Just the Two of Us

Safia - 3 Weeks Old

This weekend, Safia and I spent the afternoon together in preparation for our solo time this week.  Rube went to Atlanta to play music with his band (High Strung String Band) at a friend's homebrew festival.  It was a great chance for him to get back into the swing of playing music, after a band hiatus of a few months.  Safia, Zoey and I held down the home front - we worked in the garden, went for a walk, started cleaning the screen porch from the pollen and construction mayhem, and nursed many, many, many times. I determined that our garden beds are a little wide for easy gardening with baby - to reach the middle of the beds, I have to lean way over which is near impossible with a baby strapped to your chest.  And I learned the very important lesson that once Safia goes down for a nap, if it's anywhere a meal time I need to eat immediately, not putz, not think about what I want to eat, not look for kitchen implements (our kitchen is still not totally put back together), and not do just one more thing before I get something to eat.  Needless to say my putzing and her short nap (at this point it's anywhere between 20 minutes and an hour) lead to me only eating a granola bar and a smoothie over the course of 7 hours - not the best situation for anyone involved!

We had high expectations for Do Nothing Day - but it somehow seemed to morph into a Just Do a Few Things Day.  Rube did another round of planting in the garden (making up for my inabilities on Saturday), we went for a long walk, and we did some more things around the house.

It also was a day of firsts for Safia - she finally took a pacifier and sucked herself to sleep (we had  been working on introducing the pacifier for about a little less than a week).  She had her first Skype date with her grandparents (my parents).  I also took my first
solo excursion out into the world to a friends baby shower, and Safia had her first bottle.  From Rube's report, she was a little taken aback by the speed of milk delivery, but happily ate quickly.  Rube and Safia than joined me at the baby shower - her first party.  In the evening, we resumed our weekly Sunday Euchre game with our friends Seth and Katie - they brought over dinner from Tlaloc, our favorite Mexican/Central American Restaurant in Athens, and after enjoying our dinner (partly without Safia, partly with her in our arms), we played cards - the game was slower than usual, especially when Safia decided with was time for a nursing marathon (playing cards one-handed is a skill I need to improve on), but all in all, it was great to resume one of our normal routines.

And of course, it was her first Easter - she had a busy weekend!

Now with my first post under my belt, we'll see how the rest of the day goes!