The Way We Were

This week we took Sloan to the mall for some holiday shopping.  We tried out our bassinet attachment that goes with or stroller and the poor thing looked like she was in a deep dark cavern.  She didn’t hate it…she just doesn’t fit very well in it yet.  Every turn of the stroller meant she was playing steamroller inside there.

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We scored some great gifts and afterwards Zach made us get Hot Dog on a Stick at the food court – a “Fashion Place tradition”.  I am not the biggest fan of HDOAS, but the lime lemonade is always a win.  Hopefully Sloan enjoyed her second-hand corn dog…

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She slept almost the entire time.  The hustle and bustle of the holidays didn’t phase her one bit.

I finally put up our Christmas decorations as well.  Sloan’s stocking arrived just in time.  It’s not as decked out as it usually is, but at least there is a tree for Sloan to snooze by.

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Saturday we went to our first family movie.  I had been dying to see the new Hunger Games flick so we decided to go for it.  I originally purchased some infant headphones so I could take Sloan to her dad’s ice hockey games, but we decided to experiment with them at the movie.  We had it all planned out.  Sloan takes a bottle like a champ [I started pumping one bottle for her a day when she was a week old] so we gave her a bottle during the opening trailers.  She slept through the entire movie thanks to a full belly and those silly headphones.

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I kept reminding Zach not to drop popcorn on her head…

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When I think about the way we were before Sloan, it makes sense what people warned me about.  Having a baby does make certain situations tricky.  BUT if you make a plan, and if you are really lucky, you can do the things you want to do or did before having kids.  Yes, things take more time.  Literally it took me 6 times as long this week to send out Christmas cards as it would have normally, but we did it!  And we’re getting into a groove.  All three of us, actually.  We are learning Sloan’s little tells.  She is officially one month old and I am starting to tell the difference between a “I am hungry” cry and a “I just crapped my pants” cry…

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She’s a pretty rad chick and I can confidently say that this has been the fastest month in memory.  Can’t wait to see who she morphs into next month!

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