Happy V-Day!

After talking to my other friends with kids, I'm glad to hear that we are not the only ones who will be celebrating it on another night.  Why you ask?  Because not only is it harder to get a babysitter, but who wants to deal with the hassle of long waits and overcrowded restaurants?  So instead, Mikes is making dinner and we'll have a romantical evening at home (once S has gone to bed).  We'll have our night out on the town some other day this week (hopefully).

Of course v-day would not be complete without a picture of these rascals:

well, maybe a few pictures

it is surprisingly difficult to get a good shot of these two together

focus people

ok, one more try

good enough.

More teething woes

We had a few rough days when her vampire teeth started breaking through, but S has been pretty happy the past couples days.  Last night, Mike started giving her high-fives and she'd laugh like crazy with each one.  It was super cute.

Unfortunately, she's turned back into grumpy pants and it looks like her front two teeth are the culprit.  Boo on teething.

She's still doing fairly well with her napping.  Sometimes she falls asleep on my lap.  She looks so cute and peaceful, I don't want to move her to her crib!

Swimming success!

Distractions

Whenever I need to get through my lectures, I plop S down on the floor with all her toys. Sometimes this gets me as long as an hour.
Combined with her nap times, I just may pass my classes this term.  My goal is to start writing my 20pg paper a week before it is due.  I get really stressed when I wait until the day before for final assignments. 
Can't wait to be done with school! I promised Mike I have no interest in med school or ph.d programs.

I love baby clothes

One of the main reasons I need to start working again is my addiction to buying cute baby clothes.  Tonight, Mikes and I headed over to Gateway to pick up a swimsuit for S and some work clothes for Mikes. I ended up getting two suits for S at baby Gap (one was on sale - you know me, I can't resist sale items).

And then I ended up grabbing this cute little outfit (also on sale) because the red reminded me of upcoming Valentine's day.  Look at those little shorts with built in tights.  too cute.

I wanted to buy a ton more, but restrained myself.  It was very hard to do because they have a cute western line going on right now.  There's even a onesie with a feather/horseshoe and another with a teepee.  S needs more clothes reflecting her heritage...

Anyway, excited to take her to the pool this week.  We have a great county pool nearby with a super warm kiddie pool.  Last time I took S swimming was at my sister Emma's baby swim class while in Maryland.  All the babies were shivering, the water was so cold.  Hopefully the second time goes a little better and is more like bath time, which she loves.

Date Night

It's easier for us to find a weekday babysitter, so Mikes and I usually end up going out sometime during the week for our date nights.  But this past weekend, we couldn't pass up a chance see the World Cup mogul competition.  Fortunately our wonderful neighbors were available to watch S, so we headed up to Park City!

The competition was everything we expected and more, filled with high flying tricks and stupendous crashes.  We are definitely going back next year.  I believe it will be aired on NBC on Feb 11th - try and find us in the crowd!

7 months!

It's amazing how months seem to fly by, but individual days can be excruciatingly slow. My baby girl is 7 months old!

Love the hard look of concentration on her face. She's such a hoot. We call her nutso jr. (astro is obviously nutso sr.)

At 7 months, she is gibbering away, loves to eat at the table, has learned how to scream when she wants something, still puts everything in her mouth, has three teeth, randomly laughs at astro, sleeps 12 hours straight (8pm-8am), naps twice a day, and a lot more