Everybody’s Working for the Weekend

My goodness this week blew by! We filled it up. Friday I cleaned the house. Saturday we went out to eat at Jim N Nicks, went shopping (hello, Trader Joe’s), and then went for a long walk on the Greenway. Josh and I just made pizza using their garlic parmesan pizza crust, sauce, organic mozzarella, and peppered salami. OMG. I can eat pizza like no other, but this one was a) delicious, b) filling, and c) semi healthy? I mean whole wheat crust, no GMOs, organic. I’m making that again and again. Eli loved our walk, but he liked it better when he was on my hip. Ha! Here’s a few pics from our walk.

Then today we kept up the busyness. Although eating at ML Rose was a nice runner-up, the highlight of today would be scoring this jogging stroller for $80! Woot woot! Eli absolutely loved riding in the stroller while we went for a quick jog. He was just smiling and bobbing around. Like Ricky Bobby, he too likes to go fast.

What we bought: New teething toys and spoons. Ah! I can’t believe he’s about to be using spoons!
How my life has changed: We are finally eating at the table again! Eli will sit in his highchair and play with toys while we eat. No more passing the baby! We’re getting more confident going out in public. Lots of shopping was done this week. Our schedule is pretty much out the window now that he’s teething. Eating every four hours? Waking up only once a night? Gone. I hope he starts feeling better. I am exhausted.

Week 23

This week I got my second tooth! I can sit on my own for about 30 seconds and I love to grab things. I discovered gravity, and I love to drop toys from my high chair especially. I got my first sip of water today. Mom and dad were out eating and dad let me play with his straw. He didn’t know I was smart enough to use it! Mmmm mmm.

That’s it for us! Have a great week
-Shantel

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