Hanging out

Morgan and I went to Perimeter Mall to meet up with Stephanie and Hannah for lunch. I got my beloved Hovan veggie wrap and Morgan got a slice of cheese pizza (she has been craving pizza a lot lately). The girls had fun running (literally) through the mall at top speed. They stopped in The Limited Too where I was worried I was not going to get Morgan out of very easily. As I watched Morgan put together outfits, I wondered why I had never thought to take her on a date to try clothes on before. She LOVED it. Of course she wanted to buy something, but was fine with just trying things on. The girls played in an indoor fountain for a bit before Hannah and Stephanie took off. Morgan and I then bought one of those cookies from the cookie store that is actually 2 cookies with icing oozing out from between them. We ate it outside in the 100 degree heat. We were actually sitting on a fountain under some shade and had a blast. Morgan ran through the fountain a few times and got completely drenched. As we walked to the car, we went around the revolving door that is the entrance to Maggiano's. She was so excited that I had remembered because we went around it when we got there and thought it would be fun to do as we left. She had gotten quite sidetracked due to running through the fountain and the revolving door had been forgotten. I absolutely loved watching her do these things that adults find ridiculous, mundane, and little enjoyment in because to her they were the most wonderfully exciting thing she could possibly be doing in those moments. It was wonderful!

Audrey got some much needed time with Daddy today. When Mark works for several days in a row and doesn't get to spend much time with Audrey, she tends to get very upset. At night, for instance, when the girls are settling down to go to sleep, Audrey continues to climb off the bed in search of her "DaDa." Usually he is spending some time alone while I lay with the girls. Morgan falls asleep rather quickly once she is through processing her day and closes her eyes. Audrey nurses a few minutes and then attempts to make herself comfortable (which can take awhile.) You can see her look around and it's like, "Hey where's Dada? I'm going to find him." Its precious really. Today she and Mark hung out while Morgan and I went on a date. We all went swimming tonight and Mark laid down next to Audrey as she feel asleep tonight. It didn't take long before she was out.