Sick. Sick. Sick.

Besides the mastitis that plagued me about 500 times during my first 2 months of breastfeeding and the tooth extraction gone wrong that just happened over Thanksgiving, this is the sickest I've felt in a LONG time. I feel like I've got a combo of a sinus infection and strep throat. Its horrible! And what makes everything a hundred times worse is that Maeve is sick with the same exact thing. I feel so horrible for her because I can at least take cough drops and throat sucker things to soothe my throat. Maeve just gets dose after dose of motrin and tylenol. We've been quarantined to our bedroom- meaning Ryan is sleeping on the couch (mostly because he can't get any sleep with me coughing and sneezing all night long. And Maeve is up so frequently that its nice to have her next to me. She usually just needs some rocking and she'll go back to sleep.

Here's some good news: for the 3rd day in a row NO JURY DUTY FOR ME!!! HOOOOORAY! Its awesome! Now if the MaeMae and I could only get over this nasty flu thing...

One more note- Christmas is coming up so fast- I'm excited for the actual Christmas day, but I am more excited for the stress of shopping and money to be OVER. I've still got a few things to get and I'm becoming continually irritated by the overcrowded stores and parking lots. However, I am enjoying the Christmas movies- Maeve and I have actually been watching them at night. She zonks out but its still fun to watch them.

Ugh my eyes are burning and my head is throbbing. Peace out!

The Shoes That Will Never Be

Her attempt at being a rocker :)

Ahhh.... the shoes.

This whole look (the outfit & the shoes) lasted for about 1 minute. Seriously.

Yesterday my mom, Maeve and my brother drove up to Great Lakes Crossing- this HUGE mall that has just about every store you could ever imagine. It was good fun :) I found this pair of TOO CUTE hot pink converse sneakies for Maeve. I've been trying to find her a good pair of walking shoes because she stands and is on the verge of taking steps... she will hold onto things with one hand, lean, lean, lean and take a step, then boom, shes on the floor. Anyways this mall had a "Journey KIDS" shoe store!!!! I was in heaven ahhhhhhhh!!!! :) They had everything from baby uggs to baby etnies & Pumas! What??? It was adorable... The store man measured her foot and she is a size 4-5! I thought that was insanely large but he said thats about how big a 9 month old babys foot is. I forced Maeves little piggy toes into about 50 different pairs of shoes just to ooh and ahh over them. I had her try on these sweet brown and pink pumas- (I have a few pairs of pumas so I thought how adorable to match!!!) But then we saw them- (or I saw them): A HOT pink pair of baby converse shoes!! I used to have a pair just like them when I was little so the man shoved them on her feet and they looked freaking adorable so I got them. I was so excited to come home and show Ryan the shoes, he loved them of course :)
Well this morning I was too darn excited to dress Maeve- I had this whole outfit picked out... she was going to look like a little rocker. Well it came time to put the shoes on and we wrestled for about a half an hour before we got the darn things on. Then I stood her up and she plopped down and kicked them off- KICKED them off. WHAT the heck???? I thought since they were tying shoes she wouldn't be able to get them off!!! :( So I've tried several times this morning to put the shoes on and it just isn't happening.
This post is in memoriam to the size 4 hot pink converse sneakers that will never be worn... :(