I entered the boys in a beautiful baby contest at the fair and I was actually really excited about it. I love finding new things to do with them and the social butterflies that they are, they loved all the other babies and all the googling over them. Here's how it went:

4:30-Matt gets home from work and I opted to let him take a nap, due to the fact that I had worked the previous two nights and he was up all night with the boys by himself. So as he's sleeping, I am feeding the boys and getting myself ready for work and hating the fact that I had to work because the baby contest was that night. I needed to leave by 6:15 to be at work by 7.

5:30- I look at my schedule thinking well maybe I don't have to work tonight...even though I knew I did. but....I looked at it wrong I guess because I didn't have to be there until 11pm. wooooooohoooooooo....I get to take the boys to the baby contest.

5:35- I call everyone I can think of to see if they will go with me because I wasn't feeling brave enough to take and enter them both by myself. and I realllllllly didnt want to wake matt up. you would understand if you knew Matt. he NEEDS his sleep.

5:45- no one can go. crap. Well, plan B...get them both their baths, get them dressed and get my hair curled and myself ready and then maybe I can talk matt into going with me and helping. The deadline is 6:45 and its a 15 minute drive.

6:30-SHEWWW, I did it. I had to lure Gabriel out of the tub with a new toy, that kid loves water. but all in all it went smoothly. then Grant spit up on his outfit, and I had them dressed alike for the contest, so I had to change them both.

6:35- motivated Matt to get dressed and go help me. and we made it to the fair right on time.

Here's my conclusion about baby contests, if ppl know you. you will win. no one knows us, therefore the 2nd place ribbons the boys took home that night were more like 1st place to Matt and I.

Grant won 2nd place in bluest eyes. He lost to a little boy named Mason who just happened to be the fair queen's nephew. I didn't notice until later how much attention she drew to him during the contest.

Gabe won 2nd place in happiest baby. this is where I realized just how popular little Mason was. The whole entire time Gabe and I were on stage he was laughing hysterically and flailing his arms and kicking his legs at the judges. Mason just sat there sucking his thumb and maybe smiled one time. The fair queen talked and cooed at him the entire time just to get that one smile, and he won the happiest baby prize. Now I am all about being fair about things, and that was definitely not fair. I'm okay with it because I know thats the way the world works. politics. anyway, we were happy that the boys got their 1st 4 h ribbons and they are definitely going in the baby books.