American Idol.

Glad everyone was pleased by the outcome of American Idol. It was nice to hang out with everyone...though I would have preferred different background noise. But, can't please em' all! Congrats to Meghan having her son last night! I don't know her, but wow did that ever fly by. It seems like just a couple months ago they announced she was pregnant. Goes to show how fast time flies when you've got children of your own to chase around! Well, that's it.

We love to spend $$!

This weekend we impulsively decided to trade in our Taurus for a newer Corolla. It's nice, but backward! Every time I went to put the car in park, reverse, or drive, I'd turn on the wipers! Then with Angie helping me, I was able to figure out how to turn on the head lights. Last night on the way home, I was still learning new buttons and junk...there's the little button with a double triangle symbol on it. I didn't think it was a button at first, until I pushed it in while Jim was driving. Apparently it's the 4 way flashers! Ooops. So maybe I've never had to use my 4 ways, so I'm not exactly familiar with the symbol. Yes, I'm blonde at heart! It was pretty funny though...good times!

We went to Angie's friends garage sale last night. Found some super cute baby clothes, and there were a ton more. Too bad I can't buy all of them. I spent $23 for a bag stuffed full of stuff, including several footsie pajama's that Lily looks adorable in. I remember why I love garage sales. I haven't gone to one in such a long time. They are awesome. I'm going to start checking them out this summer to see if I can find some good deals on stuff for Lily. And once we find out for sure that we're having a boy, then I'll be searching for boy's clothes!

Well, I think that's about it for today! Adios.

One of my favorite things.

I love getting in to bed at night, and saying something that stems into one of those long conversations about nothing important or something deep. It's always nice to just hang out and talk about something other than life. That's one of my favorite things about being married to my best friend. It reminds me of when I was a little girl and I'd have a friend to stay the night. We'd keep talking until it was just her and I'd grunt "uh huh...uh huh...yeah" with my eyes closed as I was falling asleep. I guess some things don't change all that much. Ahh, how funny.

sweet surprises

Things are just a little sweeter when you aren't expecting them. I received a lovely bouquet of pink roses and persian lillies from a "secret admirer" earlier this morning. I bet my admirer's super hot...around 5' 10, nice dark hair, eyes you could get lost in, strong arms, nice butt...but I could be way off. ;) Thanks for the Mommy gift.

Baby steps.

It never gets old, the feeling you get when your baby does something new. It seems like every day Lily does another thing she didn't do the day before. Then when I least expect it, she shocks me. Last night, we were goofing around, and she took 3 steps and fell. I set her back up, and she took 5 then fell. When we finally got the video camera going, she was only taking a couple steps and falling again...but SHE WALKED! I'm so excited for her, for me, for my back. One step closer to needing that baby leash! ;) I'm only semi serious about that. Walking also means, she's closer to putting away her toys! Oh I can't wait. I love being a mom. Then Lily poops and I wish Jim were here! Now that I'm holding my breath to finish this, I think I better run.

Humane Society walk

Yesterday was the walk for the Humane Society. It went pretty well! I'm really glad that we did it. We had a really fun time watching all the doggies. There were even a couple cats, ferrets, snakes, goats, ponies, and even a baby alligator! How cool is that!?

Of course, after we finished the 5 miles, I was a little tired and totally fried from the sun. Slowly my muscles started to quit on me, and by the time we got home from running our errands last night, I could barely walk! I'm sure I sounded like a little baby, but I really tried not to whine. Luckily I've got a great husband that didn't even have to be asked to rub my feet for me. ;) Now today's a new day, and I'm still a little sore and very tired, but I'm content. I'm glad that we did this walk. I'm also proud that I proved to people that my pregnant, out of shape butt could complete it without even considering turning around. Hooray for me...and for Lily for being such a good girl the entire way.

Thanks to everyone that pledged us. We ended up getting $90 to donate. Not too shabby.