Crabby Pants Olivia

I must say we have a great sleeper! We are almost guaranteed to get 12 hours of sleep out of Olivia every night. Evening routine is well pretty routine. Dinner, bath, pjs, sleep. Except tonight. Miss crabby pants decides she does not want to eat dinner, does not want mommy and daddy to eat dinner, does not want to sit, does not want to play, does not want to be quiet, does not want to stand, does not want to be held, does not want to take a bath...you get the picture....So screaming Olivia finally makes the sign for milk... eureka! So, while Drew cleans up from dinner downstairs, upstairs I skip the bath, skip the books, skip the whole entire pj part, feed her and put her right in her crib. That's right- in her clothes that she has been in all day and the diaper she has has on since 5, right into the crib. Oh well, she's asleep! We'll see how long this lasts- hopefully until 7:30 tomorrow morning!

Why I love craigslist!

Alright, anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE craigslist. Today just proved my point even more! I had found a really cute Ralph Lauren outfit with matching sneakers- all brand new with tags- for $15. Not too bad but I thought if it was meant to be...Well, I could offer $10 and she could tell me to jump in a lake. I have found one of the best ways as a buyer to get people to sell is to say that you can pick up the next day (and stick to it!) As a seller, this has definitely worked on me too. So I go to this woman's house and it looks nice, she's pretty, kids are adorable and I give her a $20- a craigslist no no! Do not ever ask for change, it is so annoying! But really, that is all I had, well $20.25 to be honest. So she tells me to come in and see what else she has- she does have a captive audience now with a $20. She hands me a Rubbermaid tub of clothes and says pick out some things you like. Obviously, I only have $20 and she tells me to look through---Oh WOW! I pull out a beautiful pristine, white sweater, a GAP bathing suit and matching hat, A Gymboree top and matching shorts, brand new tights, 2 adorable sundresses, super cute pants and matching H&M shirt, a Lily Pulitzer looking dress, and a GAP outfit- WHEW!! Now, I did say to her, tell me what I can have because all I have is that $20. And she says Take it ALL! YEA! Craigslist JACKPOT!

April Fool Schmool

Yes, today is April 1st and yes I did think about pulling a prank on my hubbie and yes completely forgot due to Olivia's non afternoon nap-running to the mall-people to look at the house-overwhelming typical day....back to April Fool's Day...so last night I was scouring CL and freecycle searching for a stinkin faucet for my play kitchen (so fabulous!) and I come across a posting for a faucet FREE! on CL. So stoked! Email the guy right away begging for the faucet and saying I can pick asap- give him the whole sob story. This afternoon, after sweating it out all day waiting for a response, the guy sends a fuzzy, icky pic from his "camera phone". OMG! I can tell it is the PERFECT faucet, size, super cute, everything...so I email him back saying I can pick up right away. Within seconds, get a response that he lives right near me. This is soooo super perfect...maybe too perfect? Drew comes running upstairs and I am so excited- start to tell him and he says, "Oh, let me see the picture? He sent you a new one." I look at the NEW CLEAR pic and it is MY FAUCET! With a note that says APRIL FOOLS! GRRRRR! Drew created a new gmail account under a fake name, created a posting, took pictures of my faucet- everything to make it look real. So bummed and now back to the search.....