Sorry for the absence...

Just when I say I won't let it happen again- it does. Sorry for my absence. You see, someone kidnapped my child. Well, not really, but it did seem like it. One night over this beautiful holiday break, probably about a week ago, I put my adorable child to bed and the baby who woke up was NOT my good natured child. A monster woke up, at 2:30a none the less. Pampered daughter has been getting two new teeth for the last week and both of us have been miserable! She was waking up 2-3 times a night, she just wanted to be held, she wasn't eating, and even started running a fever! Poor thing. We gave her Tylenol and Motrin, we held her, we rocked her, we sang to her, nothing worked. My nerves were shot last night and I had to pull out the baby swing. After an hour of fussing in the swing she finally fell asleep. She woke up once last night, quick few ounces of formula and back to sleep- until 8a!!! She woke up in her usual state of super happy and ready to play. Thank goodness that my Pampered Daughter has returned, oh yeah, and she has two new teeth!

When the dust settles...

Well, Christmas is now over, and all in all- it could not have been BETTER!!! I put aside my desire for perfection and cuteness, and lived in the moment. Wow! It was great! Pampered Daughter woke up around 6:30am and had her morning bottle then we opened presents. We took our time, let PD rip open the paper on her gifts, played with each gift as we opened them, and just had a fantastic time. All gifts were open by 8am. For the first time ever, Pampered Husband and I set a spending limit for each other, and we both blew it, but we ended up spending about the same. It was just perfect.

After a day of being lazy, it was time for me to tackle my worst enemy- a prime rib. A few years ago I decided to make a prime rib for Christmas dinner and I messed it up royally. I promised to never make it again, and low and behold, I found a new recipe for prime rib that I just had to try this year. This time around, though, I have better tools. My oven has this super cool probe that I can put into the meat, type in the temperature I want it to be, and the oven does all the work. It adjusts the heat and the way it bakes it. Finally, when the probe reaches the right temperature, the oven dings to let me know it is ready. AMAZING! I conquered the prime rib this year. It was delicious.

Many more posts to come about our pampered holiday.

Slow down already!

My adorable little niece started school yesterday for the very first time. Gosh, how in the world did this happen? It seems like it was just yesterday that she was a tiny six week old baby who flew to Pampered City to go to the happiest place on Earth with me and her Pampered Uncle. We had so much fun playing with her and getting to know her on that trip. It was love at first sight. Now that tiny little baby is in school. How?

My sister in law posted pics of Pampered Niece going to school today, and I started to get a little teary eyed myself. Obviously I was not upset about her going to school, heck I live across the country from her and wouldn't have known about it without Facebook, but I think I realized that one day that little girl going to school for the first time will be Pampered Daughter, and I am no where near ready for that. I happened to glance at my calendar today, just to see what was coming up this month, and I saw her 4 month check up appointment. How did that happen? This is all going too fast for me, time just needs to slow down already!!!