Needless to say, there was a lot going on this week!
Ben headed out Monday am to go back to Louisville and finish setting up for the National Farm Machinery Show. We missed last year with Mallory being sick and Tucker havng eye surgery, so this is to be her first Farm Show!
We will start with a quick Happy Valentine's to Daddy picture we emailed off to Ben the morning of the 14th! Loving the fact that my new iPhone has a dual camera so you can take picutes of yourself fairly easy!
Mallory got several things for Valentine's day but here's a picture of her and the "kissy" Elmo that Aunt Sharon got her.
Tucker spent his first nights away down here at the Pet Lodge in Hopkinsville. After some research on Facebook regarding the best in the general area, it got the best reviews. But, before he could be boarded he needed his bordatella updated, so here he is waiting at the vet's office, which of course was in Russellville : /
Mallory and I headed to Louisville after Zumba on Thursday. I wanted to go up at night so she would sleep most of the way and it worked well. We arrived around 10 pm Central, and she went back to sleep pretty easily in her pack and play that Ben already had set up when we arrived.
She was up early and ready to go Friday morning! Put my boots on and grabbed a tractor pull ticket. This girl knew what the Farm Show was all about : )
She had a ball at the farm show and overall was really good. Mom and Dad met us there late morning on Friday. Here's a few pictures from the show on Friday. She LOVES "driving" the side-by-sides!
Friday night we didn't get quite as early start to dinner as I was hoping because Ben had to stay at the show until 6 pm eastern and then fight the traffic to get back to the hotel. By the time we left with Mom and Dad it was already later than we wanted and waits were looking too be 1.5 hours. Wasn't going to work with a hungry munchkin, so we opted for Moe's. It worked. Nothing fancy, just what I call the Subway of Mexican food.
Back to the room and Bean and I laid in bed an konked out. I was tired after 8 hours of walking around the trade show and pushing a stroller!
Unfortunatley Ben got sick in the middle of the night Friday night. We don't know yet if it was something he ate or a stomach bug, we will pray for the first, but he spent way too much time going back and forth from the bed to the bathroom : (
He stayed in bed Saturday instead of working the last day of the show. Dad went back over for the morning and Bean, Mom and I went shopping.
We hit up Oxmore first and got some various stuff for Bean at Pottery Barn Kids and some crazy salon type place for kids. Did get some cute hair bows. Bean was being a bit crabby, but we managed.
We wrapped up there and then went over to St. Matthews. Got through one store, Ann Taylor Loft, where thankfully I found some shirts, because I think an all out meltdown was about to ensue. We made our way over to the food court to hit up Chick-Fil-A. Their big cow character was visiting that day and for Mallory, it was love at first sight. We went over and took a few pictures and then sat down to eat, but noooooo, that was not enough for Mallory. She wouldn't eat anything and finally escaped her stroller and ran over to the cow, attatched herself to it's leg with a death grip hug, totally cut in front of some others and would not let go until SHE was ready. Finallly she let go and only then would eat. By this point we'd all had about as much as we could stand so the rest of us ate in the car back to the hotel to check on Ben.
He was slightly better so since Mom and Dad were not staying a second night anyway we decided to let Mallory go home with Mom and for Dad to drive my vehicle and then I would pack up our crap and drive Ben home in his truck. Thankfully he hasn't been "sick" since we left Louisville. He made it home ok, crashed out the rest of the day and night. We had Bean stay with mom and dad Saturday night just to make sure she stayed away if it was a bug. Guess we will see in a couple more days if I get it or not. Crossing fingers for not!
Sunday I got up and went and got Bean, headed to Hopkinsville to grab some groceries and pick up Tucker. I must say Sunday morning around 10 am is a fairly pleasant time to shop at Walmart, if it's possible to EVER be pleasant.
We picked up Tuck and headed home. Thankfully Ben is feeling much better today and I got to do some cleaning and cooked a big pot of stew for dinner.
Bean got some Elmo bath fizzies at Walmart that turn the tub colors. Tonight's bath was brought to you by the color blue!
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