Our First Mother's Day

Our first Mother's Day has been completed.  It started off with a very long night...Cookie woke up several times and wouldn't go back to sleep.  I was exhausted in the morning when she woke up at 6 AM and thought Nick would get up and feed Cookie so I could sleep in...nope.  Not only that, but he blissfully slept while I sat there like a zombie feeding Cookie who was ready to start her day, cheerful and bright eyed.

Nick ended up getting up after I woke him up so I could get more sleep...I slept for another hour or so and a cranky, tired, ready to nap Cookie woke me up with a nice little card and gift of earrings and a necklace with her birthstone (garnets).  They are gorgeous although the necklace has been banished to my jewlery box because Cookie proved she likes to grab it and not let go.  I can be satisfied with the earings for a while.  Also?  Surprise!  Kate Spade purse.  I'm totally spoiled and it so made up for the sleeping hubby at 6AM!

Then we went for breakfast at our friend's home whose new little one is almost a month old (they have 3 year old as well).  Hubbies cooked, moms lounged.  Scrambled eggs, toast, and mimosas.  Yum!

Headed home that afternoon and dinner of Filippi's pizza and Dogfish Head 60 minute IPA.  Finished up with a pint of Ben & Jerry's.  What a perfect day...well except for waking up at 6AM to feed a hungry baby.  But, as a friend noted, the precident has been sent and Father's Day is just around the corner.  Guess who will be waking up then (yup, you're right, probably me, but a girl can dream, right?).


My first Mother's Day...what a feeling!

Still my most favoritist sleeping partner!

Love my mobile!

Have you ever seen anything so cool as my fist?

Hmm...what is this?

Yup, no idea what this is...

I wore Mommy Out!!!

Mommy Brain Rears Its Ugly Head...

Cookie had her first trip to the park today...well first trip where she didn't sit in the stroller the whole time while Mommy walked.

We've joined a couple of meet up groups, one of which is Clairemont Moms Playgroup.  They meet every other Monday (we'll have to quit when I go back to work) at a park in Clairemont.  One of the moms and I were going to meet for a play date outside of the group.  Her little girl is one day older than Cookie.

Cookie was napping as our appointed time got near so I texted her to let her know I'd text her to let her know when we left the house.  Texted her when we left the house.  Texted her when we got to the park.

Cookie and I laid out on the grass and Cookie absolutely loved the trees.  In fact, she started crying when I gathered her up to get going because I knew she'd get hungry soon. 

Now comes the Mommy Brain part...the other mom finally texted me back: I thought we were meeting on Thursday?  I'm sorry, but I have plans on Wednesdays.

Umm...it's Wednesday?  I thought it was Thursday.  I was told Pregnancy Brain was replaced with Mommy Brain, but I didn't believe it.  Ah well...at least Cookie loved the park since we're going back tomorrow for our play date.

Happy 3 Month Birthday Sweet Cheeks!

It's been sometimes bumpy, sometimes frustrating, sometimes frightening, but always, always, always wonderful.

BTW - Sweet Cheeks isn't slumping in these pics...she found her feet, but doesn't know how to grab or touch anything yet.  If you leave her too long she cries because she gets so frustrated.  She wants to touch her feet, but doesn't know how yet.

Lastly?  She's finally tolerating the headbands I bought for her...glad that money didn't go to waste.

OK, one last thing...can you believe how quickly the owl is shrinking?

Easter 2011

It's official, I've become one of those parents who makes their babies take pictures with the large people in costume...I'm lucky she didn't cry like all the babies did before her.

I did get in an altercation with the manager.  We stood in line for 25 minutes waiting for the Easter Bunny to get off break and then waited an additional 30 minutes to get the picture.  There were 6 mothers in front of me, all of which took their own pictures while the photographer took pics too.  We get up there and the manager who had spent that whole time on the telephone until we get up there yells, and I mean yells, at me that we can't pictures, it's policy.  I then tell her that's not very fair considering 6 other mothers did it before me.  She has the nerve to tell me that she "didn't see them" and "only enforces the policy as I see it being broken".  Seriously?  We yell back and forth for about 10 minutes she tries to show me the policy because she's too dense to get that I don't care.  If that's the policy, it's the policy, but how about enforce it every time, not just when you want to?  There were FOUR employees excluding the Easter Bunny, all of whom saw the moms taking the pics and no one said a word.  Secondly, don't yell at me, nothing will get me to red faster.

Ah well, she didn't cry, we got  a good picture, and apparently I was distracting the manager enough while she screamed at me that grandma (who is visiting) was able to snap a few pictures of her own any way.  For those of you who know me, I seem to end up in these situations quite a bit and I don't back down, I don't like being walked on.  I guess it hadn't happened in a while so I was due.

What Sweet Cheeks REALLY thinks of exercise...

I took Daddy's nose and I'm not giving it back...

I L-O-V-E reading with Mommy!

My first Tiki!!!

Love it when Daddy plays the guitar for me...

Still listening to Daddy's mad skills.