Road Rage

Danny has some severe road rage. Since we don't own a car this is exhibited on the sidewalk - call it sidewalk rage. Usually it is caused by slow walkers, people who stop in the middle of the path or anyone looking like a tourist. Sometimes although I hate to admit it he is known to throw some elbows without remorse.

The past few weeks, Danny has added the stroller to his arsenal. I keep having to remind Danny that our son is not to be used as a weapon.

Unsupervised Day with Declan

Danny had to go back to work on Monday so Declan and I spent our first unsupervised day together. We not only survived but we also went grocery shopping. It was Declan's first grocery trip and it had been a while for me since Danny was in charge of food the past few months.

Since I don't have a phone that takes good pictures and Danny's iPhone is on the fritz, here are some pictures from Thursday. These pictures are of about a 2 minute span of drowsy time.

A Month of Firsts

First cab ride

First walk

First manicure

First bus ride

Happy Thanksgiving!

One of the best Thanksgivings yet. We spent Wednesday night getting into the Thanksgiving spirit as a family. This involved being herded like cattle around the Natural History Museum in order to view the Macy's parade balloons along with thousands of other people. Danny was of course a little annoyed because he doesn't do well with crowds and Declan slept the whole time. I told Danny that just because Declan is too young to remember this stuff doesn't mean that we are not going to do it.

Then on Thanksgiving morning I was able to watch the parade on TV with Declan while Danny slept in. When Santa made his appearance I pointed him out to Declan.

Laundry Fun

Confession: I haven't done laundry since July. That's not to say I've been wearing dirty clothes, it just means that other people have been doing my laundry. Mostly Danny because he was playing house-husband and I was fat (aka pregnant). But to be honest even my parents got in on the action when they were in town.

I finally got back into the swing of it today and let me tell you, laundry is way more fun when you are washing little teeny onesies. I found myself pulling them out one by one making sure other patrons of the laundromat knew I had a cute baby at home.

He's such a baby!

Declan Dae Christ

October 14, 2011

6 lbs 6 ozMore to come because he is ours forever.

Weekend for Two

When I discovered there was going to be a hurricane headed our way, which was probably a little late in the game because I don't watch the news, I quickly told my personal shopper (Danny) to get us good and ready for Irene. He of course didn't do any kind of shopping on Thursday so Friday morning I wrote up a list and woke him up at 8:30am. I wanted him to get to the grocery store ASAP because I envisioned only the crappy non-perishable foods left and there was no way I was going to be stuck all weekend eating room temperature cans of beans and store brand corn crisps. Danny dutifully went to the store and bought a lot of great stuff (although it's a good thing we never lost power because I'm not sure how long a pound of turkey and dozen eggs would have lasted without refrigeration). It was strange walking around town on Saturday evening. Most of our neighborhood restaurants were closed. Our corner flower stand was completely empty. Made me realize that even though I hold my breath as I walk by because I am allergic to the flowers, I would most certainly miss them should they one day stop sending me off to work each morning or welcoming me home. We finally found one lone restaurant where we could rest our weary umbrellas and enjoy our last supper before the end.

We ended up not needing anything because the hurricane became a little storm when it passed by our big city, but because we were so prepared we ate like kings and were able to just enjoy the weekend together. There was lots of LOST and I tried to venture out into the world of online shopping but never could get my cart to have enough dollars for free shipping. I cannot justify spending money on shipping when my personal shopper will trek to any store for free. But it was fun to pretend that one day I will be an online shopper.

All in all a lovely and relaxing weekend.