Saturday Update

Friday evening was so nice. We went over to a friend's house for dinner, the K Family. It was truly enjoyable for everyone. It is nice to have a couple's friend that Daddy Piper and I both get along with. Usually one of us is friends with one of the couple but not both, does that make sense? Anyway it was nice : -) We exchanged our family ornaments and would you believe they bought us the black bear family on a sled that we had just purchased on Monday. What are odds?!? The kids all played very well together. We used to get together pretty frequently but we got busy and let this friendship kinda slide. We agreed last night to not let so much time go by before getting together again!

Baby J didn't sleep well last night. He was up quite a few times. I think it might have to do with my switch from the decaf I was drinking to the French Vanilla fully loaded stuff I slurped for the last week (and by slurped, I mean inhaled!!) I only had a small cup this morning and his sleeping seems back on track.

This morning I called around to find the gift that Santa is bringing the kids (a backyard playset/swingset thing) and finally found one so off Baby J and I went to get it. I called some more places after getting in the van and found it a bit closer to home so we went there instead. They had it waiting for me. So I paid and got the van and the employees loaded it for me. It should really make the kids squeal with delight Christmas morning! I got home and had such a raging headache so after lunch I laid down while Daddy Piper had all 3 kids. He quickly brought me Baby J to nurse but at least my headache was gone by then. I really need to get my pump back so I can start pumping and introduce a bottle to Baby J. I hope it's not too late!

Later this afternoon, we were all outside and our closest neighbors brought over a basket of goodies which included Horton Hears A Who. The kids were stoked with that one! Then the afternoon went downhill. S was throwing sticks up in the air and one came down and hit me square in the eye. I was unprepared and caught off guard. It HURT. I almost vomitted from the pain. It still hurts now, 5 1/2 hours later. I sure hope it's okay. I didn't go get it checked out -probably should have. Daddy Piper had to walk me inside because I couldn't see out of the other side for a bit due to the watering. S felt so bad. It reinforced the whole "don't throw sticks" rule : -)