Bridget's 6th Birthday

Last year I promised Bridget she could have a friend party for her birthday this year, but I obviously didn't know at that time that I would have a newborn baby to take care of this year. So we decided to give Bridget the option of having a friend party or she could have a family party plus both a mommy/daughter date and daddy/daughter date of her choice. Thankfully she chose the second option which greatly helped my stress-level. I think she ended up getting the better deal in the end though because her birthday celebration has lasted for several days.

With her birthday falling on the day before Thanksgiving this year, it made for quite a busy several days for us. Her celebration actually started the Sunday before with Megan coming up to spend the evening. We had cupcakes and she got to open her present from Megan since Megan wasn't going to be here for her birthday. She was extremely thrilled with the unicorn Dream Light Megan got her.

On Tuesday, she got to take treats into her kindergarten class since they didn't have school the next day.

On Wednesday (her actual birthday), we started the day off with birthday cake pancakes and letting her open one gift. As you can see from the picture, Felicity was more than happy to help her blow out her candles, and Bridget was pleased with her Disney princess slippers.

Because Nate's family has their big annual Pie Night the night before Thanksgiving, we chose to celebrate her birthday at lunch that day. Nate's parents came as well as my dad and our good friend and neighbor Susan who's like another grandma to her. We had pizza (her choice) and then a Coldstone ice cream cake. I would love to have made her a cake, but I needed to lighten my load this year.

She could hardly wait to open presents and got some very nice thing including this shirt..

...and this Merida Barbie doll.

 

 

For her mommy/daughter date with me, we'll be going bowling and out for ice cream. For her daddy/daughter date she wants to go see the new Disney movie Frozen. Like I said, I think she chose wisely and got the better deal this year.

 

 

Happy 6th Birthday, Bridget!

1 Month Old

It's amazing how the last month of pregnancy truly feels like an eternity yet the first month of Dayton's life has flown by. Maybe part of that has to do with the fact that most of my days and nights all seem to blend together, and I'm lucky if I know what day of the week it is let alone the date. And maybe part of it has to do with the fact that taking care of 3 little kids is busy and exhausting.

Dayton continues to be a good baby. He's been a very good sleeper and eater, although we did have a few feeding issues after we got home from the hospital. I think he had the pacifier a little too much once we got home and that combined with me being engorged made for a tricky couple of days, but we got it figured out.

He's currently eating every 3-4 hours, but it seems more frequent just because his feedings take so long. I must admit I didn't realize how spoiled I was that the girls were such fast eaters (15 minutes usually). Dayton is usually 25-30 minutes and sometimes longer. When I'm up with him in the night (usually twice), I'm lucky if I can feed and change him and be back in bed in 30 minutes. Sometimes it can take almost an hour. It will certainly be nice when that time between feedings grows or if he happens to get faster at eating.

It took a little over 3 weeks for his cord to fall out, so he didn't get to enjoy a real bath in the baby bathtub until just recently. He always cries right when I put him in, but then he loves it and cries when I take him out.

For the first 3 weeks he preferred to be held if he was awake, but he's now starting to enjoy sitting and staring at things and people more from the swing or bouncer.

We certainly love this little guy, and hopefully the next few weeks bring longer of stretches of sleep at night because this tired momma really needs it.

Nate's Birthday

Another year has come and gone for Nate. Even though birthdays aren't a big deal to him, he obliges me and lets me try to make it somewhat special for him. Sadly, he was unable to take the day off from work or even work from home, so it was more his kind of celebration than mine.

I spent the afternoon making his cake (German chocolate) and was grateful both Dayton and Felicity took good naps at the same time making it much easier for me.

That blanket he is holding has Dayton in it even though you can't see him at all.

We didn't go out to eat because I didn't want to take Dayton out to a restaurant, so we got takeout from Zupas. I should also mention that some people Nate works for took him out to lunch at a hibachi house, so he got a really nice lunch too.

Because I am the giver of practical gifts, Nate got a new desk chair for his birthday. With as much as he works from home, it was time for a new, comfortable chair since our old one was one we purchased when we got married over 7 years ago. It was far from comfortable anymore.

Happy birthday, Nate!