Girls Night

Amen to Girls Night. Good food, lots of giggling, talk about things that would make the husbands sorry to be in the room and completely oblivious to everyone else in the restaurant around you. What other night do you go to Walgreens to get a....stapler? :) The next best part was coming home to a sweet baby who had not gone to sleep for Daddy and refused to eat until his momma came home. He couldn't stop gazing at me the entire time he nursed....I loved it...and I'm sure in a few months, I'm going to hate it.

It's Nap time!

Due to the presence of a tiny little peanut we've nick-named "Doo-doo", I am grateful for naps and the ability to cut off all modern technology. Turned off the ringer, the old AM (Kimmy's internet lingo for answering machine) and had a nice hour and a half of uninterrupted cozy nap time. Now, most of the time when I've woken up my caller ID shows that the entire world suddenly tried to call me right in the middle of my nap....and I slept right through it :)

Big Kids

Gotta love the big kids. I have come down with mastitis and I feel terrible. Laid awake all night feeling like I had been hit by a truck. Every muscle in my body hurts. It's even hard to pick up Tyson....he feels so heavy! This morning he woke up in the middle of getting the kids ready for school (as usual) and I had to drop everything and feed him (on an infected breast of course....ouch!) Bella decided she was done eating her third bowl of cereal right as I started feeding and she started yelling and thumping the spoon around (which means next the cereal and milk is going to start flying). Payton says, "I'll get her down." He gets a washcloth and washes her hands and face, takes off her bib, takes off her tray and pulls her out of her highchair. Then he proceeds to clear the table, putting the milk and cereals away and throwing away empty bags (in the recycling). I was so proud of him. Gotta love the big kids :)

Baby Barf

I am grateful for baby barf. Without it I would have much less laundry to do, my baby wouldn't get that neat cheese curd build-up in his neck, and I wouldn't have an excuse to put on a new outfit every couple of hours (actually to be honest I hardly ever even bother changing. Gross, I know).

Shutterfly

Today I am grateful for online digital photo printing. I just ordered my 2006 Huhtala Family Photo Album from shutterfly and I didn't have to buy any scrapbooking supplies, mess up my table, cut and glue things.....I just did a lot of mouse clicking and creative organizing and voila! a beautiful book of memories. I am sooo not crafty or in any way interested in scrapbooking so I am truly grateful for things like this. Now if only I could say "I'm grateful for naps".......(yawn)