We lead such an exciting life now. Just a recap of yesterday evening:
- Went straight from work to home, picking up Lainey on the way
- Fed Lainey dinner
- Night-time ritual of bottle, brushing (both) teeth, book and bed
- Ate dinner
- Cleaned up from dinner
- Went to bed
Please note that bedtime was about 9:00. The sun was still setting. Oh, I did forget to mention that I read my new Parents magazine once in bed so I actually didn't go to sleep until 9:30-ish.
Who am I??? I was listening to Katy Perry's "Friday Night" yesterday. That was (somewhat) us just a couple of years ago and now this. I suppose we're getting (gulp) older and we are in the family way now. But surely it doesn't have to be like this!
I think we're going to have to enlist a baby-sitter soon and do something crazy. Oh yeah...I think we might go see Harry Potter. Party time!! ;)
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Sunday, July 10, 2011
4th of July
We had a very busy but fun 4th. We originally weren't planning on doing anything but then last minute decided to do everything. After I got off work on Friday, we drove down to Hampstead where my parents have a condo (it's not on the beach but relatively near the beach). My parents and my sister were also there for the weekend.
On Saturday, despite the heat and smoke from the nearby forest fire, we headed out to Topsail Beach for Lainey's first beach trip. I knew it wasn't a great start considering she wouldn't take her morning nap so she got about 10 minutes of sleep in the car. Then when we got there and got her out of the car, she somehow got sunscreen in her eyes. So that was not fun. Even with my washing her face with a wet clean washcloth (at least I was smart and packed that in a Ziploc bag!), there's just not really anything you can do about it until it runs out. So she cried and screamed for about an hour and a half and I think that did the trick to get it all out.
I had idealized visions of her playing in the sand and taking a peaceful nap on a blanket while listening to the ocean waves but that was a joke. However, once she had a little lunch (some applesauce and Cheerios with a sprinkling of sand I'm sure), she was much better. And she loved the water! She is definitely a water baby.
So that was only 1/3 of our 4th weekend whirlwind. Sunday morning, we got up and left my parents' condo to go to Goldsboro. We went to Troy's aunt & uncle's house to spend all day Sunday hanging out at their backyard pool. Man, that was nice! It was so relaxing and pleasant. Lainey loved just hanging out in the pool, no matter if just in our arms, in her float or on a float with us.
I need to re-remind myself to stop doing that with my chin in pictures.
Anyway! So that was fun and relaxing. We spend the night and then on Monday we went to Troy's Mom's house to spend the day. They live on a small lake and that is where our jetski lives. Have I not told you the story of they jetski? Ah, another time...but the condensed version is, we have a jetski that Troy rebuilt that lives at their house. That ended up being a fun day but started out with me spending most of it in the house by myself because Lainey was napping while everyone else played outside. It's okay though...after she got up and more people showed up (meaning more people to help watch the little ones), I was able to go play on the water too. I didn't take any pictures outside, but I did get some of Lainey in her patriotic onesie and jeggings. Now that she's crawling, she finds dresses problematic, even though they are so cute.
On Saturday, despite the heat and smoke from the nearby forest fire, we headed out to Topsail Beach for Lainey's first beach trip. I knew it wasn't a great start considering she wouldn't take her morning nap so she got about 10 minutes of sleep in the car. Then when we got there and got her out of the car, she somehow got sunscreen in her eyes. So that was not fun. Even with my washing her face with a wet clean washcloth (at least I was smart and packed that in a Ziploc bag!), there's just not really anything you can do about it until it runs out. So she cried and screamed for about an hour and a half and I think that did the trick to get it all out.
I had idealized visions of her playing in the sand and taking a peaceful nap on a blanket while listening to the ocean waves but that was a joke. However, once she had a little lunch (some applesauce and Cheerios with a sprinkling of sand I'm sure), she was much better. And she loved the water! She is definitely a water baby.
So that was only 1/3 of our 4th weekend whirlwind. Sunday morning, we got up and left my parents' condo to go to Goldsboro. We went to Troy's aunt & uncle's house to spend all day Sunday hanging out at their backyard pool. Man, that was nice! It was so relaxing and pleasant. Lainey loved just hanging out in the pool, no matter if just in our arms, in her float or on a float with us.
I need to re-remind myself to stop doing that with my chin in pictures.
Anyway! So that was fun and relaxing. We spend the night and then on Monday we went to Troy's Mom's house to spend the day. They live on a small lake and that is where our jetski lives. Have I not told you the story of they jetski? Ah, another time...but the condensed version is, we have a jetski that Troy rebuilt that lives at their house. That ended up being a fun day but started out with me spending most of it in the house by myself because Lainey was napping while everyone else played outside. It's okay though...after she got up and more people showed up (meaning more people to help watch the little ones), I was able to go play on the water too. I didn't take any pictures outside, but I did get some of Lainey in her patriotic onesie and jeggings. Now that she's crawling, she finds dresses problematic, even though they are so cute.
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