October 17 = Disability Parking Day

I saw this and laughed so hard.  Zachary asked what in the world I was laughing at and so I showed him this- he didn't think it was quite as funny as I did.

I got these in the mail today and I couldn't be happier about it!  Liam is a flight risk when it comes to parking lots so his pediatrician happily filled out the paperwork for us to get these- and the best news is they don't expire for three years!

Also, this.  I miss Target.

July 3 = Funny Facebook Posts Day

Look at these two- I think they're going to be best friends for life.

Zachary took Liam to the gym today and I took the girls to target- the first of many trips I'm guessing.

Oh and of course we stopped at Chickfila on the way home:

Malia found this bag in Target... there were lots of things she had picked up and said "I like this," but this one she picked up (from a clearance section, you go girl), and said "This is mine."  The ice cream cones inside have lip gloss in them but she hasn't discovered that yet- this bag now holds her pacis and her ice creams and she couldn't be happier about it.

Our shopping and lunch wore little Miss out:

Rosie had a check-up at the vet today- she had to get her shots but did really well with them!

Tonight, when Zachary, Kayleigh and I were sitting outside, I saw this funny facebook post that sounds like something Zachary will definitely do in the future:

So I went to the facebook page that the picture came from and found lots of good ones- Zachary and I laughed a lot looking at them:

Had to take a break from laughing to take a picture of this precious little thing:

Evidence of a laugh:

He likes to pretend like I think I'm a lot funnier than I actually am but I think he's in denial ;)

May 21 = New Baby Stuff Day

We got our big shipment from Amazon today- a stroller, car seat, bathtub, swing, bottles, pacis, breast pump and a boppy.  We're ready!

Rosie's tired...

Yep.

And today happens to be 36 weeks!

March 23 = Target Day

So I was overly ambitious today but it turned out okay.  Liam had speech and I really wanted to get some stuff from Target so we headed there afterwards, putting off nap time.  This is a picture of Malia rubbing Liam's hair... the cashier asked her what her name was and she said "I Ah-eee-Ah."  And then she asked Liam what his name was and Malia said, "He's my boy."

May 23 = New Slide Day

I've joined a facebook group called MOPS Swap for the sole purpose of hopefully finding a slide for this child.  Every time there's a post I look immediately but no one is trying to get rid of a slide.  So I finally broke down and got one at Target today.  He's a big fan!

January 30 = Date Night

Mo asked us a few weeks ago when a good time for her to come up to Maryland would be.  We immediately responded- this weekend would be great!  We love to have the grandparents up to spend time with them and for them to spend time with the kids.  We got a bonus tonight though in that Grandma turned into babysitter and Zachary and I got to go out on a date!

We had dinner at Brio and then went to Target... because Target makes everything better... and we went to a hiking store... Eastern Mountain Sports?  I can't remember what it's called but Zachary loves it.  It was so nice to get away for a few hours and be able to have a conversation without it being interrupted.  Oh and to go out to eat and not have to be stressed the whole time- that was really nice too!

January 14 = Mommy & Malia Day

Liam was at the CDC today so Malia and I had a fun day together!  Obviously a fun day for us involves Target.  I have been in search of a headband that fits that will keep my hair out of my face when I work out and have bought probably 50- none of them stay on my head for longer than 2 minutes.  Here's the latest hopeful... Malia's trying it out for me here:

 On our way out to pick Liam up, Malia's hair went a little crazy.  It's not wind... just static!

January 7 = New Clothes Day

One of Zachary's fellow cohort members, Jim, and his wife, Kam, are very generous in giving us their daughter's clothes that she's outgrown.  I was going through them and since they're all 3T it'll be a while before they'll fit but she found this hat and gloves and they fit now- she loved them!

Also- I have proof that I haven't been to Target in a while- I thought it was pretty funny when my phone decided to let me know Target misses me.  I'll have to go before too long... I'm going through withdrawals.

September 19 = New Sippy Cups Day

After being gone last weekend for the marathon, Zachary had duty today so we are definitely looking forward to tomorrow, getting him back, and also next weekend to have a whole weekend together.  We started our day off with breakfast and, of course, some Mickey Mouse.  I'm not proud of it but I'm all about survival right now and that involves Mickey Mouse.  There are worse things.

Then we headed to Target and Carter's and Michaels.  I am on a mission to get this girl off bottles.  I'm tired of the parts.  I've been using bottles for over three years now and it's gotta stop.  Hopefully one or more of these will do the trick. 

It's not looking promising...

July 10 = First First Birthday Present Day

With the birthday party quickly approaching, we headed to Target today!  Grammy pushed Malia in the cart and I was in charge of Liam in the stroller who I realize has not been in any pictures lately...

When we got home, there was a package for Miss Malia and her Great-Great-Aunt Dot sent her her first first birthday present- all these doubles can be confusing!  It's a Bible in a nice, fuzzy, teddy bear cover!  Liam has the corresponding one- the same except some blue accents instead of the pink ones on Malia's- she loved it!  As soon as we handed it to her, she hugged it and wouldn't let go for us to read it!

I did some more work on the board! The only things missing are her height, weight and number of teeth- you never know if she's going to grow or if new teeth are going to break through in the next few days!

June 6 = Duty Day

It's been a nice year or so with no duty days but all good things must come to an end- today was Zachary's first duty day in so long!  So I decided to get out of the house as much as possible!  I got the kids up at normal time; we had breakfast and headed to the gym.  I showered at the gym- our new way of getting our monthly $30 worth of childcare at the gym while saving on our water bill- win/win!  Anyway- I left from there to do some shopping!  Of course we started at target.  I used the double stroller but it was a bit of a disaster.  Now for some reason, my patience on days when Zachary is not home is exponentially higher than when he is home.  I guess I know there's no one to complain to so I better just make the best of it.  So I handled Liam jumping off the standing part of the sit 'n' stand stroller very well and very calmly but decided we needed a different strategy moving forward.  And I decided a trip to my wine store was necessary.  So I went back to the car to drop off everything we got at Target and got the baby carrier and kept Liam in the double stroller but in the seat part that buckles.  Malia promptly fell asleep:

After Bed Bath & Beyond and the wine store, we headed home.  The kids took naps and I took a breather.  After getting the kids up, I packed a bag of dinner for all of us and we headed to visit Zachary at the academy.

 Liam kept taking things out of the drawer and putting them on the couch and returning for more.  Then, he returned everything one piece at a time.  And then repeated.

 Also here's another picture of Daddy and his little girl- they're getting pretty tight!