Siena's New Couch and WHAT?!?

Nick loves to buy Siena fun things to play with. He actually hasn't gotten much of a chance to buy her too many things because...well, she has a LOT of stuff ;-) One day while I was at work Nick bought Siena a couch - yes, I did just say a couch. Anyone who knows me knows I am not much into "character" toys for Siena yet...she is so young, she doesn't know who these people are, and I guess I just get annoyed at shameless marketing targeted at kids...but that's not the point of this post ;-) So the couch - its a hot pink couch with a huge Dora the Explorer and her monkey (???) with large pieces of fruit scattered throughout... basically if babies had some baby acid that they could take, this is what they would see.



oh did I mention it FOLDS OUT? It does.

After seeing Siena with this baby crack couch, I completely realize why Nick bought it...she LOVES the freakin' thing. Siena now has her nightly bedtime story on this nightmare inducing couch...oh wait, those are MY nightmares ;-) I am far too picky...I know.

The very next day (Sunday) I had to work a night shift. Usually before my first night shift I sleep for about 3-4 hours in the evening. I went to sleep at 1:30PM leaving Nick and Siena to have another Daddy/daughter fun day but when I woke up no one was home. I looked around the house, in the back yard and then finally to the driveway to see if Nick's car was there. Gone.

RIIIING, RIIIIIING, RIIIIING......
N: Hey Kel, you up?
K: Yeah, where are you guys?
N: Well, heh heh, we are at Petsmart....I may or may not have just bought a fish tank!! Siena loves it, I let her pick out the tank, all the plants, the stone for the middle, and gravel...
K: {you can hear the crickets chirping} oh...ok, how big?
N: 60 gallons, its a great tank
K: ok...how much?
N: {this part has been deleted for obvious reason}
K: WHAT?!

Fast forward to the tank set up, in our kitchen, after much debate about where the tank should go in the 20 minutes I had before I had to go to work. This was a stressful ordeal but I definitely like the tank. I cannot lie. I like to sit in front of it with my morning "caffeine of choice" and watch the fish before Siena gets up. Its relaxing. Grrrr....I have even picked out some fish for the tank and bought them myself. I hate to admit it but the humongous, space-taking, messy, one-more-thing-to-take-care-of, fishtank is actually kind of nice.


Yes, I have admitted that to Nick...he has caught me on too many occasions drinking my tea in front of the thing. Siena, is also enamoured with it. It's now her job to feed them every morning (with some help since the tank stands about 5 feet) and she asks to do it as soon as she wakes up in the morning. She makes "fish faces" now (I WILL catch it on video one of these days!!) and we surprised Nick with that new development this morning...it's really cute.

So, Nick is certainly 2 for 2 with the couch and the fish tank. Siena LOVES both of them very much. I have to give credit where it's due. However, I am not sure how many more weekend night shifts I am going to be taking.... ;-)