♥ Juicy Giveaway ♥

My SIL - April, over at dot ... dot ... dot ... has not one, but TWO Juicy giveaways going on RIGHT NOW!!! Check out her blog, leave her a comment and don't forget to tell her Yankee Wife sent you. That way we both get kudos for the giveaway! Hurry. Giveaway ends on April 20th.

Family

We went to early Easter service at church. Baby girl fell asleep on the way home and continued to sleep for the next three hours. During which, Luke stripped himself of his Easter shirt and khaki pants. Hmmm . . . so no family picture on Easter with us all snazzed up and lookin' good. Here's some from last Sunday when it was actually sunny and "Eastery looking."

Natalie touching Luke.

Natalie still picking on Luke.

Finally separated the babies and Nat smiled! (sort-of)

Luke mimicking Grandma and "smiling"

Rejoice!

May your Easter be joyful as we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Saviour today!

Didn't You Get The Memo?

A strange thing happened today. My SIL April called around 9am asking what my plans for today were. It's not uncommon for Nana (my MIL) to take a day off during the work week and treat us mommies and grandkids to a yummy meal and a day out. Today proved no different as we quickly made plans to meet for breakfast and head to Costco to get food for Easter. First I needed to stop off at the dry cleaners to get some jeans altered. I picked up Nana so she could sit with the babies in the car while I stopped at the cleaners, we then headed to one of our fave breakfast places Biscuits. We waited at the restaurant while April dropped off her dog at the groomers and picked up her Grandma. (Apparently we needed to get some errands done today). They soon arrived and as April approached the table I started to laugh. "Nice outfit!" From head to toe we dressed like twins. Even our hair color looks the same! The funniest part about this is that we have had the same sweatshirts for at least 8 months and have never worn them when we have been together. As I was getting dressed this morning I even had this fleeting thought, "I wonder if April's gonna wear the same thing?!" Apparently she was! Just goes to show these two Duck fans have great taste!

Egg-a-li-cious!

My most favorite Easter time candy is the Cadbury creme egg. SO. GOOD. I have liked these since I was a little girl (I was awed by the fact that they had a yellow & white center . . . just like a REAL egg)! I still go gaga over them every year. Yesterday I tried the Cadbury caramel egg. Very yummy, but the creme egg is still my very fave! BTW . . . did you know that these have been around since 1923? WOW. What's your favorite Easter time candy?

Funkiness

I think I caught the blahs that were in bloggerland a week or so ago. Apparently my brain is a little mushy. I've got quite the massive stack of laundry to fold AND I need to free up space on my camera for Easter. Which means I need to download and order photo disks. Therefore the short post.

Sideways

Ever had a day that started with high hopes? That was me this morning. Here was my original plan for today. Perfection it seems is only in the head.

• Leave @ 10am to take the babies to my mom's house
• 10:30am haircut/color for me
• (maybe run an errand if my appt. didn't last too long before going back to my mom's house)
• Color Easter eggs with Luke & my mom
• Eat lunch
• 1-1:30pm put Luke down for a nap @ my mom's house
• 2pm put Nat down for a nap
• Sit outside in the beautiful sunshine and cut 3 weeks of coupons while enjoying the peace & quiet of babies napping
• 4pm meet my mom's friend & her two babies @ the park for a playdate.
• 5pm head home
• Grab quick dinner
• Bathe babies & put to bed
• Go grocery shopping

Instead, my day ended up sideways.

• Prior to 8am get out of shower to a hysterical 2 year old red faced with tears. He feels hot.
• Call doc's office arrange for 9:45am appt.
• Get babies dressed/bags packed etc. while feeding bottles/juice & making calls.
• Text hairdresser re:possibility of being late for hair appt.
• Drop of Nat with Aunt April
• Checked in @ docs office @ 9:45am. Three people check in after me. Three people get leave the waiting area before me. HUH???
• Call hairdresser with the official notice. I WILL BE LATE. Reschedule for 2:45pm for cut only and no color :(
• See doctor finally. Official diagnosis is TADA! Luke's first ear infection.
• Drugstore for prescription
• Starbucks while we wait. Mommy needed a treat by this time!
• Shop a little @ drugstore.
• Pick up Nat. Luke wakes her from her nap upon his arrival. She then falls from a sitting position & smacks her head on the hardwood floor.
• Off to Grandmas! Finally arrive @ 12:30
• Color Easter eggs in what felt like 2.4 minutes. Apparently Luke was feeling the need to hurry it up.
• Feed babies lunch
• Nat spit up so much that we stripped her down to her diaper & washed her clothes - gross. (did i forget to mention Luke soaked thru his jammies & I have a bed waiting for clean sheets @ home)???
• Put babies down for naps & Grandma & mommy eat lunch
• Spend 25 minutes outside cutting a couple coupons
• 2:45 hair appt. (forgot checkbook @ home, had to borrow a check from my mom) wait 10-15 minutes for hairdresser.
• Arrive @ my mom's @ 3:55pm to load up kids and go to park
• Park playdate 4-5pm stretches to leaving in the car after changing a poopy diaper at 5:28pm
• Run to store for dinner & prep dinner @ my mom's
• Feed Nat her dinner. Give her a sweet potato fry to chew on.
• Nat chokes on sweet potato fry and vomits up her dinner.

SERIOUSLY? That's what I call a sideways day. It was a beautiful day, just a little sideways.

Five Fav Things

Fabulous Fave Things

1. Starbucks Vanilla Latte

2. New Balance Running Shoes. Bestest EVAH!

3. Pottery Barn period. I may or may not have fav sheets to sleep in. And these are awefully cute!!!4. Of course a girl needs chocolate! M&M's anyone?

5. Of course this list wouldn't be complete without a shout from the babies. Their fav is Nuby brand cups. Baby girl likes these ones with the handles for juice only.

And Lukie Luke likes these ones. For warm vanilla soy only.

WHAT? My babies aren't particular. Not AT ALL.

Now . . . go check out this site. She's funny and got a FABULOUS giveaway goin' on.

7 Months

I blinked. Seems to me I just posted about baby girl turning six months. Didn't I? My baby girl is seven months today. SEVEN. Where did that whole half a year+ go??? She's pretty adorable, cute, funny, smiley, happy, easy going which is good. Very good. 'Cause if she was as intense as her brother (ahem, I mean mommy) then . . . well, lets just say Baker would maybe have to go have surgery. Anyhow. Baby girl is ready for Yankee season. A girl after her daddy's own heart!

Got Flair?

Oh my word. Flashback. Remember the movie Office Space? So. Funny. My SIL April had a cute post on her blog. Today her blog reminded me of how funny the movie Office Space was. And the part Jennifer Aniston plays. Remember? The waitress with only 15 pieces of flair? I would post the link from you tube, but uh, it includes her flipping off her boss. I didn't want that on my blog. So instead you get the watered down version of me blogging about a scene from a movie. Doesn't get any better than this!