A Yummy for Y'all!

Y'all know how much ELC and I love Piggy Pajamas. I own three pairs. ELC owns two. Now, get ready to see the cutest little bambino in the most scrumptious peacock pajammies. Ever. (Clearly I'm not biased.)

Shut the front door. Piggy Pajamas has done it again, this time creating and crafting the most precious pjs for our most precious treasures: our kiddos! I mean, do you just die?

The new Mommy in me is ooo-ing and ahhh-ing over the fact that, not only can we sport grammy-mother-daughter-granddaughter matching jams, but these are designed brilliantly. The side-tie onesie Little Leighton currently dons doesn't have to be yanked over her head. She can be delicately placed inside these cozy pjs without any added trauma! (Grammy ELC is especially fond of this feature.) Two BIG thumbs up. And, you can bet your bottom dollar that as soon as LL gets a wee bit bigger, we'll be purchasing Mini-Me Sets.

The colours, fabric, quality and SUPERB customer service of Piggy Pajamas are over-the-moon fabulous. Kudos to my three favourite Piggy Gals. You rock.

Confessions

I have three confessions for y'all on this rainy (in our part of Texas) Wednesday:

1. I go to bed at night dreaming about my morning coffee with Baileys (non-alcoholic) Creamer. Little Leighton and I recently made the switch to formula. While I was previously fine drinking my decaf lattes, I have come to rediscover my need love of a good ol' jolt of caffeine. Yum.
2. I'm mildly obsessed with General Hospital. Yes, I, TLC, have become addicted to all things GH. Granted, I have no clue what the heck is going on or who's who (though I did Google a "Port Charles Family Tree" hoping that could give me some insight), I love it. I may or may not plan our day (i.e. feeding and nap times) around my 1:00 "appointment" with my soap/story. (That's right. I have a soap! I'm "that" girl.) If any of you lovely readers could fill me in on what's been going on the past 30ish or so years, I would be much obliged.
3. ELC and I stumbled upon our new favourite meal, of all time. McDonald's now serves a "Grilled Onion and Cheddar" Burger. It's one of their teeny hamburgers, which we concur is the most perfect size. LL and I are visiting the country this week. On Monday, we decided to make a quick trip into town to run a few errands and swing by Mickey D's. We were all (minus LL, bless her heart, she doesn't know what she's missing and, besides, was snoozing away) very hungry and excited at the thought of our traditional burger. You can imagine our unmitigated joy when we saw the sign advertising this new treat. And, it's only $1! ELC and I both ordered a burger and small fries. Then, we headed down the street to Sonic (oh, yes, we did), where we proceeded to get Large Coke Zeros with Vanilla (though we love McDonald's, they don't serve Coke Zero and we now prefer it over Diet Coke). We only felt a smidge guilty eating our McDonald's meal parked in one of their "drive-in" spots. (And yes, we realize we should be better "nutritional role models" for LL. That's coming. As soon as she can say "French Fry.") On Tuesday, ELC remembered she had a few more "errands" she needed to run. It only made sense to go around lunch, you know, because of LL's schedule. We'd had a tiny, little breakfast and knew it couldn't hurt if we needed to get McDonald's again. On Monday, we were in my car. On Tuesday, we took ELC's. This was only becasuse she had to get gas. Not because we were afraid the lovely lady in the McD's drive-thru might recognize us. As we were pulling out of Mickey D's (headed, once again, to Sonic, where the same girl from our Monday excursion waited on us there, too, though we're fairly certain she didn't recognize our trio of fast food lovin' gals) with the yummiest burgers in hand, ELC noticed the ROLO MCFLURRYS (if you've tried one, you know the importance of using all caps) were back. Of course we have self-control and the thought never once crossed our mind to whip back around and go through the line again. We promise. Rather, we decided we would enjoy our lunch, let it settle, and then head to the west part of town where we have another McDonald's. For dessert. DON'T JUDGE US. At least we didn't order another Grilled Onion and Cheddar Burger and fries (though I may have jokingly suggested it when we pulled up). Instead, we both ordered a snack-size (aren't y'all proud we have restraint?) McFlurry. And, just so you know, it was worth every bite (and every extra mile to get to that second McDonald's where we were certain we wouldn't be recognized, yet). ELC snapped this picture in Mickey D's #2 drive-thru:

Yes, yes, you will.

TTFN, Friends!

Resolution

One New Year's Resolution. Between the two of us. (We didn't consult Little Leighton as to what hers would be because we thought it was about ten years too early. Maybe twenty. We also thought it might be to avoid having her picture taken by TLC. That wouldn't work for either of us.)

We were actually going to make six each. For each other! I thought that could be fun. (I could tell TLC was somewhat confused and very reluctant.) I came up with six per Leighton because 2013 adds up to 6. Yes. Yes, I'm a very scientific kind o' gal.

Then, today, we realized it was January 7th. We're losing the element of surprise/timing and perhaps are already behind, right? Hence we came up with this ONE RESOLUTION that both of us have committed we will try our best to keep in 2013:

More posts.

However, we can't do a post tonight. And possibly not tomorrow. We're just pretty darn sure we can do one by Wednesday. Or Thursday. Definitely by Friday. Pinky swear.

(Do y'all think this means we've already failed? Hmmm.)

Hope everyone has been having a Marvelous Monday (or Terrific Tuesday, as applicable!) wherever in The World you are!

smooches...

2013

I was re-reading ELC’s post from last New Year’s Day – reflecting on 2012.  ELC was right (as usual): my life forever changed at 10:53 a.m., on that warm, sunny July day, in the most touching, sweet, scary, tiring, cRaZy, silly, challenging, tiring, confusing, incredible, delightful, tiring, funny, special, marvelous, tiring, and glorious way!

December blew in and out much quicker than I would have liked. But I’m learning that time, in general, seems much more fleeting as I try to soak up every last second with my Birdey.

In true “Mega Proud Mom Fashion,” I wanted to share a few recent photos of my Little Leighton:

Our favourite hooded towel from CeeCee!

"Seriously, Mom?"

Reading with Grammy!

Fell asleep while shopping at Target.

She will soon learn to appreciate the magic of that store.

Cuddling with her Pa-Dad!

Solid foods = YUM!

Someone turned 5 months old!

Our first arts and crafts project:

Salt Dough Ornaments for the fam!

LL was up WAY past her bedtime on Christmas Eve

and seemingly unimpressed with her festive attire,

thus refusing to cooperate and look at the camera.

Each day with her gets better and more delicious and more fun! 

Now, let’ s all clink our champagne glasses and get this party started. (I know. I know. I’m three days late. But who doesn’t want a little more bubbly?)

And, as Emerson said:

Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.

Chin-chin!