New Bed

Happy Birthday to me.. in just 6 more days! La la la la la la la... :D

So, my dad and grandparents got Michael and I a new bed for our birthdays. Yes, his birthday is in SEPTEMBER. But it is a VERY nice bed. It will last us about 10 years! It's a Sealy Posurepedic KING SIZE bed! And then, my mother-in-law bought us (for my b-day) a beautiful comforter set and matching sheets and two decorative pillows. Guess what color?! PURPLE!!!!
I'll add some pictures soon. We just love it.

We recently went to see the new cartoon movie Meet The Robinson's with my dad. It's so cute! My favorite part - of course - is the giant dinosaur. "I have a big head...and little arms..." HAHAHAHA.

OH! I have to mention this.

Michael and I went shopping with Nikki & Mike at Wal-Mart. We walked around and since they are registered there, I said for them to find something on their registry for little Xavier and we would get it for them. Well we did walk around a LOT but they couldn't really find what they wanted! She kept suggesting little things like a blanket or onesies, but I said no because that wouldn't be enough. So they gave up and said they had to shop for food and other items. We said we would look a little more and catch up with them. So as soon as they were out of sight, Michael got the baby crib of their choice and a nice crib mattress to go with it and set it on top of a cart! He sneaked up to the checkout unnoticed by Nikki & Mike and put everything in my car. Then he came back in, found me, and we found them. (He had the phone!!) We acted very cool and said we couldn't really find anything either. "Oh well." So then I asked Nikki if we could come over to their house after shopping to hang out a little before Michael had to go home and sleep before working that night. She said, "Sure." So we left and met them at their house. We waited until they had gone inside, and then I went in. I took my camera to show them pictures of the bed. She asked, "Where is Michael?" "Oh, he'll be here in a minute. Look at these pictures!" I said quickly. And then when I thought it had been long enough I opened up the door and Michael was standing there holding the giant crib box on this shoulders! Nikki was SHOCKED! She managed to get out a few little words. "How..? When..? But..?" Hehe. She called Mike over and he literally kicked us both in the butt because he was so surprised. Then he hugged us. Michael said he had to go back out and they said, "For what?!" "The mattress!"
It was so wonderful. I love that we were able to do that for them and for Xavier. :D :D :D

Last night!! I went to see my favorite author speak. My mom came with me. We had a great time! First, Jodi Picoult (oh yes) read the first chapter of her new book, Nineteen Minutes. It was so cool to hear it how it was really intended to sound. Right from the author's mouth! Like one girl's last name was Phlug and I said it so that it rhymed with "plug" but it's actually like FLOOG. Also, Ducharme is like do-sharm instead of how I was reading it, like do-char-may. Cool. Then she answered questions from the audience and talked about her 2008 book AND her 2009 book!! I'm SO excited already and I'm not even done reading this book!!
After we waited for a LONG time to finally get our books signed, my mom and I went to see Mike & Nikki. That was fun. Found out when the baby shower is.

Now I'm on lunch at work and I'm on the phone with Michael. He's in Columbia, MO. I miss him!!

Bye for now, people. I *love* comments. That was a hint. :D

-Anastasia