A Relaxing Birthday

Today my little man is officially two years old. It is still crazy to think that two years ago today we were just welcoming him to the world {and trying to adjust to the instant change that happens when you have your first child} He has changed my life in so many ways, yet I cannot picture my life without him! Since Max already had his big celebration I didn't have much planned for today. I decided to skip the gym since he is still not a huge fan of the childcare {I couldn't make my pumpkin cry on his Birthday!} So instead we made cinnamon rolls {Now I have to go to the gym tomorrow.} and watched some cartoons. We then went to play in the bouncy castle that has not left our backyard. Max loves it so much that we decided to leave it outside until their is snow in the forecast, then it has to be packed up {they give you the smallest bag in the world in which to squeeze a huge jumpy castle, can't they just accept that we do not have the "packing" skills that they do and give us bigger bags?} After all of our jumping we made a gourmet Mac and Cheese lunch {I was good and had a salad} I haven't decided if we will go anywhere before work, it is really hit or miss, even if I take Max to a place for him he still may have a break down. And I am trying to avoid break downs today. Even though we work tonight we will still have fun, we are planning to go out to dinner with the little girl I watch and my hubby will even tag along. One nice thing about my job is that we have the flexibility to do what we want to on some days, and today worked out well since the lady I work for needed us out of the house anyway. Last night, on Birthday eve we decided to get Max's picture taken with Santa.... well Max didn't like that idea, so I had to sit next to Santa with him on my lap {Santa was a little strange, he just kept repeating a line from the Rudolf song and never moved his head...} The good thing is we went to a little picture studio, so they will do their best to edit me out, thank god. Since we were at the mall I decided to stop into Banana Republic to try on the dress that my soon to be sister in law picked for her Bridesmaid dresses. I asked the lady if they had the dress and they didn't, so I decided to try on a similar dress. She said "so....you are a size 6?" WHAT??? I look like a 6??? NO way lady. I said very politely that I usually wear a 2, unconvinced she puts a 6 and a 4 in the dressing room {okay lady, I'll put it on and show you} I slip into the size 4 and open the door to show her the dress, she looks very surprised and says "is that the 4??" Yes it is, and as you can see it is too big. She finally gets me the size 2 that I originally asked for and it fits, as expected. She looks at me in the dress and tries to fix her mistake by saying it must have been my coat that made her think I was a 6, and that I looked great, too late lady. I leave feeling large. The whole way back to the car I ask my hubby if I look like a 6, he has no idea what a "6" looks like, and assures me that I look fine. I am still a little upset that I looked 4 sizes bigger than I am, maybe I need a new coat. So for any sales ladies out there, don't guess sizes, if you are wrong{especially if you guess too high} you will make someone feel bad about their body for.... well so far just one day, but we'll see. Back to today, looks like we'll have a nap, and maybe an attempted trip to Target for a new toy for the Birthday boy, we'll see. I will make sure to pick a more slimming coat for our dinner out tonight, and I'll get the salad. Happy Birthday Max, I hope you end up having a great day, even if we relax for most of it.

Kelly Callahan