Making Mommy a Cake and the Lion Family

Duh duh duh duh, snap snap. Duh duh duh duh, snap snap. The Lion Family.
Okay that was retarded. Yes, there was a lion mama, but since I am the work horse behind this little blog, I get to screen the pictures that make the final cut.






Last week I turned 29. What a day?!?! Andy was back in Joplin for trail on a double homicide he worked 2 years ago. After I left work early, so he could be there on time and then a 3 hour drive, they decided they didn't need him to testify. So we are out a tank of gas in the Mountaineer and 2 hours of pay for nothing. I honestly think they should reimburse us, but that is wishful thinking. ...... On my birthday eve day little miss Jillian screamed for about 80% of her waking hours. I almost took he to the ER, but by the time I went to work I thought I had it all figured out. I thought her reflux was bothering her. All the symptoms fit, not wanting to lay flat (I could only get her to sleep in the swing), she wasn't nursing well at all and she didn't have a fever. So I decided to just call the pediatrician when they opened. On the birthday we got a 12:30 appointment. Mom came and stayed with Drew, what an angel she is. So when it is time for us to get ready to go she was finally sleeping. I woke her at the last minute possible to see if she would eat and then we were off. We didn't get far, on the two lane highway to town there was a highway department survey that you had to stop for, now we were late. At 12:30 I called the office (which I thing is the courteous thing to do) to tell them we are running behind. I was informed that if we were more than 15 minutes late, they would reschedule our appointment. AHHHH! Are they kidding me?, do they know what kind of day I had yesterday?, do they know that it is my birthday? Jillian And I go speeding to the doctor's office (I am surprised we didn't get pulled over, because that is the kind of day we were having) and we arrive 14 minutes late. We are checking in and great I do not have our new insurance card, so the receptionist says they won't be able to see me. Is this a reality show? is there a camera hiding somewhere? Finally after a brief but stern discussion we agreed that I will pay for little miss to be seen and fax my insurance info later. So finally we are there and waiting to be seen. I don't know if it was punishment or not but we waited for a very long time. Finally the doc came in and checked her out and she had a raging ear infection. Poor baby girl :( So much for mother's intuition, because I had ruled that out because no fever, she wasn't reaching for her ear, I am still breast feeding and she rarely leaves the house. So it is 2:00 and we drop off our prescription without insurance (again) and they tell me that for the world's most common script , amoxicillian, it will be an hour. So the bean and I kill and hour and show back up at 3:00 and it is still not ready. Finally we get back home, she gets fed, I get fed and I get to bed at 4:30. I have to be up at 8:00 to go to work. 3 1/2 hours of sleep, Happy Birthday to me!! :) ..... Jillian did give me a gift that morning, she rolled over from her back to her tummy. She has been going tummy to back for a couple of weeks, but I think gravity makes that way a little easier. My mom brought me a ice cream cake and roses from her garden for my birthday too. Thanks mom!

Friday night Andy and I went to the Barristers Ball in Topeka. I tease him that it is law school prom. So I ask Andy on 3 separate occasions what is the appropriate dress for this shindig. He tells me cocktail attire. I asked him to ask people at school, because a Ball infers formal wear to me. He assures me that it is cocktail. So it is hard enough to find something that fits a fat girl and that a fat girl doesn't feel completely self- conscious in, but to do it with no time to shop is even harder. So I get this elderly-esqe attire online from JCP and it fits, so I go with it. I swear if my head was not on this picture, you would think it was a 60+ year old lady. You know how people always say to everyone, "you look great", without truly meaning it, well when I got that comment I just wanted to say "thanks I just lost 30 years".
So we finally arrive after road construction detours and getting lost and finally asking for directions and everyone is in, yes, formal wear. Floor length dresses, up-do's and fake nails and there I am the only girl in pants and a old lady jacket. We ended up leaving fairly early for multiple reasons including my uncomfortableness. It was nice to spend time with just Andy though and now my mom has a new jacket to wear to her sorority conventions. (no joke, she is going to use it, which just proves my point).


Saturday the boys made me a birthday cake. I think Drew was shocked that "No No" Daddy was letting him help pour and stir and make a mess. He had a good time and the cake turned out yummy.



Yum dry cake mix!

I have to try not to think about the raw egg in the bite of batter every time I look at this pic!!

I just wanted to see if I could upload video from my camera. So this is just a test run. Drew is saying cheese as he tries to grab the camera from me. Little sissy is in the background letting me know she is so done with the bouncy seat :)Horrible lighting I know. I will take some cute video of the kids and post it next time. I didn't want to delete this one because it took forever to upload.