What a Saturday!

This weekend we had my mom and Aunt Ann make a last minute weekend visit. They arrived on Friday night around 7 pm just in time for some dinner. After dinner we gave Ann the tour of the house and ended up spending the next 3.5 hours in the baby room going through everything and trying to make sense of receipts.

Ann was a huge help in deciding how many of the various items we would want to keep and also helped us realize there were many uses for things like, the little baby washcloths and spit up rags! We got all of the returns organized and then also rearranged the baby room as best as we could to maximize space. This involved moving the massive amounts of diapers we have received to another room in the house and some of the wipes too. We now had space in the closet for some of the cool toys we received. Yeah!

Saturday - Jim and I had to go to CPR training at the hospital where we learned that they have simplified the CPR training to be the same counts for infants through adults. 2 breaths, 30 compressions. I can remember that! We also learned how to properly handle a choking infant, child, adult, and ourselves. It was only a 2 hour course but it was well worth it!

We got back home to find that Ann and my mom had set up bouncy seats, the swing, and the jumparoo. They also managed to take Hilo for a long walk. We grabbed some lunch and then the ladies were off to return the items we had receipts for or we knew were on the registry as purchased (Target). Babies 'R' Us was the first stop and believe me the customer service gal was less than thrilled to go through the mess of receipts. We managed to return all but a single blanket at Babies 'R' Us. Then we drove 30 miles North to Green Bay to return the Target stuff. They have a greatland in Green Bay and the baby section is significantly larger there. The returns took a long time again and even included a call to corporate to overide the registry error code! Yikes I had no idea it was that difficult! But again - we managed to get the items we wanted returned. We then spent the next 1.5 hours shopping for bathroom decorations and getting some necessities for the baby room. Next, we went back to Appleton and stopped at the Hobby Lobby. My mom's and now Ann's FAVORITE store. I was pretty much toast at this point, so when asked - do you like this picture... I replied yes everytime. Finally I decided it was time to let my mom and Ann figure out the bathroom decorations and I found a comfy spot on a bench. We got back home and were plain old exhausted.

Dinner was at Hu Hot - a mongolian BBQ place. It was delicious as always and of course we ended with my favorite, cheese cake rangoons. They are now Ann's favorite dessert! We returned home and paid for a movie on demand... The Illusionist! If you haven't seen it, rent it. It was a very very good flick!