Weekend Recap

This Saturday was chock-full of things we needed to do that day for sure. Of course, this was also when the downpour of Tropical Storm Hanna decided to grace us with its presence.

Stop Numero Uno - the post office to get Gabriela her passport, which she needs by Oct 7 because that's when we're flying to Peru. The post office really needs to get with the times and invest in a new camera to take passport pictures. I know, we could have done them somewhere else, but with a baby we figured one stop shopping was worth the convenience. So the post office lady brought out a camera that was like 1 foot by 1 foot with huge handles on the sides and no viewfinder. It must have been around since before Lane and I were born. It was a polaroid camera too, so we had to wait and wait for the picture to be developed. When it was finished, it looked like the picture was taken in 1970, the background was a lovely yellowish color. Thank goodness for us, we got it on the first try. Another baby had to have his picture taken like 5 times.

What is with passport pictures for babies anyway?? They are good for FIVE years. By that time, you could probably have a picture of any baby and no one could tell you any different. And, the parent isn't supposed to be in the picture at all, but the baby has to have her eyes open, and sit up when they can barely even hold their own heads up. What is up with this?!?! Thank goodness Gabriela is so good for the camera.

We also got to go to the birth center in the downpour. Everything is a-okay. I'm really lucky I haven't had any baby blues or post partem depression and that nursing has been going well and that we have a beautiful and healthy baby.

Next, we went to multiple grocery stores in all the rain, and for the first time, actually removed Gabriela's car seat and brought it with us. It's usually so much easier to just carry her with a baby carrier.

As soon as we got home, the rain ended. Whaddya know.

That night we watched.... get ready for it... Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure with some friends. We were talking about it, and since we hadn't seen it in ages, decided it was time for our neighbor to bust out the VHS movie. It was good times.

You may be wondering what the grand finale might be for a fun and errand filled day such as this one. Well, as soon as we got back to our apartment, the fire alarm went off. Gabriela's first fire alarm! So we got her and our baby carrier and our diaper bag and promptly walked down 12 flights of stairs to hang out until the firefighters came to turn off the alarm. I thought for sure Gabriela would totally freak out because the fire alarm is so deafeningly, piercingly loud. I covered her little ears as best as I could, and she didn't even make a peep. What a good baby.

Sunday we made some delicious brunch food - smoothies, homemade muffins, roasted potatoes and asparagus and fresh pineapple for our good friend Morgan and her husband Andro. We've been friends with Morgan since 8th grade and are so glad she was kind enough to marry a guy whose family lives right by us so she has an excuse to come visit us on the east coast.