Girls Day

My wonderful cousin, Cyndy, informed me of a Bountiful Baskets site in Des Moines. So we tried it this weekend and I am loving it! We got quite a lot of produce:

• 6 bananas
• 1 pound strawberries
• 1 pineapple
• 3 pounds carrots
• 2 green peppers
• 1 bunch collard greens
• 2 bunches broccoli
• 2 zucchini

We saved about $6.00 doing the basket, and we were lucky with the fact I was going to Des Moines anyway. Obviously not very cost effective at this point, but hopefully more people will start using it so we will be able to receive more produce. 

I was in Des Moines this weekend because my friend, Tabitha, and I decided to do a girl's night in.  (We couldn't afford to really go anywhere, or a babysitter for the kids Jay, Zoe and Austin.)  Since I was picking up our Bountiful Basket Saturday morning, Jay and I just went over to Tabitha's house after picking it up.  Jay and I spent the day having a good time.  We went to the mall with the kids to play at their play place.  Tabitha made us a yummy chicken and rice casserole for supper (Jay loved it so much that he started eating out of Austin's bowl).  After I put Jay down for bed, Zoe painted my finger and toe nails.  She also painted Tabitha's toe nails.  Right now, Zoe wants to be a cosmetologist, so we were more than happy to help her with that.

Once Zoe and Austin were in bed, Tabitha and I watched some Netflix while staying up late.  I don't think I actually went to sleep until after 4am, which is when Jay decided to wake up.  Jay woke up for the day around 8:40, so Sunday was a pretty long day for me.  I let Zoe try to braid my hair, which didn't work real well because of my layered hair.  Tabitha's dad made us breakfast, which was delicious. 

Jay and I left Des Moines around noon so we could go home and get ready to go to a friend's house to game.  Jay ended up getting pretty cranky, but that was to be expected.  Once we got home, he went to bed shortly after.  I didn't have the energy to do much else.  Hopefully I'll get plenty of rest tonight and hit the ground running tomorrow morning!

A Screw

Yesterday, we thought Jay may have swallowed a small metal screw. Thankfully, he didn't. He did end up going to the doctor and having his first x-rays. He did very well for his x-rays, but a nure and I still needed to hold him down. The doctor showed us his x-ray and said if he had swallowed something, it wasn't metal. Hurray! As you can see, he's two fisting animal crackers so the ordeal didn't bother his appetite any.

Jay and I went to the library today to pick up our bag of books prize. There were eight books in all and a nice canvas bag. Of course Jay was pretty crabby this morning, so the library trip was only about 45 minutes. I'm hoping for a good nap this afternoon. We have a lot of new books to look at and read!

I woke up with a headache this morning. I think it's going to be a long day. My breakfast consisted of a large glass of diet Mountain Lightning (Walmart's Mountain Dew) and some ibuprofen along side of my bowl of cereal with milk. With Jay being so crabby, it may be a ride with Daddy on the bus kind of day.

Comings and Goings

Today we said good-bye to our youth director at our church, Ellen. She has been at First United Methodist for 10 years. She was extremely nice to Jay and I and always made sure the nursery was staffed if we were going to need it. Jay and I also found out that whe lives only a few blocks away. Ellen is going to go overseas to teach, or at least that's what I was told. I'm not exactly sure what she's planning on doing, but we wish her the best and we'll keep her in our prayers!

Mom, Jamie and her kids came to visit Grandma and Grandpa in Des Moines. Jay and I went down to spend some time with everyone. Jay had a blast playing with all of his cousins, even if he didn't take any nap. They did wear him our really well though since he slept the whole way home and slept until 6pm. (We left around 4pm.)

Group pictures didn't go as well as we had hoped. For some reason, Allegra wanted nothing to do with anyone other than Jamie. Mason kept wanting to put bunny ears on people and Jay just wanted to climb the couch when we were behind it. Other than that snag, it was a good visit! Hopefully we'll be able to visit again soon! *I also forgot to mention that I won a drawing through Raising Readers of Story County. The prize is a backpack full of books! We'll be picking it up on Wednesday.*

It's been a whirlwind of activity these last weeks. Jay and I visited my parents the last weekend in June into July. We were home on the 2nd, just in time for some more heat. Tuesday was fairly busy with me trying to get some things back in order and all of us going to a friend's house. On Wednesday, Jason had the day off so he and Jay got to play together a lot. I even got to take a nap. Of course, Jason and Jay did too!

Thursday Jay and I stayed inside. It was just too hot to do anything. Then Friday Jay and I visited a friend who runs an in-home daycare. Jay had so much fun playing there and was very tired when we came home. The rest of the day was pretty quiet. Jason did find out that Jay loves peanut butter and jelly, but he should go lighter on both next time.

Saturday was met with more heat and humidity and lots of errand running. Jay never really did take a good nap until late afternoon, around 4:30. When I woke him at 6, he was not a happy camper. In fact, he was pretty crabby the rest of the night. It didn't help that Jason worked extra that day. Today Jay and I went to church, then all of us went to a friends house. Another day of Jay not really having any nap. When he woke up from what little nap he did get, he was super crabby and still extremely tired. It took a while to get him to go to sleep, but he did. Now I'm working on all of my blogs and just trying to think of what needs to be done for tomorrow.