November 10th, 2007

OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! Only one more week of being in my 20's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Most grateful moment: This morning, I mentioned to Tommy that I needed to get out to run some errands and 'shop'- just to see what his reaction would be. I could tell that he wanted me to take one of the kids with me. Neither of us wanted to be 'stuck' with Mallie because she's a little more high-maintenance. But Jack would have been awful shopping with me. So after I got ready, I ran downstairs and said 'You don't really want me to take one of them, do you???" and he replied with a prompt 'YES!".... But I kept at it and finally ran out of the door in a moment of his weakness. I got 2 hours by myself...shopping away!!!! It was GREAT!!!

One thing I've learned today: When you stress about something for an entire week, the situation will not come to fruition.

Best life tip: If possible, when dining with 2 year olds and infants, reserve a room off to the side of the rest of the restaurant. We went to CYC with a bunch of people and kids tonight and we could have stayed in this room for hours. It was PERFECT! The kids literally ran around the table about 200 times....the babies were on the floor and in their strollers. The parents lolled around and drank wine. What could be better!!??

One moment I wish I could redo: I wish I had taken time to get rid of my headache that haunted me all day long. The only way to get rid of a headache for me is to take a nap...and I didn't have the time. SO it chased me all day... and annoyed me!!! I can't wait to go to sleep tonight!!!

Biggest laugh of the day: I have two.... the first: My brother-in-law Brian is here often to visit Jack, get a free meal, hangout...etc.- and sometimes- when we're lucky, he even visits us! His favorite joke when he's here is to ask Tommy and I if we're getting divorced everytime we snap at each other of pretend to be annoyed with each other. Today, he asked "are you guys going to get divorced?" and I replied "Yes, Brian...you're going to be from a broken home". He said "I won't be from a broken home!" and I said "essentially, you will"..... referring to all the time he spends here- which I love! This cracked me up, but I'm my biggest fan of my own humor!

On the way down to CYC we were playing our Irish music. Jack has heard it so much that he sings along now. THe lyrics were: "It's good to see you, to be in your arms" Jack was singing 'See you.....in your heart!" It was so cute...and got a good laugh from his mom and dad.

Best Tommy moment of the day: Not only is Tommy a really, really good dad...but he's a really, really good uncle too. We went to a playgroup party that our nephew Danny went to today. His dad, Kevin, wasn't there. But Tommy paid so much attention to Danny. He rolled around and wrestled and played with he and Jack just the same. It was really sweet to see how genuinely he cares about his nephews, even though he has kids of his own.

Best Jack moment of the day: Jack had a great time at this birthday party today. It was at a toddler's activity gym, called Gymboree. The owner put on a lesson, including songs and games and other activities. It was really well done...but instead of doing any of the activites- Jack spent most of his time at the basketball hoop, shooting 3-pointers. It was obvious how he marches to the beat of his own drum. He ended up doing the parachute and some of the songs and had a wonderful time with his cousin Danny and his other friends.

Best Mallie moment of the day: At dinner tonight, Mallie laid on the floor between Brooke and I on her blanket, just chatting and kicking away. She let us eat and talk and drink. She was really good!!! And she looked adorable in her white sweater dress, bow and stripped tights. So cute!