at the very least, hope that I raised them well enough to take care of their own kids. I don’t want to raise my grandkids, I don’t want them to li...
The Big Day
[photopress:vote_1_2.jpg,thumb,pp_image]I think you all have figured out by now I am a political junkie. Well, let’s just say I know enough to be dangerous. But today is certainly a relief. I am ready for the election to be over and move on to the big picture. But there is one, teensy, minor detail that needs to happen before we can do that. We all need to vote, we need to elect a new president. Whichever candidate you are behind, this is a great opportunity to teach our children about the importance of voting. And seeing as the 2000 election was decided by just over 500 votes and a few hanging chads, it’s also time to talk about the value of our votes. Every. vote. counts. Imagine if we didn’t have the right to vote at all? Friends from Europe have joked that if an Ameri...
Preserve Your Family’s Memories with our Clickfree Portable Backup Giveaway (a $159 value)
[photopress:clickfree.jpg,full,pp_image]If there is anything mamas love it’s pictures of their children. And if you’re anything like me you have a slew of them saved on your computer. According to Harris Research, only 4 percent of consumers regularly back up data on their PCs, leaving 96 percent of people in a position to lose irreplaceable computer data including expensive digital music downloads, precious family photos and crucial financial files and/or school documents. Up until a few weeks ago, I was one of them. And then I discovered Clickfree™ Portable Backup HD801, which claims to be the world’s first technology that performs backup by simply connecting the storage device to the PC without having to set up or configure software. Sound easy? It’s really just that s...
Halloween Picture Contest Winner!
[photopress:animal_abuse.jpg,full,pp_image]Determining the winner for our Halloween Cutest Kid Picture Contest was a tough one. Why? Your BOOS were absolutely darling. And so I delegated the responsibility to Cheri of Summit Cove, who chose Laurie G.’s hilarious photo, “Animal Abuse.” Congratulations to Laurie who won a two-night stay at Summit Cove in Keystone!
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