Jude usually rouses for the day around 6:30/7 am. Phil willingly gets up with Jude and takes him downstairs so I can catch up on some zzzzz's (since I'm the one that handles all nightwakings during the week). Phil will then bring Jude back upstairs around 9 or so and we all catch a morning snooze in bed as a family. It's glorious, truly. We usually get up around 10, pack Jude and his accessories in the car, and make our first stop: Starbucks. Now, since I'm breastfeeding, I try to limit my caffeine to one cup of coffee in the mornings and a soda in the afternoons. Jude hasn't seemed to have any aversion to me drinking caffeine, but why push the envelope. I used to be an awful caffeine junkie. Seriously. I couldn't function if I didn't have 2-3 cans of Diet Mountain Dew in the morning and at least 3-4 Diet Cokes in the evening/afternoon. I can't even imagine that now. I get a total buzz from my Grande White Chocolate Mocha on Saturday mornings. It is truly the perfect ending to my week. The first sweet sip of satisfaction. Ahhhh.
Anyways, where were we?
Right, Saturdays. So, after our fix of Starbucks, we'll run errands. Usually Target is involved. Sidenote on Target: why is it that even if I stop in for freaking dental floss, I can never leave without spending at least $50. Does that happen to anyone else or is it just me? Ugh. Target, why can't I quit you?
Well, this Saturday we were on a mission:
Get Jude an Easter outfit.
That's right, we were those people who hadn't yet gotten their little one a spanking new outfit for church on Easter Sunday. So we headed to our favorite place in the whole wide world for children's clothing: Village Pointe. Where else can you find a Janie & Jack, Carter's, and Baby Gap all within a stone's throw of each other? It's like a new parents' dream that actually came true! If any of you know my husband, you'll know that I have a rare breed indeed: one that LOVES to shop for kid clothes! Seriously. The man will drop hundreds of dollars in one afternoon if he were allowed to. I wish I were kidding. He gets this glazed look in his eye when he is coordinating outfits for the kid and doesn't even glance at the price tag. Thank God he has the good sense to shop with me so I can reel him in, otherwise, I fear that we would be living on the streets.....but at least our kid would look cute.
As you can see, we had fun buying outfits for Jude and spending the day out in the sun as a family. It's the simple days that are always the most poignant for me. From kisses in bed for Mama to modeling some of the new couture out in the backyard at the end of the day, it was another Saturday I don't want to ever forget.
There really is no better way to wake up than your sweet baby nuzzling your cheek.
I don't want the paparazzi to recognize me if we lunch somewhere. Oh, right, Mom's the paparazzi. Nevermind.
Looking at hats (what else?) at Janie and Jack
Dad's..er...Jude's favorite store
Enjoying the outdoors
Surveying the sweater vests
Getting bored, but hanging in there like a champ.
Sale signs at Baby Gap never bode well for our wallets.
Carters, we salute you.
The workaholic checks the Crackberry.
Trying on a new shirt with his trusty cap. It's all in a day's work.
2 comments:
Ben loves dressing Celia too! Granted, we don't really shop for her (we have LOTS of hand-me-downs), but he has his favorite outfits and hairstyles. It's so cute when Daddy's play dress-up!
Too cute! Yeah, I think we'd really be in trouble if Jude were a girl since there is no question they have much cuter clothes. We had mostly hand-me-downs too but only until 12 months size so we've been shopping a little more for him lately than usual.
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