The mouse had babies!

Okay, so I guess we didn't really have a plan about the mouse we caught. A few times a day we would go check on it in the garage. Well last night we found a BIG surprise... 5 little mice! They have no hair, just look like little fetuses. We thing we saw one of them trying to nurse. They can move all around and roll over and everything. Still don't know exactly what to do with them, but seeing as they were born in the garage I feel like we have to at least let them grow some fur before we let them out into the chilly world. If they had a nest or something I wouldn't feel so bad. Our friend Josh said he'll feed one or more to his lizard :(




Ben cut up some paper towels and put them in there so they can hide and have a soft place. I don't know anything about this so I'm just following along!

There's a mouse in the Garage!

Ben found a mouse in the garage this morning, in a box. I thought we should tape up the box and be done with it. But once I saw how little, yet fat, he was... I just couldn't. Got to be quick. Here are the pics.

I can't really think of anything special about last week so I guess we didn't do anything exciting. I got over my stomach bug in about 24 hours so my Sunday night at work wasn't as bad as my Saturday night had been. This week has been more fun and its only Wednesday!

Monday was my 25th birthday, and when I came home from work in the morning Ben had presents wrapped for me (candles and a paper cutter for card making). They were taped with blue painters tape because we were out of scotch tape. It was very Ben of him; he loves that tape. My wonderful friend Danielle took Hailey until after 3 so I got to sleep all day. It was such a nice treat because Monday's I am usually up from the day before for about 30 hours. After she came home we went to Chili's and had a delicious dinner, then started our Christmas shopping. I realized that you can shop for a toddler while she's in the cart and she has no idea about it later! Fun times...

On Tuesday after the gym I took HB for her follow up with the dentist. He said to continue keeping an eye on it, but that it looks good for now. Since the tooth that was pushed up into her gum came back down into almost the same place that it was and it didn't wiggle they opted not to do another xray. Thank goodness because she screamed for the whole 2 minutes the dentist was in the room.

After that we went to the Marbles Kids Museum in Raleigh with Danielle and her daughters Olivia (just turned 4 on 11/9) and Rosalina (of the previous cupcake eating video). They had so much fun! Hailey's favorite part was the water tables. She always gets told "No, No" when she plays with the dog's water dish. This time I put on her waterproof smock and told her to splash!








There were so many things to do there. We got a family membership, and if anyone wants to come along some time it would be a lot of fun!

Today we're getting some organization done and trying to find things for our yard sale with Stefanie and Josh a week from Saturday. Ben's got a bunch of schoolwork to do and I need to really get cracking on this GRE thing. Hope all is well with my friends out there.

Happy Veterans Day - thank a military man or woman!

Halloween and Grandpa Barnhill's birthday

Friday night we drove to Raleigh for Ben's grandpa's 93rd birthday. We were really happy to be able to see family we haven't seen in a while. I was really proud of the card I made for him. When Ben handed him the card his Grandpa said "I hope there's a check in here." Haha - I can only hope to still have that sense of humor when I am his age!



We like talking to his mom and her sisters because they have so many old stories not only from their lives, but from the lives of their parents and grandparents. Who knew that people's lives were so upset by carpetbaggers just a couple of generations ago... Another thing that I was introduced to was "Granny Cake." Ben's Aunt Sarah made it - a recipe that was her grandmother's. I could not believe my mouth! It was so good that we came home and made one yesterday. I baked the cake and made the frosting, and while I was at work after Hailey went to bed Ben assembled and frosted the cake. Its even more impressive to see that he frosted this cake if you compare it to my birthday cake last year which was quite a disaster :(





I didn't think that we would do anything for Halloween this year because Hailey's too young to appreciate trick or treating, so I signed up to work that night. If I had known that she would have as much fun as she did and be so cute in the costume her dad made for her I would never have wanted to work! Ben made her a robot costume out of cardboard spray painted silver, duct tape, and dryer vent tubing. I made the buttons from punched out circles of paint samples from Lowes. While Hailey napped yesterday I made the cakes and Ben made the costume. Because I missed most of the fun, Ben surprised me with a robot visit at work last night! I got to walk her all around the unit hallways and let my friends see her :)






I have been feeling sick since around 3 this morning and not feeling much better. Hopefully it goes away while I work tonight because I have to stay awake in the AM to take care of the kiddo while Ben goes to work and school. Have a great Sunday everyone!