Too Much to Say, Too Little Time to Say It...

I keep trying to make time to blog over the past few days, but it is just not happening as we have been super busy. So I've decided to do a recap of what I would have said, had I actually had time to blog over the past few days...

Friday - So I took Friday off to spend the day with Abby but a little research led us to create a plan for Friday morning. My "relaxing day" started out with us sitting in the parking lot at Babies R Us waiting for the store to open so I could be sure that we got this great deal on a Britax Marathon car seat. There were 5 moms there with me so I didn't feel like too much of a stalker although I did wonder when I turned into this crazed bargain hunter! I guess its just part of being a mom and coming to the realization that babies cost money so we need to try to save it anywhere we can. In this case, I got $100 off the carseat that I had wanted thanks to a big sale and a coupon. After our little journey, we headed back home and watched a movie and caught up on Bones. JB finally got home around 6 and then we went to dinner at Fireside.

Saturday - The morning didn't start off too well since JB's ankle looked like it had been run over by an 18 wheeler. On Thursday, JB played in his first doubles league tennis match and pretty much destroyed his ankle trying to get to a shot. It was all black and blue and swollen big time. So I sent him off to the urgent care clinic to have some x-rays and make sure that it wasn't broken. He was the first one there so he was home within an hour with the news that there were no breaks, only possible ligament damage. He is getting around much better now, but it still looks pretty bad.

Then Saturday afternoon, he went to run an "errand" (read: went to go buy my mother's day present). Even though he was in pain, he hobbled himself around Northpark and came home with a fantastic gift. The shopping pretty much did him in so actually wrapping my gift was out of the question meaning that I got to open my gift a day early. I must say that my husband really spoils me and I am very lucky. He also listens well considering I have told him for years about how bad I wanted one of these. So what was the gift? A Louis Vuitton handbag!!! Yep, a REAL one. I love it so much and I am so excited to have a bag that will always be in style.

Sunday - Mother's Day was nice and quiet. I didn't even get out of my pj's until 5 pm when we got ready to go to dinner at Javier's that night. Upon arrival at the restaurant (where there are many separate rooms) we walked into the large room and there were a bunch of kids in there to my relief since Abby's restaurant behavior has not been good as of late. Of course, we didn't actually get to sit in that room. Nope, they took us into "the quiet room" where there were no other kids. So, of course, Abby threw a little fit although we were able to get her to take a bottle and doze off by the time our dinners arrived.

Monday - What can I say, it was Monday. Although, we did have a nice birthday/mother's day dinner with Byron and Gail at Celebration where Abby was on her game and entertaining everyone with her "lively" personality.

Tuesday - Tuesday was exciting as we went for Abby's 6 month checkup at Dr. Burns office. Her official weigh in was 18 lbs, 28 inches long (90th and 95th percentiles respectively). After the weigh in, Dr. Burns (who we totally love) came in and tried to examine Abby. Well, she was not into that at all. She screamed bloody murder with full tears every time she came near her so we did the examination while she was on Mommy's lap. Dr. Burns was very happy with her progress and said she was "growing beautifully". She also gave us the green light to start solid foods. JB was so excited. When it was time for her last bottle at 8pm, we loaded her up in the high chair and started her on apples. She absolutely loved it! She made a little mess but not too bad. Then she took the spoon from JB's hand and started feeding herself. It kinda worked but most of the food ended up all over her. So now its apples until Monday when we will have to decide what food to introduce her to next.

Whew - that was a long post but we had lots to cover...