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Dear Darling Daughter,
Thank you. You have given me the greatest gift a mother could ask for. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. No other achievement, no award nor perfect grades could compare. I will be forever proud of you, and eternally grateful to you for...
sleeping through the night!
Love,
Your grateful Mom
We took the train to Chicago yesterday, to bring Vivienne to meet her Great Grandma Mickey. First choo choo train, first visit to Chicago, first time seeing Great Grandma Mickey. Another BIG day.
Best quote from Grandma Mickey, while I was nursing:
"Peggy, take a picture of this. I want a picture of that great big boob and that little head. Look at that big boob! And that little head! It's a beautiful picture. Peggy, did you get that picture, did you?!"
Aunt Peg, in her classic understated style: "I'm not sure Kate wants to be that exposed".
It was another eventful day----first a Rossetto gathering to celebrate Zia Lilliana's birthday, then dinner at our house with Tom, Suzanne and Jack to celebrate Mom's birthday. Miss Vivienne slept through all the noise, talking and laughing, driving, shifting in and out of cars and slings, a missed feeding, a diaper change in the hatch of the car....sleep, sleep, sleep.
10 pm when the house is quiet, the lights are low and we are trying to go to bed? Scream, scream, scream.
We made it out into the world on Wednesday of week 2! We wrangled her into the carseat in (in a 2 door!), went to a museum, ate in a restaurant, changed a diaper in a bathroom, and nursed in public. A very big day!
On Friday we went to the grocery store, and on Saturday to Target. Baby girl loves the sling, as do I---the freedom to roam!
Or to roam as far as 2 hours before the next nursing will take us anyway.
Who knew going to the store could be so exciting. I was so happy to be out of the house, I wanted to kiss the ground.
Puffy vest, check. Stretchy pants, check. Six pack on the way back from our first walk, check.
Things not to say to a new parent:
"In my day..."
"Oh, thats just normal"
"You know what you should do..."
"Why aren't (or are) you using bottles/formula/pacifiers/breastfeeding"?
"You can't do ________ with a baby!"
Things that you should say to new parents:
"Here's the lasagna, I'm leaving now."
"The laundry is done"
"The massage therapist is here!"
"Tell me the story"
"You are amazing!"
J:Hey Kate, I gotta tell you something you should already know.
K: What's that Jack?
J: You've got a big day coming up.
K: What day is that?
J: Um hello, PREGNANT!! Duh!! (big gesture pointing at my belly) So, when are you going to have it already?
K: Not sure, could be any day now.
J: Are you going to have it here at OFR?
K: I don't think so, but what do you think if I did, would that be hilarious or what?
J: I bet you'd get overtime.