A busy weekend

So Lilly Rose ( and us) had a busy, busy weekend. She got out of the house several times - and Mark and I even went on a date ( no baby but we did have bad Mexican food.) We took her to dinner Thursday night - Mark's aunts, uncles, parents, and grandparents came in town. Lilly got to meet Uncles Jay and Tony and Aunts Caroyln and Sally. She even had her nails trimmed by Uncle Tony ( thank you - they are intimidating to cut, hoping that I can last until my mom comes back in September!). She did well on her dinner outing, until the end, where she got tired and hungry and started a bit of a melt down. It was cool, as I had a melt down myself about an hour before, at dinner. Hungry, tired, and full of hormones, I felt like I was panicking, like an anxiety attack was coming on, so of course, I freaked. Went into panic mode but didn't want to make a scene (probably too late) so to make a long story short, ended up breaking down in sobs in the ladies restroom of Restaurant Bacco, with Mark's mom comforting me. All was good once the tears were out and the Redfish was in my stomach - so lesson learned (and re-learned, keep the blood sugar up, eat every two hours or so, especially eat something with protein). But we made it home Thursday night, she ate and was immediately better. The power of food. And home!

Friday Mo and Mel babysat while I went out and got my nails done. And Mark, Lilly and I had Shabbat dinner. We even took Lilly out for her first ride in the stroller - we walked the three blocks to pick up pizza from Slice. And it wasn't too hot. And the SUV-like stroller maneuvered the cracked sidewalks and roads like a charm. And she really liked the motion, but she did not enjoy being put in the car seat carrier. But she made do. Check out the video of her first stroller ride.

Saturday we went to temple - for her to be presented to the congregation. She was put in her first dress - a white number with pink roses on it - it was really sweet (the mom's picked it out in June). We had four generations present and called up to the bima - so it was beautiful to see the progression, from Mark's grandparents to Lilly Rose. She slept through pretty much everything, but woke at the very end of our time on the bima. She wailed out but quieted down as soon as she was held. She was just hungry so I fed her and she was a much happier camper. Saturday night Mark's parents babysat while we went out - but sitting at dinner we realized that we should have sent them out with Lilly and we stayed home and took a nap! But we did enjoy going out, and I had a beer - my first since the pregnancy and birth. And like I said earlier, the food wasn't that great, but the company was spectacular.

Sunday we celebrated Mo's birthday with brunch. She once again got out but we were about 30 minutes late as she was quite gassy from her 2nd breakfast and didn't like how she felt. So she cried and cried and sweated and sweated. And her face got so red. It's hard to see her when she gets like that. I just want to hug her and make it all go away. I wish I had some magical powers that could do it for me! But she recovered, slept in the car ride, awoke in the restaurant and was held, while we ate and celebrated. Dad then watched her while I went with two friends to see Eat, Pray, Love - beautifully shot movie - makes you want to go on vacation, but book is tons better. And then we had dinner at cousin Margot's house. So all in all a great but busy weekend. I told Lilly this morning that this was our day of rest! I've napped and she's been a good sleeper today. So it seems like she needed it!