It’s been a while…Ketchup time
Okay. I know I have not been keeping up with posting my blogs and for that I’m sorry. I have quite a bit of info from the past couple of weeks.
First, Marin's actual birthday which was on the 7th, I took off work and spent the day with her. We woke up and watched Arthur and Sesame Street. There are some new characters on Sesame Street from when I was little. I love Grover, he will always be my favorite on that show. We then went over to Eric’s neck of the woods and had lunch with him at the Willow Bend Mall. When he went back to work we stayed behind and shopped around for a little while. We came across their children’s play area where they have a foam type playground with a breakfast theme. So there were huge foam objects that looked like food. Marin liked the ketchup bottle. She walked right up to it and started hugging it. It was really cute to watch her. After that we went to Target to buy her a birthday gift. Surprisingly, she didn’t act like she wanted anything. I found a toy keyboard she kind of liked but all she wanted to do was listen to the songs that came on it. So instead of buying that I went to the CD section and bought her a toddler CD. It has songs like “The Wheels on the Bus” and “I’m a Little Teapot”. We listened to it on the drive home and she was so exhausted from the day that she passed out halfway there. 
Friday she went to the doctor for her shots. That was very unpleasant. They had to prick her little toe to test for anemia and then they gave her 4 shots in her legs. She wasn’t too happy with me after that. We headed out that afternoon towards East Texas where we were giving her a birthday party on Saturday. We headed down a little too fast because Eric got a speeding ticket. GO Speed Racer! Tsk, Tsk…
The party was fun. She had a few kids show up to help her celebrate. I let her wear her pretty pink dress for the occasion. We played “Pin the Flame on the Dragon” (it was a princess theme) and we hit the piñata. My dad gave the kids rides on the famous Train ride he created. Marin was a little shy about digging into her cake. She ate her name off the top of it but didn’t do too much damage to it other than that. After all the times I’ve told her not to play with her food I guess she was a little confused when I was encouraging it with the cake. She got plenty of presents, a lot of pretty spring and summer clothes. Then that night (as you’ve read from Eric’s previous blog) we had movie night on the big screen. The High School Musical 2 would not play for some reason. (Don’t worry Alli, I went back to Wal-Mart and exchanged it so you’ll get it back, I promise). So instead, we watched “Secrets of NIMH” and “Aladdin”. It got a little chilly on the second movie so I was so waiting for it to be over.
Last Wednesday, the daycare called and told me that Marin had a fever of 101. So I left work to pick her up but she seemed okay. She was playing and didn’t act like she wasn’t feeling well. I made an appointment with the doctor anyway. She tested positive for Strep. So we got a prescription and Eric stayed home with her on Thursday. She was back to daycare on Friday and then I started feeling lousy so I had to leave work and start my weekend early. I painted Marin’s bathroom on Sunday. It wasn’t that bad since it was a small room but since it was so small the fumes were getting to me. I had to take several breaks to get some fresh air. I think it turned out okay. I was off yesterday since it was President’s Day. Yipee, you gotta love those federal holidays! 