Hot Dogs, Milkshakes, and a 4 Month Check-up

Random title, I know, but it pretty much sums it all up!  Last Friday, our sweet little girl went to the pediatrician for her 4 month check up.  When we walked into the office, we were already in the danger zone...she hadn't taken a morning nap and it was about 30 minutes until her next feeding.  Tired and hungry don't always equal happy camper, if you know what I mean.  Now if you add in being stripped naked, weighed, temp taken (rectally I might add), head measured, heart listened to, nose, mouth, and eyes checked, and throw in 4 shots to top it all off, we could have had a nuclear meltdown on our hands at any moment.  Despite having the cards stacked against us, she was amazing during her exam!  She only fussed a little when the nurse took her temperature, but then again, if someone shoved a thermometer up my rear end, I'd probably fuss a whole heck of a lot more than she did!  Everything checked out great and the doc said Haylen was growing and progressing wonderfully.  She is now 12 pounds 14 ounces and 25 inches long...long and lean. :-)  When it came time for her shots, both CJ and I were holding our breath.  The last time she got shots, she introduced us to a cry we had not heard before.  It wasn't her I'm hurt cry.  She gave us that when the nurse initially stuck her with the needle.  This cry came after the shots were done.  It came out as a high pitched shriek.  It was an "I am SERIOUSLY TICKED OFF cry, more like a "why in the world would y'all think sticking me in the leg FOUR times was a good idea" kind of cry.  I would calm her down and then it was like the moment she would even think about what had just happened to her, she would let us have it again!  Needless to say, it took a little while for her to "get over" her first round of shots.  So, this time I braced myself, fully expecting her to let us have a piece of her mind again.  But, boy did she surprise us!  Haylen was a CHAMP!  She cried for about 15 seconds after being poked and then looked around like "Oh I guess we're done" and was fine!  She walked away with 2 Daffy Duck band-aids to show off her day at the doctor.

Now on to the hot dogs.  Tuesday, when CJ and I were trying to figure out what to eat for lunch, we decided to try out a new little restaurant that we had recently heard of, Harold's Hot Dogs and Ice Cream.  We're always talking about how we wished there was a good place to get a hot dog around here...watching reruns of Hot Dog Paradise on the Travel Channel tends to bring up these kind of conversations.  So, I sent my sweet husband out in the rain to go fetch us some hot dogs.  He returned with a New York dog, a Chicago dog, a chili cheese dog, and a bratwurst.  My oh my, was the trip in the rain well worth it!  It was so well worth it that we had hot dogs for lunch yesterday as well!  I decided to take a few pictures of our hot dogs to share with you...

Don't they look good!?!  Kinda makes me want another hot dog!  My loving husband may have to go to hot dog eaters anonymous because he had Harold's for dinner as well!  (Don't judge...those hot dogs are really good!)

Ok, now for a little backstory on the milkshakes.  We used to have an awesome little ice cream shop by where we live called Maggie Moo's.  My goodness, they had the best milkshakes!  I swear, we were in that place all the time...usually right before closing!  Nothing like a late night milkshake run to top off the tank before bed!  We were both so sad when they closed!  It's not like there aren't other ice cream places in this town, but they just aren't the same, not to mention, they're located nowhere near our house, which made late night ice cream runs rather inconvenient!  I guess Maggie Moo's closing wasn't such a bad thing during my pregnancy.  With the way I was craving sweets, I would have gained about 500 pounds on strawberry milkshakes alone!  Ok, I may be exaggerating a little, 500 pounds is a bit unrealistic...it probably would have been more like 275!  Well, this brings us back to ol' Harold's Hot Dogs.  Guess who owns it!?!  That's right, the old owners of Maggie Moo's!  And yes, Harold's serves Maggie Moo's ice cream (made fresh daily!)  We went for milkshakes last night.  Oh, how I have missed my strawberry shake!  But we've now been reunited...not really sure this is a good find for post-pregnancy.  Oh well.  Who cares!  Bring on the shakes!!!