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Recap of last night…..

Steve brought Grace over.

Like as soon as I got home from work.

Jess kicked them both out because she was having a "mom's club" function and didn't want them around for it.

So Steve asked if he could come to our house.

No problem, right?

WRONG

I know that 1 ½ year olds are full of energy and get into things. This I

expected.

She was chasing the cats around and Agador was a wonderfully good sport when she caught him.

(he is SUCH a good boy ! ! !)

Anyway.

What Jason and I both didn't expect was for Steve to have such a lack of respect for our house that he'd let Grace do some of the things she did.

At Steve & Jess' house it's normal for Grace to climb up on and stand on their coffee table and side table.

No one even tries to stop her !

So last night we were happy because she didn't seem to want to climb on our

new coffee table.

Then she did.

With her sneakers on ! ! !

And Steve helped her up !

I waited for Jason to say something.

Jason tried to be subtle. He looked at Grace and then at Steve with a look

on his face that said "What is she doing?"

Steve didn't get the hint.

Jason then spoke up.

He was like "Not for nothin' Steve, but come on."

Steve was like "What?"

Jason was like "That's a new, $300, coffee table and she on it with her sneakers on. Not for nothin' but I'D like to damage my new coffee table before anyone else does."

Steve was like "Oh. Is it really a $300 coffee table?"

Jason was like "Yeah."

Steve then took Grace's shoes off and left her to wallow all over our coffee table.

When she finally decides to get off she's running around and tries to climb

onto the bottom piece of the table (it's like the top and then there's like

a bottom shelf thing).

Steve lifts her up and PUTS her on the bottom shelf ! He f-ing HELPS her !

! ! !

Jason doesn't want to be a dick and I don't want to be a bitch.... But come on...this is not romper room and coffee tables aren't made to support that much weight ! ! !

Jason keeps trying to hint and keeps giving Steve looks but Steve is oblivious.

To top things off Jason had picked up dinner for us all on his way home.

He got Chili’s to go.

And Grace LOVES French fries.

She was in her booster seat for dinner - which was fine.

And he cleaned her up after.

HOWEVER.

When she got whiney later he gave her left over French fries and she was running around our house...dropping the fries and leaving grease EVERYWHERE.
You should've seen the coffee table and entertainment center by the time they left ! !

It was just a bad night.

Steve stayed longer than he should've.

My cats got abused.

And Steve didn't bother to have enough respect for us or our belongings to keep her under control.

Afterwards Jason & I had a talk.

We both said we felt like we were bad people because we got upset about what had happened and both said we hate feeling this way.

However.

Jason also said that this was his wake-up call and that this is OUR house and that next time he's not going to bother with hints. His mindset is that it's our house and we have our rules and that we are going to enforce those rules in the future.