Fourth of July!

For the Fourth of July this year, we took advantage of the long weekend (plus Brian taking an extra day off) to make a road trip to Austin to see Emily (Brian's mom, my MIL).  It was a really good trip.  We did a much better job of picking places to stop and feed and change baby which cut down on my stress level.  Plus, we were much more organized in our packing and preparation, although we still should have done more the night before and not left quite so many things for in the morning.  But since we didn't have to be to Austin at a specific time, it didn't really matter.  For the most part, we weren't on any particular schedule which was much better for baby since we were able to work around her napping and feeding needs.  This always makes for a much happier baby!  :) 


Highlights for me include: 

• The general feeling of a much more successful roadtrip with baby.  It seems small, but any baby mama can tell you that it's huge. 
• A few hours of baby free shopping with my MIL.  Looked at sewing machines (will likely have a post on that later), bought some pants and shirts for myself (see previous post), and bought some cute clothes on clearance at Carter's for Naomi to wear when she gets bigger. 
• Hearing Naomi rip out her biggest, longest laugh ever.  Emily still has no idea what she did to elicit it and we couldn't replicate it.  It was the most magical sound!
• Doing what Bethanny Frankel calls "bathies" with Naomi.  Since we didn't bring her infant tub with us down to Austin, I just hopped in the tub with her.  The first night, I didn't get the setup quite right and it was new for her, so she didn't like it.  But, by our third go around, she seemed to enjoy it and I could hold her like it was tummy time in the water while she batted at her bath toys.  It was so cute - wish we could've gotten a picture.  Can't wait to try swimming with her!
• And, last, but certainly not least, is splitting a Mexican Martini with Brian at Trudy's.  Mmmm, mmmm... last time we went there, I was pregnant, so no drinky drink for me, but this time I savored it (in moderation obviously).  We told Emily that once I'm not breastfeeding anymore, we'll have to go get our own and let her drive home. 

And of course this post would not be complete without pics, so here they are. 


Enjoy and hope you had a Happy Fourth of July celebrating our freedom and the fine people who ensure it! 

Just relaxing and having some fun on my playmat.

Little Baby, Big Chair!

Happy 4th of July!

Playing in my sassy new dress!

An American Sweetie chillin' with Mom. 

Yippee!  Holidays Rock!