had to have a happy post after that one :)

today emma and i had to meet an appraiser at the house i'm selling for my mother-in-law. i was just hanging out with her in the backseat just talking and singing to her.

this just makes my day :) i feel like she looks different in every picture! i promise i'm taking pictures of the same baby!

oh wal-mart how i hate thee....

there are many reasons why i hate wal-mart and many reasons why i like wal-mart....

i feel like there are just some things that are cheaper at wal-mart...therefore i make the occasional trip. here are a few reasons why i don't like it:

...i feel dirty every single time i leave the store

...it's too big! once you to get to one end of the store you realize you need something at the other end!

...the circled baggy things...i always feel like i have to triple check them to make sure i didn't leave something because i don't always feel the checker outer person really loves their job all that much.

...the last reason needed a picture. i snapped this today. this is what was at my foot as i stepped out of the car. GRRRR! what if i had sandals on!! what if it was my child that stepped out of the car!!

on the news the other night they had a story that people were lobbying at the capital to have the government provide clean needles to people that need them. i think that is ridiculous to have our tax dollars to support people's drug habits and would they still discard them properly?? i'm guessing not.

just emma and i...

so i went to the grocery store a couple weeks ago and prior to going i planned out meals for 2 weeks....it helps me not only to know what to cook but also to make sure i actually use what i buy! emma watched me make lasagna on thursday....teaching her early how to be a help in the kitchen!

it's official...

i had no idea what day of the week it was on wednesday...i went all day thinking it was thursday. i set alarms for emma's feedings and couldn't figure out why they weren't going off...wrong day lauren :( i'm just convincing myself it's because russ was home sick on monday and it just threw me all off!

emma and i had a good day though! we went to kohl's and had to throw everything i had grabbed on a rack because of the screaming! i panic...we then went out to the car and changed her diaper and then headed to hobby lobby. i'm going to attempt making some bows! from there we went to gap....i desperately needed a pair of jeans and some shirts that fit my "new" figure. then we came home and russ and i grilled out!

it was a good day.

i feel like in this picture she's already saying..."mom, you're such a dork"

typical tuesday?

last night was a rough night...emma was not a happy camper and mommy was exhausted! so at 10:30 i buckled her up in her car seat and we went for a little drive...emilie wasn't having such a good night with mack so we chatted on the phone for awhile. i finally got some good sleep around 3 am.

therefore my tuesday was...well pretty lazy! i went back to bed and got up at a little after 11...emma and i hung out for awhile and then we got dressed and went to the post office...went for a walk (it was 70 and sunny)....we came home and started making some banana bread and dinner. she sits on our island in her bouncy chair and just stares at me and her toys! i made 6 loaves of banana bread! clearly we aren't good at finishing bananas when we get them!

emma slept through dinner and russ and i got to sit at the table and have adult conversation which i so needed! i missed him the last couple days!

after dinner we gave emma a bath and now we are watching american idol. casey james is one cute contestant and i loved his performance this week! i also like lee :)

day 3 of picture challenge...emma after bath time....i love girls!

bumbo!

russ is home sick today...he is much better than he was yesterday. we're having a lazy day. we have now moved to sharing the couch rather than being in separate rooms...we haven't moved to snuggling but at least we are in the same room :) we missed each other.

this morning emma was holding her head up so well we decided to see if she could fit in her bumbo seat (russ calls this and many other baby things bopit haha) she did pretty good! val (our dog) was very curious and kept trying to give her kisses...she's not at the point where she can be left unattended in the bumbo seat but it was fun to see her in it. someday her legs will have to be squeezed in there!

it's not me....

it's NOT me who continues to eat ice cream every night before bed even when i can't fit into my old jeans.

it's NOT me who came up with several excuses not to go on a walk this morning.

it's definitely NOT me who is completely addicted to scrabble and words with friends on my phone and sometimes stays awake even after emma has gone to sleep to finish a game. and unfortunately it's NOT me who loses about every game.

it's NOT me who has become addicted to HGTV and sometimes keeps it on throughout the day.



Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.