Alone but Not Really

Today is my third day at home alone with the little munchkin. Things have gone mostly well. Yesterday was very stressful for reasons completely unrelated to Carina!

Our doorbell is broken and decided to randomly ring at 4 am during one of Carina's feedings Thursday morning. Peter hit the circuit breaker for the living room to turn off the doorbell but inadvertantly disconnected both the phone and the internet. He had the phone up and running before he left for work but not the internet. I stupidly tried to monkey around with the router and modem and ended up losing the phone connection too. I panicked and added minutes to my emergency cell phone that I was pretty sure wasn't even active anymore just so I would have some way to contact the outside world.

In the end I had the phone and internet working before Peter got home but it was a super stressful morning. Carina is still eating and sleeping like a champ. We got her newborn portrait session photos back and I ordered birth announcements. I'm so excited to send them out! Right now I've got the little monkey in a carrier tied to me so I have both hands free to type. She's a little restless but generally happy at the moment. Such a sweetie.

I can't wait for Peter to be home with us for 3 whole days!

A Longwood Weekend

Another fantastic weekend! We've had a lot of those lately. Lucky us.

Friday we spent the night at my parents'. I hung out with mom in bed and she even let me have the TV remote. Now that's real love.

Saturday mom and I went for pedicures. Heavenly. My toes are now "Senorita Rosa-lita". We returned home to the boys and headed to the Verizon store. We cancelled our current cell phone plan since we now have a home phone. After that we went to Perkin's for lunch. I don't know that I've ever been to a Perkin's but it was really, really good (especially the huge chocolate chip cookie!)

Then we finally headed to Longwood Gardens. It was a little chilly and not a whole lot was blooming outside but it was a really nice visit and there was so much to see inside. They have an orchid extravaganza going on right now. So pretty. I still wish we could have seen the Easter flowers too but that's not till April 1st.

On our way home we stopped at Walmart and Peter and I bought GoPhones to use for emergencies. So now I think as far as phones go we're all set! Saving money = awesome.

We didn't do much yesterday. Taught Sunday school, went to church, got groceries. I took a nap to recover from Longwood, haha. Michelle delivered our homemade peanut butter eggs we bought from Alex's day care and they are fantastic. If we hadn't put them in the freezer I'm not sure any would have made it till Easter. We'll see!

Peter just got home from the cat shelter. I'm trying out a new recipe (cheesy chicken & broccoli bake) so I'd better go rescue it and eat.