March 15, 2010
Spring Break is officially here and my parents are being brave and watching all 3 of our munchkins until Friday! Today was a big milestone for Mikey & Me...he nursed for the last time this morning and while I have a slight twinge of sadness that I just nursed for the last time EVER...mostly I'm thinking WAAAAHHHHHHOOOOO!!!!
Does anybody realize how horrible it is to pack for 3 kids, one of them a baby, for more than an overnight trip!? I totally had a spreadsheet for my mom with detailed instructions and a checklist for my checklist. What a nightmare! But the reward is QUIET! Page & I actually got to have a conversation without a child dangling from our arm or leg or neck!
It's pretty funny how little time it takes to regain your perspective, though...I was already missing them tonight and the quiet seemed very abnormal. It's bittersweet. I ordered the adorable collage that Kerry made for me on a 3/4 ' standout mount today. I hope it gets here in time for the party!
The many faces of Michael!
March 16, 2010
Things still seem hectic, even with the kids gone. Page is in Instructor Development School this week and I am working & still tying up all the loose ends for the party. Got the balloon order put in at Party Galaxy today and went to Target and got him a few things for his birthday + some adorable summer clothes for Lexi for super cheap!
After Page got home we went out to The Cheesecake Factory for date night and had a wonderful dinner. We were in deep discussions about all of the shift change/days off opportunities that keep coming up and whether any of them would be a good fit for our family right now. Then! We got to go see Avatar in 3D and it was soooo good! We both loved it! A very nice date night!
March 17, 2010 - St. Patrick's Day!
K, so we never go out on St. Patrick's Day, like EVER. Neither of us likes beer, much less green beer + it's all wild and crazy...so not us. However, tonight we actually met 2 of P's police officer buddies at some really random Irish Pub off of May Avenue and it was ridiculously packed full of stumbling, bumbling idiots. It was freezing cold outside, where we had to wait for about 30 minutes before we could even get in and once we did we were pinned up against the wall for about an hour before we got a table. It was not awesome at all and I think our original plan to not go out on St. Patty's day was probably one of our better ideas. That being said, once we got the table it was much better and it was good to hang out with Nick & Jason, but I do not do Bangers & Mash or Corned Beef & Cabbage, so I pretty much went hungry and things only went downhill from there.
EW!
March 18, 2010
Stayed out way too late last night and felt terrible at our 8am staff meeting at Jimmy's Egg-ugh! I did get to have lunch with Melissa at Panera today, though, and that was definitely a highlight. I had to work until almost 7pm and then go home, change and drive 2 hours to my parents house so I could be with Mikey on his birthday tomorrow. I was very happy to see my kiddos!!
March 19, 2010 - Mikey's 1st Birthday!!
Exactly one year ago today we got our little Mikey bundle of joy! He has been an amazing blessing to our family. He is so layed back and just kind of along for the ride....3rd child syndrome?
Everyone is saying there is supposed to be a blizzard tomorrow and I may have to re-schedule his party! If there is, it will be so weird because it was like 80 degrees today! I got all my last minute party errands run anyway after we got home and I'm just crossing my fingers there is no Blizzard.
March 20, 2010
Well, there was totally a Blizzard today, of course, so I had to re-schedule the party :( Actually, it started off like a Blizzard but then settled down pretty fast. By that time, though, we had already re-scheduled everything for next Saturday, except for the cake. My cake lady had already finished it so we will meet her tomorrow to pick it up and she is giving us a deal to do another one next Saturday. It wasn't a total loss though we got to have Page home an extra day to hang out and snuggle up to keep warm.
March 21, 2010
Page met the cake lady today to pick up the cake. We were boxing it up and sending it to the neighbors and home with Hannah, who spent the night last night. Here is a picture of Mikey's baby cake. The colors were actually really off so maybe this whole second cake thing is a blessing in disguise.
Mikey testing out the cake (delicious, by the way).
The "Blizzard" our 3rd big snow storm in 3 months.
Cuddle muffin
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