Piercings and Pumpkins

This one is waaaaay overdue...sorry.

We had a 1st birthday party (so fun!) the day after Halloween and then i had a three day program to run down in Princeton Monday through Wednesday.

Needless to say, I'm farking e-x-h-a-u-s-t-e-d.

So rewind to last week. I had been asked on Monday afternoon if i was available to present to a group of people on Tuesday in NYC. Then i was in Jersey City on Wednesday to help run two Financial Advisor training programs that were running simultaneously. On my way there (and after being sent to the wrong hotel - and having valet park my car) i found out that Kathi was sick and couldn't take Reese. So i called Nate in a panic and said "don't drop off the baby! You have to stay home with her." And that's what he did.

And then that's what i did for Thursday and Friday. And i can't lie - it was fun. We played, shopped, and played some more. Basically just reminisced about the good ol' days when i was still on maternity leave. Good times.

So Thursday was filled with a make up Gymboree class (since we skipped a class a couple of weeks ago). While there i bought one of Reese's favorite things we get in class...bubbles! In turn, this is what Thursday looked like:

Then along came Friday. And what's a couple of girls to do on a beautiful Friday when swine flu is floating around all the major shopping malls? Well get their ears pierced of course! Yes, that's right, it was time for the little Peanut to get her lobes beautified. Once Nate was home i attempted to get a good picture - but wasn't very successful - but here's what Friday looked like:

By the way - i had them done by a doctor who has been doing it for over 40 years - not at the mall.

Then came Halloween. We had tons of fun going to Gymboree in costume and then having my cousin Jessie, her husband Ronnie and little boy Bailey over for lot's of pictures and dinner...and a group bath (between the babies that is):

You can't truly appreciate how hard it is to get a "good" shot of two babies in the tub at the same time until you try it. Just picture yourself juggling a 15 pound greased turkey in a tub of water. Not easy.

I also stumbled upon the H1N1 nasal vaccine today - so i got it. Although I'm not sure how i feel about getting the vaccine for Reese, i figured I'm willing to take the chance on myself and thought it was just another way to protect her. I'll let you all know if i get any side effects from it.

I'm pretty sure i know the next recipe I'll be posting so stay tuned.