church day

hi girls!

I'm home for an hour or so from church, so Shea can take a nap.  We meet in a rinky-dink one room building (well, plus a kitchen), so there's not really anywhere for Shea to play or rest (the ground is hard cement and dirty too, so he can't even crawl around).  I went and helped set up, and now I get an hour relaxing and drinking a homemade latte before I have to go back.  Ahh.  I like relaxing sundays.

I wish I had taken a picture of what church looked like this morning though!  The community center was completely decked out for halloween...I should snap a picture when I go back.  I wanted to stay so I could see the old ladies reactions (I know, terrible...). It looks like a haunted church service now.

Anyway!  My day yesterday was great!  I decided to copy Angela and make a collage, because I snapped a bunch of pics throughout the day (its a little blurry...oh well):

Jeremy had to go help his brother move and then took a friend out to lunch for his birthday, so me and Shea had a mommy and me day.  We decided that we didn't want to have a big 1st birthday party - our place is way too small, and I feel really weird having people give us a bunch of gifts that Shea won't even appreciate, and we don't really need.  Plus, there are already SO many birthdays with all the cousins, we just didn't wnat to make people feel like they had to come.

So, I decided to make some cupcakes for him and my friend Susan was planning on stopping by in the afternoon to visit and celebrate with us.  Low key = awesome.  We'll be celebrating again at Grandma's in a couple of weeks anyway.

SO here's what we did:

• went to walmart for some cupcake liners and frosting (I know, I didn't make it myself...)  I bought Shea two dinosaurs for his birthday.
• We came home and played.  He LOVED the dinosaurs!  I don't know how he knew how to make them roar and attack each other, but he did!  You can see in the pic him trying to feed them his snack, haha, and he was trying to smush them in my messy hair no make-up face.
• Shea took a nap and I made cupcakes!  They were fun to decorate.
• We both got dressed (proof in lower right corner of collage :) )
• He got to sit in his NEW carseat facing forward!  He loves seeing mommy and being able to look outside.  He cracked up every time I tilted the mirror down to look at him.
• Daddy came home and we played until Susan came over.  It was so fun to just relax, drink some coffee together and chat.
• Shea was very serious about eating his cupcake. I'll have to share the video I took with you girls!

Then we went up to the mall in Silverdale and I got a free pair of undies from Victoria's secret with a promotion they sent me, and some amazing lotion.  We also went to Target, because Susan gave us a 25 dollar gift card for Shea's b-day.  We picked out a little remote control dog that walks and barks.  He loves dogs so much and gives his new little puppy lots of hugs and kisses.  And laughs hysterically at it every time it makes a noise.

Sorry for such a long post!  We had such a fun day though, and I wanted to share!  Plus I have nothing else to do right now.  We have some High Schoolers coming over after church today - all unchurched.  If you think of us, please pray for them!  Some of these kids are really lost and struggling, and we're blessed to be able to open our house up to them.  Its weird to think it wasn't that long ago that I was that age.

I hope you all have a wonderful, relaxing Sunday!  Enjoy the rain and snuggle up with your hubby's if you get a chance!