Well as promised Here is the blog on our Date night!
We had a wonderful time. We kept it really simple and headed over to Olive Garden. We ordered my favorite: Stuffed Chicken Marsala! It's seasonal so it only comes around in the fall. (But it's still 100 degrees outside so I'm not sure that qualifies as fall, but to Olive Garden it does!)
We then made our way to Ben and Jerry's. I had espresso chip and John had coffee ice cream. Are we new parents or what!?!?!?
Out side B&J's is a big fountain and we had a great time reconnecting and enjoying the water show. We only talked about Gianna for 75% of the time we were there. After all she is an interesting topic!
Gianna did great back at home. She did have a cry in her sleep, but she went right back down. I always worry that it when we go out will be that one time that we go that she can't be consoled and she cries the entire time for the baby sitter. But not this time- she was a champ!
So YEA for the Baby sitting Co-op!
Monday, September 03, 2007
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Differences?
Things I thought I would do before I became a parent:
1. I thought that I would go when I wanted to how long and it would not matter to me my child's nap schedule because she would adapt to MY routine.
Now I regard her naps as precious moments in my day. I'm not so keen on going out so much that it messes up her naps.
2. Enroll my child in all sorts of educational classes
Kindermusik is REALLY expensive. So we are passing on it until she gets a tad older to enjoy it more. We did do swim lessons and that was fun.
3. Go out to dinner just as much as we did before.
Now she goes to bed at 7 and we start the dinner/teeth/bath routine at 6:00 so that means REALLY early dinner if we want to go out. Now, we usually just eat when she goes to bed.
4. Have time to clean the house.
Now this one is true! Sometimes!!!!!!! :)
1. I thought that I would go when I wanted to how long and it would not matter to me my child's nap schedule because she would adapt to MY routine.
Now I regard her naps as precious moments in my day. I'm not so keen on going out so much that it messes up her naps.
2. Enroll my child in all sorts of educational classes
Kindermusik is REALLY expensive. So we are passing on it until she gets a tad older to enjoy it more. We did do swim lessons and that was fun.
3. Go out to dinner just as much as we did before.
Now she goes to bed at 7 and we start the dinner/teeth/bath routine at 6:00 so that means REALLY early dinner if we want to go out. Now, we usually just eat when she goes to bed.
4. Have time to clean the house.
Now this one is true! Sometimes!!!!!!! :)
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
My COOL MAC!
All you Mac haters check out what my computer did.
It took a picture of me and Gianna. Go ahead Microsoft- just try to be cool!
:)
Monday, August 27, 2007
Post Office- code for HELL?!?!?!?
Let me tell you about the adventure that Gianna and I had today at the post office. It all started when I needed to mail a few things and return an item (See Ebay addiction post!).
I gathered my things and put them in the car. Now if you have children then you know that your life does indeed change when you have them. I fought long and hard on this one and I lost!
It took us a few minutes to get out the door. I had to run inside for the grocery list, and a toy, and a burp cloth in case she spits up. So I gathered myself, my child and the multitude of things that she requires and balanced them all while getting Gianna into the car seat.
So off we went to first drop off our library books and then to the post office and then to the grocery store. I really like efficiency and this was the best traffic route.
Library books check.
Post office- parking lot overly crowded- not a good sign I tell Gianna.
Let me tell you why. The College Station Post office is notoriously slow. Amazingly so. Molasses in winter go faster than these folks.
We get out and get our packages and spend the next 10 minutes sorting through the car to try to find out where I put the letter I needed to mail too. Car seat, no, trunk, no. Did I leave them at home when I went back inside to get Gianna's toy? I must have because I COULD NOT find them anywhere.
OK new plan- return package, cut off Ebay addiction forever, vow to always know where things are, and grit my teeth for another post office visit.
Then balancing my items and my daughter I get inside and the line is out the door! Oh no. I look around and realize I have made a fatal Post office mistake. I actually needed to talk to the attendant. Plan change. Just go to the electronic thing. Skip talking because I have to go back anyway once I find those missing letters anyway. I decide to get a box from inside the post office where a large collective anger/hate vibe hangs over the room. People are curious about my apparently bypassing the line, but I'm also the only thing moving in the whole place! So I fill out the box and take it to the electronic machine, but I must have hit something wrong because it said $8.75. What??? I'm not paying that much for a Ebay return. New plan go home look up post office online, and again vow to end Ebay addiction FOREVER.
Well, at least when I got home, I found my letters- right in the diaper bag the whole time. Where I put them so I would be able to get them easily.
ARRRRRGGGGGGG!
I gathered my things and put them in the car. Now if you have children then you know that your life does indeed change when you have them. I fought long and hard on this one and I lost!
It took us a few minutes to get out the door. I had to run inside for the grocery list, and a toy, and a burp cloth in case she spits up. So I gathered myself, my child and the multitude of things that she requires and balanced them all while getting Gianna into the car seat.
So off we went to first drop off our library books and then to the post office and then to the grocery store. I really like efficiency and this was the best traffic route.
Library books check.
Post office- parking lot overly crowded- not a good sign I tell Gianna.
Let me tell you why. The College Station Post office is notoriously slow. Amazingly so. Molasses in winter go faster than these folks.
We get out and get our packages and spend the next 10 minutes sorting through the car to try to find out where I put the letter I needed to mail too. Car seat, no, trunk, no. Did I leave them at home when I went back inside to get Gianna's toy? I must have because I COULD NOT find them anywhere.
OK new plan- return package, cut off Ebay addiction forever, vow to always know where things are, and grit my teeth for another post office visit.
Then balancing my items and my daughter I get inside and the line is out the door! Oh no. I look around and realize I have made a fatal Post office mistake. I actually needed to talk to the attendant. Plan change. Just go to the electronic thing. Skip talking because I have to go back anyway once I find those missing letters anyway. I decide to get a box from inside the post office where a large collective anger/hate vibe hangs over the room. People are curious about my apparently bypassing the line, but I'm also the only thing moving in the whole place! So I fill out the box and take it to the electronic machine, but I must have hit something wrong because it said $8.75. What??? I'm not paying that much for a Ebay return. New plan go home look up post office online, and again vow to end Ebay addiction FOREVER.
Well, at least when I got home, I found my letters- right in the diaper bag the whole time. Where I put them so I would be able to get them easily.
ARRRRRGGGGGGG!
Friday, August 24, 2007
PICTURES!?!?!?!?
I know I know - WHERE ARE THE Pictures??
I realized yesterday that we have gone WHOLE week without taking a single shot of our little princess. So check out the album for some more shots!
I realized yesterday that we have gone WHOLE week without taking a single shot of our little princess. So check out the album for some more shots!
Here she is helping me cook. She has her own set of measuring cups and spoons. Now If I can just teach her how to stir!
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Baby sitting co-op
Last night we had our kick off meeting of the baby sitting co-op. It went really well. The idea is that you create your own economy with tokens and each hour you sit is a token. You take turns sitting and having a sitter so hopefully at the end of each month you have gotten to go out and have taken a turn to sit- all for FREE!!!!
Now, I don't know if you know this, but for one child even at night when they are asleep- it costs at least $7 an hour!!!! So can you imagine how much your night will cost you if you did any thing besides a picnic? I never made that much!
Hence the baby sitting co-op. A few of us in my Mom's group have talked about it for awhile, but it wasn't until I did pay the $7 an hour that I decided we needed to get it in gear!
So I turned to the know it all Google to find out all the info we needed to get started.
We came up with some rules like:
Keep animals put away.
Fill out the emergency info card we created
Leave enough money for the co-pay at the doctor in case of an emergency.
No husbands, just us for right now.
We are going to contact each other through email when we need a sitter and if we can't do it we just don't reply.
Our tokens are poker chips (I have a lot so we used mine. Although I might need some more for Tripoly at Christmas!) Colored ones are 1 hour and the white ones are 1/2 hour.
In doing my research I found that one person wrote an economy paper on baby sitting co-ops. The ideas is that you can't hoard your chips or you create a recession in that every one starts to hoard their chips. So we also decided that each person will try to the best of their ability to sit and to go out at least once every 2 weeks.
We know we are not a perfect system yet. We decided to try it out for two months and then get together to talk about what works and what doesn't.
We already many people wanting in. So that's first on the list to talk about next meeting.
We also hope to have someone come talk to us about CPR. Cool.
I have already signed us up for sitting next Thursday. I'll keep you posted on how it works.
Now, I don't know if you know this, but for one child even at night when they are asleep- it costs at least $7 an hour!!!! So can you imagine how much your night will cost you if you did any thing besides a picnic? I never made that much!
Hence the baby sitting co-op. A few of us in my Mom's group have talked about it for awhile, but it wasn't until I did pay the $7 an hour that I decided we needed to get it in gear!
So I turned to the know it all Google to find out all the info we needed to get started.
We came up with some rules like:
Keep animals put away.
Fill out the emergency info card we created
Leave enough money for the co-pay at the doctor in case of an emergency.
No husbands, just us for right now.
We are going to contact each other through email when we need a sitter and if we can't do it we just don't reply.
Our tokens are poker chips (I have a lot so we used mine. Although I might need some more for Tripoly at Christmas!) Colored ones are 1 hour and the white ones are 1/2 hour.
In doing my research I found that one person wrote an economy paper on baby sitting co-ops. The ideas is that you can't hoard your chips or you create a recession in that every one starts to hoard their chips. So we also decided that each person will try to the best of their ability to sit and to go out at least once every 2 weeks.
We know we are not a perfect system yet. We decided to try it out for two months and then get together to talk about what works and what doesn't.
We already many people wanting in. So that's first on the list to talk about next meeting.
We also hope to have someone come talk to us about CPR. Cool.
I have already signed us up for sitting next Thursday. I'll keep you posted on how it works.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Her First Tooth
Its been a good week. Gianna got her first tooth. Its on the bottom jaw. The tooth is not high but quite jagged. The down side is that she has a bit of a fever from teething and at the same time she caught a cold. :( Poor little girl woke up last night because she had pain in her gums and a hard time breathing from being stopped up.
Through it all she has been great. Still smiling all the time and wanting and willing to laugh at just about anything. I told her I had eggs for breakfast and she laughed like I told her a joke. So for her, eggs are now my best joke. " Hey Gianna, poached eggs are my favorite." (LOL hahahaha see how funny it is, if you were Gianna you would be cracking up.)
Amazing to us how each day is a new discovery, wonderment and awe for her little world. And she continues to be a source of awe for us as well.
Through it all she has been great. Still smiling all the time and wanting and willing to laugh at just about anything. I told her I had eggs for breakfast and she laughed like I told her a joke. So for her, eggs are now my best joke. " Hey Gianna, poached eggs are my favorite." (LOL hahahaha see how funny it is, if you were Gianna you would be cracking up.)
Amazing to us how each day is a new discovery, wonderment and awe for her little world. And she continues to be a source of awe for us as well.
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