Belated Birthday Update

The week of my birthday Jarod and I went to Utah to visit some family. We had some extra baby shopping we needed to do, so we headed straight to Babies R Us. We picked out a diaper bag and replaced our breast pump. We have made it a tradition to make a meal for my family as well, and though the meal I make is just a favorite of my dad's that he doesn't get very often... Jarod's was his special spaghetti that is unique to him. We made double batches of both enchiladas and the spaghetti. When I asked my dad why he wanted two batches made of the enchiladas, he said that by the time I leave back home, he doesn't have any leftovers. I ended up making him what he wanted and true to his prediction the evening before I left the leftovers from the dish were gone. Jarod made double and my mom was very pleased with that as well. We visited with grandparents on both sides for birthday dinners and with Mike for a birthday lunch. I got a new purse since mine was looking haggard, and Jarod found something very exciting at an Asian Gifts store (pictures below). We also looked for a baby blessing dress. I wanted to use the one I was blessed in, but my mom didn't get it cleaned after the blessing and apparently I had spit up a bit on it. We didn't know if a 20 yr old stain would come out, but it turns out that it did so we get to return the dress we found initially. I can't wait.

For those of you who know Jarod's fetish for comic book materials, this makes total sense. For those of you who are unaware, Jarod collects mostly action figures of his favorite comic book heroes.