Monday, November 19, 2007

Travelin' Annika

Now that she's almost six weeks old, baby girl has been increasing her range for traveling afield! This weekend, in the company of me and her grandmother, she had her first trip to Target and the mall, and was a complete angel throughout (including a leisurely lunch at a restaurant!). She also behaved beautifully through a brunch at Nona's with the three of us, which is more than I can say for the awful kids at the table next to ours (note to self: do not fill a large sippy cup with Sprite, give it to the 18-month-old, and expect peace at breakfast).

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

Two firsts

Annika has had two firsts in recent days, neither of which was her doing:

1) She met her buddy -- or, well, our friends' kid, who she'll be seeing plenty of in coming years, but "buddy" remains to be seen, heh! -- Theo, the 11-day-old son of Ian & Kusum (she of the Celia's-parking-lot belly-off). I&K took his mom to the airport and came to our place on the way back, bearing donuts and champagne, two products I personally can really get behind. We sat around for a couple hours, shootin' the shit, talking about new-parent stuff and kind of marveling that we had all come to this point from the halls of Schapiro (where R., Ian and I all lived at Columbia). Good times!

2) She rode in the car with me driving. Oh my, was that stressful (for me). I am not the greatest driver, and having her in the car with me turned the granny-driver factor up to eleven. But it was fine, she seemed not to care (except for the throwing up on the way home, which was sort of probably my fault -- she was full before we left, and the seatbelt was too short since I didn't know how to lengthen it, so she was crunched up), and we made it through.

Friday, November 9, 2007

Yay insurance!

The bill for Annika's birth came yesterday. It was a few bucks short of $8,000. Eight thousand dollars.

Guess how much we're on the hook for?

No, seriously -- guess.

$200.

That's two hundred dollars, two c-notes. Righteous!

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

One month birthday!

Big day today -- Annika was born four weeks ago! We all got through a whole month together! Here's to the next four weeks, eh?

Although I must say, her baby ratings are down a bit today ... lots of crying. It's like she's some kind of baby or something. :-)

Monday, November 5, 2007

Big weekend

Annika had her first bath on Sunday! She was very, very confused, and did not like it at first -- some crying, a little screaming -- but she eventually settled down some, and she seemed to really enjoy the hair-washing portion of the event. There were photos and video taken -- look to MC Mixmaster R. to get those posted soon.

Meanwhile, she went with us on a little outing to the cafe down the block for our lunch on Saturday -- a very warm day with no wind, sort of like what normal people who live in normal places know as "summer." She behaved really well, only threatening to cry just once, and we got to eat and read the papers in peace. Her baby ratings were way up after that.