Today felt sooooo long! I was so worried halfway through that we wouldn’t get done what we set out to do. I was saying to Brady quite early that maybe we’d have to come back in tomorrow. But instead, we were total machines and did more than what we set out to do. I know you guys maybe don’t care about the exact events of my day but I’m proud of all we accomplished so I’m writing it out anyway.
We started with visiting my girlfriend Hailey. We brought her morning coffee and visited while our kids played toys together downstairs. Dekker was less afraid of the dog than he’d ever been! He would point and squeal at her in pure joy 🙂 Gives me hope that one day, he’ll love puppies as much as I do. We all had a really nice visit before we had to head out to make it to our ultrasound.
It was great. Our baby girl is absolutely beautiful. She felt so real to me as the tech checked her over and said things like “I’m just going to measure her femur.” She has femurs!!! She is at a healthy weight and could easily be a “healthy” size or a more-than healthy size. I guess there’s no general rule of how fast they grow now. I’ve heard anything from a pound a week to an ounce a day. Who knows. I’ll take her either way. My favorite picture we got from the scan is actually of her little nose and mouth. I love her.
We grabbed a quick lunch afterwards, and then drove around downtown trying to find cool places for maternity photos. We actually had good success and found lots of spots. Now to choose between them! They’re all fairly close to each other but theres only so much time in a day and only so much energy in my son. So we’ll see. While we were downtown, I lamented again to Brady how all my cute clothes were fairly worn looking. Not super bad, but not nice and sharp and photo-worthy. So he offered to drop me at the mall for a few minutes to duck my head into a few stores and try to find something new that I felt super pretty in. Three stores later, I found a super cute little dress that I purchased for nice and cheap. Its a bit dressier than we tend to opt for when it comes to family photos but I think it’ll be a fun change. I’m so excited for picture day next week!
At this point, it was 3pm! Our entire purpose for going to Saskatoon today was to pick up everything for Dekker’s birthday party on Sunday, and we hadn’t even touched it. I felt awful and overwhelmed and again said that maybe we should come in again on Saturday. But we pressed on. Not without making another non-Dekker stop! White paint for the new baby’s crib. While we weren’t impressed with the price and debated going elsewhere, we bit the bullet in an effort to get the paint to our home so we can at least pretend the crib will be painted in time for her delivery.
FINALLY we started on Dekker jobs! I ran into Dollarama for more disposable bowls, as well as spoons, wrapping paper, tissue paper, and more things that I am confident I’m forgetting. After that, Brady dropped me off at Superstore and drove himself and Dekker to the house of another mother who sold us a gorgeous eyelet bumper pad for $5! Perfect condition!
The reason we had to keep splitting up was that a certain someone was exhausted and not in the friendliest frame of mind. Also, another certain someone forgot his shoes at home.
At Superstore I purchased all sorts of toppings for our much anticipated ice cream sundaes! Cherries, Skor chips, gummy bears, peanuts, oreos, sprinkles, and more. As if I remember everything. As if you care that much about every grocery item I purchased. I left Superstore and went to the Wholesale Club. I never shop there. I find their “wholesale” prices are a lot more expensive than Superstore, but I could not resist. Ready?
Can you hear the angels singing?? ICE CREAM! We are now the proud owners of an unreasonable amount of ice cream. Seriously guys, invite your friends.
We finally began the drive home, all of us whooped completely. Our trunk was full of sweet things and the car was full of music to try and calm the frustrated toddler in the backseat. However, we couldn’t resist stopping in Dalmeny to pick up gifts from my mom. She has made baby girl (and Dekker, in the past) beautiful receiving blankets and burp cloths. She wasn’t home today, but left out a bag of the rest of the burp cloths that she completed, and the cloth wipes we had been talking about. She offered a couple of days ago to take the old sketchy blankets I bought second hand home and make them into wipes for us. A couple of days ago. They’re done. Over a hundred wipes.
They’re so pretty, I almost don’t want to wipe bums with them!
When we arrived home, Dekker went straight down for a nap, Brady carried everything in from the car, and I sorted out all the birthday stuff.
BIRTHDAY BOX!!! I’m really looking forward to laying everything out and getting it ready. Tomorrow is likely going to be a big day of jobs around the house. I’m not loving the thunderstorm warning for Sunday 🙁 Prayers against that would be greatly appreciated!
Just discovered our water heater glitched and turned off. No hot water for us for a couple of hours. Therefore, no soak in the tub 🙁 My legs are unimpressed with this verdict. Out to the deck for coffee, I suppose.