A Great Week...

Every couple of weeks the "mom's" in my neighborhood get together and eat lunch at someones house. This last Wednesday I was heading over to Brandi's house for one of those lunches. Who knew it was a surprise birthday lunch for me? I felt like a million bucks! There was really yummy food and Brandi made one of her famous cakes; it was raspberry lemon. Not a good day to start a diet!

They even made up a game to play. Actually they used the game Cranium, but changed it into a "Milli" version by making the answers have to do with me. I secretly named it "Camillium." It was super embarrassing for me, but I loved it! Thanks Ruth.

Then on Thursday we had visitors! Wes (Trav's brother and his wife) and Rachael came to see us from Utah. Thank you Southwest for having half priced tickets! We are so "visitor-needy" these days. We probably acted like leaches and clung to them the whole weekend. Sorry if we violated your space Wechal! The weather was amazing. It was at least 60 degrees every day they were here. We of course took them out for BBQ, showed them the city and some church sites and hung out at home. Thanks so much for coming; hope you come back!

Then on Saturday, since it was Feb. 7th and 70 degrees our neighborhood decided to have a BBQ. I think everyone in Missouri showed up.

The guys decided it was cool to pull up their collar and tuck the front of their shirts in just like the hip guys from high school used to do. They are a little bit weird.

Here are the girls... We are pretty normal

To top off the night, we had a huge bon fire and played Mafia. Jana pulled a huge win out of her sleeve in the end. It was the best come from behind win in Mafia history.

Then it was my real birthday on Sunday and I decided I'd celebrate it this year; my unbirthday wasn't convenient last year. My pal Amy came and brought the best cobbler in the world. Travis also supplied an ice cream cake. It was so worth the extra tight pants the next day... or week.

Travis isn't messing around with dessert; fork is ready!

Just want to thank everyone for such a fun Birthday week. My mom and dad sent me a really cute and thoughtful package. They are so nice and thoughtful; Thank you! The weather was amazing. If it is like this every Feb. 8th I will stop wanting to celebrate my unbirthday and finally except my real birthday. We will see.

3 am feeding thoughts

Lately I have had a million thoughts running through my head. These thoughts are very strong around 3 am while I am watching my baby eat... why she is still waking up at 3 am at almost 15 weeks of age is another mystery but we aren't going to dwell on that. I secretly think she is planning a huge birthday present for me by sleeping through the night. So here are some thoughts I need to get off my chest:

1. I feel really bad for the old man in the motorized vehicle that I totally ran into a couple of weeks ago at the grocery store. I was innocently walking down the cereal isle looking for Cinnamon Life with Avery's car seat in the cart which I learned acts as a huge obstruction for sight. All of a sudden "BAM!" What on earth did I hit? I peeked around the side and the old man just glared at me. I immediately started apologizing. He just took off like a bat out of Hell and I never saw his face again. Who knew those little motorized carts could go that fast? Sorry old man in the local Hen House grocery store.

2. Speaking of grocery stores; why do they always ask you if you want your milk sacked? I am always confused when they ask me. Why wouldn't I want the milk in a sack, its easier to grab a sack than trying to wedge your hand in the tiny handle to carry the milk in. On the other hand, why are they asking that question? Is it weird if you want your milk sacked? Because sometimes when I say yes to the question the cashier just gets quiet and sacks them up. I don't know what the right answer is.

3. Avery will graduate high school in 2026. It seems like the world will be over by then.

4. I was channel surfing and the title of Dr. Phill's show caught my eye. It was about young girls who were "sext messaging." This means they were sending inappropriate texts to other people, some naked pictures, some nasty dirty talk, etc. The parents were on the show perplexed about what to do about it. Why don't they just take away their cell phones? Or at least enable the phone to send text messages? Really, the world is going to end soon.

5. Is birth control really worth the constant b-wordness, cravings, mood swings and insecurity? I am a freak/basket case lately. I gave Travis the "its not you, its me" line the other day when I was explaining to him that everything he does irritates me. But I was being serious. He could make me a gourmet candlelight dinner, but I would still find something to gripe about. I hate hormones!

6. Travis is in his surgery rotation. He's getting really cocky. Every time I ask him to do anything IE: change a diaper, do the dishes, etc. he just looks at me and says "but I'm a surgeon." Its pretty funny!

7. Now that I have a baby I have no tolerance for slow drivers, slow lines in the grocery store or slow walkers in front of me. I was in a check out line at Walmart and I walked two feet to my left to grab a drink out of those mini fridges and I felt that the lady behind me was infringing on my space because I "got out of line." Turns out she just wanted to help me put my items on the checkout counter because I was holding a baby. Refer to item number 5 for my explanation. Thanks nice lady!

OK that is all I got for now. I just felt like I needed to document some of the craziness that goes on in my head. Pray that Avery will sleep through the night on my birthday! I really believe that she has something up her sleeve!