Okay so here I sit again, saying the old "I meant to write" time and time again. Oh well.
Here goes:
Birthday and Mothers Day weekend:
Friday night Jason said that he wanted me to have my day (the following day was my Birthday) so I could finally celebrate 30 and 31 since I was pregnant and sick last year. He said that Allie-Rae told him that she wanted to buy me a gift so that he would go with me to lunch with friends and then he and AR would go shopping and meet me back at the house later. We had a good laugh because that is code for "I didn't buy you anything....yet". Saturday I thought I would sleep in a bit, but that ended up getting cut short with the usual 5:30am wake up "cries" of Mommy-I'm-up-and-don't-plan-on-sleeping-anymore from my beloved daughter. That was fine though, she was so happy to see me that it didn't matter. All three of us went to lunch on the patio at Jake's with Meggan and Niki. It was the first beautiful day since last fall and of course I didn't wear sunscreen. Well worth the sting though. We had a few drinks, Jason had a sandwich and then he left with Allie. The three of us girls proceeded to sit on the patio and have a few more drinks until 4pm and then finally made it to the nail salon to get our toes done. I had three drinks and was feeling mighty fine so now I'm a cheap date! That night we just stayed in and hung out, it was very nice. I got my Mother's Day gift which was one of the rings that we looked at the few months beforehand...and then for my Birthday, I was told that I needed to take the ring in the following Wednesday to have Allie's birthstones put in - that was Allie's present to me.
Mother's Day: I finally got to sleep in, if you can call 7:30 sleeping in - but it was very nice. We all went to Panera for some yummy breakfast to avoid the overwhelming crowds of people at the usual breakfast brunch spots. We then went to Cub to get me a Mother's Day card - because I want to have one from every year. Side note: It is now June 2nd and the card is still sitting on the kitchen table waiting to be written in:). Anyway, we got some plants for our Mom's, delivered those and enjoyed the rest of the day at the house. It was a perfect two days - all that worry for no reason! Well, I wouldn't say worry, I would actually use the "I told you so" but it was perfect either way.
So, the next weekend was fishing opener and Jason had a few well deserved days up at the cabin. They didn't do much fishing because of the wind and cold, but they had a good time. He returned to a basement bathroom that needed to be cleared for our refinancing appraisal 72 hours from Sunday evening. Long days at work, long nights in the bathroom, but he got it done! We'll skip over the refinance bit because the market sucks and things didn't turn out how we thought. Our appraisal came in 20% lower than our tax estimated value!!!! #@O%$U(!@#RHNJDF@(#UR(@# Stupid housing market!!!
The weekend after that (May 22nd was Sunday) was Allison-Rae Noel's baptism. The day was great - including the tornado sirens Saturday and Sunday night. That was the day the tornado went though North Minneapolis if this blog ever gets looked back on! I'll post pics in the next entry, but AR did so well at church. She wore my father's baptismal gown and looked like an angel. The whole family and friends came back to the house for some (made from scratch I must say) BBQ Beef sammies and yummy salads and treats. We were exhausted by the time everyone left and enjoyed the evening with naps and a TV on very low volume.
Memorial Day was this past weekend and we didn't go to the cabin. We opted out for a few reasons, but the main one being that AR is a very regimented sleeper schedule wise and there was just too much commotion up there for our first trip away from home. We came to find out later, actually while everyone was still up there, that we made the right decision. It was a zoo, a fun zoo but a zoo. We spent the weekend with Daddy outside working on the yard and catching up after all the rain we'd been getting and Mama and Allie played inside.
We haven't had day care this week so I took the 4 days off work and have had a great week with my bug. Tuesday was a dream, she slept ate, napped, and ate some more all on schedule and without a hitch. Wednesday was short of a nightmare because with as cute as she is, it really takes a travesty to mess up a whole day spent with her! She didn't nap, barely ate...and then woke up this morning on her belly!!!!! She's officially rolling over from her back to her belly (6/2/11). The problem is, that she can't get back over on to her back which I don't mind for sleeping, but she doesn't know to turn her head to the side. She lays there face down which worries me, but frustrates her more. So - napping today consisted of the car ride out and about with Grammy and then she finally got buckled into the good ole' swing which was traumatic for her - until after about 45 minutes. She was out for 3 hours! Now my little angel is laying-on her back-asleep, or just about there. I rolled up a blanket into a big roll and put it to her side so that if she tried to roll over it might stop her - keyword MIGHT. She squirms so much that I know she'll find a way around it, but if she can just get to sleep for a while, we've made progress!
So, Daddy is on a "work trip" to see a rock quarry or something like that, in WI tonight. He'll be back tomorrow (Friday) night and then work again on Saturday. Then Sunday will be spent doing who knows what. I am dreading Monday. Back to work after a week off is bad enough, but when it is back to work after spending a great week with the cutest baby in the world - I may have a harder time returning on Monday than I did after maternity leave!
So - Allie is 5 months, 1 week and 1 day old. She is babbling a ton, smiling and laughing more and more every day. I'm fairly confident that she's starting to teethe now - excessive drooling, fussing and wanting EVERYTHING in her mouth to chew on. Everything is great with us. We're a little family and loving each other and everything we have in life!
