Day 282

Tonight Mike and I went out on a date night. Shocking, I know, it doesn't happen often. We had a gift certificate to the Cheesecake Factory and enjoyed splitting an appetizer and entree. After dinner we went birthday shopping for a little 2 year old whose birthday party is tomorrow. Lego's are pretty much a sure thing and of course we found the firetruck and a mail post motorcycle. I'm sure they will be a big hit.

Day 281

God is so amazing! Remember those daisies my mom bought me, well, the pretty orange ones that I thought AJ killed have grown back. I wonder if I will see any more flowers before the frost sets in.

Day 280

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AJ!!

Yes, my little monkey boy turns two years old today. He has been in the throws of two for awhile, but I still can't believe how big he is, how much more of a monkey he is than his brother and just how much joy and laughter he brings to our lives. I love you kiddo!

Day 279

Today was yet another eye doctor appointment for Andy. This check up was to see how his patching was going and also it was his yearly exam. It was also Aaron's yearly check up as well and while Aaron is free from having to wearing correct lenses for now, big brother is still working on the patching, but his left eye is improving. Today we got the story book room instead of the pirate room. It's a good thing there are toys and they get to watch videos because we were at the office for nearly two hours.

Day 278

The only thing I haven't figured out is how to take a picture of the crisp cold mornings we have been having. As you can see, there is not a cloud in the sky and it's been so nice to have sunny days, albeit a bit chilly. We were at the park this morning to run off some energy and I wanted to convey somehow our beautiful fall weather God has blessed us with.

Day 277

Mike, the boys and I have been spending out weekend with the children of some good friends of ours. The husband was out of town for work and his wife was able to join him for a little weekend getaway. We offered to watch their children for them so they could get away. I believe each couple should try to have one weekend getaway a year because most of us were husband and wife before we became mom and dad.

I was doing some work online and AJ picked up my iPhone and started snapping pictures. It was just too funny to see what comes from him. The garbage truck was a huge hit with him and it's sitting next to my computer bag.

Day 276

Since our little announcement, I have been thinking about the one thing we need to get before baby arrives: infant car seat. When Aaron outgrew the infant car seat, I knew that I would need to purchase another car seat if we had another child because of the six year life span before they are expired. I sold the other seat a year and a half ago so someone else could get some use out of it. Granted there were four babies who used it, my two and two of my friends' little ones.

Enter the kids sale and that little gift certificate I won. I had noticed this car seat when I dropped off my items and was completely impressed at how unused it look, but I was a little bummed on the price. It was more than my gift certificate, so I thought I would wait until the half price day and take a chance on it being there. Lucky for me, I am a consignor so I was able to shop the half price sale before the general public and yeah for me, the car seat was still there. My sweet sister-in-law knew I wanted that seat, so she got to the sale before me and put it on hold until I could purchase it. I love the colors and since we will not be finding out the sex of the baby, it's perfect.

Day 275

Somehow I was the one consignor of The Kids Sale to win the $50 gift certificate. There were many chances to have your name in the drawing and I only had one and yet, some child picked out my name. I'm not sure what I will spend the gift certificate on as my boys have all they need right now, but I'm sure I will use it.

Day 274

After all of the appointments and driving around I have done today, this was my last errand before I could go home and crash. All my items are tagged, clean and ready to be put out to sell. The Kids Sale is in a building that was once a sports goods store that has gone bankrupt this past year. It's a huge space and so nice to have more room this time to move around and find where the items are to be placed. I hope my items sell otherwise some will be coming home and others will be donated to Eastside Baby Corner.

Day 273

I thought I would showcase a bit of Andy's preschool artwork. Last year he wasn't really into doing much artwork or the projects which honestly was fine with mom. Less stuff to have to find a home for. This year, however, he is branching out and painting more. Some of his artwork is hanging in my studio since I like his color combinations.