On Friday afternoon Reid and I went swimming with our sweet friends Sharon and Tiffany! Reid loves Tiffany!
Chris was out of town last night, so Alli came to spend the night with us! Alli, Reid, and I went to meet John for a yummy dinner at Lupe and then came back to the house. This is where the lizard comes in. So on Thursday afternoon I innocently opened my back door to retrieve something Reid had thrown out the doggie door. As I opened the door, a huge (it was actually probably only 2 inches) gecko ran into the house! I am TERRIFIED of lizards. TERRIFIED. I tried to trap it with a bowl, but I couldn't get it and eventually lost track of it. I was having a mild panic attack and then realized that I am a mom now and needed to be mature. I just kept telling myself that it probably went back outside and may or may not have avoided the kitchen as much as I could for the rest of the day. Well, yesterday I was on the ground trying to get one of the rechargeable batteries from Reid's monitor that had rolled under the refrigerator and SAW THE LIZARD. Again, panic attack. So when we got back from Lupe last night I told Alli that we had to capture the lizard or I probably wouldn't be able to sleep. We pulled the refrigerator completely out from the wall and gathered our lizard catching supplies...the swiffer mop, a flashlight, and a bowl. Alli did all of the dirty work while I stood on the counter screaming and Reid entertained himself opening and closing the DVD player. She eventually caught it under a bowl, but then we couldn't figure out how to get it back outside. Enter my dad. :) My parents were so sweet to make an extra stop while out running errands to help us complete our mission. There you have it...a story that is entirely too long about my irrational fear of lizards.
This morning I helped host a baby shower for my sweet friend Emily! I am so sad that I didn't take any pictures, but we had a wonderful time celebrating her and baby Brody! :) Chris got back this afternoon and we picked up Pei Wei for dinner. Yum! I am looking forward to watching swimming and gymnastics the rest of the weekend!! Go USA!
This is just a picture of Reid feeding himself yogurt earlier today. :)
Happy Saturday!
Hahaha this post made me smile :) Glad Alli and your dad were able to come to the rescue!!!
ReplyDeleteI am really just impressed that you guys were able to move your huge refridgerator. I don't think I could have done that...And Jonathan is scared of lizards too :)
ReplyDeleteYou can always call me - I will catch lizards for you. :)
ReplyDeleteHugs, Shatawn
Glad you survived! I found one recently at work and had to capture it too... so I could set it back out into the wild :)
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