Justin and I are not really great about getting out and doing things. I finally pin pointed that as a weakness for me this year and have decided to change it. I think it mostly comes from being raised in families where mostly what we did was work and our recreational activities were things like wake boarding, snowmobile riding, motorcycles and camping. Since we don't have things like a boat, snowmobile, and motorcycle right now and probably won't for a couple of years we are having to create new hobbies and events we enjoy doing together. Memorial day weekend was one of those attempts.
We decided we would head to the ocean since we hadn't been there in about a year and it is free. We stopped off at Camp 18 on the way there. This is a logger themed restaurant and museum area. I loved the feeling the restaurant created and the food was great as well. Everything was very large, since you know Loggers are usually large men. The historic equipment they had to walk around and look at was also neat, but I don't think I appreciated it quite as much as my husband. He knew about all of it, what it was for and why things were set up that way. I enjoyed listening to him explain it all. Isn't it awesome to hear people talk about their passion? Natalie was not as much a fan of the day because it broke her schedule and required a lot of riding in the car seat. We will keep practicing with her because one day I know she will appreciate going on family trips. Nursing at home is not a big deal at all. However, when you are trying to accomplish something else during that day outside of your home, you come to realize just how much you do it and you wish more places had nursing lounges.
Sunday night we played Yahtzee and both rolled a Yahtzee one right after another. Don't worry, it has only taken us four years of marriage to each get a Yahtzee. Monday we rearranged the bedroom situation at our house. Natalie took over our room. We decided it would be warmer since there is only one window and the rooms positioning in the building design. We moved our Shrek bed to the smaller room with better air flow which will be extremely nice for the summer time. It was a ton of work, and isn't completely finished but was a huge success. Natalie is now comfortably sleeping in her crib and I have no problem feeding her at night in her room. Another huge milestone is sleeping for six hour chunks at night. AMAZING! It doesn't happen every night, but it is getting more consistent. I hope it stays that way. She is also growing and getting pretty strong. As you can see she holds herself up quite nicely in the bumbo for a couple minutes at a time.
11 weeks old
Grandma Blazzard's birthday was this week. We sent her a cute picture.
Justin and Ruth Blazzard
