Month: April 2006

It was such a pretty day today! Even though it was a touch chilly we did an egg hunt outdoors for Carrie and her cousin Benjamin. They were so cute, picking up eggs and shaking them, and then putting them in their baskets. Looking at some of the pictures I took I remembered pictures I’ve seen from when my cousins and I were really little, of Easter egg hunts and Christmas trees, and I realized that all but a couple dozen of the pictures I’ve taken of Carrie so far have never even been printed out. I need to make some albums so that Carrie can see these pictures, so that when she’s taking pictures of her baby’s first easter egg hunt she can remember seeing them, and feel as happy and nostalgic as I do today. Although, now that I think about it, I’m pretty sure those pictures I saw were still in their envelopes, not in albums!

We drove nearly 900 miles in less than 60 hours, got lost on Long Island (or were we still in Queens?), got lost in New Jersey, picked up a dog who was so anxious at the vets that she hasn’t eaten anything in those same 60 hours and is having severe and messy digestive issues, and came home with an over-excited and over-tired toddler who fell and hit her head at least three times before bedtime.

I’m utterly, completely, mind-numblingly exhausted, and if I ever see the inside of my car again it will be too soon. Oh, and quite frankly, if I ever have to stay in New Jersey again (as nice as the hotel was when we finally found it) I will simply have to shoot myself. Seriously, people, what’s up with actually having driveways off of expressways?!? Aren’t they supposed to be limited access roads because people are driving along them at, oh, approximately 9,362 miles per hour?

(But the wedding was beautiful and it was good to see the family!)

• car toys…check
• knitting…check
• ipod…check
• yummy snacks…check
• slippers…check

I think we’re ready for our weekend away. Just as soon as the binkies and straw cups get run through the dishwasher and the jeans finish drying. And we still have to clean the kitchen, empty the trash, make sure all the phones are on their chargers, collect all the lovies out of the crib…um, I’m sure there’s more, but I can’t keep everything straight anymore!

What time is it? How many hours until we leave? Right, just checking. Sleep is overrated anyway.

I haven’t blogged in a bit because I haven’t really done anything all that exciting lately. I’ve done bits and pieces on some of my craft projects, but nothing worth reporting or taking pictures of. Carrie’s been doing some super cute things lately, but I also haven’t gotten pictures or videos* of those things either. Sigh. I’m feeling stressed about getting things together to go to a wedding this weekend and just keeping up with all the daily activities we have. There’s stuff going on every morning this week and I don’t think either Carrie or I have fully adjusted to the time change yet. Blah.

*Seriously, how do you describe a little kid making funny mouth noises without a video clip? She does that thing, you know, where you take your finger and flick it up and down over your lips while making a “b” sound…aw, shoot, I’ll just have to try and catch it on video.

Yeah, did I promise pictures today of all my current craft projects? What, did you forget it was April Fool’s Day today?

Instead, here’s a picture of Carrie wearing the dog pajamas I bought her. They’re boys’ pajamas, because any girls’ pajamas with dogs on them have sissy dogs like pink fluffy poodles. (Not that there’s anything necessarily wrong with poodles, but dogs definitely shouldn’t be pink!)