Gas

Today I was on my way to Whole Foods. My gas light has been on for a couple of days, so I decided to stop at the Chevron by my house before hopping on the freeway. I pull up, get out of my car, and start pushing and pulling on my gas cover thingy to get it open. I realize that there is a little latch inside my car that I need to pull first (which unlocks the cap). I then realize that I don't know if I've ever filled my car up with gas. ???? Weird. I've owned it since late summer...August? September? Why haven't I ever filled up my car with gas?

Obviously, my wonderful husband has been filling up my car whenever I tell him (or when he notices) that my gas light is on. I have the best husband in the world! Thank you, lover!

Blowouts

Today brother Louie popped his head into the classroom and asked if I had a few minutes to help with something. Since we had an extra teacher today-go Miss Shontell-I stepped out and followed him to the office where my daughter was being held about a foot away from my husband. There is poo on the ground. Apparently, Ellie had a nice blowout, which was actually a really good thing as she has had a bladder infection and has not really poo'd since last Thursday. Antibiotics always make poo a little funny, too.

So, the best part of this whole thing, and the reason I'm blogging, was my husbands thoughts on how to get her clothes off without getting the poo all over her. He suggests, in all seriousness, "we can just cut her shirt off". I started laughing. Later I came to find out that Louie had the same idea. All I could think of was being at the ER when they tear off someones clothes so they can operate really quickly. Daddy's are funny. The have an interesting outlook on things...much different than my own. I am thankful for the joy that living life with Ben brings me. I am also thankful that my little one is feeling much better!

What's the point?

What's the point of spring break if all of your normal assignments & quizes are due on the first Monday back? Don't they know I don't read their nonsense on spring break? College professors can be lame.

Basketball

I have a confession to make. Up until yesterday evening, I had never been to a real basketball game in my life. For real. My dad used to watch the Chicago Bulls on tv and yell loudly, and I was just not interested in it. Last night, Ben and I went to watch a UNR basketball game...thanks for the tickets, Matt. It was a lot of fun. It was even better since UNR won the game. I liked watching the people...it is probably one of my all time favorite passtimes. Ben thinks I'm bad at it because I stare. I think I'm good at it because I stare. Anyway, I liked the noise and the energy, and I especially liked being on a date with my hubby (two nights in a row, might I add...thanks Weezer x2). I would definitely go to another game some day!

Monday

Today is Monday, Today is Monday, Monday String Beans...Any Eric Carle fans??? Anyway, yes, today is Monday, and there was no work today as it is a holiday. Not only was there no work, but we had nothing to do; No where to go. Ellie woke us up at 7:30 by running into our bedroom and yelling "MAMA!" Very cute. Even cuter was the fact that she had slept through the night. The only bummer is now that I am nice and pregnant again, I wake up twice a night anyway to go pee :( We went to Scheels to buy Ellie a new pair of shoes. She has little tiny feet that have only grown 1 shoe size in the last 4 months....makes it really easy to justify buying the "good" shoes for her little tootsies :) Ellie took a 3 hour nap, and I took a short nap, too. We just finished dinner, and I will probably go and eat some delicious chocolate from Sees candy. Jealous?

Peanut Butter

So apparently my organic creamy peanut butter AND my organic crunchy peanut butter are among the lists and lot #'s that were recalled with the recent salmonella outbreak...so sad.

Sleeping

My little Ellie girl is sleeping in her toddler bed right now. We bought one a few weeks back from a lady on Craigslist. It is really cute, but it needs to be painted to match the rest of her furniture. Anyway, it's been sitting in her room with blankets on it for the past few weeks. She occasionally plays on it, but that's about it. Ben is gone tonight "jamming" with the guys, and I played with Ellie in her room. She kept climbing into her toddler bed and laying down. In fact, she wanted to do everything in it tonight...read books, play with her farm house, play with teddy. So, I thought, "well, maybe she wants to try it out!" So, I put her down in the toddler bed tonight. She's been asleep since 7:30 (it's now 8:48).

I have mixed feelings:

1. How long is this going to last? I keep expecting to see her little face pop through my door at any minute, with a charming "mama!" She may be back in her crib before long. If so...that's okay!

2. This is my baby and I feel kinda sad that she is not in her crib. She's slept in it since day 1. I know she has to grow up eventually, but it's still a bit sad, and happy, all at the same time.

On another note, Ellie has taken a fancy to repeating whatever Ben says. I suppose we need to be more careful now about the words we speak. So far this week, she has repeated "butt-hole" and "munch" (from the latin root-word butt-munch). I think we are going to have to limit the number of times we use the word "douche" as well. This could be hard :)