Maddy was so good tonight! Matt, Maddy and I took the drive down to Ikea to pick up a wall shelf for our DVD, HD Tivo and receiver. It's a simple flat shelf that matches the light wood paneling we have down there. It will look nice under the TV. But yes, she was SOOOO good. It was a pretty long drive down there because we stopped at Arby's to pick up sandwiches which we ate in the car on the way there. And we missed almost every light, too. Normally it's a 30-40 min. drive. She didn't fuss at all and was content as could be!
We did pick up some neat stuff while we were there. I bought a skinny 5 1/2 foot Christmas tree for only $12.99! We also bought Maddy a treasure chest toy box for only $12.99 too! It's fabric with hardened edges to keep its form. But it's collapsable too. It's red with grey trim and matches the living room almost perfectly. We truly should have bought two, but we didn't! We may go back for more. I bought some play pots and pans for Maddy. They had a really cool mini tea set, place settings and things like that as well but they were real glass!! She won't be ready for those in a long time. The pots and pans are real metal though. Also bought her a block set inside of a wagon and a crane set wtih magnetic wooden blocks. I am still so surprised at how inexpensive these REALLY NICE sets were. WOW.
She did better going to sleep tonight. We fed her the bottle in the living room and then took up a warm bottle of water. So we brushed her teeth (which she liked tonight) and then fed her the warm bottle of water. It seemed to work pretty well!
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Updated: Well, unfortunately, the shelf won't work for the wall in the family room. So we'll most likely need to look into something else. So, do you know what that means?! ANOTHER TRIP TO IKEA! Whoot, whoot! I see another toy box in Maddy's near future!!