Travels, food and swimming.

Today was SO busy! Miranda spent the night at the mother in laws but we had to go get her early this morning. (8:30am) We were going down to New Haven to visit some family that flew in from Arizona. It was nice to see them again and they got to meet Miranda for the first time. They loved her, of course. We didn't stay there long because we had to head back to the mother in laws for a BBQ. There was so much food there!! We had a blast though. We all went swimming too, including Miranda. The water was SO cold but she loved it anyway and we couldn't get her OUT of the pool. Her poor little lips were blue and chattering a mile a minute. It was nice to have her enjoy herself so much. She was SO tired when we put her to bed tonight.

We spent the rest of the night outside, sitting around a fire pit making AMAZING s'mores. (Graham crackers, Strawberry marshmallows and a Reese's chocolate cup *drool*) We had the normal ingredients too. More fireworks and good company. :) Lots of fun.

Happy Independance Day!

Well, today is the 4th of July! Another birthday for the USA. 233 years young. :)

We didn't do too much to celebrate. We did some cleaning around the house. Then after Miranda's nap we went to my cousin, Todd's, house for a BBQ. That was a lot of fun. Miranda looked so cute in her little outfit. Of course, I forgot to bring my camera. :/

On our way home we stopped at a fireworks stand and bought some. CT has absolute crap for fireworks though, so they weren't impressive. This time of year makes me REALLY miss South Carolina. You could buy some amazing fireworks down there. Fourth of July was always the best holiday to celebrate with all our Marine buddies.

We ended the night with some geek time and lighting stuff on fire! Happy Birthday America and a HUGE thank you to all the men and women who do so much to keep us free.

New background!

I know it's late, but better late than never. I have a new Independence Day background up. All patriotic and what not.

Today was a pretty normal day. I had the day off so I didn't set my alarm, knowing Miranda would wake me up when she was ready. I woke up to her gently knocking on her bedroom door. As I was getting dressed and brushing my teeth I heard her start to cry. When I opened the door, half her diaper was still attached the other half had come off. Miranda's standing there holding that half up, crying and saying "Diaper fell off! Diaper change please!" Aw! It was funny and sad at the same time. She was so distressed about it.

Our day started off as normal. Coffee & wake up time. We had a bagel with strawberry cream cheese for breakfast. Yum! I vacuumed and did some tidying. We played and watched the news. My mother stopped by to say hello. She also had the day off. We had coffee and then I went over to her house to see her big puzzle project and help clean her bathroom. She fed Miranda a banana and showed her my photo bucket pictures in a slideshow. lol I helped her download Firefox and showed her how much better it is than Internet Exploder.

Then it was time to go home and figure out lunch. Miranda licked off the inside of a PB&J. lol She went down for nap at 12 and slept until 3. Nicole came over right before she woke up and went upstairs to get her for me. Then we decided it was time for some shopping. I'm going to my mother-in-laws on Sunday for a BBQ and hopefully some swimming so I went to Kohl's to buy a swim suit. I found one but also came home with beach towels for everyone in the family and some new clothes for Miranda and Arali. :) Nicole bought a ton for both little girls as well, including matching dresses so be on the lookout for pictures of that.

We ordered Chinese food for dinner and Nicole watched Arali for Mike and Nicky while they unpacked/did some shopping. Miranda went to bed wearing her ADORABLE new PJs that I bought today. They came with a TUTU which looked WAY to cute on her. She loved dancing in it, shaking her little booty all around the house. VERY cute. :)

Tomorrow I plan on getting up before everyone else to get a head start on laundry and cleaning. Wish me luck on that. ;)

I had an easy day at work. One smaller condo only. Stopped and got Miranda and I McDonald's for lunch. I wanted to try their new Angus burger. It was pretty good. I have Friday off due to the daycare being closed. Yay for a long weekend!

I had to drive out to Wolcott to pick up a bouncer for Arali. It was well worth it though especially since Nicki watched Miranda for me while I went. I've noticed Bean is happiest when bouncing. :)

Miranda and I colored for a while. That was a lot of fun. I always feel like a kid again when I'm on the floor coloring with my daughter.

For dinner we had hamburger helper and asparagus. We cleaned afterwords. We have a busy weekend planned so far. :)

All is well here.

An almost normal day here. I decided to take the day off and spent most of it with Nicole babysitting my precious niece Arali. Miranda LOVES being with the "Bean" (as she is affectionately nicknamed). Always willing to help by holding the bottle, fetching just about anything you need and trying to entertain her. It's very cute and breaks my heart at the same time. I want Miranda to do that with a sibling! This baby fever will never go away I think. Oh well, someday....

Adam got home around 4pm. We had philly steak and cheese for dinner with scalloped potatoes and sugar snap peas. Yummy. Adam did agitate me a little bit by deciding to edit his resume while I repeatedly told him that it was Miranda's bed time. But, like always, I quickly got over it. When we "fight" it's never for long. He's too cute to stay mad at. ;)

Well, I think that's about it...other than that, nothing too exciting.