I must admit that it was nice having the munchkin around all weekend too. Yes, we have him every weekend, but last week was different with him being home since Wednesday. We got out a lot between doctors appointments and social outings. It's starting feel more natural lugging a heavy car seat, bulky diaper bag and overstuffed cross body purse oh, everywhere.
Last weekend, we took a family outing to the Air and Space museum. Lots of walking around in air conditioning? Yes please! Corey treated us to lunch for my belated birthday and even held a fussy baby such that Grant and I could eat like normal people. Which means not shoving food in your face at a speed faster than light. What? Have the luxury to eat slowly? We weren't able to do it very well, at least, not without feeling guilty.
Then, she and I went window shopping and the boys went home. We went to a consignment shop that has higher end items like an LV bag behind the counter. Not gonna lie, I kind of wanted it. But it is definitely one of those things that you regret later...and I have a number of other handbags that I don't use that are a testament to this fact!
The way their consignment works is that they get half and price it competitively, which means that they probably look on ebay then adjust to what they think the wealthy people of this area will pay. They keep an item for 90 days. After the first month, the price automatically drops 20%. After the 2nd month, another 15%. Then it's at the end and you can pick up your stuff (junk?) or they will donate it to a women's shelter.
My mind immediately jumped to a Kate Spade bag I had to have. I paid $170 for it on eBay (retail $225 I believe), used it a couple of times and realized that it was kind of annoying. Now, the same bag sells for around $100 since it has been a while. If the bag sold right away, I'd get $50. But...but...I paid $170 and could get $100 on eBay if I did it myself. But I'm too lazy to do it myself and for someone else to do it and only give me $50, I may as well keep the damned thing, right?
It, along with several other expensive handbags, went into the I'll-put-these-on-eBay-probably-never box and moved to the storage area to be forgotten about. I will put these up on eBay one day, you'll see!!!
Then, we went to the mall where we both hated everything. Corey is tiny and can wear anything. Me? Not so much with the baby weight. Regardless, all the styles are unflattering for fit and flabby folk all the same. The loose, boxy, shapeless clothes scream "I give up", along with "one size fits all" and when something is for everyone it usually doesn't work very well. We went back to the house and hung out for a bit. That was a nice weekend.
This weekend, we interviewed another nanny. She was alright though I wished she had shown up in more professional clothes instead of a belly baring cropped top exposing her belly piercing and true religion brand jeans. Her racing Mini Cooper with stripes on the hood was parked in our driveway. Hmm. In some ways I liked her more than the Cash-Nanny, but in other ways the Cash-Nanny won out. So, yeah...
Then, we were invited to a birthday party through our network of adoptive families and even though Ethan was difficult Friday night into Saturday morning, we still somehow made it out there and everyone LOVED him. Everybody loves babies. Then, they turn into vocal annoying toddlers and people stop caring and become very annoyed. At least, that's what I think happens. Folks get charmed once again when they turn into tiny interactive people. Not sure when that happens.
Then, another surprise! My running buddy-soccer buddy-cycling buddy- everything buddy Steph was in town and contacted me last minute to hang out. Why, of course, ANYTHING for you!! We planned on going for a long walk in the neighborhood, but instead went to Old Navy and that was great fun. We took Ethan with us too. When we got back, I FORGOT to pass along some pre-pregnancy goodies and she already took off to drive back to Virginia Beach, so Ethan and I went to her husband Eric's parents house to drop off the clothes and of course, his family loved Ethan!
With all of Sunday's excitement, Ethan fell asleep at 7:30pm for the night. I had to nudge him several times to finish his bottle!
The weekend was nice, but man did it FLY by.
During the weekend, Ethan almost discovered his feet. They were in reach, so he grabbed one and tried to get it into his mouth, but wasn't aware that they were his feet...nor was he successful. On the developmental front, he is definitely grabbing for things and enjoys this moose toy (of all things!) which is a bit funny to watch because it is HUGE compared to him. I tried to grab video of the foot grabbing but as soon as he saw the camera, he stopped doing it. Will try again to get that on tape, and also some playing with the moose toy!
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