My First Mother's Day

Maybe because I wanted to become a mom for sooooo long, I eagerly anticipated this mother's day more than I should have. I usually downplay holidays. Birthdays are not a big deal to Jay and I. We have a nice dinner and that's about it. I was ready to celebrate being a mom though. In my mind I envisioned breakfast in bed, a touching church service followed by a relaxing mimosa filled brunch, lounging on a blanket in the park, lots of snuggles from my super cooperative happy children, a husband who wrote me a sweet card about what a wonderful mother and wife I am...

7:15am- Thanks for sleeping in an extra 15 minutes Holden! I kick Jay to get out of bed and tell him to go get Holden before he wakes Emma Cate. I tell Jay its mother's day and he should let me sleep. He brings Holden back to our bed, I nurse and we play while Jay gets Emma Cate gets up and ready. I nurse her then we are up for the day.

8:00am- I make the kids breakfast and steal a few bites of cheese-y eggs.

8:45am- Kids go down for a nap. Jay showers. I iron and lay out outfits for church and do some work for Tender Love and Cloth.

9:00am- I start to get ready and Jay packs the diaper bag. I ask him to please have kids ready to go by 9:15 (diaper bag packed, bottles made, etc.)

9:15am- I'm ready to go. Holden is up, dressed and in car seat, Emma Cate is still asleep. Bottles are not ready to be packed.

9:30am- We are walking out the door for a 9:45 church service. I lecture Jay about being responsible and getting the kids ready on time and how I am NOT having the picture perfect mother's day.

9:45am- We arrive at church and race to get the kids checked in at the nursery and find seats. Somewhere during the service I feel guilty for getting upset with Jay and vow to forgive him and move on with the day.

11:00am- We have a nice brunch out at 131 Main. We did have a great time eating outside and watching all the traffic on East. It kept the kids occupied and we enjoyed the meal. We went upstairs in the building to visit my sister and change the babies diapers.

1:00pm- Kids fall asleep on the way home and we unsuccessfully transfer them to their cribs. I spend the next hour watching them on the monitor and making trips into the nursery to soothe them while trying to watch Grey's Anatomy and relax.

3:00pm- Holden is up from his nap and I asked Jay to feed him his bottle and late lunch while I menu plan for the week ahead. Ends up Jay piddling around in kitchen and Holden trying to attack my laptop while I scour pinterest for recipes.

3:30pm- Emma Cate is still asleep so I load Holden up and we run errands to best buy and the grocery store. While there I am a bit jealous of all the dads I see toting kids around and shopping for the mother's day meals they plan on making their moms.

5:40pm- Holden and I arrive home to a clean house and a happy and bathed baby girl. I am in a better mood and thankful for my husband. We open gifts as a family and I got a bit spoiled but missed receiving a sweet card or hand prints from the kids. We played with the kids for a little and then made them dinner.

7:00pm- Bedtime for babies.

7:30pm- Chinese takeout for us .

8:30pm- I am asleep on the couch.

I began to think about Mother's Day when I sat down to recap our weekend. I even called Jay and said, I'm writing a post about our mother's day and his response was "um. oh. really?" I started to think about why I envisioned mother's day the way I did. I have an amazing Dad. A Dad that always makes my mom feel special, appreciated, loved and cared for. He knows that her job is the hardest in the world. He truly is outstanding. Where do we learn to do the things we normally do on Mother's Day? From our Dad. They help us cook breakfast in bed and buy us flowers and cards to give our moms. What happens when you are raised by a single mom? Who teaches you these things?

Jay and I grew up in two very different households. Most of the issues we mashed out during our first and second year of marriage (how to load a dishwasher, how to fold towels, etc. :) ) but it still catches me off guard when we cross a new bridge or milestone in our marriage and don't have the same approach to handling it. After almost 10 years of being together, we are still working things out. We are still learning and growing and that is so important to a relationship.

So was my mother's day picture perfect? No. Was it something out of a movie? No. Am I going to rock the hell out of Father's Day and show him how much we appreciate him? You bet. Even though Mother's day didn't play out the way I thought it would, this Mother's Day was perfect to me; I got to be a mom this year and spend the day with my family. The thing that matters the most.  

Babies, Golf, and Brides

Tender Love and Cloth has been keeping me busy busy busy! I started this little business as a side project with a goal of educating people about cloth diapers and was hoping to make a little money on the side. I've been overwhelmed by the response and am working hard to fill orders and marketing my little company! Even thought I LOVE my job teaching business and marketing, I'm finding it so fulfilling to use my degree in the "real world" in putting into practice all these things I was taught in college. Please help me out and continue to spread the word and like us on facebook! I'm also looking for bloggers to host giveaways so please let me know if you would be interested! In addition, I'm looking into having a webpage created as an outlet to sell my products. If anyone reading designs e-commerce sites please let me know!

Now onto the most important things:

The babies are growing and changing every day. There are are few little things I want to remember about each one at this stage in the game.

Holden- You are busy, busy, busy! You crawl everywhere and are NEVER seated. You crawl from toy to to toy and pull up on everything. You love to shriek and that is how we communicate. You still have your shy boy smile. You are a HUNGRY boy and eat everything in sight! You don't always finish your bottles and just when I feel like you are beginning to ween yourself from breastmilk, you stand up screaming in your crib and won't go to sleep unless I nurse you. It will be hard to give up that last night time nursing session. You are always into something and hate to be held still. You are an explorer! You hate when the dogs lick your face and will push them away but you love to rub their fur. You love your lovie and like to have things by your face when you sleep. You like to be tickled and have the sweetest laugh.

Emma Cate- You are on the move! You haven't started to crawl yet but you can scoot around on your belly pretty well! You still babble all the time and you love to blow raspberries. You are a snuggler. When you nurse at night, you look sooo sleepy while you are nursing but as soon as you are done you pop right up with a huge smile on your face like "I'm not sleepy Mom!!!". You like to crawl up me when I am sitting down and always like to be close to me. You shake your head no, no, no at the funniest times. You are not a good eater and like to spit things out that you don't like and shake your head no. We're working on it! You are a while one in your crib. I was rocking Holden last night and watching you play. You roll all over the place and throw yourself around. You get up on all fours and rock like crazy! You always look up to see if I'm watching you. You give big open mouth kisses and love to look at yourself in the mirror. Your walking is getting better and you are able to push toys around the room even though you can't pull up yet. I think my world is ending... you started pulling bows off of your head on Sunday. I'm going to have to bust out some tape (or superglue... just kidding!) :)

What have we been up to lately:

Selling our first  "Beachy Crab" set from Tender Love and Cloth

$22 for the set 

Holden sported his first Vineyard Vines jacket at Daddy's chilly baseball game. He looked like such a big boy I had to take pictures!

This little thing tasted her mommy's favorite Cacao Smoothie and was not a fan. Our high chairs are getting soooo dirty! Might be time to invest in those boon ones that are all wipe-able plastic. 

I posted this on instagram but am amazed at how huge my baby boy is getting. We still use our puj tubs and LOVE them. Both babies enjoy kicking and lounging in the tub!

Gigi (the seamstress behind Tender Love and Cloth) has been getting interrupted during her sewing by this little one!

just because they are cute... 

sleeping on an afternoon walk

y'all are probably going to be sooo grossed out BUT it's my blog and I think this is hilarious. Jay was changing diapers and set the dirty one aside. On his way to dump it in the toilet, this little stinker rolled out and landed on his foot! He was paralyzed and I just died laughing (and of course took a picture!)

On Saturday we headed to the golf tournament. It's one of our favorite things to do in the spring in Charlotte! We spent the morning with out children (thanks to my wonderful students/babysitters!) and then came home to pick them up for the afternoon rounds. I was so glad we didn't bring the kids in the morning. We were able to watch lots of golf and walk around as we pleased. In the afternoon we ran into tons of friends and enjoyed hanging out in one place. Also notice that I am wearing a button down, sweater, denim jacket and pants and am still freezing! Normally we get sunburned at this tournament! Spring, where are you!?

On Sunday we woke up bright and early to head to Asheboro. I helped host a bridal shower for Jay's cousin. We had a great time catching up with all of Jay's family and meeting some new cousins and future cousins. I didn't take a ton of pictures but here is one of the hostesses with the bride.

We had to bundle up for the ride to asheboro because the weather was freezing! I am so ready for spring weather! 

Gran doesn't have pack n plays at her house and we didn't want to pack them up just for a day trip so daddy made a makeshit sleeping area in the dormer of his old bedroom window. Emma Cate loved banging her foot against the cabinets under the window and Holden was obsessed with Daddy's old textbooks in the the plastic bins used to guard off the other side. These two did not sleep a wink but loved exploring their new area!

Hope you're having a terrific week and the weather is better for you than it is for us!

My new business!

So you could say I'm a little passionate about cloth diapers. I can be a bit of a closet hippie and I started using them to be green and let's be honest, to save lots of money! I've been cloth diapering for 10 months now and really would not do it any other way. I love it. We have had zero diaper rash, we've never run out of diapers, and we've even cloth diapered on a 5-day trip away from home (yes, we've washed cloth in those hotel washers!). I also LOVE cute handmade appliqued children's clothing (as seen sported by my babies throughout this blog). I've decided to combine these two loves and have opened an online children's boutique, Tender Love and Cloth. We currently sell Kawaii Diapers and are adding daily applique designed clothing. We also do custom applique designs and are happy to work with you to create the perfect shower gift or personalized outfit for your little one.

I am so excited about this new venture in life. It has been crazy filing for business permits, opening business accounts, and getting everything set up! I'm starting out small but have big plans for growth! I'd truly appreciate you visiting our Facebook page and "liking" us! We'll have our first "Share It to Win It" giveaway soon!

Happenings

A little photo catch up!

Monday 4/22

just hanging around the house. This guy is on the move!

Tuesday 4/23

My mom got the babies "Stone Soup" and they have enjoyed cooking for her!

Wednesday 4/24

Gran came to watch us 

Thursday 4/25

We went to Daddy's baseball game dressed at little frogs! Daddy's team won and we're their good luck charms! Looks like we'll be headed to all the playoff games next week.

Friday 4/26

We went to Gigi's house on Friday morning. She brought us to Mommy's talent show at school. We watched her and the other silly teacher perform the "Harlem Shake". We wish we had a picture of Mommy in her silly hula girl outfit.

we had a park date with Liam and his mommy afterschool and had fun exploring the smaller playground at Freedom Park. Wayyy better than the larger one! 

The park must have wore the babies out because they slept through the first half of our yogurt playdate with Graham and Ellie on Friday night. It was so sweet getting these babies together and we loved catching up with their parents!

Sweet Graham and Ellie

Ellie meeting Emma Cate... 

Saturday 4/27

We had a lazy Saturday with no plans! In fact, we didn't even take any baby pictures. I'm not even sure we left the house! I woke up Saturday morning with yucky allergies and after feeding the babies, Jay let me sleep another hour while he took care of breakfast and playtime. He was putting the babies down for a nap just as I was waking up. Jay has been studying a ton for the GMAT and I'm trying to give him his space and quiet time. Thank goodness for the basement! Holden woke up 20 minutes after going down for nap so I loaded him in the BOB and went for a jog.

 I just started Couch to 10k and tried to do a run on Saturday. I was using this app that kept starting my time over and so I never got into a groove with the interval training. Holden and I did a little over 2.5 miles and got home just in time for Sissy to wake up. We had fun playing with the babies and enjoying the downtime. We did to a little target run and it was good to show Jay how that target bill quickly adds up! (He is always on me about how much I spend at target!)

We put the kids to bed and had a nice little date night meal of flank steak, sweet potatoes and this yummy veggie salad. The avocado was super ripe and kind of turned into a spread but it was still delicious.

Sunday 4/28 

I am committed to this running thing! After feeding the babies breakfast I went for a run with a new Couch to 10k app that I LOVE. It measures distance, heart rate, speed, and politely yells at me when its time to switch intervals. The first workout was a 5 minute walking warm up, and 7- :30 second runs with 4:30 walks. Pretty easy but I tried to sprint on all of the runs. My legs are a bit sore today!

We went to church and then to breakfast with my parents at a little home-style place in Pineville. We returned home and had a lazy little Sunday. The kids played around and we got organized for the week ahead. Jay got in a quick trip to lowe's and I was so thankful to do a solo grocery shopping trip! 

I ended Sunday with a yummy year end party with my high school cheerleaders at Cowfish. 

Monday 4/29

Holden loves his walker at gigi's house!

We've started to fight over the push toy! Two minutes after this picture was taken the both fell backwards and loads of crying ensued! 

Holden loves to wait for me at the gate while I'm in the other part of our house. We had a little potty accident and had to strip down to our diaper...

Loving when my husband doesn't have baseball and gets home at 5! We went for a long family walk with the dogs (who are CRAZY... we need to get them out in public more often!) We ended up doing our favorite thing, swinging, at our neighborhood park.

Boomer our little black cockapoo was a little tired after our walk so he had to ride in the stroller with the babies. Emma Cate and Holden loved kicking him feeling his fur with their toes along the ride home!

I made seared tuna for the first time Monday nigh with a homemade Thai peanut dressing. It was delicious!  

So that's where we're at! 

10 Months

Emma Cate and Holden,
You are TEN months old! Time is flying by like crazy and I almost forgot to do this post!

What our life is like:

Our routine is staying the same. We've got everything the way we like it! I wake up at 5:40 and pump. My supply is still on the decrease and I'm ok with that! I'm getting about 15 ounces each morning. Enough to cover the morning bottle.  Still haven't had to use formula yet (our wallets are thankful!) We use the freezer stash when I don't produce enough and we're making our way through that. We wake you up around 6:45am for a diaper change. You are still sleeping around 12 hours each night. Holden has pretty much stopped waking up early and a paci and is sleeping until we wake him up. Emma Cate has been getting up on her own but just plays in her crib and laughs to herself! We had to lower Emma Cate's crib this month too!

You have an 8oz bottle for breakfast, lunch, and mid-afternoon, and nurse before bed. You eat three meals a day and have a snack around 3. Your meals are at 8:15, 12, and 6:30. We switched from purees to table food and now we have a terrible time giving you anything pureed. It has been fun coming up with meal ideas for you both to eat. In the morning you have a smoothie mixed with greek yogurt, an egg that we split between the two of you and toast. Lunch and dinner alternate. Meals you like include, ravioli, coconut chicken tenders, mommy's pasta creations, cut up sauted zucchini, peppers, tomatoes, asparagus and onions, blueberry waffles, hamburger, shredded chicken, cheese-y eggs, salmon, avocado, fussili pasta, cheese, black beans, edamame, broccoli, the list goes on!

Lots of new developments this month! Holden continues to be our wild man! He crawls everywhere at record speed. He pulls up on everything and cruises everywhere. He can go between pieces of furniture. Holden's poor head is always covered in bumps and bruises because he is so crazy! Emma Cate is a rolling machine and I have no doubt she'll be crawling this time next month. She gets up on all fours and rocks and planks. She also decided to pull up in her crib right before turning 10 months! Holden has gone from shrieking like a bird to more of a grunt sound. He like to imitate the dogs! Emma Cate is still our babbler and continues to say dada and tat tat. No mama yet!

You both nap from 8:45 to 10:45. Around 11 you eat another 8oz bottle and at 12:15 you have another solid food. You nap from 12:30-1:30 and then have another bottle at 3pm. You nurse at 6:45 and are in bed by 7 or 7:15. With daylight savings time, you like to stay up a little later since it is so light outside. Our night time routine includes a bath every other night followed by nursing. You both love to play in the big tub and when we've got sometime we let you hang out in there. We still use the sink baths on a lot of nights.

Holden is looking more and more boyish. He is becoming such a big boy. He's got chunky legs and unofficially weighs around 18lbs. That boy can put back some food! He's starting to drink less milk in favor of table food. Emma Cate is still our petite little girl. Her hair is starting to grow in and she reserving her smiles more and more.

You have begun to notice each other more this month. Emma Cate like to touch Holden and play with his face and ears. Holden doesn't seem to mind! There are rare moments where you both make eye contact and smile HUGE smiles at each other. You will also talk during nap time! It warms my heart to see you both together.

Emma Cate:
Nicknames:  P (daddy's nickname for you), Emma Tate, Taters (we use this one the most), Cate, Tatie Boo.
Weight: around 16lbs
Height: ?
Hair: It's growing in! We think it'll be light brown
Eyes: Blueish grey
Clothes: 6 or 9 month onesies and most of your outfits are 12 month and a little big.
Eating: 7 or 8Toz bottles 3 times a day. You nurse before bedtime. Three table food meals a day. Some days you eat a lot and others you eat like a bird. 
Likes: Seeing your bottle (you go crazy!), listening to music (you move, rock, and shake!) watching mommy cook, watching Holden, talking, being tossed in the air, being tickled around your neck (LOVE your giggle when we do this!), loves being held. You love to bounce in the exersaucer and press all the buttons
Dislikes: mommy walking out of the room, being set down or left alone
Development: You start going from seated position to belly! So proud of our big girl! You also blow raspberries like crazy and are working on the p sound.
Words: hey, dada, ata
Teeth: You've got one little white bump sticking through on the bottom!

Sleep: You have started sleeping on your tummy and always have your paci in your mouth when we wake you up. We took off one bumper so you could talk to Holden during the night!

Extra: You've grown leaps and and bound developmentally this month. I can't believe where we were last month compare to now. You roll like a champ and are SOOO ready to crawl! You can scoot around everywhere though. It amazes me how much you love music. You like to talk and bang toys. You still love to play with the bells on the green turtle. You like to stand and amazed me by walking across the room with the push toy. I think you'll walk before brother. You are simply adorable and starting to look more and more like a little girl. You are a mama's girl and love for me to hug you and hold you. I think your favorite thing to do is straddle my tummy with your little legs while facing forward and laugh and giggle. You like peekaboo and watching me dance and be silly. You love your daddy and light up when he comes home from work. You are the funniest at bed time. As soon as you finish nursing you roll over and give me the biggest smile. You are so happy when you are full! 

Holden
Nicknames: Holdy and Holds, Spatcho, Den Dens and Ho Ho. You go by Holden most of the time.
Weight: approx 18lbs
Height: ? but much taller than EC
Hair: blond. It continues to grow and you a definitely a blond!
Eyes: Bright blue
Clothes: 6 and 9 month oneies. Mostly 12 month clothes. Becoming a big boy! 
Diapers: Bumgenius 4.0 and freetime and KaWaii at night.
Eating: 8oz bottles 3 times a day and nursing at night. We keep you up later and later at night and you are so exhausted when you nurse. You pretty much cuddle and fall asleep. You NEVER cuddle anymore so I love this little time with my baby boy. You eat three full meals and are a BIG eater. You shovel crazy amounts of food in your mouth and act like you are always hungry. I can never get food on the tray fast enough for you.
Likes: dancing, being naked, standing up, you love exploring and rolling everywhere. You love your lovie and holding blankets up to your face. You love your tambourine and any toys that make noise. You love to steal toys from your sister. You also love to pluck her hairbows from her head and chew on them. You also love the remote and Mommy's iPhone. Shiny toys are your friends.
Dislikes: being hungry (boy likes his bottle!), being tired (you are a bear when you are tired), being held still. You love to explore!
Development: crazy toddler here we come. You can pull up, cruise, and crawl. We are waiting on the walking to happen. You can't stand up on your own yet and don't seem to have a lot of desire to.
Words: not yet!
Teeth: not yet!
Sleep: You always have blankets by your face. You like to crawl in to the corner and scrunch your head up to the bumpers to sleep. We took one bumper off so that you could look at Emma Cate. 

Extra: Holden you are all boy! You are crazy and determined. You are all over the place. You don't really notice your sister all that much but she is always watching you. You won't finish your entire bottle in one sitting anymore because you get bored. You are quick to roll over and are onto the next thing. You latest love is crawling over to the dog crate and pulling up and staring at the dogs. You are hard to please at home but MAN are you a flirt in public. You bat your eyes and flash your shy smile. You are a hoot! You don't like to cuddle or hold still. I have to sneak hugs! I love your fun personality and your determination.

Single Mom

Hats off to you single moms! Jay has just returned from a bachelor party in Las Vegas. He left on Friday at 6am and his flight landed at 7:15 this morning. That is 3 nights, 3 days, and 4 mornings as a single mom to twins. I was so nervous going into the weekend because I had not spent that much time alone with my babies since my maternity leave. I jumped back in and it was truly easier than I expected.

My last blog post was Wednesday so lets pick up from there!

Jay and I had a much needed date night Wednesday night. Jay's mom, Gran, used to babysit for us two days a week but accepted a sub position and started only babysitting one day a week. Last week her sub position ended and she's decided to go back to watching the twins twice a week! The best part is having someone around to watch the kids at night so Jay and I can get out and do something. Normally we just hang out with her at home but we've decided to try and take advantage and do a mid week date night!

(we got really dressed up...)

(no worries I have tried for years to tell my husband that the 90s called and wanted their backwards hat back. He refuses to answer...)

We went to see 42 on Wednesday night and I was not impressed. The movie was okay but as someone that only watches a movie once a year, it was definitely not my pick. I liked the story but felt that the personal aspects were too glossed over and would have rather seen more about Jackie's family than watching him steal another base.

Jay had a game on Thursday and the babies loved getting outside for some fresh air. There are 3 sweet girls that having siblings on the baseball team that just love the babies. One even told her mom that "I know them so well now I could be their sister". They are all in elementary school and are just the sweetest things.

This was one of my favorite country songs last summer and as a high school Nelly fan, I am just loving this remake!

A random picture of our downstairs playroom. The kids destroy it! I love that it is in the basement and I don't have to pick it up every evening!

Friday after school we played and played and played. Holden is a wild man and is all over the place. His new favorite thing is to crawl from the toy area to the dog crate and then pull up and stare at the dogs.

I was amazed by how late the babies slept on Saturday. They finally woke up at 7:30. I purposely set my alarm for 6:30 so that I could be awake and pump before them.  I laid in bed for 45 minutes just waiting for them to wake up! Most weekend mornings we sleep until the babies wake up and Jay takes care of them while I pump. We played for a bit before breakfast and mornings naps. After morning naps we headed to the baby grocery store to attend the Great Cloth Diaper Change. We had fun setting the world record for most cloth diapers changed. My mom came with me to help change a baby and won a cloth diaper in the raffle! 

The twins rode in the shopping cart for the first time too!

me and my mama

We finished up the day by driving up north of town to check out the grand opening of Home South. It's like a huge home accessory store with great prices. I didn't buy anything but saw some outdoor cushions that I'd love to make mine!

We ate at Mimi's cafe and that babies tried broccoli for the first time. Not fans.

Around 4:00 I decided that it would be good idea to walk to Whole Foods for a treat. My mom and I are OBSESSED with their chocolate cake. It's 2 miles door to door and the weather was perfect. I was HUNGRY when we set out on our walk and may have complained the entire walk there. Jay and I have gone by foot before but normally it includes some running and makes the trip much faster. Walking was SLOW. We called my sister to come pick us up and thought we were so smart until we realized she didn't have carseats. We walked the 2 miles back and ended up having a much better time now that our bellies were full :)

The hardest part of Jay being out of town was definitely at night time. I was exhausted cleaning all the bottles, picking up from the day, doing the laundry and keeping things neat and tidy. I would put the kids to bed at 7:30 and wouldn't sit down to rest until 8:30 or 9. I appreciate having such a helpful husband! Saturday night was tough because I realized once the kids went to bed I was kind of stuck. I was CRAVING some fro-yo but couldn't leave. 

I was pretty proud of myself for getting us all up and ready for church on Sunday. My mom came over to help a little bit while I tried to get some chores done before we left. Our senior pastor is on sabbatical and we've missed his sermons. It's going to be so sad when they move him to another church. The problems with methodists... 

waking daddy up via facetime (it was 1pm here and 11am there)

We had a quick brunch at Toast after church and Emma Cate was EXHAUSTED and needed a nap. I got down half my food and then decided it was time to go. My how things have changed since having kids! I put the kids down for afternoon naps and spent a good 1/2 hour watching them "talk" to each other through the monitor. They are so cute. They push down their bumpers and watch each other. 

After nap we did some menu planning. I just got a new macbook air from work and Holden is obsessed! I tried to do some menu research and he was all over my shiny new toy. Right as we were about to leave for the grocery store, our neighbor stopped by with flyers she needed help distributing. Our neighborhood elementary school (half a block from our house) is terrible and overcrowded. They are having a meeting with the school board on Wednesday night because our neighborhood is tired of sending all the kids to private or magnet school to avoid the neighborhood elementary. It's also affecting our property values. The babies and I went door to door meeting neighbors and chatting about the schools. It wasn't what I planned on doing but we had a good time getting out and about! 

Sunday dinner was spaghetti for the kids and MAN they were a MESS! Holden had it everywhere. I think we'll be saving spaghetti for bath nights only! Emma Cate wasn't a huge fan of spaghetti and ended up having pancakes and eggs. 

I ended the night with a grocery store run (thanks mom for watching the kids!). Does anyone else get the Sunday night dread. I feel like we relax all weekend and then all of the sudden the dreaded Sunday hits and its a scramble to get everything ready for the week ahead. I spent 3 hours getting everything packed and laid out to ensure a smooth successful Monday morning. I am SOOO glad Jay will be home tonight! I've missed him! Onto a happy and fun week!