Hello from my phone, where I now do all my reading (Kindle app for the win!) and apparently, my blog posting. Such is life when a newborn is sleeping on you all the time and you’re doing lots of middle of the night feedings. This weekend we celebrated my dad’s birthday, took a walk to the park, got a visit from the Potters, I got my haircut and we took three nights to watch a single (albeit 3-hour long) movie. Let me show you!

Friday baths for all! Well, showers for the adults but baths for the kids. I gave Lydia a bath last week and she hated every second of it but Joey gives her one and she makes not a peep?? No fair! My parents came over that night and we ordered in fried chicken from The Post and take out is good and all but it’s just never as good as eating in a restaurant, ya know? We all watched Cinderella afterward then had dessert and Dempsey just made his way from lap to lap to eat everyone’s ice cream 😂 We started RRR after Dempsey was in bed and my parents had gone home but more on that later!

A beautiful Saturday! Started with whole wheat chocolate chip pumpkin pancakes and then Joey suggested we all take a walk to the park. My New Year’s resolution is to see my sister more, so we invited she and Wayne and they met us at home and walked with us 🤍 I had shed all my layers by the time we got to the park! Still a bit snowy on the playground but Dempsey didn’t seem to mind. Back at home, lunch and naps for all. We had salmon with ponzu sauce for dinner then tortured Lydia by trying her new cowboy boots on her 😂 Finally made it to the “Naatu Naatu” scene in RRR that night!

When Sunday starts with biscuits, it can’t be a bad day! Breastfeeding with Lydia has been so so easy (hallelujah!) but man is it a time commitment. I’m already the slowest member of the family to get ready in the morning and now I’m adding in a 30ish minute activity so I’m always late to or missing breakfast. It’s not forever but it is hard. We gave in and all ate breakfast on the couch so we could be together for one morning. A bit later, Jory, Betsy and Delaney came over to see Lydia. Betsy’s first time seeing her in person 🤍 And so sweet to see the girls together. I love the idea of them being good friends for the rest of their lives! I left shortly after to get a haircut and tell my stylist/therapist how deeply in love with my children I am 😋 Back at home, said children were fed and sleeping so Joey and I got salads for the week made and then didn’t know what to do with ourselves for the rest of the day. Once Dempsey was up, he helped me make more breakfast freezer sandwiches and some chocolate chip walnut oat bars. Leftovers for dinner and then after Dempsey was in bed, we watched the final hour of RRR and what a bonkers movie that is! Hard to say if it’s “good” but I did laugh a lot. Joey loved it! Wishing you all a good week 😊

Hello! Desperately trying to find time to post here more consistently — my brain is total mush from sleeping only three hours at a time, so I fear I’ll forget all of these sweet newborn days if I don’t document them somewhere — but our routine is still kind of a mess. I know we will get there with time. Anyway here we are in 2023! Our weekend was pretty low-key and I am all for that right now 😊

Joey and I finally tried a newish restaurant near us called Bodega for lunch on Friday and it was really good. I love the idea of a mixed bag of fries! The rest of the day involved me admiring my fixed up ring — I finally had the diamond that fell out in 2020 replaced! — LOTS of baby cuddles and some tummy time that turned into a nap 😂 and a super simple dinner of spaghetti and frozen meatballs. We need to do that more often!

Had a Saturday morning visit from Grandpa Steve and Lorna, which was so nice for all of us. Baby Girl had her eyes open for a bit and Dempsey showed us all what a good big brother he is. He loves holding and talking to and kissing his baby sis 🥹🥹🥹 Afterward, we loaded up the kids in the double stroller for the first time and took a short walk. Lydia was NOT having it but she settled down and fell asleep pretty quickly. Took a mid-walk pause so Dempsey could turn around and see his sister back there.

Been trying to take a nap during Dempsey’s nap time — easier said than done when you also need to eat lunch, feed your baby, take a shower, do anything you need two hands for 🤪 — so we decided it would be a good opportunity to try giving Lydia her first bottle. That way I would be home if for some reason it didn’t go well. But it went just fine! Dempsey helped even 😍 I think we had leftovers for dinner but who can remember! After Dempsey was in bed we finished up the movie we started on Friday, Bardo. A super dreamlike plot that we both thought was really interesting and beautiful to look at but when I checked the reviews afterward, I was met with a lot of criticism and claims that it was “self-indulgent.” I guess I don’t know enough about Iñarritu to agree or disagree but ignorance is bliss because I got to see this as just an awesome display of creativity and filmmaking talent.

A Sunday to ourselves. Dempsey and Joey ran out to pick up coffee (or a steamer in Dempsey’s case) while I made us all waffles. I thought they tasted like nothing but neither of the boys complained 😋 I set up a “nail salon” for Dempsey afterward. I can’t wait till he wants to go get mani/pedis with me 😊 We got salads for the week made and honestly, that’s a huge accomplishment these days. Joey and Dempsey took down the Christmas lights outside and put away our inflatable snowman. Sad! I made us some salmon salads with puff pastry croutons for dinner and how good is puff pastry?! Got our newborn photos while we were sitting on the couch after putting Dempsey to bed and oh my gosh 😍😍😍 I love how they turned out. My beautiful children! I hope you are all having a good start to your 2023.