Where Did This Week Go?

Even though it hasn't been that busy of a week as far as multiple nights full of games, it seems that this week has been extremely busy. This week was filled with multiple cooking adventures (yes, you read that correctly, MULTIPLE!), a girls day in to celebrate the last weekend of freedom from work for a few months, a special birthday party, and more!

KITCHEN WARS

Since there were multiple cooking adventures, that seems like the best place to start this post. This week’s planned cooking adventure was a beefy mac and cheese. It seemed like a slam dunk because we love beef and we love mac and cheese. 

Look! Lots of ingredients and kitchen gear! It must be difficult!

My sous chef. 

Seriously, I have one cute kid. 

Getting hungry yet? 

You should be hungry now!

In my spare time, I take abstract photography...yea, that's it...

Elise - 3, Kitchen - 1

The next night, I had a "cooking" night as I had a frozen pizza in reserve in case the beef mac and cheese didn't taste quite right. So I got all creative and this was the result: 

A DiGiorno pizza and Little Ceasar's crazy bread = perfection!

BOOM! See what I did? I added pepperoni to a cheese pizza. 

That counts as cooking!

Emily's Birthday

Friday was a very special day in our house. It was Emily's birthday. No, Emily is not my daughter. She is my daughter's doll. Emily is a Cabbage Patch doll, which means she has a birth certificate. I'm using this as a full on excuse to eat cake. 

 

        The birthday girl                                                               It's not a party without Elmo!

Homemade meatballs. Yea, HOMEMADE by yours truly! 

Crescent rolls just waiting to have delicious meatballs rolled in them. 

How tasty does that look? 

Fuzzy's chips and queso finalize the party menu. 

Kiddo, Lion, and Gorilla approved!

Cute Kiddo Moment

Just have to brag on what my kiddo colored for me this week. It is the first piece of artwork from my kiddo and is hanging in a place of honor on the fridge. 

It's light, but there is some color on there! 

Also, this is just a cute picture of my kiddo enjoying an Elmo cupcake. For the record, Grammy had one with blue icing and she would say "blue" to let her know that she wanted the icing on that blue cupcake of Grammy's. 

Again, I have a ridiculously cute kiddo. 

#MOTY Greatest Hits

Gives You Hell - All-American Rejects

Bounce - MSTRKRFT

Best Days of Your Life - Kelly Pickler

Animal - Mike Snow

The Day That I Die - Benjy Davis Project

I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick

This Ain't A Love Song - Bon Jovi

True To Your Heart - 98 Degrees (Mulan soundtrack)

Love Your Love The Most - Eric Church

I Go To Extremes - Billy Joel

Mr. Brightside - The Killers

Honeybee - Blake Shelton

Lagniappe 

This is just a little something extra. It has nothing to do with any of the reasons mentioned previously for this blog existing, so for instances like this will fall under the lagniappe title. (Lagniappe = a little something extra) There was a very recent moment in my life where I had a close friend tell me they could no longer speak to me. I won't go into the details, because that isn't important to this mini-story. I had a devotional this week that really stood out to me and felt the need to share. It's a Joyce Meyer devotional, so I take no credit, but what it had to say was this: 

"I cannot make myself acceptable to all people, and neither can you, but we can believe God will give us favor with the people He wants us involved with. Sometimes we try to have relationships with people God does not even want us to be associated with. Knowing who we are in Christ sets us free from the need to impress others. Once we know who we are and accept ourselves, we no longer have anything to prove." 

As hard as it is to think that this person will no longer be a part of my life, this devotion gave me peace that it is for a purpose. I don't need someone in my life who doesn't want to be there. It's as a simple as that. I chose to embrace the people who do want to be a part of my life. The people who I can have girls nights (or days) in with while cooking, drinking margaritas and watching stupid movies (such as Crossroads and The Challenge); the people who e-mail me while we are both at work so it's like I never moved so far away; the people who feel that when it comes to receiving important news, that I am worth a phone call and not just a mass text or notice via Facebook; the people who have always been there for me and believed in me, even when I didn't believe in myself. Those are the people that I know God has placed and kept in my life for a reason, and those are the people that I need to focus my energy on, not those who chose to walk out. 

Brilliant Plans

Sometimes my brilliant plans need to be laid to rest instead of sprouting alternate brilliant plans on top of them. It's a day off of work for us, and my co-worker and I are coming in to move some laptops and printers because doing that during regular business hours isn't fully feasible. With at in mind, I decided that I would come in a little early and get in a workout since I have a date later today. (Yes, you read that correctly.) We have a nice workout facility here, and since the athletes don't really use it much anymore since the newer/nicer one was built, it has become a place that the athletic staff tend to use. It has 2 ellipticals, 3 treadmills, a stair stepper and an exercise bike plus all the old school weight equipment you could need. I'm setting the stage for the story that I'm about to tell of my brilliant workout plan.

My brilliant plan for the morning workout was to bring the stadiums (that I slacked on once football season was over) inside to the gym. It seemed brilliant until I learned just how steep those stairs in the gym REALLY are. I knew they were steep from having to get from point a to point b during games, but it was torture for the 4 sections that I did this morning. Then, brilliant plan b is to hit the elliptical for some interval work. But I don't stop there because I see the holy grail of all treadmill workout plans that doesn't involve running! Our women's basketball coach set up a 61 minute power walking on crazy incline treadmill workout and posted it there for anyone who would like to use it. Our women's basketball coach must be psychic and is totally going to help me bring sexy back with this one. Especially since brilliant plan c was to do the first 3 stages when my legs hated me already. Now they want to kill me. If I happen to die, please let everyone know that my legs committed the murder...in the gym...with a medicine ball and 5lb weight. 

#MOTY GREATEST HITS

Just because my legs hate me, doesn't mean I can't share selections from the killer playlist that got me through this morning's workout!

It's Gonna Be Me - N'Sync

8675309 - Jenny - Tommy Tutone

Gunpowder and Lead - Miranda Lambert

I Want You Back - Jackson 5

It's Raining Men - The Weather Girls

Joe Strummer - Cowboy Mouth (One of my favs!)

Kerosene - Miranda Lambert

Bellas Finals - Pitch Perfect Soundtrack

Best Days of Your Life - Kelly Pickler

Big City Dreams - NeverShoutNever! (AMAZING song!)

Boston - Augustana

Proud MOTY Candidate

#MOTY MOMENT
I have to say that nothing makes me prouder as a mom than the fact that my kiddo loves books. In fact, she usually goes for the books before she'll go for her toys. She can't read yet (she's only 1) but she loves to babble as she turns pages and always wants someone to read to her.

Some people double fists drinks, my kid double fists books.

Her room at Grammy and Granddad's

 less than 30 minutes after walking up. 

CUTE KIDDO MOMENT

Today the kiddo kept saying "mama" and pointing and I could not for the life of me figure out what she was asking for. I asked her to show me what she wanted and I held up a bag of Cheetos and she pointed to them and said "mama". My mom laughed and told me that she also calls Dr. Pepper "mama". I know she has seen me drink Dr. Pepper, but I don't keep Cheetos in the house. She must have saw me eat them once at Grammy's and then I shared some with her so that's how she came to associate me with Cheetos. At least I would make a tasty communion if the need ever arose. 

DADDY/DAUGHTER DATE

If there is one thing that I'm sad that my daughter won't get to experience, it is the daddy/daughter date. I'm lucky that she has an amazing granddad and unkie though who can provide her with the male part of that. My dad and I had a date to the Lamar/McNeese basketball game. We had some pretty sweet seats thanks to my buddies at McNeese. Girls won, guys lost. At least we got one win today. 

#MOTY MOMENT PART DEUX

I bought this for my daughter today. I'm sure that the next sandwich that she has will make her extra excited. 

Couponing Fail

I sat down tonight to get my grocery shopping list ready for Sunday when I get back to Texas. I had kept all of my sale papers and went through matching things that I need in the near future with coupons and the stores they were on sale at. I was all set to have an AWESOME savings at CVS and a payday because I would have bought enough of the select items to get a CVS cash card out of the deal too. I was patting myself on the back with how awesome this was going to come out. I was even congratulating myself on succeeding at this couponing thing and imagining the accolades that would pour in from the blog post that would follow. Then I REALLY looked at the sale paper and saw the dates these prices and deals applied to...and saw they end tomorrow. Crap. My coupons are in Texas and I won't be back there until Sunday. Well played, CVS, well played.

Elise - 0, Coupons - 1

Craft Fail

Today, I decided to get crafty. My office mate fully supported me in this endeavor and today was both a success and a fail. I saw this really cool idea on Pinterest (where all good ideas start) of spray painting wine bottles one color and then wrapping them in rubber bands and spray painting a different color so it has this really cool graphic effect. I also found another cool idea of painting cheap glass bowls with acrylic paint and then spray them with a sealer of some sort so it doesn't chip. I had the brilliant idea to use up the acrylic paint I had left over from a project that I did for the kiddo’s birthday party in September. I bought some dollar store square candle holder type things and thought I would do the whole wrap it in rubber bands and use a different color just like the spray paint. Well, here is how that turned out. 

The colors I have just happen to be the colors for my college

and the colors of the college I worked for before moving here. 

It started off so well. We painted them one solid color. Not that difficult, right? 

Rubber bands and the second color. We're already feeling this was a bad idea. 

You might not be able to tell, but the rubber bands on the red and white one decided

to break during the painting of the red coat. 

Final product. Not what I thought it would look like.

 Unlike my office mate, I saw this craft fail all the way to be bitter end. 

This side didn't turn out too bad. At least it seemed more like my vision. 

After the craft fail, I decided to turn the red and white one into this. 

Cooking Twice in One Week?

Oh yea, you read that title right. I cooked not just twice in one week, but two nights in a row. Tonight, was baked taco night. I saw this recipe on Pinterest and have been wanting to try it for a while now. It seemed so easy and it was. We'll just let the pictures tell you how this one turned out.

Yep, there's all the goodness that is about to go in the oven. 

You can't go wrong with rice, right? 

How good does that look? 

My mom and I are diehard hard taco fans, 

while the kiddo and my dad are soft taco fans. 

Time to bring on the cheese. The more cheese the better in my opinion. 

Who doesn't want some of that? 

Way better than I thought it would be. 

CUTE KIDDO MOMENT

My daughter loves to read. To her, reading is turning the pages in books and babbling. She loves being read to as well as reading to me. Her favorite place to play is in the bathroom. Tonight, we combined both of these as she wanted to read to me in the bathroom. #moty2013 

Isn't she a cutie? 

How Do You Do It?

I was asked this question last Saturday and have been spending more time thinking of a blog post that would provide an answer to that question that seemed to express everything I need to say in order to answer it. But let’s travel back a few days and set the scene for the question…

It’s Saturday, January 12^th. It’s our third basketball doubleheader of the week and it’s getting close to the running on fumes point of the day. We are halfway through our women’s game, so our crew who is coming in to only work for the men’s game is just finished getting in their places and getting set up. As I’m leaving my office to go do a quick walk through with my office mate (the awesome crocheter that I wrote about yesterday), another coworker stops me and says, “If I were you, I couldn’t handle this. How do you do it being the single mom to a one year old?” My instant response was “Lots of coffee and support from my parents.” As I went back to doing the voodoo that we do on gamedays, I started to think that there is so much more to that answer than I could ever say in the brief period of time between that question and running off to the next walkthrough. So, I am now going to answer that question in this blog. I know that not too many people read it because that would mean I would have to tell people that it exists, but in case anyone stumbles upon it, here is the multi-part answer to the loaded question, “how do you do it?”

(1) Lots of coffee. That is said part in jest and part in all seriousness. I used to not drink coffee, but now that I do, I have noticed that I am much more productive. The 5 hour energy shots don’t work well for me, and neither to energy drinks. Good ole coffee with cream is what I need to get me through a long workday and still provide me with energy to keep up with a small child when I get home.

(2) An awesome officemate. I was lucky when I landed this job to find someone that I get along so well with even while sharing small office quarters. She’s the Yoko Ono to my John Lennon without ruining my non-existent music career. Sometimes you are lucky enough to have friends that you get to work with and her support has helped me navigate through the learning curve of a new job with ease.

(3) Awesome prep “family”. I consider everyone that I worked with at my last job family that I got to work with. These guys and gal helped me so much in my career and my personal life and were there for me through some of the roughest patches of self reinvention known to man. I moved to Nashville to start over, and not in a music career. It ended up being the best decision that I have made (even if there were some questionable decisions during that period and my parents were not fully into the idea of me moving there and going through a self reinvention). After leaving a career and a boss who showed me how NOT to manage people, I was blessed to end up in a job working for someone who is now one of my closest friends who showed me how TO manage people. I feel that the skills I learned by watching him have helped make these rough workdays easier because I have workers that I trust and who can do the job without much help from me.

(4) Amazing friends. Where would I be without the amazing friends who have been there to listen to all of the stories and help me navigate through the unexpected pregnancy, the unexpected mommyhood, and just the unexpected in general? Who knows, but I’m so glad that these people have stuck by me and never judged me when I needed advice and never told me how I should think or feel, but let me figure it out on my own.

(5) The best family anyone could ask for. Last, but not least, I could not do it without the best family anyone could ask for. Sure, we have our dysfunctional moments often and are, for the most part, pretty boring, but we work. My grandparents LOVE my daughter and she LOVES them and will ask for them all the time. If they aren’t around, she has to see their picture. My brother, who was never one for children, is wrapped around my daughter’s little finger and is the best uncle anyone could ask for. My parents are my daughter’s second set of parents. They spend more time with her than anyone and if anyone tries to say she isn’t perfect, my mother will probably go into attack mode. She knows that all she has to do is smile and Grammy and Granddad will get her what she wants. They spoil her rotten and me as well. I could not do any of what I do without them.

So to answer the question, “how do you do it?”, I have to give credit to the supporting cast of my life because without any one of them,  I would not be able. God blessed me with awesome people in my life because he knew I needed them. He blessed them with me because he knew they would need lots of comedic relief. 

I Could Even Be A Craft Star...

CRAFT STAR

My co-worker crochets and is pretty awesome at it. She taught herself how to do this a few months ago and I am fascinated when we have down time in the office and she busts out the yarn and goes at it. FASCINATED, I tell you. I’m mesmerized and could watch her crochet for hours. My grandma crochets as well and it’s the same thing when she does it. I go into some sort of trance and wish that I could be that crafty.

See the cool coaster my coworker made me! I heart it!

Well, I’ve decided that in order to fully achieve #MOTY2013, I need to step up my game and get a little crafty. I have researched some difficult (ok, easy) craft projects and have one in particular that I plan to tackle this weekend since I’m off of work. I also found a cute one that I plan to tackle for my best friend’s birthday gift. (She reads this blog, so there will be no pictures posted until after the present is delivered.) I’m also trying to figure out if I can really get away with some homemade gifts for Christmas this year. The kiddo and I are in the year of the budget so anything we can do on the cheap that looks like we spent big money will come in handy.

ADVENTURES IN COOKING

But back to the real reason we’re all here today. It’s time for some more adventures in cooking! Tonight’s recipe came from the back of the bag of the Tyson ready made chicken strips that I've had in the freezer and have been trying to figure out something to do with. It’s time for (drum roll please) …. Italian Style Chicken and Pasta! (Which is a fancy shmancy term for grilled chicken over spaghetti)

My pic of the ingredients for this meal did not save on my phone, but the list is very short: half a box of spaghetti, a bag of the Tyson ready made chicken strips, and a jar of spaghetti sauce. Simple enough, right? I opened up a bag of pre-made salad mix and popped some French bread into the oven and BAM! instant awesome meal.

Ok, so not quite instant. Good thing I was planning to save half of the loaf for next week so we didn't have to eat this. That broiler got hot faster than I thought it would.  

AMAZING! Kid approved, too. 

The power has shifted back over to me.

Elise - 2, Kitchen - 1

#MOTY BOOK CLUB

Ok, so I know I made a NYR to read at least one book per month. I have actually read 4 books so far, thanks to the best Christmas gift I ever received but fought my parents on purchasing for a few years. My Kindle goes everywhere with me, and Amazon has a wealth of free or cheap books that can provide some entertainment. All of these books that I have read so far this month were free at the time I downloaded them: 

(1)  No Sex Clause – Predictable romantic comedy, but I laughed more than I thought I would.

(2) Worth the Weight – Again, predictable romantic comedy

(3) What To Say If He Shows You His %$# - Hilarious and accurate advice on dating

(4)The Aspen Account – DOWNLOAD THIS NOW! PURCHASE NOW! I highly recommend this book and would give it 5 out of 5 stars. Wait…here I go…*****  Seriously, this book was more of a mystery/thriller but not really. Nobody was who they were introduced to you as and the twists kept me reading well past when I intended to stop.

I’m always looking for something new to read, so suggestions are welcome! Until then, I’ll scroll through the insanely large amount of books I have downloaded to the Kindle but have yet to read to pick out the next installment of the #MOTY Book Club. 

Moment of Panic

This post just contains a quick moment of panic. I have lost the birth certificate for Emily, my daughter's Cabbage Patch doll. They all come with birth certificates, which means they must have a birthday party. (OF COURSE!) Being the worthy #moty candidate that I am, I put Emily's birthday on the calendar. (January 25th) However, without this small piece of paper, I don't remember how old Emily is going to be. I'm going to say that she'll be one because that will keep her the same age as my daughter and it'll be easy for me to remember. #motyfail

Oh, Sundays as a Single Mom

Let me start this post by saying that MOTY’s night out last night was short but awesome. I can admit that the allure of my sweatpants keeps me from going out with my friends often. When I have a free night, all I want to do is curl up in my oversized chair and watch crappy TV or read my Kindle. After work, we made our way to Starvin Marvin’s, but the line out the door and nowhere to park had us changing our minds pretty quickly. After a quick debate between Buffalo Wild Wings and Chili’s, the margaritas won out. A few Tropical Sunrise Margs, some pretzels and onion strings and girl chat was well worth it.

I highly recommend these Tropical Sunrise Margaritas from Chili's

Today is lining up to be a domestic day for me. I’ve got my coupons ready to be clipped and laundry in the washing machine. I woke up this morning and left early enough to buy my newspapers before going to church. Aside from the over 20 degree temperature drop from yesterday, it seemed to be just fine. I get out of church and the sun is shining, so I hit up Wal-Mart. I’m navigating the store like a boss because I know exactly where everything I need is and I have my list sorted by the location of the items in the store. I have my coupons organized and I get out of there in no time. Then I see it. I get to the door to leave and I realize that the sky has apparently fallen and a monsoon style rain. CRAP. By the time I get my groceries in, I’m drenched but grateful that I bought a frozen pizza for today’s lunch and dinner.  The cheese pizzas were on sale, so I ghettoed it into a pepperoni pizza when I got home.

I'm turning into some sort of kitchen boss! 

Spending the rest of the day watching movies, starting with “He’s Just Not That Into You”. As I venture into online dating, the insight from this book turned movie could prove to be invaluable. (Yea, be prepared for those stories too.) 

Coupon Clipping Playlist:

I Want It That Way – Boyce Avenue (LOVE THEM!)

True to Your Heart – 98 degrees

(You Drive Me) Crazy Crazy – Glee

Honey Bee – Blake Shelton (My daughter LOVED when this song would come on when I was pregnant)

Summer Pop Medly – Sam Tsui & Kurt Shneider (Check these kids out!)  

Unhappily Ever After – Cjaye Lerose

It’s Gonna Be Me – N’Sync

Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus

Oops! I Did It Again – Britney Spears

Slacker of the Week!

It has been a whirlwind week over here! The college that I work at has gone to all doubleheader basketball games and this week gave us 3 of them. (What were they thinking?!) Two down and one to go tomorrow! I had full intentions of posting on Sunday, but I was a slacker. Here are the weekly highlights:

Sunday, I had a massive couponing session. I say massive because I bought not one, but TWO newspapers. I always buy the local one, but I got a little wild and crazy and also bought the Houston paper. As I was checking out my first thought when the paper rang up was “$3.00 for a Houston Sunday paper?! This thing better be worth it!” I’m guessing by the mess you see below that it will probably have been worth it.

Also, I got this in the mail. Majorly stoked to be making some cookies in the near future.

Thanks Betty Crocker!

Cute Kid Moment of the Week 

 My daughter came to our basketball games on Thursday night. As I was walking her and the folks out after the women’s game, she met our soccer coach. She introduced everyone. When he told me hi, she immediately said, “my momma”. .. dad introduces himself “dad dad” (she says that instead of granddad)… then my mom “baby” (yea, grammy is a long time coming).

Bringing Sexy Back 2013

So, I found this workout on Fit Sugar and have been pretty religious with it. I've also taken to going all the way up to 10 instead of stopping at 5 and it is KILLER! Thanks Fit Sugar for awesome workouts such as this one that are sure to help me get back to sexy in 2013!

Elise v. Kitchen, Round 2

Ok, this week, I may have had to cheat a little because of my crazy work schedule. I did purchase all the ingredients for this crockpot chicken and rice recipe. With my work schedule the way it has been this week, my mom had to go about putting the ingredients in the crockpot so we could have dinner at a reasonable hour. I guess I will forfeit this victory to the kitchen, but it was still good.

Elise – 1, Kitchen – 1

Time to get that workout in that I mentioned earlier. Until next time, where I’ll discuss MOTY’s night out (which occurs tomorrow night!). 

A Kidless AND Workless Weekend? What to do?

What is a single mom to do when she has an entire weekend without the small child she loves playing with and no events going on at work? Well, this one is enjoying a very late brunch of chocolate chip pancakes (a pregnancy staple!) and coffee while rocking out to a killer playlist. I’ll reveal the amazing playlist later, so let’s check up on a resolution status, shall we?

Seriously, doesn't that look yummy? 

Today will be a day where I focus on 2013: The Year of the Budget. I have already started the year off making a HUGE sacrifice. I am no longer purchasing Dunkin Donuts coffee, unless it is for a special occasion. At almost $8.00 a bag, it’s just too much. There are a few items that I am unwilling to compromise on (Jif crunchy peanut butter) so in order to offer some wiggle room in the budget, I have decided to make a coffee sacrifice. Eight O’Clock coffee is only $3.00 a bag, and is proving to be not as bad as I thought it was. I think I can handle the switch and it not have a drastic effect on my morning self.

Alright, the game plan for today is to organize the coupons that I have found on the internet and start really reading and paying attention to the blogs that I have found that focus on how to be a couponer. It will probably also include viewing some Extreme Couponing on Netflix for motivation.  (There will be a football break for the FCS National Championship game. Go Bearkats!)

As promised, the early morning playlist. This post was brought to you by:

Tranqualize – The Killers, featuring Lou Reed

Drive-by – Train

Baggage Claim – Miranda Lambert

If You Only Knew – Shinedown

Pretty Fly (For a White Guy) – The Offspring

Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus

How Can We Be Lovers – Michael Bolton

The Hardest Thing – 98 Degrees

Separate Ways – Journey

Storm Warning – Hunter Hayes

Guys Like Me - Eric Church

True to Your Heart - 98 Degrees and Stevie Wonder (The Mulan Soundtrack rocks!)

And the letter P, for pancakes. 

Adventures in Cooking - Round 1

Today was truly one of those adventures in mommy hood that lead to a prestigious #moty award. I’m hitting the campaign trail early in the year! Today was my last day of Christmas break before returning to work tomorrow, so the kiddo and I had big plans of not getting out of our pjs unless it was necessary. (I got out of mine to go to Wal-Mart, but she stayed in hers pretty much all day)

First things first, we started the morning off with The Dinosaur Train. I love this show on PBS and feel like it is one that should be a steady viewing schedule. Also, Dr. Scott is pretty hot. If I find out that man is not a real paleontologist then he will lose some of his hotness. I actually feel like I’m learning something by watching the show. Today, I learned about the Nodosaurus, it had four short legs, five-toed feet, a short neck, and a long, stiff, clubless tail. The head was narrow, with a pointed snout, powerful jaws, and small teeth. Thanks for the lesson, Dr. Scott! #MOTY Moment – Educational Programming.

After that, my day was dominated by playing chase with the kiddo and Gobble Gobble, our turkey windsock from Thanksgiving. I found him in the dollar section at Target and today was his last day with us as he has officially fallen apart.

RIP Gobble Gobble

But the real focus of this post, is my first adventure in cooking. Some people may feel that I cheated a little by using a crock pot recipe, but these Sweet and Tangy Meatballs are AMAZING! The best part? It only has three ingredients and I didn't really have to do any work!

Meatballs, grape jelly and chili sauce = yummy!

Running this kitchen like a boss! Yea, I even added some rice and

 garlic bread and some peas for the kiddo.

Mommy, is it ready, yet?

BOOM! Elise – 1, Kitchen – 0

Overall, today was a major accomplishment on the fast track to #moty2013. I made an awesome meal, watched some educational program with the kiddo and had some great play time before heading back to work tomorrow. Oh, another great highlight of the day, when my daughter decided to take her diaper off in front of the large open window in the living room. #moty2013