I’m still waiting on a few family photos from K before sharing round 4 of our Christmas celebrations. I didn’t take many pictures at my parents house at all because we were too busy stuffing our faces, stealing presents in an always-brutal round of Dirty Santa and watching the boys throw washers in the yard. In the meantime, I thought I’d share a few pics from our little adventure yesterday.
Who LOVES to get up at 5:45 on the Monday after Christmas? Yeah… me neither. Unfortunately, I managed to schedule my OB appointment at 8 o’clock and it’s a good 40 minute drive. Ella had a major meltdown when I attempted to wrangle her curls and brush her teeth, despite the fact that I tried to put her to bed early the night before and warn her of our early departure.
We had to wait awhile, but the appointment went great. I started rotating this month, so Ella met another of my doctors (who won her over by complimented her fashion sense and talking to her first when he came in the room). I had only gained 4 pounds this month despite Christmas gorging and Sophie was measuring right on schedule, too. We got to hear her heartbeat again and Ella has been imitating the whoosh-whoosh sound for everybody since then.
I had promised Ella we would attempt the movie theater while we were out of work and school, so this was the day. She’d been seeing previews for The Princess and the Frog for several weeks and had been begging to see it. Luckily, it was showing in the morning at a local theater so I decided to give it a go. What I didn’t tell her was that our best friends, Ryan & Grey, would be joining us. She was so excited and they were so good considering it was a first for them both. Ella got a little sleepy at the end and Grey needed a bathroom break, but all in all it went pretty well.
We grabbed lunch at Panera Bread and they ran around the restaurant like two crazy people. We were too tired and too hungry to care. Nobody complained. in fact, we got lots of compliments on their cuteness and hopefully the middle-aged man trying to enjoy some alone time on his laptop didn’t mind.
The other thing on our list to do yesterday was some after-Christmas shopping. I didn’t have much money to spend and certainly didn’t want to drive all over Birmingham. The malls weren’t open when we left the doctor, so we hit up Target. Ella got a few ornaments for her tree and hangers for the ridiculous amount of clothes she got for Christmas, I got a cute pair of flat shoes for Winter and finally, Sophie Kae got a few cute things to wear. Their Dwell Baby line was 40% off, so I bought one of everything in a 0-3 months size. Yay!
Next we hit up some kids boutiques before meeting the Hendricks’ for the movies. I got Ella a few cute outfits for next Christmas and Valentine’s Day at 50%, but I was still disappointed not to have found holiday pajamas for the girls for next year.
After the movie and lunch, Ella was fading fast, but I decided to try one more store on the way home. Luckily, they had plenty of pajamas, including a good selection in 9 months sizes. The girls (I love saying that, by the way!) are officially outfitted for Santa next year and I cannot wait to see how adorable they look. Monograms to come, of course!
