Saturday was a fun day. Caroline hung out with Chris for a an hour or so in the morning before he went to play golf and she took a nap right after he left, so I worked on getting her birth announcements in the mail (be on the lookout). When she woke up from her nap, she seemed very content, so I took her out of her swaddle sack and left her in her crib. She just kind of rolled around and talked to me as I worked in the nursery a little bit. I put one of her soft snuggly animal blankets in with her and she hugged on it and tried to put it in her mouth.
Caroline and I went out in the jog stroller around noon for a long walk. It was a beautiful fall day and the perfect temperature. She snoozed for about 45 minutes and then just happily rode along for another 30 minutes. It was a good walk!
The three of us decided to go to Babies R Us last night. This was Caroline's first trip to any kind of store. I have to say I was a little apprehensive, not knowing how she would do. It's a 20 minute car ride out there and she did great. She just sat in her carseat and looked out the window at the lights. She was awake the whole time in Babies R Us and just looked around and even talked a little bit. We picked up a Bebe Pod seat for her because ALL she wants to do these days is sit up (a Bebe Pod is like a Bumbo chair). We also got a new bathtub-- one with a sling to hold her up out of the water. The other tub we have is slippery and it takes 2 people to bathe her.
We decided to order Chinese takeout from our favorite place. We had to wait a little bit for the food, so Chris went in to Best Buy and I stayed in the car with Caroline. I knew we were about to reach breaking point on her awake time. I got her out of her carseat and held her. She did start to fuss but I just rocked her and she fell asleep. About that time, Chris came out with our food. We put her in her carseat and she went right back to sleep and slept the whole way home, pacifier in her mouth the whole time.
We did test out the Bebe Pod before she went to bed. It works pretty well for her to sit up. She was tired so it was a quick test run. Caroline was asleep in her crib at 9:00 pm . She woke up to nurse at 3:30 am and then slept until 7:30 am. I could hear her on the monitor when she woke up. Normally, she grunts and squeaks a little and then cries to say "come get me". But this morning, she just laid in her crib and cooed and talked for about 15 minutes before I couldn't stand my curiosity and went in to see what she was doing. She was just hanging out, looking around, happy as a clam. I picked her up and she smiled a big ole gummy smile. What a great way to be greeted in the morning!
Today, we are going to play in the Bebe Pod chair and take a bath in the new bathtub.
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