Well, first, on Thursday night I gave Maddy her first haircut. I only cut her bangs and they turned out ok. I cut them while she was in the bathtub and she didn't even notice I did it because I was so fast. Her hair is so fine that even though she has a lot of it, I can't get it to stay in clips. Even if I COULD get it to say in clips I know she'll pull them out anyway! So I have safely tucked away her hair into her baby book and wrote a little about it as well.
Speaking of baby books, I'm pretty proud that I've kept up with Maddy's. I guess the trick is to not be overly perfect worrying about how it will look. Let's face it, the kid would rather see a 'messy something' in the book over a 'perfect nothing'. So I'm happy that I've kept up with it pretty well.
Friday my small mom's group and I met up at CeC for some playtime. Maddy had a BLAST and really enjoyed herself. We were there for a couple hours. It's great because we go so early that there's never really a crowd. Maddy earned twenty-two tickets so we used them for two (really cheap) bracelets which she seems to enjoy. We also did a little picture thing there and honestly, two of the three turned out really CUTE. I'm going to send one to work with Matt to put on his desk. After CeC we went to pick up my prescription at CVS.
Yes, I'm on ANOTHER new prescription for acne. The proactiv just wasn't cutting it anymore and I made a derm appointment for Friday at 7:10 in the morning. I actually slept in the spare room so I was able to sneak out the back door without waking anyone up. I really liked the doctor. He was very thorough, but didn't waste time either. Plus he had me in right on time and I was on the way home no later than 7:25! I called Matt to let him know I was on my way. Honestly, he got into the shower the same time he normally would if I worked out. So I'm on an oral med, fortunately not an antibiotic or accutane so we'll see how this goes.
Friday afternoon, however, wasn't so hot. Maddy only took about an hour nap and woke up crying. She wanted to snuggle and absolutely did NOT want to lay down again to take more of a nap. I was NOT ready for her to get up and was in the process of doing three or four things when she woke. Her naps have been very unpredictable in the last week and I haven't felt like I've been able to relax since I'm constantly listening for her when I would normally assume she'd be asleep for a while. I was glad I didn't try working out or even napping (both I was contemplating). But man, I was not ready for that! Then she was fussy and clingy the rest of the afternoon until Matt got home, so I was really glad when he got home early.
We decided to order in Friday night for dinner. We ordered about 5:40ish for thai. Well, they said about 30 minutes. We called them again at 6:30 to find out where the heck our order was. We wound up canceling since we just didn't feel like they were going to get here in a timely manner and the delivery guy had been on the road for a while so I don't even know if it would have arrived hot. So, instead Matt and I snacked on a hot pocket (we were starving, but didn't want to eat before the thai got here so by 6:30 we were REALLY starving). Maddy needed to be in bed about 7-7:15 since her nap was so bad. (Another reason we canceled. Either she'd be awake too long and we'd be rushing through our delivery or it would be cold waiting for us after Maddy went to bed.) Matt went out to Arby's after she was in bed and brought home food. Needless to say, that Thai place is off our list. We did remember later that we had an issue with timeliness once before with them, but forgot. So they are not seeing our business anytime soon!
This morning was kind of lazy which was nice. I took a long hot shower and had a nice pot of tea. Then I took Maddy for a stroller walk to the far park. I don't know how this kid finds things to play with that she shouldn't. Today she was obsessed over the sticks in the park. It's a nice shady park, not too big, not that big equipment, never crowded. But because there are so many trees she's trying to run around with sticks. I'm not having that. So she fussed like crazy when I took them away. I picked her up and swung on the older kid swing (not the baby one) with her. She LOVED it. We must have swung for 15 minutes. I just held her in my lap and she laid back and snuggled me while we swung. I finally had to stop since I was afraid I'd drop her since she had become so relaxed in my lap I almost needed two hands to hold her. Then I got her back into the stroller and we walked to Giant for milk. Then we headed home.
It was nice to share ths swing ride with Maddy. I have always loved swinging. It's a very free feeling, going back and forth, the breeze in my face, the speed. If I had a really bad day at work now and again I'd actually take a long walk and stop by the park to do a fast swing. It's very revitalizing being outdoors, but very soothing with the back and forth movement. I can tell Maddy feels the same way and she loved sharing the swing with me today over the baby swing.
When I got home Matt had absolutely cleaned the family room and did so much putting things away it looked like a whole new room. I brought Maddy inside while he mowed and trimmed and fed her lunch. She had a 1/2 arby's roast beef and then a couple fries. Overall, she had a good lunch. I debated doing a few things I needed to get done during her nap but instead I took a nap, too! It was so nice. I even turned on our noise maker since I knew Matt would get her if she woke up. I slept like the dead. (Probably why I'm awake so much right now.)
After I got up I put some of the rail guard plastic over the top railings of our upstairs. We put up the gate before last weekend so now that's all blocked off. Then off right away to make dinner afterward. After that we all hung out on the deck some. Matt and I enjoyed a bottled of wine between dinner and bedtime.
Tomorrow we need to go to church. We haven't been in over a month, so we'll be going there. Then there's a few more things we want to get done around here, but should be a pretty uneventful day.
I did finally get my care package all wrapped up and it's ready to go. I meant to get it out today, but didn't get the chance. I don't know what the cost will be to send it, but let me just say, it's REALLY HEAVY. So I'm hoping that it's not TOO much. We'll see!
Tea of the day: A mix of Afternoon tea and gunpowder green tea in my teapot. However, I overestimated the amount I needed and it turned out a bit too strong (even for my tastes) so I needed to add a splenda.
WO of the day: I guess my walk to and from the park/Giant. But I wouldn't call it much of a workout.