Fire-y Friday

I am trying to make the most of my remaining time at home so I have been busy this week!

On Thursday (I know the post is titled Friday but humor me) I went to SOGO for lunch with my friends Cari and Courtney. Courtney has a baby girl named Bella who is 6 days older than Addy and Cari is expecting a little girl in October. It is amazing how a few years ago I didn't have any mom friends and suddenly I have quite a few. Life changes fast! Anyway we had a great girls lunch and I love going out on a weekday. One of the only downsides to teaching is never getting to go out to lunch. But I suppose it saves us a ton of money that I eat a $1 home-made sandwich as opposed to a $9 Panera Bread sandwich most days.

Today I was able to go to lunch with my brother Daniel which is a rare treat. Daniel lives in San Antonio but is 20 and usually has better things to do than go to lunch with old people. He does however have a soft spot for his little niece so we were able to meet up.
We tried to go to a place called Benny's Diner that he recently discovered but a guy (Benny perhaps?) stopped us in the parking lot telling us they were closed for the day. I found this slightly odd seeing as it was noon but proceeded to ask him what their regular hours were. They are usually open at lunch but Benny's had apparently had a very rough night. First there was an attempted break in and then they somehow lost power so all of the food in the refrigerators had to be thrown out. That is not the happiest way to end a week! I am willing to give ole Benny another try sometime soon though.

My sweet mother in law called to see if I wanted some "me time" today because she wouldn't mind some Addy time. I enjoyed a quiet nap without wondering when I would be woken up by a crying baby and then went in for my first post- pregnancy bootcamp at MPT. It felt great and I can't wait to fit into all of my old clothes again!

Nick and I went to his parents house for pizza and to pick up Adalynn this evening and we were certainly entertained. Nick's mom recently remodeled their entire downstairs (its amazing!) and has new double ovens that apparently light the cardboard that you cook pizza on on fire. There was not just a little smoke but an actual fire in the oven. It was neat for a minute to watch the smoke pour out and crawl up the wall to their 20 foot ceilings. The screaming fire alarm and huge amounts of smoke quickly sent Adalynn and me into the backyard to get away while Nick and his parents tried to get everything taken care of. We even got a visit from the fire department! We also got a visit from the Papa John's delivery man.

Sadly I have no cute pictures to add today but I promise to put a couple in my next post. Have a wonderful weekend!

Party Hosting with Baby= hard. Who knew?

Another weekend has flown by and I am another week closer to returning to work. I have mixed feelings about it, part of me knows that I do love my job and I am excited to meet my students but I know I will miss having so much time with Adalynn. Also my tv will get significantly less use when I go back as I will no longer be keeping up with the Kardashians.

Adalynn turned one month old on Saturday so she has been transitioning into her own room. That has been much harder for me than it has for her. I don't know when the instinct to freak out if the baby isn't crying kicks in but I find myself checking to be sure she is still breathing several times a night. I have walked a mile up and down our hallway in the last three nights! Not surprisingly for those of you that are concerned, she is still alive and well.

We spent Saturday morning with some great clients of MPT at the run group and then prepared for Cari and Greg's baby shower at our house Saturday evening. Friday night I got approximately 30 minutes of sleep which made Saturday a long and interesting day.

When we got home from running, Nick set out to mow the yard and then the three of us were going to go to Costco to get food for the shower. The only trouble was that Nick's weed eater broke and he was more than a little perturbed by that. Oh and Adalynn was very unhappy and made sure I was too. So crying baby and I set off for the store on our own while angry Nick searched frantically for the weed eater warranty.

Fortunately for my my mom also needed to go to Costco so she came with Addy and me. Addy has a habit of sleeping sweetly when in the presence of any grandparent so they all think I am crazy when I say she is fussy. Our parents are not old enough to be senile yet so the reason they believe she is a sleeping angel at all times must be some trick she has played on them. Babies are very tricky you know.

Anyway, we got food, got Addy's things together for an evening with Grammie, and got the house ready for 20 people to come over. My mom kept Adalynn at her house during the party and bathed her and got her ready for bed. I seriously had to pack a suitcase to get all of her things that she needs together. She may be slightly high maintenance. Nick borrowed a weed eater from a friend and disassembled the Foosball table from our dining room (classy, I know) so we could put in a real table and pretend to be grown ups for the evening. The shower turned out beautifully despite Murphy's best attempts at enforcing her law.

Sunday we went to church and enjoyed the day relaxing and watching football with family and friends. I love football season and having a clean house. Speaking of which I need to fold towels while Adalynn is still asleep if I want to continue to have a clean house. And if you are in the market for a Foosball table, do not hesitate to let us know. :)