A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of taking care of Grant by myself for a few days. James had to go to Vegas to find some cars to repossess and planned a whole road trip that lasted from Wednesday afternoon to Sunday night. I have one little baby to take care of and honestly he was a piece of cake! We had so much together. I had to find a sitter for Thursday morning, and my friend Lyndi said she would do it. For which I am very grateful. We had a small playdate on Thursday afternoon and then we went home. I didn't have school on Friday because of a fall break, so I just go to be home with Grant! He is such a good baby. So easy to take care of. It was fun eating with him, and bathing him, and taking him shopping. I do have to say though, that I am so eternally grateful for James! He really does a lot to lighten the load around the house. Not only with helping to take care of Grant, but with household stuff. Since he left on the weekend, I was in charge of laundry, dishes, grocery shopping-things that James and I do together (well, James is actually better at laundry than me :)) Unfortunately, this was also a weekend where I had tons of church obligations. I had to be at the church on Saturday at 9:45 for our Primary program practice and I had to set up for the quarterly activity afterwards. It was crazy keeping up with Grant in the cultural hall. And I have to say there was this not so nice lady who was setting up the gym for a dance that they were going to have later. She didn't reserve it (well, neither did we) and she was a bitty about sharing it for a half an hour. She was a peach to work with. But we ended up having our activity amidst the chaos of all that. I was super happy to get it over with! Then on Sunday we had our actual Primary Program. Since James was gone I had to find someone to watch Grant, while I was up on the stand. Lucky for me, a cute lady in my ward volunteered last minute to do that. Kind of a busy week to have James be gone. But all in all, Grant and I had a good time, and he honestly was such an easy baby to take care of. We are truly blessed to have little Grant in our home.
James' birthday was on a Saturday this year. A few of my birthday plans got foiled, but I think it was a special day for James. He wanted pumpkin layer cheesecake for his birthday cake, and he wanted his presents in the morning which was kind of good, since both gifts could be used throughout the day. Grant gave him a new toaster (James loves toast, and our old one was on the fritz), and I gave him two new shirts. I wanted to do something special for dinner. James and I had a conversation once about comfort food. I seem to have a lot of recipes that remind me of home (my mom's date bread, red chicken, peach cobbler etc. The list goes on...) James couldn't really think of any, until he mentioned his mom's chicken noodle soup. Unfortunately, they were out of town so I couldn't get the recipe in time. I guess James' comfort food will have to be our Christmas Eve dinner since we will be here in Casper this year. We went out to dinner instead, and I have to say, James and I have such a good time together! He can make me laugh like nobody else can. So fun. Grant was great at dinner, and the food was delicious. We went to a place called Old Chicago which is an Italian food restaurant. It was way fun. When we got home we had our pumpkin cheesecake. James wanted to know if I was really going to put 32 candles on it ("It'll get ruined!") so instead I put them on in the shape of 32. I think he appreciated that! :)
James' birthday was on a Saturday this year. A few of my birthday plans got foiled, but I think it was a special day for James. He wanted pumpkin layer cheesecake for his birthday cake, and he wanted his presents in the morning which was kind of good, since both gifts could be used throughout the day. Grant gave him a new toaster (James loves toast, and our old one was on the fritz), and I gave him two new shirts. I wanted to do something special for dinner. James and I had a conversation once about comfort food. I seem to have a lot of recipes that remind me of home (my mom's date bread, red chicken, peach cobbler etc. The list goes on...) James couldn't really think of any, until he mentioned his mom's chicken noodle soup. Unfortunately, they were out of town so I couldn't get the recipe in time. I guess James' comfort food will have to be our Christmas Eve dinner since we will be here in Casper this year. We went out to dinner instead, and I have to say, James and I have such a good time together! He can make me laugh like nobody else can. So fun. Grant was great at dinner, and the food was delicious. We went to a place called Old Chicago which is an Italian food restaurant. It was way fun. When we got home we had our pumpkin cheesecake. James wanted to know if I was really going to put 32 candles on it ("It'll get ruined!") so instead I put them on in the shape of 32. I think he appreciated that! :)
