Maybe I should be more observant

Tonight was one of those lucky nights when my husband got off work early, so we headed out to have a family date night. First we went to Ross and looked around. Then we decided we'd try to grab a bite to eat. All was well - food was good, service was great, blah blah blah...UNTIL we walked out the door and noticed that the sanitation grade was an 85!! That's right, folks - I ate at a B rated establishment. Now, I don't want to name any names or anything...

but I'm going to have a problem going back to this particular restaurant again. Right now I'm coping with the thought of rats, spiders and unwashed hands by telling myself that the kitchen staff is probably on their best behavior after getting such a bad grade. Here's hoping at least...

Here's the happenings...

So I'm guilty of pretty much never posting (as April pointed out this week at church). Thought I'd bring everyone up to speed on the haps at the Mason house.

Most importantly, Kendall is doing great! She had her one month check up and she was growing like she's supposed to (up to 8 pounds, 12 ounces) and all my neurotic mommy questions were answered to my satisfaction. She was given Zantac for Reflux, which has definitely helped. She wasn't a spitter, but you could tell that milk was coming up in her throat and causing her pain. She refused to lay on her back, gagged, made horrible faces, etc. So, luckily we're all good on that. She was also diagnosed with something called laryngomalacia (see here for more info on that) http://www.cssd.us/body.cfm?id=464 which she should grow out of. They (thankfully) didn't find it necessary to run the scope like the link talks about, so we're keeping an eye on it and everything should be fine. She goes for her first shots next Monday. Hopefully all will be okay with that, although I'm quite worried about how I'm going to handle seeing her scream :-)

Here's a pic of her cute self smiling:




My girl also likes to sprawl out when she takes a nap...doesn't she look comfy?

Here's a family picture we took a couple of weeks ago:

In other news, James and I had our first date night last Monday. Prestonwood had an employee appreciation dinner at a really nice hotel and spa, so mom kept Kendall while we got all dressed up for dinner. It was wonderful to get away and spend one on one time with James. I met lots of his coworkers and just had an all around good evening...I also ate like a pig. Here's a shot from that evening:

I started back to work last week and that went really well. It was interesting the first couple of days trying to figure out a routine, but I think we've gotten it down now. It was good to be back with some friends that I had made before maternity leave, but kind of sad to leave Kendall at mom's. I'm going to give this a shot, but if we feel like it's not working out for us, it's back to pinching pennies for the Mason's. I'll keep you posted on that.

Alright - it's off to bed for me. Hope everyone is doing well out there in cyberland.

Dirty baby...

...is what my kid is destined to be if I go back her reaction to bath time thusfar. My girl FREAKS out! I just have to get it done as quickly as possible, while still paying attention to all those nooks and crannies (like under her neck...her least favorite part to get washed and coincidently the part that mommy is obsessed with cleaning). Don't believe me? Check out her reaction below:

Mommy what are you doing to me??

This is much better!
All clean and happy once again!
Even a little smile for you!

Besides bathtime, Kendall is doing well. She's eating well and gaining weight the way the doctor's want. She sleeps pretty good, too. Getting her to sleep in her bassinet it something of a chore, but we're getting there. Her daddy is the only one that she'll do it for, though. She's starting to respond with smiles and little noises, which just fills my heart to overflowing! I never knew you could love someone so much this quickly. We are blessed beyond measure.

I'm doing well, too. I go back to work the 19th part time at the place I was at before Kendall was born. I'm pretty excited about it because I made some good friends there and I'm looking forward to seeing them again. It's going to be hard to leave Kendall, but my mom is going to take excellent care of her. The best part is that my boss was willing to work with me, so I can have every Monday off. That works out great because James has Sundays and Mondays off, so we'll be able to spend that time together.

He's been sick the past couple of days. I wanted him to go check into a hotel to make sure his germs didn't get on my precious Kendall, but he wasn't really feeling that. He wasn't really feeling me spraying him with Lysol yesterday either, but such is life!

We have our first date night the 18th! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it. I've been thinking about it for weeks now! It's funny how much we took that time together for granted before the baby was born.

Now, I'm off to try and get a shower while Kendall is being a happy camper! Hope all is well in your neck of the woods!