Darnit- another Sunday night… where do the weekends go???
Friday night Chris skipped his hockey game because it didn’t start til 10:30pm and that was too late b/c he had to get up Sat AM and get up to Copper by 7:30-ish. so we just hung out- nothing out of the ordinary. Oh yeah, we also went back to the pediatrician on Fri afternoon to get all of Skylar’s shots- 4 of them. Ugh. There were 2 nurses to give the shots so they each gave 2 shots in each leg at the same time to minimize the length of pain. Skylar did really well with the shots- she cried when she got them but then Chris picked her up and she stopped crying pretty quickly and was back to smiling soon after.
Saturday Chris headed up to the mountains bright and early but I was heading up later. We went over to our friend Jen’s parents’ condo in Breck on Saturday night for dinner. they had asked us if we wanted to stay with them but we opted for a hotel room in case Skylar was super fussy or anything (especially after her shots). So I left Castle Rock at 1:30pm and made it up there by 3:30pm. Skylar had been pretty fussy and needy (wanting to be held all the time- not that I minded!!!) all day long so I was debating (that one was for you Siegert if you’re reading this!) about whether or not to go up with her. I decided to go up b/c i was hoping that watching bill and Jen’s 2 boys run around would be a good distraction/entertainment for her. and it worked- she did pretty well during dinner. She only cried a couple times and let everyone hold her and Jen fed her her cereal. Earlier in the day when i had tried to feed her cereal she totally freaked out and started wailing… so much so that I just gave up trying ot feed it to her and just gave her her bottle. I figured I’d try the cereal again at the 4pm feeding. It worked- not sure if it was the distraction of Jen feeding her, or the commotion of all the people or what but she ate a good amount of cereal- probably about 1 1/2 tablespoons. that’s pretty good for her. there were 9 adults and 3 kids there for dinner that night- and i can’t believe that I forgot to take any photos!!! Argh. We left by about 7-ish to head to the hotel, check in and feed Skylar and put her to bed.
Oh yeah, earlier in the day before I left for the mountains, I decided to take down our outside Christmas lights since it was a nice day (probably close to 60 degrees!) I brought Skylar outside with me (again, bundled up like it was 12 degrees out!) to help me take the lights down. Here’s a picture of her “helping” me


she’s such a good helper
On Sunday AM, Chris was up and out early again to get to Copper to teach. I fed Skylar and then went down stairs to get breakfast. Then we packed up and headed home after her 9:30am feeding. I was very proud of myself for how lightly I packed and that I was able to get everything for her and me from the room to the car in 1 trip- I had the stroller loaded to the gills! As you can see from the photo below- I had the diaper bag strapped on, had the pack and play under the seat, had the bag of food in the front under the seat, had a backpack with our clothes and stuff in it on my back and was carrying her pink seat (not pictured) in my hand. Very impressive if I do say so myself!

Sunday was another beautiful day- not as nice as Saturday though. As I was driving up to the mountains on Sat. afternoon and the temperature was 61 degrees- I was thinknig to myself… “why in the world am I going up to the mountains where it’s colder?!?” Oh well. anyway, it was about 50 and slightly cloudy on Sunday but still nice enough for Skylar and I to go for a walk at about 2pm b/c she wasn’t falling asleep in the house so I figured I’d put her in the stroller and see if she fell asleep. she was asleep before we hit the end of our driveway (and we don’t have a long driveway!) So i took about an hour and 15 min walk and she slept the entire time. Then when we got back I realized I hadn’t eaten lunch so i was eating some leftover pizza and Skylar was totally eyeing up my pizza! So i snapped a picture of her staring at it- too funny. Soon enough, little girl… soon enough and you’ll be eating pizza with us.

I had put her in the Bumbo and moved her close to her playmat toys to make a makeshift exersaucer type thing. Speaking of exersaucers- I was checking out Craigs List the other day (Friday) and was gonna get a used Baby Einstein one but then i decided I really wanted the Fisher-Price Jumperoo one like they have at daycare that she really seems to enjoy. So I found a good deal on 1 on Amazon.com and ordered it- it’ll be here Thursday- yay! so there’s another small chunk of floor real estate that’ll be taken up in our house… there’s not much of it left!
When Chris got home from the mountains (after a horrific drive home- it took him over an hour to get from Silverthorne on the interstate to the tunnel- that’s a 9 mile stretch! apparently there was an accident and then it was snowing and the roads started to freeze and cars weren’t able to get up the hill after stopping in traffice, etc, etc. Ugh.) he found Skylar and I playing on the floor in the front room. I had Skylar sitting up in between my legs (in case she tipped over) and she kinda just slowly leaned over and decided to lean on my leg and play with the toy that was to my right. She had her knees under her and was sorta rocking back and forth. It was neat to see her getting a little more mobile.

OK, I think that’s all… time to harvest my crops and check on my cafe and then go to bed