the NEW Glasers

Baby, Baby, Baby, Oooooh

2013-05-18T07:00:00.000-04:00

That song is in your head now, isn't it! Hahahaha! Enjoy your ear worm for the day.

In all seriousness, though, I hate baby naming. I can imagine baby naming to be just as hard if we were going to give this nugget an English name - but we're not. Just like his brother, Yoav (who we call 'YoYo'), nugget will have an Israeli/Hebrew name.

Could you imagine if he didn't? How awkward would that be? "These are my kids: Yoav and John". Weird.

Anyway, we've been wracking our brains to come up with a name for Baby Nugget. It's kind of a big deal. We need a name that is pronounceable, readable, easily-spelled, and happens to be cool.

Some of the contenders are...

I'm sure we have more contenders but who can remember them all. Let's face it, I have the memory of a fly right now.

Still, naming a baby is important. I like to ask my sister, Kim, "what do you think of the name..." - on a regular basis. Sometimes I like to get her take on it before I ask the hubby.

I need suggestions, people! Give me some cool Israeli baby names!!!

House and Home

2013-05-17T08:12:00.003-04:00

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!

Now that the news is out of the way, I want to get some things off my chest.

I never thought I'd ever be able to buy a house. When I was in my 20s, I didn't have 'purchase a house' as a goal - mostly because I never thought my finances would be stable enough to do it.

Crazy, right? I know some of you feel the same way.

I'm very proud of my family, right now.

Craig and I moved back to Michigan in August 2012 - just about 9 months ago. In that time we started saving, planning, and acting on our dreams. We held off on getting just any ol' job because we wanted jobs that challenged us and fulfilled us. We wanted careers. And we wanted careers that rewarded us financially.

In Israel,we lived paycheck to paycheck. We barely made enough to save any more and we barely made enough to live. It was hard. Granted, we didn't move to the US because life in Israel is harder than it is here - it's not. Life in the US is also hard. I won't get a Federally-mandated maternity leave. Instead of 14 weeks of paid leave (paid for by the gov't), I get 8 weeks and some of it is at 50% my salary. Taxes are high here. People are just as angry here as they are in Israel. The difference? Israelis voice their displeasure and move on. Americans? Not so much.

We left Israel to be closer to my family. I did not want my kids growing up the way my Dad grew up (with very little interaction between them and their immediate family). Granted, I have the luxury to make that choice - my grandparents did not.

Still, moving to the US enabled us to get better jobs (where we are appreciated and not 'used' for our English vocabulary). It enabled us to buy two cars, raise our son within a few miles of most of his cousins, and buy a house.

WE BOUGHT A HOUSE!!!

I still don't believe it. Who does that in only nine months??? On top of it, I'm nearly 7 months pregnant now. I'm AMAZED that my blood pressure is at 117/71 (as of Monday). That's pretty low considering how much stress I'm under.

Yesterday, just before closing, we did the walk-through. And by 'we', I mean I walked through it with my Dad and the sellers. I like the people who owned this house. They took care of it. My dad said it's a lot of house for three and a half people but it's a house we'll grow into. It's a house we'll be able to have for many years to come. It's a house we can raise our kids in. And it's a house for parties. I like parties.

This is the house we get to call our own:

Courtesy of Homes.com

We are living the American dream!

Pigeons and Pregnancy

2013-05-01T09:44:00.001-04:00

What do falcons and pregnancy have to do with each other? Not much ... unless you work in my office. Currently, at the Campbell Ewald ad agency, we have some squatters. Not the homeless variety - more like of the avian variety.

That's right. We have birds. Pigeons to be exact. Well, they aren't pigeons, they are falcons but I will call them pigeons. And one of them laid three eggs. We have CE falcons...

I don't like birds.

Well, that's not entirely true. I don't dislike birds, I just don't care for them too much. And any bird I don't like is automatically labeled a 'pigeon'. Seriously, I don't really like birds. Unless they do this:

Funny girl.

Craig thinks this is a cool concept though. He also thinks it's funny that pregnancy is like an epidemic here - SO many of us are pregnant, we should all have our pictures taken with lady love above.

So, it seems CE has a new mascot ... at least it gives me something to talk about, right?