Me time

Finally got some long overdue me time (as in never before done this) when daddy took little man to see the in-laws this weekend. Actually wavered on whether or not to go and canceled my Saturday morning cut and color, but then decided I needed the time at home- alone- more.

So after a long morning of therapeutic cleaning accompanied by the smooth sounds of Dave Matthews' solo album I trekked outdoors to deal with the snow drifted driveway. Although we haven't gotten any new snow, Friday was freakishly windy and dumped the snow from our lawn into our driveway. So Storm Warrior and I attempted to snow blow the driveway- a task I have not done since the mail man got stuck in our driveway in '08. Just when I was ready to give up our favorite landscaper/snow plow driver came by and offered to take care of the rest. Again I say, thank god for small towns! After a long shower, blow dry and full make-up application including foundation! I headed into town to shop. I am in that stage where things are getting too small and since I didn't borrow clothes this time around I don't have any back up clothes ready and waiting for me. As I have mentioned before the maternity selection in Holland is pretty shitty, but I managed to find a couple of ts and a sweater at kohls, went to B&N for some baby name books, tried TJs with no luck and then had a late lunch at my favorite local restaurant Crazy Horse. Love the campfire chicken salad. Could drink the dressing! Came home took a nap and then headed to Grandville for some serious shopping. I managed to hit every store there that carries maternity and stay away from the Annie's pretzels both of which are hard to do. I was yawning up a storm by the time I left. Motherhood had some really cute blouses for work and I managed to get a new purse and scarf that will be around long after the maternity clothes have been passed on.

Sadly, I awoke at 4:00am so sleeping in didn't happen, but since June of 2008 I can literally count on 2 fingers the times I have slept with no baby monitor next to my pillow or baby in a pack and play in the same room, so the silence must have been odd to my inner clock.

Don't know what time they will arrive home today, hope to get all the evidence of my decadent day put away by then. Luckily for my roots, was able to reschedule the hair appt. for Monday night.

Dipes update

So the Target dipes are okay after all. I don't think I will ever completely transfer over but they work and they are ridiculously cheaper. I think I will still want pampers for long car rides or extended trips. We sent them to daycare since she is very structured with the diaper changes. We've really only had one nasty blowout, but he was sitting for a while before we noticed the smell so technically it was our fault not the dipes. Now the challenge is to catch him for a diaper change after he warns you that there's poop. His favorite get away spot is into his car he got for Christmas.

Who doesn't like free stuff?

Since I subscribe to a lot of parenting enewsletters, online parenting mags, etc I got this great offer for a completely free- shipping too- designer burp cloth from www.moonbeambaby.com Since we don't know this little one's name yet, I had it personalized with baby boy since that was included free too. I don't think I would spend this kind of money for my own baby items, but for a shower gift, or welcome new baby gift I would definitely consider ordering from this site. The online coupon code I had wouldn't work so I emailed them and they took my order right from my email no questions asked.