Erin Akin Carroll

I haven’t done one of these in a few weeks, so I guess I’m due.

1. I am addicted to Words With Friends. I got addicted while I was in the hospital and didn’t have the attention span to read or watch TV, so I just played Words With Friends. Love it! Wanna play?

2. I have stretch marks. They showed up about a week ago. Super sad day. But… my linea negra hasn’t made its appearance yet, so at least I have that going for me. Except the stretch marks are permanent and the linea negra fades over time. Boo to stretch marks. I wasn’t planning on ever wearing a bikini again anyway.

3. Ever since the kidney infection episode, I am terrified of a repeat infection. So every single time I wake up during the night, I get up to use the restroom. Last night, I got out of bed seven times. Seven!

4. I am wearing a purple maxi maternity dress today. I am one hundred percent positive that nothing in my maternity wardrobe makes me look bigger than this dress, but it is comfortable. I have gotten a few compliments while wearing it, but I kind of get the impression that people say, “you look so cute” because they know they can’t say, “whoa mama!” Just a couple more weeks.

5. I sat down to make an Easter wreath last night because I’m feeling festive. I have these adorable eggs and bought a grape vine wreath and some really cute ribbon. And then I just couldn’t get the hot glue to make everything stick together. I called my mom, the wreath master, and she told me I should be using floral wire. So I just gave up on the wreath for 2011 and will revisit it in 2012. I decided to put the eggs in these fun Willow House hurricanes and a bowl instead. It works for now.

6. I still haven’t gotten our baby swing or infant car seat out of storage. Not exactly sure what I’m waiting for.

7. Hayes’s nursery isn’t finished either. Poor guy. In my defense, Hudson’s wasn’t finished until the night before I went into the hospital, so I guess it’s normal for us. I think I’m just waiting on my mom to arrive to put the finishing touches on everything.

8. I’m afraid Hudson may be a bossy kid. When I picked him up at school today, one of my friends’ little boys was crying and Hudson kept saying “no no,” “stop,” and “hush” to him. Kind of funny. Kind of bossy.

Do you have any confessions for today?

Hello, materialism. I’ve missed you.

There are some big family events coming up in the next month. We will celebrate our wedding anniversary. We will celebrate the birth of Hayes, which could mean another push present for mommy. Hint hint. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day are coming up. And then we’ll start the summer with Hudson’s second birthday!

You can bet I have a little wish list running through my head of some things that I’d like. Especially since I haven’t shopped in about 10 months and I’m going to be itching to drop some pounds so I can pull out some of my fun Spring clothes.

Here’s a little collage of some of the items I’ve had my eye on for a while.

Tory Burch Miller sandal in Sand (Nina showed me this gorgeous pair today!) , momAgenda Home Office Edition, iPad 2, Baby K’Tan, Lilly Pulitzer Murfee Scarf in Shorely Blue Pirates Bootyniere, Kendra Scott Carly stud earring in emerald green

How about you? What’s on your Spring wish list this year?

On Saturday night, we were just hanging around the house waiting for Hudson’s bed time and decided to watch a DVRed episode of his favorite, Sesame Street. He may have seen this episode before, but I’m not sure. He was watching pretty intently and then all of a sudden he just cracked up. I’ve never seen him laugh at anything on TV before, but we thought it was so funny, we decided to rewind it and let him watch him it again, so we could get his reaction on video.

I need to remember to turn my iPhone around the other way when taking video. Oops!

On Sunday morning after church, we decided to take advantage of Hudson wearing an Easter outfit and take him on out to the mall to see the Easter Bunny. He kept saying, “Hey, Easter Bunny” and “I see you, Easter Bunny.” But as soon as we put him on the Easter Bunny’s lap, this was his reaction. I quickly snapped a picture- even though the photographer said she refused to take pictures of the kids crying on the Easter Bunny’s lap. Forget the fact that we had waited 45 minutes to get a photo with the Easter Bunny.

TC and I grabbed him up really quickly and then Hudson started talking to the Easter Bunny again and telling him “bye bye.” He likes him– just from a distance!

At least I was quick enough to snap a photo.

The royal wedding hype. Maybe a week-long countdown would be enough? But the Today Show and their 90 day countdown? I just don’t get it. I don’t know Prince William or Kate Middleton. I do think Kate Middleton is quite lovely and I would love her hair and wardrobe, but I don’t know her. I also think that Prince Harry is pretty nice on the eyes, too.

I will set my DVR to record the royal wedding, but until then, I just don’t have much to say about it. I’m certainly not going to speculate about what anyone will wear. How should I know?

My funny friend, Lulu, sent me a link to a UK site called “Sorry But…” and this was proudly displayed on their homepage. It made me laugh.

But the mug isn’t entirely accurate for me. I do understand that it is an historic event and the world will be watching. But can’t we start getting excited a little bit closer to the actual date?

There. I got that off my chest!

I should add that if you are a royal wedding fanatic and are super excited, I think that’s great. No judgment… I just have to avoid the 9:00 hour of the Today Show to make sure I don’t hear more Kate Middleton wedding dress speculation.