The Daily Hailey

I was so thrilled to go on a date with my mom today. We’ve been pretty low key since Christmas and this was our first outing together. Brady even stayed home with the kids to get a bunch more puttying done, so mom and I could be hands-free and get our stuff done as well. The goal of the day was to purchase flannel.

My mom gives us this amazing gift with each baby that we have. We go on a date to the fabric stores, and choose material for about ten oversized receiving blankets. Not only are they convenient considering the size of our children, but they are personal to each kid, and what we like at that stage of life. They’re a great memory. Dekker has pretty demolished his at this point, since he went through a big bad stage of chewing on them, but Laela’s are still in decent, beautiful shape. So I really anticipate this tradition with each kid, and today was no different.

We tried out a fabric store in a nearby town first, with every intention to hit another one or two in the city afterwards. This was just for fun, to see what was available at a store that we had never visited. And we found everything. Everything. The fabric was beautiful quality, and not like any other designs we had found in the city before. Sharp, crisp patterns, and a large variety. I’m sooo excited to see the finished products, and to wrap my baby boy up in them.

We ran a few errands after that. A quick Costco shop, dropping off something for Bradys work, and a quick duck into Michaels as well. By that point, my pelvis was suffering a bit, and my iron supplement was ticking off my tummy, so we headed for lunch.

Good lunch. Red Lobster lunch. I could go there for cheese biscuits, clam chowder, and grilled shrimp caesar salad every day of the week. We had a great lunch, and our server was super sweet to us. Good service makes such a huge difference in almost any experience, I find.

We made one or two quick stops before taking the scenic route home. I came inside and we did sudoku together for a little bit before I had to go. Maybe that sounds silly, but its such a fun thing we like to play with together sometimes. I used to do tons of sudoku puzzles, and my mom is kind of just starting up, and we both really enjoy them. Maybe we’re nerds.

I came home to happy kids, and an incredibly productive husband. The whole house is draped off with sheets, and the putty from yesterday has been sanded. After supper, I played with the kids downstairs while he did some more puttying. There are certain areas that are really loud to work on while the kids are sleeping, so he saved them for the evening. How thoughtful!

When it was that dreaded toy tidying time of the evening, Dekker requested again that just he and I tidy toys. I told him that I was feeling a bit too sore, but I asked for a big hug and he went with it, and then tidied his toys with Brady and Laela. It gets a bit hairy at the end of toys as well, because that means bedtime. To really make him feel special, Brady said to him “It is bedtime, and I know that makes you sad, but I would love to carry you to your room!” And out of nowhere, Dekker came over to me instead, asked for a hug, and requested that we walk together and hold hands instead. Brady and I were both completely blown away! I’m pretty sure I’m safe to say there are no hard feelings about that, but it was a huge surprise. Dekker feels much safer with Brady in new situations, or crowds, or at the doctor, but I felt so honoured that he wanted to walk with me, even though I couldn’t cuddle him the same way. I don’t expect that scenario to ever play out that way again, but I will treasure this one for sure!

Moms are special. Plain and simple.