Today was my first Mothers' Day. It went very well - I milked it for all that it was worth :) But no, Andy was very nice to me and let me go wherever I wanted to go - Bed Bath & Beyond, Old Navy, Target, La Madeleine...I didn't exactly find all that I was looking for, but that's ok. He also got me a very beautiful heart pendant with Liam's amethyst birthstone.

We went out yesterday and bought Liam this behemoth of a carseat. We figured my mom needed a car seat, so we gave her the Graco that wasn't all that I ever thought it would be. Ethan has the Graco with the GracoPedic padding, and if it had had that, I would have been happy with it. However, the Evenflo Triumph has been GREAT. It's huge, it goes up to 50 pounds rather than 40, so it'll last a long time, and the straps adjust by simply pushing them up from the front rather than having to take out the seat and rethread and reclip them.

I am giving the seat a trial before giving up the bucket for good. I have just never been a big fan of the bucket. I know everyone loves it to death, but I find it to be cumbersome and heavy and a pain to get in and out. Maybe it will take using the regular car seat for a while to realize what I am missing (and I still have about 3 more months to go back if I wish), but for now I don't really feel like dealing with the bucket.

Liam started day care on Monday for his 3 hours a day. He's actually become much more laid-back since going. I'm not sure if the timing is coincidental or what, but he can go so much longer in the past couple days without getting mad. Maybe it's also because we have been feeding him more often; 32 oz. per day is the max, and we can slice and dice it any way we wish, so since he's been going longer during the night without eating we can feed him more often during the day. He's a very happy baby, except for the moments when he is screaming mad. It's hard to believe he's the same baby.

I love picking him up from day care. It's hard to describe. It's like I walk into this room filled with unfamiliarity, and somewhere within that room I find my extremely familiar baby. It's fun to see what he's up to when I walk in. The first day he greeted me with this huge smile that made me cry.

Anyways...Tomorrow is Monday...I suppose I should go and get to sleep before the baby wakes up!