Difficulties of Staying Home

Today I discovered a problem with being a stay at home mom.  The problem is that I am responsible for the daytime spider killing.  There was a large one in the living room this morning.  And I failed at killing it.  I lost it before succeeding and then was too creeped out to go back and look for it or move the furniture and stuff back where it belongs.  I think Derek found the whole thing pretty funny.

After that excitement Maya woke up and we video chatted with my family.  They were amused that they could hear her sucking on her paci and filling her diaper.  Maybe the microphone is too good.

This afternoon, Maya and I had our first outing by ourselves since moving.  We went to a store in the women's hospital to get a nursing tank.  I'm not sure what it says about me that I was excited to get a nursing tank and it may be the most expensive piece of clothing I've ever bought for myself.  Maybe I lead a boring life these days.  It was nice to buy in store because they did a fitting.  It's kind of ridiculous how much I've grown.  Maya was chilling the whole time.  The lady helping me kept talking to her and talking about how cute and calm she is.  She told Maya that dad is going to be in trouble in a few years and Maya gave her a big gummy smile.  After shopping, we took a walk in a nearby park, well I walked while Maya napped in the wrap.  We then picked up Derek and work, and Derek and I ate while Maya napped in the wrap.  You may notice a trend here.  We really like the wrap.  It is worth every penny we spent on it.  All in all, Maya was a sweetie until bed time when she didn't want to go to sleep.

Keep Derek's brother in your prayers.  He is off the vent, out of ICU, and able to eat now but still has a long, hard road ahead.

This is from a few days ago, but I was playing with it tonight and thought it was a cute one.

This is from a few days ago as well.