An exciting week in mothering... + Happy Valentine's Day

So, Nate almost stuck another piece of cereal up his nose this morning. (Actually, I think he did, but not too far since he got it out on his own.) The last time was 6 or 8 months ago while we were in the post office, with a Cheerio. That one he sneezed out.

On Monday, I went to Costco with Lucy while Nate was at therapy. We arrived before the store opened, so I played with Lucy in the back of the car for a while. (We keep the third row of seats down, so it fits the stroller, pack n play, lots of stuff.) I decided to change her diaper, but the diapers were in the front of the car. I don't know exactly what my thought process was, but I decided to leave her in the back of the car instead of take her with me to get the diapers. So I closed the car's back door. And then remembered that I had already locked the car. And my purse, keys, cell phone were in the back of the car next to Lucy. That was a definite, "Oh no oh no oh no!" moment. There were people getting out of the car next to me, so I asked to borrow his cell phone. I called Jon, but he didn't answer. The man asked if we had triple A, and I remembered--yes we do! He had the AAA number programmed into his phone (thank you, God). I called, they came, Lucy was fine, and I hope I never do that again!

In other news, Jon gave me some new comfortable pajamas for Valentine's Day. I had really been wanting some PJs that actually match and are somewhat presentable, and these work great and are really cute. He also gave me a thoughtful card--I can always tell he spends time looking for one that says just the right thing. As my gift to him, Lucy and I stopped by his office today with some cinnamon streusel bread (which I made last night thinking I'd be done before he got home, but he came home early. So I had to tell him it was for a church thing and not for him. That was a sad thing for me to do, because I obviously picked that bread because he would love it. I asked, "Why, would you like this kind of thing?" He said, "Anything with the words cinnamon and streusel in it I LOVE.") and coffee. This was a special surprise, I think, because he works pretty far away so we don't ever go to his office. I also gave him a Barnes & Noble gift card I bought with flute money. Happy Valentine's Day!