Yay, I have a car again–no more staying at home for me!  Who invented the phrase “stay at home mom” anyways?  I’m NEVER home if I have the choice!  Not that I don’t love our house, it’s just the past two days I’ve been going nuts inside it. 

While I was out today, I stopped by this place: www.anticipationUS.com

I wanna do it!  I want to see Baby Gap sooo bad–and did I mention my birthday is coming up?  Oh, I didn’t?  February 9th.  Yup, and I’m gonna be old.  I remember when my mom turned 29. I thought she was old.  Haha.    

Speaking of birthdays, I sent in an order to Winkflash.com for Gracie’s birthday party invitations and they still haven’t arrived!  So I called and they said they would reprint my order and send it out free–Fabulous!  They totally made my day.  So if you’re waiting for a birthday invite, don’t worry, no one has one just yet. Soon, soon people!

The brakes went out on my car so I’m either stuck here at the house or walking everywhere.  Today we walked to the grocery store and the bank.  I’m sooo thankful for Gracie’s super nice stroller.  I hope my brakes are fixed soon, I’m too lazy to keep walking everywhere and this city is not laid out to just walk everywhere.  You pretty much have to have a car. 

Here’s the highlight of my morning:

9:11am

 ”Gracie, I’m getting in the shower.  The baby gate is up, so you’ll need to play in your room or the living room for awhile.  Do you need to peepee before I get in?”

“No.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes…I not going to peepee on the floor.” 

“Good girl.  Let me know if you need anything, okay?”

9:13 am

“Mommy?  You in the shower?” 

“yes, what do you need?”

“I have to peepee”

Soaking wet and cold, I get out of the shower, unlock and open the door for her.  She comes in and sits on the toilet.  I get back in the shower.   

9:15 am

“Gracie, when you’re finished I need you to shut the bathroom door, it’s cold”

“Okay.  Mommy?  I can’t peepee”

“Alright, then go on out and shut the door.”

9:16am

“um, Mommy?  When I got down I peepeed on the floor.”

Sigh.  And people without kids wonder why we moms take 2 hours to leave the house in the morning. 

Hi kids!  I have an awesome pregnancy moment for you, that you will all laugh at me for…many of you know I’m collecting the pieces of Baby Gap’s bedding one by one since it was discontinued and no longer available in stores.  Well, yesterday we went to Target and there on an endcap, just stuffed in with a bunch of clearance items, was the matching pillow to her set!  I saw it from a distance, and blinked my eyes to make sure and then without warning, ran to it and grabbed it!  Haha, I grabbed it off the shelf and looked around like crazy for more pieces. I didn’t care that I looked insane. Nothing else was there, just the pillow that I’d NEVER seen in stores.  It must have been returned or leftover in the warehouse or something, because it still had all the origninal labels on it. So I go to scan it because the price wasn’t marked.  Ready for this?  $1.98!  I started crying because I was so happy and, hey, I’m pregnant and I can do that!  Chris was so embarrassed.  So now I have the whole set.  Nobody ever tell me I can’t–you should all know better!  If I want something bad enough…well, I will get it by the grace of God, the support of family and friends, and real passion. 

You all have a nice day! Gracie’s going to school so I have a day off!  WooooHooooo! 

*saunters off to go admire the new bedding for the 43rd time* 

EDIT! 

For a week now I have had a feeling like one of us (me or Chris) was going to get pulled over (this was inherited from my mother, who almost always predicts things like this before they happen) I didn’t know why or when, but every time a cop came up behind us with his lights on (twice last night and once a few days ago) my heart would stop.  They would always pass us and I began to think I’m not so psychic after all.  Still I was praying that whichever one of us was pulled over, that we wouldn’t get a ticket. Chris called just now on his way home–he was pulled over for the *very random* light above the license plate–I guess it had burned out and Chris looked like a car thief! LOL  He just got a warning…whew! 

Oh, and here’s a birthday portrait for you all to swoon over…

Today we went to church.  Then we went to church. Let me explain.

We went as a family to the early experience at Northview.  But then I knew Dave Ramsey was going to be at Bethany First Church so I took Gracie there too.  Her boyfriend, Trendon goes there (and it’s the same class/kids they’re in Mother’s Day Out with) so it was really fun for her.   Dave Ramsey can preach the word, people!  He’s amazing.  I wish I could have talked to him–I wish I could tell him thanks for all he’s done.  I don’t think we would be where we are now if it weren’t for the suggestions in Total Money Makeover.  That book really does change lives.  It’s done amazing things for us! 

OH my gosh! Baby Gap will be here so soon and I am just not ready!  I can’t believe how fast this pregnancy has gone!  I guess because I am so busy chasing Gracie around I haven’t really had time to think about it much.  Gracie’s so wild lately–definitely a three year old! It’s so cute how she talks about her sister and every day she puts her mouth on my belly and says “I love you baby!”

Well, I feel weird posting so much, but this picture couldn’t wait:

She loves squirrels so much. This was the highlight of her week.