What we did this weekend?

Quick post to let you know what happened this weekend.

Colin took his first steps!!



And I was home with him all day yesterday because he has Croup. =( I don't know where he picked it up from but he started sounding pretty rough last Friday morning. It only got worse through the weekend and Sunday night he didn't sleep well at all. He was wheezing and hacking and miserable. He is now on steroids and some antibiotic because his ears were a little pink so we wanted to keep away any possible ear infection.

Hopefully this passes fast as in a week we will be hopping on a plane to New Orleans!

Mother's Day

This was my very first Mother's Day. I got to pick what we did all day. My big plan was to pick up a new play set/swing set for Colin and assemble it on Sunday. However the box didn't fit in the Jeep so we ended up having to order it on Amazon and wait for it to be delivered.

So instead we were pretty lazy all day. We went to church (where Colin "made" me a flower pot in the nursery) and then picked up brunch at Mimi's Cafe. The wait was 2.5 hours! No thank you. As long as I don't have to cook I am happy. So picking it up and taking it home was perfect.

After Colin's nap we took a walk around the Avenue, hung out around the house, went to visit my mom (and Aunt Megan), and then after dinner took a walk around the neighborhood.

As a gift, Colin got me a new Lasagna pan! I have only been hinting that I wanted one since before he was born!!

I hope everyone else had a nice Mother's Day as well!

Spaghetti

Is it good but man is it messy!

And now that I see he can use a fork I hope he does it more often!

Some good news and some bad news

My mom e-mailed me today to let me know what Colin was up to. She asked this morning if he could have Chick-fil-a at lunch. And since that is one of the few places I will ever allow him to eat fast food at I said yes. She wanted to let me know that he got a kids meal and ate almost all the chicken nuggets and ate one fry. Don't worry. The chicken was broken into small pieces and the fry was offered after the chicken was eaten. He loved it. And that is all the good news there was.

(I know, fried chicken probably isn't the best option...but we kind of failed at baby food so I am excited to find that he loves almost any table food!)

And then the bad news. My sister was out of town this weekend. She went to Memphis. For what I am not sure. She lives in Nashville and when I pulled it up on Google Maps I saw that she is on the other side of the river behind Opry Mills. Her place is completely flooded.

She told her her boyfriend, Jake, was canoeing (yes, you can giggle at that. I did) over to her house to see how bad it is. Jake was taking care of her dog Belle so luckily no one was home. She said her neighborhood was evacuated yesterday and that a friend swam over to turn off the breaker in hopes of saving some things electrical. (I honestly don't know if that helps...)

Later she messaged me this picture Jake took when he got over there:

That is a park that is right next to her neighborhood.

Her car is under 8 feet of water and her house is completely flooded and everything inside is destroyed.

My sister is not like me. She seems to handle these situations with a little more grace. I tend to freak out and panic and cry. Megan is a little tougher.

If you think about it say a little prayer for her and, as material as it sounds, for her stuff. I don't think many of her things will come out of this as usable. Thanks!

Update: Here is the picture of her car she sent me. Either the water went down or it is less than 8 feet. Either way - the car is ruined. =(

And her boyfriend must really have a canoe...

Huh, really?

I am looking at cakes for Colin's birthday (only 2 months away!!) and I noticed quite a few Care Bear cakes. Are they making a come back? I have also noticed a lot of Strawberry Shortcake party stuff. I personally always loved her but never thought she or the Care Bears would be gracing us with their presence again!