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| Eskimo kisses for Mama on her birthday. |
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| Daddy's taking some pictures. |
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| This smile never ever gets old. |
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| Big hug |
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| So serious |
Monday, December 12, 2011
Today is my birthday!
A weekend of cheer!
This weekend was the It's a Wonderful Life Festival in Seneca Falls. Of course it's such an awesome and inspiring movie so we wanted to check it out. The sun was out and shining but it was 28 degrees and the wind was blowing a bit making it feel even colder than that.
Seneca Falls is about an hour East of Rochester. Kailey did awesome on the drive. She slept the entire time. When we got there I knew she needed a diaper change. Luckily we drive a subaru and can open up the hatch in the back and use the "trunk" as a changing table. I felt pretty bad for the poor girl cause her bum was bare to the really cold wind. She wasn't too happy about it either. I did my best to get the deed done quickly and have her all bundled up again. As soon as she was bundled I put her in the moby sling (one of the greatest creations EVER!) and off we went. I, like and idiot, forgot to grab my hat and gloves, but that seems to happen a lot after you have a baby because you're constantly trying to remember all the stuff you HAVE to have for the babe. Anyhow. We met up with our friend Katie at the Visitors Center which gave us a chance to warm up a bit and make sure Sweets was good to go in the sling.
We walked down the road to check out the lighting of the Christmas Tree. The three of us (Kailey doesn't count since she was sleeping) thought it was kind of odd to have the tree lighting at 11AM when the sun was in full force. The tree is near the bridge that looks almost identicle to the one in the movie. They even have a plackard on the bridge talking about the similarities. Once we got to the tree we stood around a bit talking about the dogs near by and how small the tree was. Then all of a sudden a woman says, "We'll have to pretend the tree is lit because the electricity is not cooperating at the moment." Then everyone busted out singing Christmas songs. It was kind of strange and silly. We'd decided we'd had enough of that and wondered back over the bridge and to the street corner to get some roasted chestnuts. I didn't get to eat much of mine because I couldn't see what I was doing really having the sling in front of me with Sweets in it. It makes doing anything with your hands and something small difficult. It didn't help the flesh of the chestnut was really stuck to the shell. Bummer!
Katie wanted to get the signiture from the woman who played Zuzu in the film so we walked down the street near where we thought she'd be. It wasn't the right place but we saw an amazing house decorated to the T. I can't say I've ever dreamed of having a huge house, but if I did, I would want it to look like that house. We took some pictures and headed back to the Hotel Clarence to get Zuzu's signature. Once we were in the hotel we saw how long the line was and left Katie there to stand in line while we took Sweets to have her picture taken with Santa.
Santa was hanging out in a florist. He was awesome! Full beard (a real beard) and all. He got up when we came in and started talking to us as I was pulling Sweets out of the sling. I was a bit worried she would get upset after being all snug and happy in there and then being disturbed and pulled out. Santa advised us to let her wake up and then ease her into it so she wasn't screaming at him. The whole time I'm thinking to myself, "Santa, I know she's not going to go postal on you, she has been passed around at Thanksgiving dinner (two of them actually) and doesn't mind being held by strangers!" So, he went outside to stretch his legs for a bit and Nick and I stood in the front of the line waiting for his return.
Seneca Falls is about an hour East of Rochester. Kailey did awesome on the drive. She slept the entire time. When we got there I knew she needed a diaper change. Luckily we drive a subaru and can open up the hatch in the back and use the "trunk" as a changing table. I felt pretty bad for the poor girl cause her bum was bare to the really cold wind. She wasn't too happy about it either. I did my best to get the deed done quickly and have her all bundled up again. As soon as she was bundled I put her in the moby sling (one of the greatest creations EVER!) and off we went. I, like and idiot, forgot to grab my hat and gloves, but that seems to happen a lot after you have a baby because you're constantly trying to remember all the stuff you HAVE to have for the babe. Anyhow. We met up with our friend Katie at the Visitors Center which gave us a chance to warm up a bit and make sure Sweets was good to go in the sling.
We walked down the road to check out the lighting of the Christmas Tree. The three of us (Kailey doesn't count since she was sleeping) thought it was kind of odd to have the tree lighting at 11AM when the sun was in full force. The tree is near the bridge that looks almost identicle to the one in the movie. They even have a plackard on the bridge talking about the similarities. Once we got to the tree we stood around a bit talking about the dogs near by and how small the tree was. Then all of a sudden a woman says, "We'll have to pretend the tree is lit because the electricity is not cooperating at the moment." Then everyone busted out singing Christmas songs. It was kind of strange and silly. We'd decided we'd had enough of that and wondered back over the bridge and to the street corner to get some roasted chestnuts. I didn't get to eat much of mine because I couldn't see what I was doing really having the sling in front of me with Sweets in it. It makes doing anything with your hands and something small difficult. It didn't help the flesh of the chestnut was really stuck to the shell. Bummer!
Katie wanted to get the signiture from the woman who played Zuzu in the film so we walked down the street near where we thought she'd be. It wasn't the right place but we saw an amazing house decorated to the T. I can't say I've ever dreamed of having a huge house, but if I did, I would want it to look like that house. We took some pictures and headed back to the Hotel Clarence to get Zuzu's signature. Once we were in the hotel we saw how long the line was and left Katie there to stand in line while we took Sweets to have her picture taken with Santa.
Santa was hanging out in a florist. He was awesome! Full beard (a real beard) and all. He got up when we came in and started talking to us as I was pulling Sweets out of the sling. I was a bit worried she would get upset after being all snug and happy in there and then being disturbed and pulled out. Santa advised us to let her wake up and then ease her into it so she wasn't screaming at him. The whole time I'm thinking to myself, "Santa, I know she's not going to go postal on you, she has been passed around at Thanksgiving dinner (two of them actually) and doesn't mind being held by strangers!" So, he went outside to stretch his legs for a bit and Nick and I stood in the front of the line waiting for his return.
Christmas Party
I forgot to post about the Christmas Party last week. Nick's station has a party every year and this year it was on the second of December. Sadly a bunch of the Coastie's decided or could not participate, but there was still a pretty good turn out.
Anyways, our neighbor and good friend Katie has a neice who's 16 years old and offered to babysit for us if we needed. She's a really really sweet girl. So Anne showed up last Friday at 5:30 and I ran her through everything. I showed her where the breast milk was, set the bottles up for her and took her upstairs and showed her how to change Kailey's diaper. I know she knows how to change a diaper, but I wasn't sure if she'd ever changed a cloth diaper before. Nick came home and ran upstairs and took a shower (he'd been hunting all day).
We got all dressed up and got in the truck and started heading out to dinner. As we were leaving we were talking about Anne. I was telling Nick I was more worried about Anne than I was about Kailey. Anne is the oldest of four kids and has been helping with babies for a while. But Kailey has a tendancy to get a bit fussy at around 8PM. I was worried it would happen and then Anne would be stuck with a baby crying all night. So we called Katie and told her to make sure Anne called us if anything went wrong. I had a feeling Anne would call her aunt before she would call and tell us we needed to come home.
I was telling Nick on the way to dinner that there was a tiny part of my heart pulled toward being sad we were leaving Kailey for the first time, but mostly I thought it was good for us to have a date night. He felt the same way.
We had some great food and chatted it up with some good friends while everyone opened their white elephant gifts. I had some good conversation with some of the spouses who've already had children. They wanted all the juicy new mom details and picked my brain about our little Bean!
Since Nick had been hunting all day he was pretty tired. It was written all over his face so we ditched out of going to the bar with everyone and went home. We got home around nine-ish. When we walked in Anne had Kailey in her arms and sleeping with the binky in her mouth. Kailey isn't the biggest fan of binky's. I immediately told Anne she's got the job! Anne stayed the night at Katie's house, which is right down the road. Since it was so blasted cold outside, and dark, Nick gave her a ride around the corner and then we climbed in bed and called it a night.
I think date nights are in order more often!
Anyways, our neighbor and good friend Katie has a neice who's 16 years old and offered to babysit for us if we needed. She's a really really sweet girl. So Anne showed up last Friday at 5:30 and I ran her through everything. I showed her where the breast milk was, set the bottles up for her and took her upstairs and showed her how to change Kailey's diaper. I know she knows how to change a diaper, but I wasn't sure if she'd ever changed a cloth diaper before. Nick came home and ran upstairs and took a shower (he'd been hunting all day).
We got all dressed up and got in the truck and started heading out to dinner. As we were leaving we were talking about Anne. I was telling Nick I was more worried about Anne than I was about Kailey. Anne is the oldest of four kids and has been helping with babies for a while. But Kailey has a tendancy to get a bit fussy at around 8PM. I was worried it would happen and then Anne would be stuck with a baby crying all night. So we called Katie and told her to make sure Anne called us if anything went wrong. I had a feeling Anne would call her aunt before she would call and tell us we needed to come home.
I was telling Nick on the way to dinner that there was a tiny part of my heart pulled toward being sad we were leaving Kailey for the first time, but mostly I thought it was good for us to have a date night. He felt the same way.
We had some great food and chatted it up with some good friends while everyone opened their white elephant gifts. I had some good conversation with some of the spouses who've already had children. They wanted all the juicy new mom details and picked my brain about our little Bean!
Since Nick had been hunting all day he was pretty tired. It was written all over his face so we ditched out of going to the bar with everyone and went home. We got home around nine-ish. When we walked in Anne had Kailey in her arms and sleeping with the binky in her mouth. Kailey isn't the biggest fan of binky's. I immediately told Anne she's got the job! Anne stayed the night at Katie's house, which is right down the road. Since it was so blasted cold outside, and dark, Nick gave her a ride around the corner and then we climbed in bed and called it a night.
I think date nights are in order more often!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Frazzled
Yesterday was the first day I thought would never end. I seriously almost cried because Kailey was upset and crying most of the day. I think she was fine in the morning and as the day went on she got more and more tired and never took a nap making things worse. The only time she would give me smiles is when she was on the changing table. Not only that, she wanted to eat every hour and a half to two hours. That hasn't happened since right after she was born. I put her in the bouncer in the bathroom and got in the shower. She calmed down and I think she started to sleep. I was about to look out the curtain to make sure, but when I set the conditioner down the bottle slipped of the ledge and slammed into the bottom of the tub. That was it. She was screaming and screaming and I couldn't console her. I got out of the shower, wrapped myself up in a towel, took her in our room and laid her on our bed. She passed out almost immediately. I got dressed and stood there staring at her. "Should I pick her up or leave her there?" I decided not to leave her on the bed. As soon as I picked the stinker up she was screaming again. We walked down stairs and somehow she relaxed and fell asleep. I just laid down on the couch with her on my chest and took a nap. I needed one just as much as she did. I was exhausted. We probably slept for a good two hours. Thankfully she was good last night and slept awesome. We went to bed at 9 because Nick had been up since 3:30AM because he went hunting and I was just tired. She woke up to eat at 11:30 and again at 3 and not again until 7.....thank goodness! And today, well it's another day, and nothing like yesterday.
I took Kailey in the bath with me tonight. She absolutely loved it. Usually we bathe her in the kitchen sink but I had to shower from going to the gym anyways. It was the first time she was submerged in any amount of water. I held onto her near her shoulders and head and then she just kicked away. I kept asking her where she was off to. She got so excited it looked like she would explode with excitement. I think it's safe to say it may be one of her favorite things, and mine too. I'm hoping she will sleep good tonight, not that she doesn't already.
I turned in my resume for a yoga teaching position. I hope to hear back from them soon. I will probably call to follow up on it on Monday. I'm pretty nervous to teach but can't wait at the same time.
I took Kailey in the bath with me tonight. She absolutely loved it. Usually we bathe her in the kitchen sink but I had to shower from going to the gym anyways. It was the first time she was submerged in any amount of water. I held onto her near her shoulders and head and then she just kicked away. I kept asking her where she was off to. She got so excited it looked like she would explode with excitement. I think it's safe to say it may be one of her favorite things, and mine too. I'm hoping she will sleep good tonight, not that she doesn't already.
I turned in my resume for a yoga teaching position. I hope to hear back from them soon. I will probably call to follow up on it on Monday. I'm pretty nervous to teach but can't wait at the same time.
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