Always Playing Catch Up

It seems that my pattern of blogging is to go about 2 weeks without posting anything and then have to play catch up, over and over again.

And today is no exception, so here's what's been going down in the Nation world over the past two weeks.

For starters, I think we've got a future cosmetologist on our hands. Amelia had a grand ole time putting all of her new hair bows in Mommy's hair. And she also enjoyed pulling them out one by one (while pulling out some of Mommy's hair right along with it...ouch!). Fun times.

Last weekend we really did have some fun times when Aunt Beth and cousin Ryder came to pay us a visit. Amelia was SO excited for them to come visit, she was flapping her arms up and down so much with excitement I thought she might lift off the ground!

We played a little at the house when they got there. Both Amelia and Ryder are especially fond of playing music on our echo (aka Alexa) so we spent lots of time doing that. Ryder was also a good sport with playing Barbies and golf with her little plastic clubs. She repaid his kindness by whopping him in the tooth with one of the clubs. Don't worry, he was totally fine and we all ended up laughing quite a bit once we realized that he wasn't hurt.

Then we headed out to Trader Joes because Aunt Beth loves a good grocery store (as do I!) and grabbed lunch at Chik-fil-a. Both of our kids are huge waffle fries and sweet tea fans, so they were both pretty pumped.

Next, we headed over to the mall where my plan was to show Beth this really cool store called Altar'd State and then to stop by the Disney store to replace Amelia's Minnie Mouse doll that has mysteriously vanished. But lo and behold it turned out that I had taken us to the wrong mall. But you know us....we had fun anyway just walking around window shopping and throwing pennies in the fountain!

When we came back to our apartment, Beth discovered that she had a flat tire on her brand new car. Bummer!!! But I must say, that I was TOTALLY impressed with her handling of this unfortunate situation. I'm pretty sure my reaction would have been the following: 1.) Panic. 2.) Cry 3.)Call my father-in-law.

But Beth was a total pro. She popped the trunk and found some fix-a-flat and an air compressor and she just whipped that tire back into drivable shape. Then we located the nearest tire store and she took it over to get it patched up before they headed home. She didn't pout or complain or freak out whatsoever. That, my friends, is how you handle your business.

Fast forward to this morning when I was driving into work and my car alerted me that I had low tire pressure. Are you serious, Clark?


So what did I do? I called my father-in-law.

I told him the situation and strongly relayed the fact that if my sister could handle this situation, then I could too. But when he ended up meeting me at a gas station to help, I was definitely not mad, ha! As it turns out, I really have NO idea how to check air pressure in a tire. And I'm almost certain that I wouldn't have seen the nail that he spotted in the tread. How ironic that I ended up at the exact same tire store less than a week after I sent Beth there for the exact same conundrum? Ah well, these things happen.

In happier news, Amelia made her first trip to the state fair this morning. My mother-in-law is a huge fan of the state fair. She loves the animals, the big fruits and vegetables, everything. However....Chris and I are not huge fair people. Too many people, too hot, no thank you. So when she asked if she could take Amelia one morning just to go see the animals, our quick response was "Sure. As long as we don't have to go!"

But after Amelia's first fair visit, I think she might have caught the fair bug from her Nana. Girlfriend was a big fan!

Give her all the baby ducks and piglets and giant pumpkins and watermelon her heart desires. I only ask that you keep her away from the donut burgers, the chocolate dipped bacon, and the deep fried kool-aid.

Come to think of it. After a week of having my hair (literally) pulled out and a finding a nail in my tire, maybe Mommy here is the one who could go for a donut burger and some chocolate dipped bacon.

I'll try to update on our fun upcoming weekend earlier than 2 weeks from now. We are heading down to Franklin tomorrow for my BFF Alicia's wedding and I'm so excited to see everyone!

Happy Friday!