And the Day After

It's 9:45 on a Saturday and I am so ready for bed. We are sitting up, trying to watch the Canes in the Emerald Bowl, but it's halftime and so DH put on hockey. I would be far more interested if it was the Devils game. :(

Anyhoo... We had a sort of surprise visit from Grandma and Pop Pop last night. They were going to swing by for lunch on their way from NC to Tampa, but they ended up running late and spending the night. I'm really glad they were here to see Turtle for Christmas. We had to shuffle some plans, but it was worth it for them to spend some time with their grandson.

To start - Turtle is teething. For real. He woke up Thursday night at 10pm just crying. He was so stuffy, but not raspy in his chest. And he was just drooling and drooling. We got him back to bed, and he woke up early, with an awful #2. He's a once a day kind of kid (and that once a day is generally at 9am) and so this was out of the norm.

We kept an eye on him, thinking it was a cold, but no other symptoms have developed. Just some stuffiness, a little lack of appetite, and the evil poops (yes, at almost 8 months, we had our very first blowout!) and drools.

However, if you see him playing, you would never know!



But this is the face he was giving Grandma this morning after another rough night. I had to sit in his chair with him cuddled up on my chest for about 30 minutes before he went back to sleep. It was so sweet - I could have sat with him like that all night.


Mommy... my gums hurt!

Grandma and Pop Pop brought him this ginormous Christmas bear. Turtle wasn't really sure what to make of it.


Um, you're big.


Gah! He's eating me!!!!

I was able to keep him awake from his morning nap long enough to get these really sweet pictures.






He then proceeded to sleep from 9am-12:15, totally skipping his morning snack. Poor baby. :(

In the meantime, we decided to use some of our Christmas money to work on the master bathroom. For some reason, our house has no linen closets. I'm not really sure how that happened, but it's been annoying me that all our towels get shoved in random places. I've had my eye on this shelving unit from Target for a few months, and today, I got it (the first one was cracked and DH had to go back to Target for a new one). I also got some new towels, a cute apothecary jar, and some branch baskets (on clearance for $8!). I think it's the perfect addition to the bathroom.



I also found this wire wall art at pier 1 on sale. I got it for the empty wall over our tub. Perfect.



And best of all, I had a 50% coupon for Michael's so I got the 56 piece master tip kit from Wilton. I can't wait to try out some of my new toys!