Jackson, Brianna, Shonda, and I made a weekend run to St. Louis to go to IKEA and a few other places. We drove down together on Valentine's Day afternoon, stopping for a romantic dinner at Olive Garden. ha! We told J&B that they were truly 'adulting' now... they spending Valentine's Day with their Moms and we Moms spending Valentine's Day away from Marvin and Jeremy. :D All for a good cause!!
Peggie and Earl had everything ready for us to stay with them when we arrived in St. Louis. They are the most gracious hosts, always!
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| Cooper was entertaining us Friday night. :) |
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| Jackson and Earl - two peas in a pod. :) |
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| Peggie, Laura, Shonda, and Brianna |
Saturday morning we got up and going so we could stop at
The London Tea Room on our way to IKEA. I got a Naughty Vicar (smooth black tea with black currant and vanilla) tea Latte and a cranberry orange scone... YUM!!!
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| Shonda and I thought this was a good place for a photo... |
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| the backdrop caught our eye! hahaha! :D |
J&B were able to purchase their changing table and crib at IKEA while Shonda and I were finally able to do some baby shopping at our favorite place. :D We have waited awhile for this! ha!
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| This is why we brought the truck! :). |
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| ... till next time! :) |
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| We are getting full in the backseat :) |
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| this one makes me laugh :) |
We went back to Peggie and Earls for lunch (yummy Imo's Pizza and sandwiches). Then we were off to
Buy Buy Baby where J&B tried out strollers and car seats. I can't believe how much those items have changed over the years! Wow! Shonda and I were impressed!
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| yes, it is getting a bit more crowded in this backseat... |
We also visited a couple of baby clothing resale stores that I know we will be shopping at many more times over the years. They were absolutely wonderful! What a great selection of gently used baby (and children's) clothes! Shonda and I filled a huge bag at
Once Upon a Child for $30. We will be back! (Here was
the other resale shop - also great!)
Then it was time to eat supper (yes, we spent a long time shopping that day!) so we stopped in at Bandana's BBQ for a delicious dinner. Finally we were headed home and there was still (a little) room for me and Shonda in the backseat of the truck. ;)
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Even though we couldn't see each other over the bags in the backseat...
we were still able to use hand signals to communicate. :)
Who are we kidding... bags won't stop us! |
