A Good Start to a New Month..and a few Thank You's
As Grandpa Dean said she would be, Mika was safe and sound being babysat by her Nana this evening. We knew she would be just fine with Nana as well, but being away from Mika for the first time was hard regardless.
Daddy got up at the crack of dawn with Mika and they let me sleep til after 11am. 11AM!!! From 8-ish to 11...close to 3 full hours of uniterrupted sleep. I feel so spoiled. As always, Mika had a good morning with her Daddy. Once I was up, we started trying to get the house in a bit of order. I did some laundry and general tidy-up duties and Daddy vacuumed. Auntie Fran came over in the afternoon to meet Mika. Thanks to Auntie Fran for the two cute outfits, especially the official 'Rosebud' outfit that Mika will be wearing to Easter brunch at Nana's. Nana's nickname for Mika is Rosebud so the dress is really appropriate. Thanks, too, for Mika's stuffed elephant rattle and Royal Doulton Bunnykins Soap. (Can this kid get any more decadent with her bath goods?) AND the awesome smelling handcrafted Italian soap for Mom and Dad. Mmm..Lilac and Scottish Broom! We are spoiled as much as Mika, really.
After Auntie Fran left to go do her book shopping, we got ready and went to Nana's. Mika was off to her first adventure in being babysat. Daddy and I packed half the house and hauled it over. I say first 'adventure' as she was looked after for a few hours by Nana here at the condo while I was in emergency for the kidney infection and Daddy came to hang out and wait with me, but this was her first outing. Nana was giving us a break to go and celebrate Mika's first month birthday. We walked in the snow over to Brewsters for a tasty pub dinner and a much-needed pint. (Brewsters is a microbrewery and their raspberry beer rocks! I know it sounds awful, raspberry beer, but trust me..its freakin' tasty.) Daddy and I even got a game of pool in before we wandered back home to get the car to pick up the kid.
It took us a while to actually get out to the restaurant. We came back home after dropping her off and went into instant worry mode and stumbled around the condo missing her like mad. I washed her diapers. Folded and put away her clothes. Changed the linen in her crib. Sterilized bottle parts. We looked at a huge bag of hand-me-downs from Margaret Bogash. And talked about Mika. Her Dad was missing her to the point of thinking that he could still hear her in the condo though she was at Nana's. And he was sober! Finally after the baby chores were done, we ventured out for the above mentioned dinner. And though we told Nana we'd be there to pick Mika up between 9 and 10PM, we ended up arriving to get her right at 8:59PM. Honestly. I can't imagine parents being more sucky than we are. Mika had fun at Nana's. She had some good sleeps and good bottle feeds (bottle feeds are good times as the milk just drips right in to her mouth, none of the work of suckling as with breast feeds) and, of course, Mika makes a peep and Nana will pick her up. Nana said that Mika even gave her smiles! Smiles are still a rarity with Mika, so she must have been having a good time. She enjoys seeing faces that are different from Mom and Dad.
Thanks to Margaret Bogash for another big bag of handmedowns as mentioned earlier in the post. Mika now has two full snowsuits for next year, PJ's and overalls and all sorts of clothes for when she is bigger. Margaret and Don also gifted Mika with a new denim dress and matching purse, handknit slipper booties, and a little porcelain Anne of Green Gables doll. Very cute.
Mika has been sleeping soundly in her crib since we got home. She is so good. I adore her more than anything. In fact, I want to go wake her up just to cuddle her and tell her how much she is loved. But I am smart enough to let sleeping babies lie.
Daddy got up at the crack of dawn with Mika and they let me sleep til after 11am. 11AM!!! From 8-ish to 11...close to 3 full hours of uniterrupted sleep. I feel so spoiled. As always, Mika had a good morning with her Daddy. Once I was up, we started trying to get the house in a bit of order. I did some laundry and general tidy-up duties and Daddy vacuumed. Auntie Fran came over in the afternoon to meet Mika. Thanks to Auntie Fran for the two cute outfits, especially the official 'Rosebud' outfit that Mika will be wearing to Easter brunch at Nana's. Nana's nickname for Mika is Rosebud so the dress is really appropriate. Thanks, too, for Mika's stuffed elephant rattle and Royal Doulton Bunnykins Soap. (Can this kid get any more decadent with her bath goods?) AND the awesome smelling handcrafted Italian soap for Mom and Dad. Mmm..Lilac and Scottish Broom! We are spoiled as much as Mika, really.
After Auntie Fran left to go do her book shopping, we got ready and went to Nana's. Mika was off to her first adventure in being babysat. Daddy and I packed half the house and hauled it over. I say first 'adventure' as she was looked after for a few hours by Nana here at the condo while I was in emergency for the kidney infection and Daddy came to hang out and wait with me, but this was her first outing. Nana was giving us a break to go and celebrate Mika's first month birthday. We walked in the snow over to Brewsters for a tasty pub dinner and a much-needed pint. (Brewsters is a microbrewery and their raspberry beer rocks! I know it sounds awful, raspberry beer, but trust me..its freakin' tasty.) Daddy and I even got a game of pool in before we wandered back home to get the car to pick up the kid.
It took us a while to actually get out to the restaurant. We came back home after dropping her off and went into instant worry mode and stumbled around the condo missing her like mad. I washed her diapers. Folded and put away her clothes. Changed the linen in her crib. Sterilized bottle parts. We looked at a huge bag of hand-me-downs from Margaret Bogash. And talked about Mika. Her Dad was missing her to the point of thinking that he could still hear her in the condo though she was at Nana's. And he was sober! Finally after the baby chores were done, we ventured out for the above mentioned dinner. And though we told Nana we'd be there to pick Mika up between 9 and 10PM, we ended up arriving to get her right at 8:59PM. Honestly. I can't imagine parents being more sucky than we are. Mika had fun at Nana's. She had some good sleeps and good bottle feeds (bottle feeds are good times as the milk just drips right in to her mouth, none of the work of suckling as with breast feeds) and, of course, Mika makes a peep and Nana will pick her up. Nana said that Mika even gave her smiles! Smiles are still a rarity with Mika, so she must have been having a good time. She enjoys seeing faces that are different from Mom and Dad.
Thanks to Margaret Bogash for another big bag of handmedowns as mentioned earlier in the post. Mika now has two full snowsuits for next year, PJ's and overalls and all sorts of clothes for when she is bigger. Margaret and Don also gifted Mika with a new denim dress and matching purse, handknit slipper booties, and a little porcelain Anne of Green Gables doll. Very cute.
Mika has been sleeping soundly in her crib since we got home. She is so good. I adore her more than anything. In fact, I want to go wake her up just to cuddle her and tell her how much she is loved. But I am smart enough to let sleeping babies lie.
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