Yesterday, I had a doctor’s appointment for the baby. And I am now officially in the 2nd trimester! (I also officially have swimmer’s ear. Ah, so that is why my ear has been hurting for weeks!) The doctor couldn’t find the baby’s heartbeat so we got to have another ultrasound I was secretly happy that we got to see the baby again – even though it was scary for 1/2 a second when she couldn’t find the heartbeat. Plus, Bill was there and he was able to see the baby wiggling around for the first time.

I took a picture of the ultrasound picture – not the best quality but if you look close you can see the baby.

We had a fun, relaxing day today. Bill got up with Will and let me take an afternoon nap! We laid around this morning, ate lunch at McDonald’s and perused Lowe’s for our next home improvement project. This afternoon we played, played, played. Will was such a busy boy. This morning he collected several important things in the empty clothes basket: Disney World book, toothbrush holder, thermometer case, soap dish, and hairbrush. He pushed these things around in the basket all day. While Bill was grilling dinner Will pushed the basket to the middle of the yard, dump all his “treasures” out, push the basket back to the house then turn around collect the “treasures” and then repeat.

…………. the mice will play! Bill is at Secret Church so Will and I have been partying it up tonight. We started our evening with a dinner date at Shogun – I had sushi and Will had hibachi chicken that he gladly shared with his Mommy. Then we went to 2 parties! One was for the Teller’s and was at a park in Brentwood. It was fun and Will got super dirty and maybe a black eye (we’ll see if it is black and blue in the morning). And our Sunday school class had a game night which was a lot of fun. We stayed out an hour after bedtime! This is what Will did this afternoon:

Yesterday after lunch I needed to jump in the shower before heading out to grocery shop. Usually Will plays quietly with the stuff under the sink but I had also given him a few “goldfish” and his sippy cup to entertain him. He was being unusually quite and when I opened the shower door this is what I found (of course I ran to get the camera before stopping him):

So nasty! What is the grossest thing your kids have “played” with?

Will loves to read books. He cannot get enough of them. We literally spend at least 2 hours a day reading books. The cutest thing is that he has his favorites. He will go through his books and pick out the exact one he wants to read. Then he plops himself in our laps. And he has a long attention span – sometimes we read 15 or 20 books in a row.

This is the stack of books we read this morning. It is about 15 books and we read several of them more than 2 times!

Reading makes Will so happy!

So very happy.

Last week we took Will to downtown Franklin to take some spring pictures. I think they turned out really cute – even if he wasn’t in a “smiley” mood! Historic downtown Franklin is a pretty place with lots of fun shops to browse.

……. to forget my camera! This morning Will and I met his friends Javen & Liam at the Brentwood Library for story time. This is seriously the coolest library I have ever seen – at least the kids section! They have a talking owl, trees, a fire station and a train track among many other things. Well, the boys made it through song time and when the story started they lost interest rapidly. And then Liam got hungry. So, story time was more like “let your kids run wild through the library looking at all the cool things while baby is eating” time! But it was fun And I didn’t have my camera so I don’t have any pictures of the little cuties.

After story time Will and I headed off to get the oil changed in the Honda. I first stopped at Jiffy Lube because they weren’t busy and I thought it would be wonderful if I only had to wait 20 minutes or so. So, I pulled up and he began explaining their “signature” package that cost $40.00. I then politely asked what their “basic” package price was – he said that didn’t exist. I said, “Ok, thank you but I’ll pass.” Seriously, they didn’t have anything under $40?!?!

So, I went to American Tires in Cool Springs where I have gone several times before – I love their service but usually have a long wait because they are always SO busy. I usually have a coupon for an oil change there too but I couldn’t find one this morning. As usual, there service was exceptional! I got my oil changed in under 30 minutes and they even gave me the current coupon price (20!)  since I had driven from Antioch. Yay! While we waited another mom came in with her 4 kids – ages 2 to 10. They were so well behaved and very nice to Will. The little girl read him his “Wheels on the Bus” book, and the 2 year old shared his toy cars and legos. They were all so cute playing together. Again, I wish I had my camera!

We took a quick lunch break – at where else?!?! Taco Bell. Then headed to Target to get some diapers for our upcoming trip and few baby snacks. I had found a couple of Target giftcards in a drawer and I asked how much was on them at customer service before shopping. The answer? $55 – whahoo! I don’t know how long I have had these – I have had one at least 15 months because it was a “New Baby” design

Anyways, it was only about 12:45 and Will usually naps at 2:00. I was perusing the aisles and the next thing I know Will is fast asleep with his arm propping him up against the buggy! He looked so adorable but I felt like a bad Mom since everyone probably thought I was out shopping instead of letting him take a nap. Oh well! Once again, so cute but I didn’t have my camera.

Did I mention that I baked a cake this morning before story time? No? Well, I did – a strawberry one from a box. We are having dinner with Abbas Girl & The Gent tonight and my responsibility is dessert. So, this afternoon while Will has been doing this……..

I have been making this………

I made some cream cheese frosting that is so yummy! And then {finally} used the cake decorating things I got for Christmas and from my Mimi. This was my attempt at a basket weave on top – I was afraid I didn’t have enough icing so it is a spaced out basket weave Pretty good for my first attempt, if I do say so myself. Reminder to myself for next time: make sure the icing is not so thin. Notice, my piping around the bottom just pooled in the plate.

Wow! This was a long post – we had a busy day! Hope you had a fun day too!