SURPRISE....well, kinda.....

**I have been a little behind on blogging and when you read this post you will see why! Planning Hubby's 40th has taken every bit of spare time I have**

For a little over a month I have been planning a surprise party for Hubby's 40th birthday. Everything was going great until I had to tell Hubby he was having a party. Well, had I not told him he would have found out anyway because one of his co-workers that changed jobs did not delete the email so he saw it when he was cleaning up that guys computer.

We had so much fun! I think Hubby was still somewhat surprised. I invited two of his friends from back home he has been friends with at least since highschool if not before and they were both in our wedding as well. One was able to come with his wife but the other one had to work. Hubby's mom and dad came along with his sister and her kids. Dear friends of ours came and almost all Hubby's coworkers were here along with several of our neighbors. We had at least 47 people including us which I thought was a great turnout!!

Sunday morning we skipped church because I had a breakfast planned for all the people that had come from back home.  Hubby's family stayed here with us and his friends stayed in a hotel so I thought it would be fun for all of them to get to spend time together since I knew they would not get much time to chat at the party.

It was quite a busy week and weekend getting everything ready! I had so many things planned to do that I just never got around to. It is very hard planning a semi-surprise party by yourself when you are taking care of an almost 11 month old at the time all day. I did get through all the pictures.

On Saturday several of my friends came over to help me get ready and help with the Princess. I am so thankful for friends that are always there to help out no matter what! I was probably recruiting them a month ago just so they would have it on their calendar because like I said before I just can't get much done during the day with the Princess!!

Thanks to my friend Jen we have lots of pictures from the party. (She is also going to take the pictures at the Princess birthday party). Had it not been for her I would have been lucky to have 5 pictures I was so busy doing so many other things!! Here are some pictures from Saturday night!  Now, she took over 100 pictures so there is just no way I can post all of them:)....I may post more though in a few other post later.

A night out and a babysitter.......

A few weeks ago I had gone to Hubby's office for a birthday party for one of the ladies there and found out that we all had tickets to go see Wicked last night! They ask me if I would get a babysitter for the Princess because she could not go. I called my friend Gretchen to see if she could watch her for us and she could so we were able to go!

We dropped the Princess off at Gretchen's around 5:30 and we left there around 5:45. We made it to dinner with Hubby's co-workers in time (we thought we might be a little late for that) and then got to see the musical. It was great! I stayed awake the whole time:). Ok, the inside joke to that is anytime I am very still for any length of time these days I seem to fall asleep. I am guessing I will catch up on my sleep in about 18 - 20 years!!

Gretchen sent me a picture of the Princess while she was playing and a couple of text messages to let us know she was doing fine. She was asleep when we picked up her up and she even stayed asleep when we got home and Hubby put her down in her bed!!

It was a fun night! The picture above is the picture that Gretchen sent me during the night to show me the Princess was having a good time!!!

Memorial Day!

Last week was a very busy week around here! Lots and lots of cleaning and throwing stuff away! We now have a pile of stuff hubby has to take to the dump, a pile for goodwill and then we have thrown alot of stuff in the trash, oh yes, and a shred pile to. I was so glad this was a long weekend because Hubby really helped alot over the weekend and Monday! I will be posting soon why all I have been doing lately is CLEANING, CLEANING, CLEANING!

Monday afternoon we took a break from our cleaning and went to a friends house for a Memorial Day Party. They just got their pool finished so we lathered the Princess down in sunscreen and stopped and picked up some "little swimmers" and let her play in the pool. She had so much fun! I could not believe how much she liked it!! Hubby wanted me to put her in swimming lessons this summer and after seeing how much fun she had playing in the pool I may just have to do that.

You can also see in the pictures she has on a little two piece. That was one of the baby gifts from my friend Susie. Doesn't she look cute!

Here are a few more pictures of her from Monday!

Not Much Going On......

We have not had much going on today. The princess went to the nursery again yesterday and did "OK" although I did get a call from the nursery because she was fussy. When I got over to the nursery she had calmed down and they told me they went to wipe her face (she is teething so she has a runny nose from teething and is drooling) and she got very upset. She does not always like her face wiped......I held her and talked to her and then decided to leave her while we were in service. She cried at first (I stood outside the nursery door until she calmed down). Let me just mention again, she is teething, that is why she has a runny nose. If she had been sick I would NOT have left her in the church nursery for other kids to catch something. When we were at the doctor the other night for the busted lip/mouth I had them check her ears and stuff just to make sure there was nothing else going on with the runny nose!!!

This morning the princess and I went on a walk for almost an hour. She fell asleep and I just walked...it was very hot by the time we made it back home. We just hung out at home most of the day except to go get an ice cream cone (that is only 3 points on Weight Watchers). Speaking of WW, I forgot to mention in my post on Friday that I lost another pound. To some of you that may not sound like a lot but my goal is a pound a week so I was pretty excited!!

Tonight is the last night of 24. It is 10:00 and I have so much that I need to do. I am hosting Bible Study again tomorrow night so I need to get up and clean house but I would really like to watch 24 right now to so that I do not read how it ended on Facebook or the internet tomorrow.

An Uneventful Day

Well, yesterday was not eventful around our house - thank goodness! The Princess busting her lip/mouth was enough excitement around our house for a while....we will go for uneventful anytime!!

We did go out for dinner last night and I fed the Princess her dinner from my plate. She had grilled chicken strips, mac/cheese and green beans. It must have filled her up because she did not eat any cereal last night which we have cereal every night!!!

I am really hoping to get some yard work done this weekend! I so hope hubby is up to it. I really want to plant flowers in Kate's Kourtyard so hopefully we will get that done...it is suppose to be close to 90 degrees this weekend....yikes....that is hot!

The Princess is actually napping right now! We still have her swing in the living room and she was standing by it looking at the fish on the mobile so I sat her in it - strapped her in - gave her Elmo and another toy and looked at her a few minutes ago and she is out! Hubby and I were just talking about putting her swing away - well, maybe not now!

Hope you all are having a great Friday!!

Lunch, Dinner, A Visit To The Kids After Hours Emergency Clinic.....

We have had a very busy day today! The Princess is teething again and she is having some pain with these teeth we think. She has a runny nose, is drooling alot and crying! This morning I decided to give her some Motrin (luckily our bottle of Motrin was not recalled) and then I fed her and she was so happy after that so I think it must have helped with the pain. By the time all that happened it was probably a little after 11. We were meeting my friend Jen at noon so I was able to do a few things around the house and then we loaded it to go meet up with her for lunch.

After lunch the Princess and I ran a few errands and she was happy until we went to the grocery store. Luckily I had brought some juice with us although I forgot her sippy cup but we had a bottle in the diaper bag - so I fixed her a bottle of juice and she was then OK for us to get what groceries we needed for dinner tonight. Speaking of dinner tonight, I made another new recipe from my new WW Mag/Cookbook. Tonight we had "Tuscan Chicken served over Fettuccine" and I have to say it was so, so, so good!! Not only good but healthy.

I had just put Hubby's plate on the table and I heard the Princess start crying. Hubby said she fell and hit the couch and was holding her at this point and I made the comment that must be the hardest she ever hit because normally when she falls if she cries it is just for a second but she kept crying and crying. Hubby went to look at her head and realized he had blood on him - she has busted the inside of her mouth (by the top front teeth).

I called the kids emergency center in our area and they told me to apply ice with pressure so that is what we did and took her in.

The doctor said she was fine.  He said most all kids will bust their mouth there at some point.  I was glad he checked her ears while we were there to.  I had thought about taking her to the doctor today and have her ears checked since she has been so fussy and has a runny nose just to make sure it was teething!  Her ears were fine to he said.   We came back home, made her cereal, fed her and I heated up the dinner I had prepared before we left.

Here is a picture of Hubby and the Princess after she had her cereal.  You can see the blood on Hubby's shirt but you can't see the blood on her shirt in this picture - I did not take a picture of the burp cloth we used to apply the pressure with!  It finally stopped bleeding on our way there.

About 9 or 10 years ago I fell and busted my chin.  I remember my face and jaws being so sore the next day and maybe even longer than that.  It even hurt to eat if I remember correctly.  I wonder how sore her little mouth will be?  The doctor told me she should not have trouble eating though. 

I am tired now! I am tired every night anymore:)!

Hope you all have had a great day tomorrow!!

Laundry, Laundry, Laundry.....

(We did not take any pictures today - this picture is a couple of weeks old)

The title of this post is what I think I have been doing most of the day! I am so excited that I have ALMOST all the clothes washed. It is amazing just how much laundry the Princess has - and how many separate loads I do just for her.

No much going on here today. I have finally learned that I do not think I can clean my whole house in one day anymore. I just have to do it in sections and spend a few minutes when I can on each section. That is probably why it seems I have been washing clothes all day - because I can only work on it for so long and then the Princess is ready to play or eat.

I did try a new recipe tonight, Pecan Crusted Catfish. It was actually a Weight Watchers recipe from one of their magazines. It was ok, the next time I make it I will spice it up a little!!
 
Hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday!!