Day 9: I've never had a weekend this busy!

 A LOT has happened since I updated last.  Now I know that it's only been a few days, but this past weekend was so jam packed... I don't know if I'll have enough ROOM to give an update of everything that happened.  Now we all know that if I truly wanted to give you details I could but I won't do that to you.  First, one of my closest friends Ashley came into town this past Wednesday to help her sister who is also a close friend (Amber) while she had her 3rd and final addition to their precious family.  On Thursday I went over to "discuss" baby shower details with Ashley while Amber and her hubby went out to dinner.  It was so amazing to catch up with her.  Every day I feel so blessed to have both of them in my life.  My own two sisters don't have children (yet ;)) so it's nice to have sorta like an extended family in them.  Alex and Hannah have amazing playmates in Amber's now 3 children and Ashley's 4.  Every time we get together I'm amazed at how sweet all the children are towards my precious babies.  It just melts your heart. :)

But moving on, Amber had her baby boy on Friday!!!!!!  His name is Owen Wade and he is just the cutest newborn!  I felt so previledged to be able to see him the day he was born.  Here is a picture!!!

He was wide awake and alert for the majority of the time I was there and then I lulled him to sleep.  I must have baby magic :-P
I also made Amber and Chris cupcakes!!!  They said, "boy or girl ???"  don't laugh at my decorated cupcakes!  I tried my best :-P

You can't tell what they say but oh well.  :-P

Saturday we had the boys birthday party and all of you readers that are my facebook friends (all of you most likely) will see all those pictures.

Sunday was Emily's baby shower!!  I was so blessed to be a part of it.  I had so much fun with Ashley putting together a shower for twin girls!!


Now, shifting gears a bit this evening I will be preparing a from scratch (do you have to ask?  everything I put on here is from scratch hello!!)  meat pasta sauce to put over knocchi.  Now I will say that the knocchi will NOT be made from scratch.  Because A.  I don't know how to do that.  B. it would probably involve utensils I don't own nor have ever even thought of owning and C.  don't you think one made from scratch item is enough for one night?  I do.

Of course, since this sauce is going to be homemade I did not have every single item that I needed at the house to create this mystical sauce.  So, I had to take a trip to the grocery store.  Now, ordinarily this isn't too much of an ordeal for me.  However, Hanni had just laid down for her brand new 12:30 nap which she prefers to take instead of her afternoon nap now.  *rolls eyes*  I hate this nap, just because she only takes about an hour and then for another 2 hours she's a little cranky for some reason.  Who knows why?  not me.  So any way, this afternoon she woke up at 1:30 and I took the two of them to the grocery before Alex's afternoon nap that starts around 2:30.  On my way out the door I looked down at my get up.  One of Jon's old t-shirts and a pair of shorts with bleach stains that I use to clean in.  I'm a little ashamed to say this, but I was in such a hurry that I didn't change.  I should have because goodness knows I looked a wreck but I didn't.  I said to myself, "Ok, just go ahead and go to the neighborhood wal-mart.  No one's there at 1:30 in the afternoon. "   Boy was I wrong!

I pull into the parking lot and it is unusually busy for this time of day.  TYPICAL.  I thought.  It would be packed full of people when I look a hot mess.   So I drag myself out of the car, and then the mad dash begins to get the cart and get back to my car  before the air conditioning starts wearing off in the back seat where the kids are.  You know what I'm talking about moms.  That 5 second time period that you have before it starts getting hot in the car.  Which you really don't even have in this heat anymore.  Get the kids into the cart.... go into the grocery store hoping no one I know is in there (this happens frequently at the neighborhood wal-mart *sigh*  and always when I look bad).  I get almost completely done with my grocery shopping when we are in the pasta isle (I told you I needed knocchi right?) and Alex starts playing with a distinguished looking gentleman down the isle.

Just as a disclaimer I want to let you know that this doesn't happen often with Alex.  Hardly ever.  The only time he will smile and play with a stranger is when it is a gentleman that looks like his "papa" or Jon's step father.  I get a little embarrassed sometimes... because not every man that looks like his grandfather wants to play with him.  But he believes this to be true.  So he's playing with this man and I reach for the pasta I need and completely dump a bag of orzo all over the grocery store floor right at this guys feet.  Lovely.  So if you were at the neighborhood Wal-mart in bartlett at 1:50p... the orzo was me.  Sorry if you tripped over it.

I finally get home, and get the kids down for their naps just for Hannah to fight it.  She always fights her naps. At any rate, tonight, as stated earlier, I am making a homemade meat sauce for dinner.  Recipe and pictures tomorrow!!!  Stay tuned followers and readers!!!!!!!!!! xoxo