"Last"ing memories

I tried not to dwell on it, but Thursday of last week was my last official day as solely a "girl mom"! But I did try to savor every moment.

My mother came to "babysit" me again, but she had to work for a couple of hours that morning. So we had a little bit of alone time before she arrived, just me and my girls.

What a pleasant surprise that morning to see one of our bunnies on our patio again!

We see them pretty frequently, but this one was special since it was a tiny little thing. The girls weren't near the window when I spotted him, so I whispered to them to go look out the window to see who was visiting. He was right up at the glass, nose-to-nose with them, and he never even flinched! Rosie got such a kick out of him--usually she's napping when one appears. She kept waving to him and saying "Hi-eeee!" rather loudly. (This is a new pastime for her--shouting hi and bye to everyone, whether she knows them or not!) He didn't get scared off until brilliant me decided to throw some lettuce out the door when he stepped away from the door. The girls were so sad to see him run off, but I was just trying to keep him occupied close to the door so they could watch him eat! Oh well...the best of intentions.

Grandma came in time for lunch, and I decided to let the girls pick where she brought it from. Of course, their five-star restaurant of choice, the golden arches, won out. (I'll go ahead and say it. I never thought I would, but I'm a little McDonald's-ed out lately! They seriously want to eat it for every meal.)

Grandma always gets them McD's sugar cookies. Rosie has a funny habit of not really biting into things...she sort of sucks on them until pieces happen to break off. I thought she looked so cute all covered in cookie.



Our house is very small, there are not many windows, but I love all the daytime light that streams into our living room and dining room. So I take a lot of mealtime photos during the day!


OK, so I get a tad carried away sometimes. Think of how my children feel! Ha!

We hung out at home all day, and for once I spent most of the day off my feet! No projects...no sneaking in housework. My BP felt a little bit high, maybe because I was getting a little anxious about Friday's delivery, so I decided to take it easy.

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J got home at a decent hour, and he treated me to dinner out for my "last meal" before I had to stop eating and drinking before my c-section. And I weasled a trip to Target out of him, too. I needed deodorant and one more gift for the girls to receive while we were in the hospital (They came to visit us each day, and each day we gave them a small gift--some sort of activity to do while they were there with us. Little did we know they wouldn't need it. Baby Brother was all the entertainment they wanted!)
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Guess what my meal of choice was? LUBY'S! Crazy, huh? I've always loved eating there, but I've really become a fan of our neighborhood location because it's so kid-friendly. I love to take the girls there even when J's not with us! We usually go on the reduced-price kids' meal night, they serve you there so I don't have to get up, and we totally have "our waiter" who we always look for and sit in his section! He's so good to us. And the girls love eating there. The balloons don't hurt, either!
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My Rosie with her daddy. (I took a photo of M too, but it didn't upload properly for some reason!)


Normally I get the fish and tartar sauce, but that night I had to consider what sort of foods I least want to throw up the next day in the off chance I did throw up. I decided throwing up tartar sauce wouldn't be a really good thing, so I opted instead for chicken fried steak. (Cream gravy surely can't be THAT bad coming back up, can it?! HA!)


Seriously...have you ever tried CFS at Luby's? I think theirs is my favorite!

Recently we ate there with Papaw Dees, and he got cheesecake for dessert. He was kind enought to share it with me, and it was hands down one of the best I'd eaten. I crave it all the time! I don't usually get dessert when we eat there, but I decided I deserved it that night. So when I got to the desserts, I found myself faced with a dilemma. Get the cheesecake, or get this:

Cream cheese cake, they told me it's called. I opted for this. Know why? It was a much bigger piece than the cheesecake they had out! And OH MY...it was heavenly. J loved it for the graham cracker crust. Can you see it, people? It's on the BOTTOM and the TOP!

Papaw Dees, we HAVE to go there soon and split a slice! Or heck...we'll EACH get a slice. :0)

We ended up out way too late shopping at Target. We got home at about 9, bathed the girls, then spent a long night finishing packing.

While J was getting their bath ready, the girls hopped up on our bed for a little snuggle.



I LOVE these children. They love each other so much! I pray that they'll be lifelong friends as well as sisters.

I don't think we made it to bed before 2AM. Par for the course...I think we did the same thing with each of the girls the night before they were born, too! But as J pointed out, we probably wouldn't have been able to sleep, anyway. :0)

I cannot believe it's almost been a week already. What a whirlwind! Funny...I'm about to sign off and hit the hay at about the same time I did that night. I guess some things never change! Except this time me or J will be getting right back up soon to feed the newest little member of our family.