May 21 - Cutie!!

Today was a loooooong day. I think the weeks right before a long weekend are always crazy and they seem to draaaag on. I was so happy when it was time to go get Lainey and go home! When we got home we did our normal routine of letting Duncan out and feeding him and then Lainey played in her jumper for a little bit but then she was ready for her late afternoon nap. I decided to lie down on the couch with her and watch a little TV while she napped, however, Mommy ended up taking a nap too! I vaguely remember hearing Teddy come home from work but he just went outside to do some yard work and let us nap. I was a little afraid it would affect Alaina going to bed tonight, however, no problem with that. She went to bed a little later than usual, but, not much and there was no crying! In between her nap and bedtime she ate some chicken and noodles again and chowed down half a jar of Hawaiian Delight. Then it was playtime in our jammies!! She was being sweet so I had to take some pictures of her. The jammies say it all! She is my "cutie" little Lainey Bug!

Sitting with my Daddy!

May 20 - Daddy's Softball Game

Tonight we went to Daddy's softball game and it was a lot of fun! Alaina loved the action and she was a little ham for those sitting around us. I think the funniest part was when Teddy got up to bat and she started "talking" to him with her little "ooo's and ahh's" and kicked her legs. I think she would have took right off for him if she could have! It was quite funny. When we got home Alaina had her first baby food form of Chicken and Noodles and she REALLY enjoyed that. It was met with a lot of "mmm's." After she ate I had to make a veggie pizza to take to work for food day tomorrow and then I got Alaina ready for bed. Now, it is 10:30 and I need to be going to bed too! Good night everyone! :o)

Listen to Your Mother!!

Sometimes mom's just have good advice, for instance, the never leave the house without clean underwear advice. I can't say as my mother ever personally imparted this wisdom to me but it is something you just always hear. Where am I going with this? Well...my story doesn't have so much to do with the clean part as it is about the thinking about what you wear.

Today as I was getting ready for work I decided to wear a new outfit I bought over the weekend, a cute new skirt and shirt with my black and white heels. As I was getting ready I looked in my underwear drawer and much to my dismay, I had only a few pairs swimming around in there. We were late getting all of our laundry done this week and some of mine was still in the laundry basket waiting to be folded and put away, downstairs. So, my choices were few. I finally decided on a mostly white pair with Miss Piggy on the front. Miss Piggy?!? Why do I have Miss Piggy underwear? Well...my mom got them for me from Wal-Mart as kind of a joke. (In case you are wondering I also have some care bear ones.) They seemed like the logical choice since they were mostly white and it wasn't like anyone was going to be seeing my underwear today anyway, right??
So, I got dressed and off to work I go. I decided to wear my sandals in to work and not mess with the heels until I got to my desk. It is a decent walk from my car to the building. Once safely at my desk I dawned the heels and it was a great morning. Everyone loved my outfit and thought my shoes were great, etc. I was feeling pretty good. :o) So, this afternoon it is time for me to go down to the mom's room and pump. I work on the 3rd floor and the mom's room is on the first floor. I had taken the stairs two other times today with no problems and I decided to just take them again. So off I go and as I round the corner going down from the 2nd floor I see someone else coming up. Apparently, it doesn't take long to lose your concentration in heels. I wish I could verbally re-enact this scene for you but you will just have to use your imagination. My foot got too close to the edge of the next step down and slipped off, my heel caught on the edge but my other foot was loose, and thankfully I was holding on to the railing. I flailed for the railing with my other arm as my other foot shot out from under me and I *gracefully* slid my booty down about 4 steps. Mind you, I am in a skirt. Needless to say, the skirt didn't stay down, and, thank goodness, it was another woman coming up. So there I was, hanging on to the railing and basically laid out on the stairs with my skirt up around my waist for the most part. And, there is Miss Piggy. I can't say for sure that she saw Miss Piggy, but, I am pretty sure she did. Thankfully, the writing was probably too small to read where underneath Miss Piggy it says "No Pictures Please." Seriously...could I make this up?? Of course, I quickly rammed my skirt down as far as possible and scrambled to my feet (as best as you can in heels!) She asked if I was okay and I managed to say I was fine and thank you for asking as I *carefully* continued on my way down the stairs. I guess she had a great story to tell when she got back to her desk about the girl sliding down the stairs in her Miss Piggy underwear. Geesh... I will spare you the picture of Miss Piggy but here is the outfit. Darn you heels!!

Alaina got a lot of compliments on her outfit today as well. I got her this at Gymboree this weekend. Awww - my little Lainey Bug!!

WE'RE BACK!!!!! *Do I hear cheering??*

So, we are finally back in business!! April was a crazy month and I decided instead of trying to go back and catch up on like, 6 weeks of missed days I would just do one big "Catch Up" post and go from here. I have had a lot of "When are you going to go back to blogging?" questions and multiple requests from a certain Grammy to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE post some new pictures of Lainey.
So some reasons for my absence, sadly we lost Teddy's grandma in early April. That was busy and hectic week and a half and that Monday when we were back home, my computer COMPLETELY crashed. Thank God I had just backed up all my pictures on my external hard drive or that could have been disastrous. Anyway, we got this fun little netbook to keep up on the Internet, however, none of my camera programs or anything were on it so it wasn't conducive to blogging, plus, it was a 10 inch screen!!! Who can look at that?? Anyway, it took until not quite two weeks ago to get the computer back and then it was just hard getting back, but, I am back now. *Let the cheering commence!*

So, here is a synopsis of our time away:

April 1 - Alaina's first real laugh. Not just a giggle - and all out laugh and we have it on video!! We even called Grammy so she could hear!! :o)

April 4 - Daddy left for Las Vegas for the National Bowling Tournament. Mommy stayed home with Lainey and we had some fun girl time.

April 7 - Daddy came home from Vegas and brought Lainey Penelope the Pink Puppy from FAO Schwartz toy store. It is a BIG pink puppy and it would not fit in his suitcase so he had to carry the pink puppy through the airports and on the plane! Awww - what a sweet daddy!

April 8 - Grandma "Bobbie" Graham passed away today. We are all very sad.

April 10 - We traveled back home for Easter and the funeral.

April 11 - Family dinner at Papaw and Grammy's house for Easter.

April 12 - Alaina's first Easter!! Daddy, Mommy and Lainey went to church with Grammy and Papaw and then went with Grandma and Grandpa Hutchinson up to Grandpa Graham's house for Easter Dinner with him.

April 13 - Lainey and Mommy spent the afternoon at Grandpa Graham's house getting pictures together. Spent the evening with Papaw, Grammy and Aiden, Meghan and Calyn while Aunt Michelle went to her school board meeting.

April 14 - Lainey spent the day with Grammy and Mommy. Mommy got a haircut and then we went SHOPPING!!! Girls afternoon!!

Grandma Graham's visitation 6:00 - 8:00

April 15 - Grandma Graham's funeral at 10:00 am. Went to Grandpa Graham's for lunch and then headed back home.

April 17 - Papaw and Grammy came out to visit!!

April 18 - Installed new microwave!! Mommy has more counter space! Went shopping at Carter's outlet with Mommy and Grammy while Papaw went to Cabela's. Lainey also tried peaches today and loved them!

April 22 - Visited Daddy at bowling because it was the last night.

April 24 - Mom and Dad bought a netbook because they couldn't live without the Internet!! We miss our computer!!

April 25 - Went to Dinner with our friend Dot. Alaina was very good and hamming it up at the restaurant!

April 26 - Alaina slept ALL NIGHT in her big girl crib for the FIRST TIME. (It was harder on Mommy than it was Alaina!!)

We also tried formula for the first time today. Alaina needs to gain some weight so we are going to supplement with 2 bottles of formula a day.

April 28 - Alaina turned 6 MONTHS OLD!!!

April 30 - Mommy and Daddy bought Alaina her first Kitchen Set. Fisher Price Kitchen Set made for babies.

May 1 - Alaina's 6 month Well-Child Check and shots. Alaina is only 13 lbs and 12 oz!! Long skinny girl! Bumping her up to baby food 3 times a day and continue with formula twice a day.

May 2 - Alaina rolled over 100% - back to stomach to back. She rolled from her floor gym to her kitchen set... Hmmm - somebody wants to play??

May 4 - First Stage 2 food - Peach Cobbler - Alaina LOVED it.

May 10 - Mommy's first Mothers Day! Lainey and Daddy gave mommy a heart shaped opal (Lainey's Birthstone) pendant and they got me a French silk pie and some beautiful cards!

May 12 - Alaina's first babysitter! My friend Jen from work watched Lainey while Mommy and Daddy went to the Billy Joel and Elton John Concert which was AWESOME! Lainey was very good and went right to bed for Jen.

May 15 - Went shopping with Mommy and Grammy at Baby Gap and Gymboree at Jordan Creek. Went to dinner that night with Mike and Kathleen, Joan V, Tom and Joan A. Adam G. and Grandpa, Grandma and Aunt Amanda at The Machine Shed.

May 16 - Eric & Sarah's wedding. Lainey didn't go to the wedding but she went to the reception!!

May 17 - Back home to Omaha

May 18 - IS TODAY!!! WE ARE CAUGHT UP!!! Today is Grammy's birthday and we just wanted to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRAMMY!! WE LOVE YOU!!

March 28 - Mmmm! Sweet Potatoes at 5 Months Old!!

Lainey seemed to feel a little better today, which was nice, because she is 5 months old today!! She slept well last night and woke up this morning to eat around 5:15 (normal time during the week) and then not again until almost 8:00!! Wow!! So we got up and went downstairs and spent some time watching cartoons. After Lainey went down for her morning nap, mommy got the kitchen cleaned up and got some lunch together. In the afternoon I did some more work around the house and just spent some time with little Lainey bug.

By the time we got to evening Lainey was happy and Daddy decided we would go have an early dinner out somewhere for fun. So we went to one of our favorite Italian places and it was DELICIOUS! Alaina ended up falling asleep about 10 minutes in and slept until we were carrying her out. We stopped at Wal Mart on the way home to pick up a few things INCLUDING a pink swing to hang in our backyard for Lainey to have this summer! Yae! Anyway, when we got home it was time for dinner and it was time to sample our new food, sweet potatoes!! Now, with the carrots we just made faces. The sweet potatoes we just expelled all together. We even got really good at hiding it in our cheek and then spewing it as mommy went to get another spoon full of food. Anyway, this is what you get. A sweet potato monster who got a bath!!

See it under my chin mom!?!

Ha ha ha! I spit it out!!

Sorry Lord...I don't like sweet potatoes...

All Clean!!

March 27 - Bad News Ears...

Here we go again! I guess the crankiness had a source and the source was a double ear infection. We went to the Dr. this afternoon at 3:30 and they confirmed that Lainey has ear infection again, and this time, it is in both ears. So, here is our good friend Mr. Amoxicillin. We started it tonight, but, obviously it is going to take some time for it to work. We spent most of the evening cuddling and reading books and Lainey and I went to bed early! Maybe Saturday will be better!

March 26 - Cranky

Lainey was kind of cranky tonight. It all started this morning when she woke up and was not in the greatest of moods. We thought maybe she was still hungry so I fed her again and she went right to sleep and I was off to work. Well, when I went to pick her up from daycare she was crying and they said she had not had a good afternoon and they were not sure what was wrong. I decided we needed to make a Dr. Appointment as the past two times this has happened, it has been an ear infection. Appointments is tomorrow at 3:30. So tonight we had a "mommy" night and we spent most of the evening in our jammies hanging out together. This is when we were hanging out on the couch on our boppy after we ate. Overall it was a lazy at home evening with the family, which sometimes, those are the best. :o)

March 25 - A Lonely Little Daffodil...

So today when I got home from work I noticed something "bright" in my drab, dead, brown garden. One lonely little daffodil decided to make an early appearance. Poor thing! I hope it survives this cooler weather! It is beautiful and reminds me that spring is not too far off and it won't be long until everything is green and new again! Hooray! Thank you Lord for new life!
Tonight, Alaina and I went to visit dad at bowling so he could "show off his baby" to all of his bowling friends. Lainey was very good, as usual, and got a LOT of attention, especially from some of the wives of the guys on Teddy's team. We left around 7:45 to go home so Lainey could eat her cereal and carrots (they are growing on her! We don't cry when we eat them now...) and get ready for bed. Daddy was sad that by the time he got home Lainey was FAST asleep in her bed. See you in the morning Daddy! Goodnight!

March 24 - Jump Jump Jump!!!

Yae! We can touch the floor now! Mommy had to do some work around the house this evening so Lainey played in her jumper. As you can see, there are plenty of things to entertain her! :o) We haven't quite got the "jumping" down but we do bounce around a little on our tippy tip toes!! She had a lot of fun making the "piano" play music and spinning the frog. It was a fun night!!

March 23 - Mmmmm - Carrots

Tonight we tried our first baby food. The cereal has been going really well and it was time to introduce something new. The book said to start with "orange" food. Now, I don't do everything the baby book tells me too, but, when you are a first time parent and standing there in the baby food aisle looking at the 8 zillion jars of different brands, stages, etc... You want someone to tell you what to buy!!! So, it said start with orange so I bought carrots, sweet potatoes and squash. Apparently you start with the veggies, orange veggies and Carrots are the most bland of the orange. So, tonight we tried some carrots... They weren't a huge hit, but, perhaps carrots are an acquired taste? ;o) See for yourself and sorry the quality may not be that high. I recorded the experience so these are still frames from that!!

March 22 - A Long Weekend Over

Today was another busy day and by the time we got back to Nebraska, Alaina was very tired. She fell asleep in the swing holding her puppy that she had been playing with.
This morning we went to church again with Grammy and Papaw. Uncle Chad and Aunt Ashley were there too! (Daddy was still at his bowling tournament) Grammy was really excited to have her whole family there for the first time in...well, a long time. Probably years. After church we went back to Grammy and Papaw's house and had lunch and Aunt Ashley had to pack to go back to school. Papaw and Marcus were taking her back. Grammy stayed behind with Lainey and me. After lunch Lainey was getting tired so we laid down on the couch so Lainey could nurse and we both fell asleep! We had a nice nap and Grammy managed to get some of the work around the house done that she had been wanting to do! Daddy didn't get to Grammy's house until after 5:00!! We didn't get on the road until about 5:30 so we were late getting back to Nebraska. We basically unloaded our car, did a couple loads of laundry and got ready everything we needed for the week. Time to start all over again!

March 21 - A VERY BUSY DAY!!!

Teddy was up and out of the house by 6:45 this morning to drive to Ames and meet his friend Darrin to drive to the bowling tournament. Alaina had woken up to eat so we got to say goodbye to Daddy before he left. Then we went back to sleep for a little bit but we had to get up and moving to get ready to go to my friend Jen's house by 11:00. We ate a little lunch with my friends and talked but I had to leave by 12:15 to meet my parents so we could all drive to the family reunion on my Dad's side. We made it there by about 12:45 and had some lunch and lots of conversation. Everyone got to meet Alaina, and, as usual, she was a hit. ;o) Ha ha! She got lots and lots of attention and was very good. Then it was off to Jory and Michelle's house for Aiden's birthday party by 4:00. If you read my aunt Michelle's blog then you are going to see some similar pictures on my blog because these were taken on my dad's camera.
Calyn was soooo excited to see Alaina. She immediately wanted to hold her and Michelle told her she had to be sitting down so what does she do? Runs and kicks her dad out of the rocking chair, grabs a pillow off the couch and jumps up in the chair and pats her arm like "I'm ready for that baby!" What a cute picture! :o)
We had so much fun at Aiden's birthday party but by the time I loaded the little lady up in the car to take Aunt GG home, she was worn out... I felt sorry for Aunt GG because Alaina screamed all the way to town. That is what happens when you just cat nap all day little lady! After dropping Aunt GG off and getting her in the house I managed to get her a little calmed down before we headed back out of town to pick up Duncan. Thankfully, by the time we got out of town a ways, she had finally given in and dropped off to sleep. Poor little Lainey! We picked up our Duncan dog who had been at his other grandparents all day playing with their dog and went home. Alaina had some cereal and it was time for bed!! For BOTH of us!!

March 20 - Back in Town for the Weekend!!

Sadly, after I packed my camera, I could not find it when we got home Friday night. (Little did I know that Teddy hid it from me!!! {Accidentally}) So I am using a photo from last night because Alaina is REALLY enjoying her rice cereal and when we finally got home on Friday night she acted like she was STARVING. You can ask my mom and dad. She was "Whaa-ing" between bites because I couldn't shovel it in to her mouth fast enough. She sure loves it!Tonight when we got back we met Teddy's parents and went to dinner because they wanted to spend some time with Alaina and Teddy will be out of town the rest of the weekend at the Bowling Tournament. We had a good time and I was able to give Teddy's mom Alaina's St Patrick's pictures and a 4-leaf clover I made for her and my mom from Alaina's foot and handprints. It was so cute. I had to make myself one too of course. I wish I could say I had pictures of that like I did for the Valentine footprint-butterflies, but, my hands were too covered in green paint, and my entire baby, to mess with the camera. Although, I do wish, I had a picture of the lovely smeared green handprint on my left hoo-ha. That was really precious. I was sad to wash it off. ;o) Ha ha ha! Anyway, after having dinner with Teddy's parents, we went back to my parents because a VERY anxious aunt Ashley was waiting to see Miss Alaina! We really just fed Alaina, she got held a little bit, and then we went to bed!!

March 19 - Packin Up!!

Duncan is BORED because pretty much all we did tonight was get ready to leave to go home tomorrow. Teddy and I are both going to get off work early so we can be back in good time for the BUSY weekend ahead of us. We had to get all of Alaina's things packed which, if you have kids, you know takes A LOT of time and organization. Now that she is eating cereal you have to think about all that, the diapers, the clothes, the bottles and pump...the list goes on and on. Then I have to turn around and pack myself! Whew! Lot's of work, but, we got it all done! :o) We are ready for our big weekend!! Are you Duncan??

March 18 - A Stupid Mommy with Good Intentions...

So, today was an ok day. Work went by pretty quickly and then I was out the door to get Alaina. She was in a great mood when I got there because she ate FOUR bottles again today. Time to start the cereal twice a day! Since she was so happy, I decided we would just run straight to Toys R Us and Babies R Us. We needed to pick up a birthday present for Mr. Aiden Hunderdosse! ;o) And, we needed a few more things too. At Babies R Us I picked up a baby food organizer. Basically, a glorified lazy susan for baby food, but, I think it will help with the organizing! We also got some cereal to take to daycare and a few other small items including, some cool new teething rings. I don't think the teeth are quite here yet but she likes to chew on the coolness of the teething ring anyway and we only have a couple. So, I got one that looks like keys and one that had Winnie the Pooh characters on it. So, by this time, Alaina is getting sleepy and I decide to head out. So we get home and I start to unpack our purchases. I put Alaina's name on her cereal and grab some bibs out of the drawer to put in the diaper bag for day care. Take out the baby food organizer and put it together and then I get to the teething rings. I took the little tags off of them and opened them up and decided I better clean them before giving them to my baby to put in her mouth. *Note: This is the mommy with good intentions part. The stupid mommy part is coming. So, I decide the best way to clean them is to SANITIZE them. Seems like a great idea. So I plop them in the microwave sanitizer and set the time and walk away. I know that you know what happened by now. I am in the future now also! So I open up the sanitizer and it is a gel-melted-ooey-gooey MESS in my sanitizer. APPARENTLY, teething rings should not be warmed up a.k.a. "cooked." Only, Frozen. Yeah, that's right. That train only goes one way down the track people. Ugh. RUINED RUINED RUINED brand new teething rings. Of course, Teddy is mad, although Mr. Enginerd wasn't jumping in STOPPING me from throwing them in the sanitizer! Ugh! So yeah...it isn't like it was expensive. It was maybe $10.00 in teething rings. And they can be replaced, but, now I know. You live and you learn, right? Especially as a first time parent. Next time I know to READ THE PACKAGING before just tossing it in the sanitizer. So, here are the keys...
You can see the huge plastic bubble on the blue key where the plastic bubbled up and let the gel spew out. All the keys are stuck together now. And, the gel was all over the place. That was FUN to clean up. Thankfully, we know it melts when it gets hot so when it started getting hard, I just stuck it BACK in the microwave. So...couldn't let Lainey chew on those! In the trash they went. Another day, another lesson learned. Thank you life! :o)

March 17- **Irish Eyes are Smiling**

HAPPY ST. PATTY'S DAY EVERYONE!! ENJOY!!

March 16 - B-E-A-UTIFUL Day!!!

What a BEAUTIFUL day it was today! I couldn't hardly make myself stay at work! When I got off at 3:30 it was time to RUSH out the door and go get Alaina. We went home and spent a little time outside letting the piggy toes run free! Here are some pictures on our "goodbye bench." When Daddy got home we decided to take a trip to the outdoor mall and walk around a little bit. Mommy wanted to go to Archiver's - he he he. Archivers made me mad though, apparently, they decided not to carry Cricut stuff anymore. Jerks. They have some new fan-dangled machine called a "silhouette" or something like that. Ugh. So, eBay here I come! I did get some fun paper and "stuff" for some pages for Alaina. Then we walked around a little bit and came home. Duncan was ready for some action so we took a short walk through the neighborhood and then came home to have dinner. Alaina ate her cereal and now she is in bed and I am catching up on some much needed blogging! :o) What a wonderful evening!

March 15 - *I can hear the Cricut{s} sing!!!*

Ahhhhh!! It is BEAUTIFUL!!! I am so excited to use it that it is just driving me crazy, but, too many dishes to do, laundry to sort, wash, dry and fold and bottles to make!! Maybe tomorrow night! *I hope!* Today was a busy day around the house. I had to finish working this morning, which, I hated, but it was only a little over an hour today to finish and I got the rest of my day with the family. Alaina was very happy this morning. I got some great pics of her for St. Patrick's day, but, sorry! You have to wait until Tuesday!! :o)
This afternoon we went out and I got my cricut!!! When we got home we decided to grill out since the weather was pretty nice and I have been dying for something grilled for weeks now! A sure sign of warm weather to come is smelling the grills!! So we threw on some steaks with some potatoes and mushrooms. Oh! It was so delicious! Then it was time to clean up and give Alaina her cereal. Then I at least got to take it out of the box and put the little blade in and plug it in and turn it on! Anyway, after unpacking the box, Sam decided it looked like a fun place to take a nap! Sadly, he takes up the whole box!

March 14 - Did I mention I HATE crowds?!?

The day started off well. Alaina slept in a little more than usual. She got up early and ate a little but she went back to sleep and didn't want to get up until 8:30 which was really nice. So we came downstairs and let Daddy sleep a little longer. We watched some cartoons and played and then she wanted to eat and fell asleep. So, mom signs back on to work. Ugh. I really really dislike my job at this point in time. They have people doing things that are not part of our job and therefore, putting more work on those of us that are doing our job. And they just don't seem to get that they have way too much work for us to do to be doing things like that. If I hear someone say "Do more with less" or "I will look into it" one more time I am going to just lose my mind! Ugh, so anyway. I worked for like, three hours. Basically, until Alaina was hungry and I needed to stop and feed her. So after that Teddy decides we need to go do some more TV research. He wants to go to NFM and I am not at all looking forward to it. IT IS SATURDAY at NFM. Not the place you want to be. Once again, I hate crowds. People are rude and I just don't like dealing with them if I don't have to. But, we went. It was a beautiful day and a chance to get out of the house. So off we went with Alaina in tow. We got there, and there was NO WHERE to park. People were parking across the street!! The phrase "I told you so" immediately popped in to my mind, but, I refrained. We did somehow manage to find a spot not across the street. So we go in and they don't even have the TV that Teddy wants. They only had a smaller one and a bigger one. So Teddy decides we need to go check Sams Club. WHAT?!? The only place worse than Nebraska Furniture Mart on a Saturday is SAMS CLUB and of course the ghetto Wal-Mart. I tried, without success to talk him out of this. He was set on going. Oh my goodness. You want to talk about a CROWD of RUDE people. Oh my word. I don't even know how we found a parking spot. It must have taken 20 minutes. So we make it inside and, they don't have the right TV either. *Sigh and Shake my Head* BUT, Teddy wants to buy some bulk Gatorade, you know, since we are already there. So we get the Gatorade and I got some ink for my printer and a book for Alaina... Just getting around the store takes like 40 minutes. Then we get to the checkouts and every line is like five people deep. This took FOREVER and we still don't have a TV. By this time, Alaina is done with the whole shopping trip. She is ready for snack and a nap. So we went home and Teddy decides he is going back to Best Buy. I am out on this one dude. So he went alone, and of course, comes home with a TV, from Best Buy, where we were last night. Ugh. But hey, we checks ALL of our options. :oP
Anyway, Alaina likes the new TV, see?

March 13 - *I <3 Old Navy!!*

Yeah yeah...I know. The last thing she needed was more clothes. But, these are for SUMMER! ;o) Old Navy and Gap had a friends and family weekend this weekend. My daycare handed out the coupons {previously pictured} for 30% off your ENTIRE purchase and it can be used for the whole weekend. I knew I didn't want to deal with Old Navy on a Saturday. I HATE crowds!! So we went tonight to check it out. I bought Alaina two outfits for this summer. The one on the left is adorable because it has the matching hat. I loved the little plaid shorts too. Then I saw the other outfit with the tank top and hot pink plaid shorts. And are those not the tiniest and cutest little flip flops you ever did see?!?! Oh my gosh! They make my heart melt! So anyway. My trip to Old Navy was the highlight of my day. We also went to Best Buy tonight. Daddy wanted to look at TV's. We got our bonus's at work this week and he has been dead set on getting a new TV for our bedroom. While there, I bought Alaina Pinocchio since it was released from the vault this week. I have been collecting the Disney DVD's for years so she already has most of them but this is one we did not have. So Teddy found a TV he liked but he wanted to look at the mecha of all stores, Nebraska Furniture Mart, before making a decision. So, we came home. Alaina ate her cereal and played for a little bit and then fell sound asleep. So, at 9:45, I logged in to work. Yeah...I know. LAME-O!! Believe me, I didn't want to do it. But I would rather work late at night and be able to spend time with Alaina during the day than take that time away from her. So, I logged on and didn't log off until midnight when I was practically propping my eyes open with toothpicks. I was very relieved that when I went to bed, Alaina did not wake up for a little "snack" and I was able to just go to sleep! Unfortunately, I did not get finished with my work, so...I will have to try and finish tomorrow. I love the guilt of a working mother...