Wild To Child

I watch too much TV for the following reasons (in no particular order):

Ugly Betty
Community
The Office
Desperate Housewives
Big Love
Entourage
Survivor
Intervention
Family Guy
Cold Case
30 Rock
Judge Judy
Modern Family
The Soup

Thank the good Lord for DVRs and bedtime!

I was glad to see how happy Scarlet was to see me last night. She got up and came downstairs at one point (still climbing out of bed!), and her face lit up at the sight of me. As terrible as it is to say, it felt so nice to know that she missed me so much. I see her act that way every day when Evan comes home from work, sometimes wondering if she would feel the same way if I were gone.....I proudly admit that she does. I let her stay up for a little bit, even though she was supposed to be in bed and basked in the smiles and hugs that came my way. I can't believe how much I missed my kids and I was only gone for one afternoon. I was disappointed that I wasn't back for their bedtime. I was feeling guilty even more than that because the whole trip was about doing things for myself....getting my hair cut, bought two shirts, and looked for shoes (for a wedding in August that I am going to be in). I did buy Noel a new swimsuit though. For some reason I feel bad making her wear a hand me down swimsuit....I guess being a child of hand me downs (yep....I got clothes that my BROTHERS wore) makes me a little more sensitive to the issue....even though she's just a baby. The most embarrassing hand me down story that I have: my mom made me wear a sunflower dress for school pictures one year......the embarrassing part? The previous owner was another girl in my class. I lied and told everyone that we had just bought it even though they were like “why would you buy a dress that you knew so and so had?” (keep in mind that I come from a VERY small town).......the girl never told anybody.....it's actually her wedding I am going to be in this summer.

So I'm feeling rather selfish about my “all about me” day yesterday. I know it's silly but I really like weekends to be family time. My parents have been harassing me about having Scarlet come and stay for a weekend soon, and while she may be ready...I don't think I am. I couldn't even stay away for 8 hours without feeling like I missed their high school graduation! Scarlet loves her grandparents so much....she probably wouldn't even realize she missed us until we came to pick her up! I'm sure if we lived closer to either of Evan or my parents, she would have had an overnight trip already. It will probably be a long time before we leave her with anybody but our parents too.....if even that happens anytime soon!