Weekend Update

We had a great weekend! It started with a crazy productive Friday for Audrey and me. Granted, we didn't get up until 11:00 because she didn't sleep well Thursday night. But even after getting up late I still managed to shower, do two loads of laundry, write seven thank-you notes, pay bills, return a few phone calls, and...drumroll please....go to both Babies R' Us and Target! And all with several 30-45 minute feedings and at least six diaper changes thrown in! When David got home, we went for a walk at the park and then, lest you be impressed with our exercise, we drove through DQ and ordered the new Tagalong blizzards. (Delicious, in case you were wondering.)

On Saturday, we woke up and got ready for visitors. First, friends stopped by with lunch and hung out for a little while. Then David's Aunt and Uncle came over later in the afternoon to meet their first great-niece. It was good to see everybody and watch them sufficiently "ooh" and "aah" over our baby. That night, we gave Audrey her first "submerged" bath. She seemed to like it pretty well and there were no tears at all! And may I just say, there is nothing sweeter than cuddling with your freshly bathed baby when she is all wrapped up in a big towel.

We declared Sunday to be visitor-free family day and slept in as long as AJ would let us, which amounted to about 7 hours total. We lounged around a little and then David watched Audrey while I ran up to Wolf Camera to get the 215 pictures we'd taken since June 20th developed. (And for the record, it's not called babysitting when the father keeps the child. It's called parenting. Just a pet peeve sidenote.) That night, we made our first restaurant outing to Chili's, where I enjoyed a Chicken Caesar Pita for the first time in 9+ months. (I had been heeding the no-caesar-dressing-while-pregnant recommendation. It would probably have been less harmful than the lunchmeat and caffeine I'd occasionally indulge in.) Anyway, it was amazing. Audrey did great and slept through the whole adventure. We got home in time for me to catch up on some coupon clipping before she woke up to eat. How I've missed the sweet sound of scissors going to work for my bank account...

So, all in all, it was a great weekend. I hated to see it end and I know David felt the same way. Only five more days until the next one, though! We've got more visitors this week, so it should fly by!

Hope you have a great week! Check out the new pictures in the Picasa gallery by clicking the "Our Photos" link on the right side of this page or the link below:

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