Anniversaries before kids:
Relaxed dinner, enjoying each other's company, leisurely eating your food, rushing home to bed to celebrate another year of marriage.
Anniversaries after kids:
Restaurant is too crowded to be in with baby, wait for what seems like an eternity because baby is heavy in your arms, worry about noise level in restaurant and hope it doesn't disturb baby, take baby to the bathroom to change wet diaper and there is nowhere to do it, end up changing her in her car seat because there is not another option in sight, get seated but table is too small to sit at with a car seat so you get put back on the waiting list, get seated a second time and sit down, realize baby is only wearing one shoe, search high and low for it all over crowded restaurant with no luck, baby starts crying so you check her diaper and discover that it needs to be changed again, undo diaper tabs and begin to change her again but WAIT! it's a blowout diaper, frantically look for a place to change her while diaper continues to spread up her back, spot a bench in the back you can use as a changing table, realize you have poop all over your sleeve, run to bathroom to wash it off while panicking because EW, roll up wet sleeve, spend several stinky minutes up to your elbows in baby poop while you clean her up, change her clothes, wash your hands, wash baby's hands, clean up mess from diaper, take shirt off and put on jacket, go to table and order food, find baby's shoe wrapped up in her blanket, play with baby to keep her entertained while you wait, get her to fall asleep, eat dinner, rush home to bed because you're exhausted.
True story.
As we were leaving the restaurant, Grayson turned to me and said, "I'm going to take the blame for this one. It was a bad choice of restaurant. Who knew the motorcycle crowd wouldn't be family friendly?" I died laughing.
Happy Anniversary, Grayson. Here's to 50 more.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Friday, March 1, 2013
Our Little Love Bug
It has been a very long time since I last posted anything on here. I'm sure there is someone, somewhere out there wondering what it is that we are doing these days.
Zoey is such a sweet little girl. She is the best baby, for real. She hardly ever cries. A wet diaper or a very hungry belly are the only two things that really ever upset her. I have a hard time figuring out when she is ready to eat sometimes because she's too busy smiling and playing to be able to give me cues that I pick up on. (We're working on that!) Zoey is very close to sitting up by herself and can roll from her back to her sides very well, especially to her left side. She holds her head up like a champ; we are definitely out of the bobble head stage. One of her favorite things to do is to scream, which is both alarming and funny. Sometimes she startles me with one of her shrill eeeeEEEeeeEEEEEeees. She sleeps great during the day and at night, eats just like she's supposed to, is gaining weight at exactly the right pace...there's not much that isn't going fantastic with this little lady! I'm already starting to mentally prepare myself for the next one because I KNOW that we aren't going to get this lucky more than once.
After Zoey gets out of the bath, she is all about getting in some good snuggles. She loves taking baths and showering. It is probably her favorite part of the day, other than the first hour after she wakes up in the morning. She is definitely a water baby. We can't wait for summer time so that we can take her to the pool. I have a feeling that she's going to love it.
This girl loves to hang out in the nude. It's hilarious. She gets so excited when we take her clothes off. We will stick her on a puppy potty pad and just let her relax for a while and air out her little leg rolls. :) She is the cutest little naked baby. (I am smiling to myself right now thinking about how much that last sentence will horrify her when she's a teenager.)
The other day Grayson and I taught her to make a noise with her lips. She watched us do it a few times and then would try it herself. She doesn't have it down perfect, but it is so funny to watch her do it over and over again so that we will both say "Hooray Zoey! Good girl!" to her. We were showing off her new trick to my mom and sister via Skype and Zoey would do it, let Grayson and I tell her how smart she is, then look to the computer screen like "Aren't you two going to tell me that I'm awesome?" Funny girl.
On the 18th, she did her first real laugh. We were eating in a super noisy restaurant, so I couldn't really get it on video. BUMMER. She started doing this funny giggly laugh every time I would put her pacifier on her lips. She got herself laughing so hard she snorted. A LOUD, manly snort. I was cracking up. I think the noise even surprised her a little. It was the day before our anniversary, so it was a very sweet gift from her to me. :)
For our anniversary, we went to Syracuse to hang out at their AMAZING mall. It is the biggest mall I have ever seen and has so many cool things to do. We had a really good time walking around together. We ended the night at the super noisy restaurant I mentioned before. It was so much fun to spend a day together as a family. Grayson has been saving the money his parents gave him for his birthday. He spent it that day on a fancy new juicer. We tried some juice the other night and I have to say, it was not delicious. I guess I am too used to overly sugary drinks because it was not my favorite thing I've ever had.
The winter storm Nemo came blowing through here a few weeks ago. It was crazy! We got a ton of snow. Our door was frozen shut when I tried to let Rascal out that morning. I had to go wake Grayson up and get him to pry it open. The snow was taller than Rascal, which he was not fond of. Surprisingly, our little wussy dog doesn't like the cold snow. Go figure.
These are Zoey's 2 and 3 month pictures. The little stinker was not having it when we were taking the 2 month photo. She had enough that day, I guess. She is usually so smiley and happy. I love the 3 month photo of her because that's exactly what she looks like most of the day. So happy! She will be 4 months on the 9th of March. She looks so chunky in these pictures, but she can still wear most of her 0-3 month clothes. The sleeves on some of her long-sleeved onesies are a little short and some of the pants are like high waters, but she's a pretty petite little chunker, if I do say so myself. She is definitely starting to teethe. She is slobbering like a fiend and tries to bite everything. I'm surprised how much it hurts if she gets my finger! For having no teeth, the girl has got a mean bite!
Other than that, we have been keeping it very low key here. There's not much excitement, but I like it that way. We are just chugging along, living our simple lives and enjoying every second of it.
For our anniversary, we went to Syracuse to hang out at their AMAZING mall. It is the biggest mall I have ever seen and has so many cool things to do. We had a really good time walking around together. We ended the night at the super noisy restaurant I mentioned before. It was so much fun to spend a day together as a family. Grayson has been saving the money his parents gave him for his birthday. He spent it that day on a fancy new juicer. We tried some juice the other night and I have to say, it was not delicious. I guess I am too used to overly sugary drinks because it was not my favorite thing I've ever had.
The winter storm Nemo came blowing through here a few weeks ago. It was crazy! We got a ton of snow. Our door was frozen shut when I tried to let Rascal out that morning. I had to go wake Grayson up and get him to pry it open. The snow was taller than Rascal, which he was not fond of. Surprisingly, our little wussy dog doesn't like the cold snow. Go figure.
These are Zoey's 2 and 3 month pictures. The little stinker was not having it when we were taking the 2 month photo. She had enough that day, I guess. She is usually so smiley and happy. I love the 3 month photo of her because that's exactly what she looks like most of the day. So happy! She will be 4 months on the 9th of March. She looks so chunky in these pictures, but she can still wear most of her 0-3 month clothes. The sleeves on some of her long-sleeved onesies are a little short and some of the pants are like high waters, but she's a pretty petite little chunker, if I do say so myself. She is definitely starting to teethe. She is slobbering like a fiend and tries to bite everything. I'm surprised how much it hurts if she gets my finger! For having no teeth, the girl has got a mean bite!
Other than that, we have been keeping it very low key here. There's not much excitement, but I like it that way. We are just chugging along, living our simple lives and enjoying every second of it.
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