According to my calculations, calendar, and the “Ages & Stages” email, DD was 11 weeks old yesterday. Both mommy and dd are doing fantastic! Still hard to believe it: we’re parents. So dang cool.
Friday – After DD’s visit to the office (with obligatory showing off walk), we tracked mommy down at Kohls, doubled up, and headed to the Mall. We were on a mission to find C an outfit for dd’s upcoming baptism. JcPenny’s seemed to fit the bill. I recall at one point asking dd “if she was done yet” as it sounded like there was a small thunderstorm coming from underneath the stroller. Satisfied that she was, I opted to take her for a changing and let mommy try the outfits on. Let’s just say that DD left JcP with a new outfit too.
So after JcP, we met up with C’s galpal (AM for now) and her Beau (AB for now) down at Green Mill. Had a nice time. AM loved holding dd (who wouldn’t?). AB seemed like a pretty hip fella. Found out that AM moved to a pad within walking distance of my office. Trippy. So we’ll have to do lunch sometime. AM and I shared the Margherita Pizza. C had a Ciabatta Sandwich, and AB had a Garden Burger. I think they liked their foods. We loved ours. If you ever have a chance, and you’re a pizza fan, find yourself a Margherita Pizza (aka Neapolitan pizza margherita). Fantastico *kisses fingers*.
Saturday - I woke up bright and early, got dressed, and headed out to pick up some miscellaneous stuff from a FreeCycle ad. I returned with a full minivan. One 28″ interior door, one really funky Red White and Blue standup dresser (handmade), one long bookcase, and two cabinet bases. I ♥ FreeCycle. Its like Craigslist, but only freebies.
After returning home, we picked up and hung out, getting ready for the memorial ride. We met up with everyone downtown (including Sonja and LoD). Since it was raining, we thought it best to not take the Pontiac out.
So we saw the guys off (they’re bikers. Of course they rode), grabbed some alcohol, and headed back to Oz’s for some Tripoley. Had a blast, though LoD kicked our a**es. He called it beginners luck. Right-O. Remind me not to play pool with him. Oh, and thanks to LoD, I had the following two songs stuck in my head the entire game:
You’re welcome.
Post game, we enjoyed another fantastic dinner with a set of now soaked motorcyclists at the newly remodeled Lakeside Supper Club (located here. I need to talk to George about the lack of map on the site). Seriously, if you’re anywhere near Montgomery/New Prague, stop in. Tell George I sent you. He won’t give you a deal, but I’ll at least hear about it. Trust me, its worth it. His steaks are what all others are now judged by. I hear the Prime Rib is to die for (not a big fan of Prime Rib). Make sure to get a salad and try the poppy-seed dressing. *drools*. Good times, good food, good people. Isn’t that what life is all about?
Sunday - The plan was to head out to the RenFair. Always a fun time. But alas, the weather messed with us yet again. The forecast was 60 and rain (remember that number). Being the outlook was bleak, we decided that dd shouldn’t go, though Oz still had to (volunteer). So C let me hang out with dd while she joined her mom. How cool is that?
Not too long after they headed on their merry way, dd started fussing. I hear that’s normal. Well, perhaps to C, but not to me. I tried all the tricks I could think of (check diaper, burp, feed, gas, bargain, beg). Alas, they all failed. But then I remembered that big band music worked a few weeks back. So I grabbed the frankenpod and queued up my “big band” list. Dancing to Bobby Darin, Louis Prima and Frank Sinatra still had the calming effect that it did a while back. Score 1 for D! We spent about 45 minutes or so dancing around the living room in our PJs. I never thought I’d be that kind of dad. The kind that dances and sings with his kid in the living room. Ask C. I barely ever dance. Amazing how much a child changes you for the better.
Monday - Twas your typical day. In the midst of all the financial news, I heard about a real travesty: Government closing Disco Clubs in Nepal. What good is a Saturday night if you can’t dance the night away safely in a Nude Nepalese Disco Club? Tragic.
I also learned of a new website that will certainly be helpful for us all: Has the Large Hadron Collider destroyed the world yet? They even have an RSS feed, just so you can keep track. See? You learn all sorts of things when you stop by.
When I made it home, I was treated to an awesome little video. DD spends a bit of her day in a chair. One of those table top bouncy chairs, with the flashy, pully, noisy attachment thingy. For this one, when you pull on either of the 2 dangley things, the bird in the middle spins. When powered up, the spin will be accompanied by music. Well, dd finally figured out how to pull said dangley thing, just in time for c to catch it on video! So cool! I’m looking forward to all of these little moments. I will try to share some of them with you (remember how anal I am about her face pics). I did snap a couple pics of bedtime though. C is just a perfect mommy.
Tuesday - dd went to daycare for the first time. Though she didn’t absolutely need to, her visit served two purposes: to let her try it out and see how she does; and to let mommy see how she’ll do without dd. As you can imagine, dd did just fine. Mommy went nuts. She was there from about 10 in the morning til about 3 in the afternoon. I hear the more its done, the easier it gets. I recall that first week or 7 after I went back to work. I can only imagine how she felt.
Oz and Angel came by later that evening for some hair cutting and chatting (Angel cuts hair, in case I hadn’t told you that before). As they snipped and chatted, I finally finished up a computer for one of the folks in town. Nasty virus1. I also copied all of the pics we’ve taken onto a larger hard drive. More than 10,000 files taking up 28.8GB. Now granted, not ALL of that is pictures. But at least half was. I now get the honor of weeding through, and finding the duplicates. I have a tendency to copy groups of pics into working directories for editing, then leaving those working directories full. I should stop that.
Wednesday - Just prepared things for Mom and Rmai’s2 visit. Getting excited!
Thursday - Mom called about 430. Plane landed safely! I picked her up from the airport about 5. We got home just about 6, as C and dd returned from a long walk (perfect timing). So mom finally got to hold her grand daughter! Just about the time her arm got tired, Rmai showed up. Beautiful timing. So after the obligatory dd handoffs and holdings, we grilled up some burgers and just hung out, shootin the breeze. dd went down surprisingly well, and the house went to sleep shortly after.
And here we are, back at Friday, with a house full of love and family. Its going to be an awesome weekend! I’ll tell you all about it next week. Until then, have a fantastic week!