Family Outing Failure

Since Zoey arrived Jimmy and I have been cooped up in the house quite a bit. Any time we need to go out into the world for food, supplies, or that "sunlight" stuff, one of us will stay at home with Zoey and the other will hurriedly run the errands. It's so much easier this way, since we don't have to pack up the little lady and her suitcase of necessaries or plan our outings around her eating and sleeping schedule. Well the hermit life was dragging on us so we decided to plan a family outing for last weekend. Jimmy wanted to do something outdoors but since it was going to be over 100 degrees again we decided against that. So we kept it simple and decided to go to Savastano's and watch the Cubs game. If you're not familiar, Savastano's is this pizza place that prides itself on being very "Chicago-style", so they play all the Cubs games and serve Old Style beer and deep dish pizza. Jimmy is a HUGE Cubs fan and Zoey needed an excuse to wear her Cubs onesie, so off we went.

Clue #1 that this was a bad plan: Zobot woke up after only a 45 minute nap and was not happy. I pretended like I didn't notice because I really wanted to take her out.

Clue #2 that this was a bad plan: When we walked into the restaurant they were showing football, no Cubs game to be found. Bad sign.

It started off pretty well but, long story short, as soon as our food arrived (of course), Zoey started crying. And not just wimpering a little bit, I mean crying like she meant it. We couldn't get her to calm down so I quickly put her in the car seat and took her outside while Jimmy paid, boxed up my food and chugged the rest of my beer (can't let a good Blue Moon go to waste). We were slightly embarrassed. We might as well have had "NEW PARENT" stamped on our foreheads.

That kind of ruined my Saturday. Luckily I had friends over for game night later on so that made up for it. Next time if Zoey is not fully rested I will not - repeat, will NOT - take her out unless absolutely necessary. When this girl is tired she wants to sleep, period. When she is hungry she wants to eat. Don't mess with her schedule and nobody gets hurt!

Here's hoping the next outing goes better...

Three Months Old!

Wow. It's been three months since Zoey made her grand entrance (or exit, rather). She's smiling, babbling and trying really hard to laugh. She loves it when we hold her up so she can sit and stand up - lying down is simply not tolerated for longer than a couple minutes at a time. She's very close to rolling from her back to her stomach and she holds her head up like a champ. We think she's starting to get teeth too, but that's a post for another day.

As for those parents of hers - Jimmy and I have learned so much these past three months. The new, terrified parents of mid-May have nothing on the seasoned mom and dad of late summer. I wish I could go back and visit myself that first week and give some reassurance - it was so stressful and tiring, I didn't know how I would get through it. There were a few days were I got only an hour of sleep, and now Zoey sleeps about 12 hours at night. I used to be terrified to take Zoey out of the house (what if she cries in public?!), and now I look forward to taking her out on the town. What a difference a few months make!

Long story short, Zoey is the coolest baby ever and Jimmy and I are the luckiest people in the world. We love you, Zobot!

What's Up With Zoey: Week 11

Okay so the title of this post isn't completely accurate - Zoey is actually 12 weeks old today, but I didn't get to blog until now so let's pretend it's last week, shall we? After Zoey went to the doctor for her two month check up, about a week and a half ago, she stopped sleeping through the night. Ohhhh we were so bummed. We started putting her to bed earlier at the suggestion of her pediatrician (Zoey had been getting fussy during her nighttime feeding every night), and once we started doing that her sleeping became more erratic. That lasted about a week and a half and now she's starting to sleep better. From what I understand most babies aren't sleeping this well at this age, so we definitely feel very fortunate to have such a... well, sleepy, baby! Zoey is doing great all around. She's so cute and chubby and I could just stare at her all day long. :)

• Age: "11" weeks [*wink*]
  
• Weight: probably around 11 pounds
  
• Length: 22 1/2 inches
  
• Meals: 4-7 ounces at each feeding, about five to seven times a day.
  
• Bed time: 9:00-10:00pm
  
• Sleep: We had a rough week and a half where she would wake up a couple times a night but now we're back on track!
  
• Milestones: Zoey is reaching for things, supporting herself with her legs when held up, and we got a laugh two days ago! It totally melted my heart.
  
• Sounds: Lots of chatter coming from Zoey, and the aforementioned laugh.

She's perfect. :)