I've really neglected my xanga site....

well, my Alanna is almost 7 months old now.  She's awesome.  She laughs and smiles all day.... and of course, cries all night.... but i love her all the same.   It's Joey's birthday tomorrow, and I think it's safe to say i'm throwing him a surprise party at our apartment club house,  I hope he comes.  He was talking today about working all day tomorrow in LA, and I'm trying real hard to convince him he needs to come home early!  -  just my luck, he'll come home at midnight.  life's good, but hard at the same time.  we make mistakes and they bite us in the butt really bad.... i hate consequences.  i hope one day i'll look back and actually see that i've learned something, and that i'm not still making the same stupid mistakes. 

hey- something i learned today.... did you know that on bank of america's web site you can set up alerts, that email or text you, every time your account goes to a low balance, cashes a check that's been out for a long time, pays an ebill (that i always forget about), or has insufficient funds?!  Thats valuable information, so if it helps anyone out there....  I'm glad!  hopefully it saves me from a whole lota heartache!

I'm starting up my Piano Lessons Again.  I've got 5 students, aiming for 15 by the end of summer!  If you know any refrences, pass them on!

I HAVE A BABY!!!  ~Alanna Jolee Rountree~   Born Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 @ 6:31am.   19 inches, 7 lbs 0 oz

Here's a picture of my parents and her the day we got home from the hospital.  She amazes me. She's awesome.  I think she's really smart for being such a tiny baby.  She's really alert and each day we get to play with her for a couple hours when she's awake.  She sleeps good through the night too... well, as good as can be expected. The little ones need to each about every 2 hours!  That's so much more than it seems.    Being a mom is an amazing feeling.  Someone so small, who depends on you for EVERYTHING.... even to hold up her head.  I love it.  I love her.

Joey just got the coolest new laptop.  I'm still not sure if it's "LAP top" or "LAB top" but either way, it's stinkin cool.   He convinced himself and I that he needed it,  which I still don't really know how true that is, but I love it all the same.  I managed to pull it off and use it for hours this evening, which is a miracle considering we just got it last night.   Anyhow- We sign lease at our new apartment on Saturday....  I'm excited.   Alight, my times up....  Gotta go back to the old school lab-lap top....  worthless after using this one for the past few hours...