This morning I took some pictures of this darling 5 week old baby for a friend from church. We tried to get some photos with her 3 other kids holding the baby, but literally every time the baby ended up in their arms she screamed. I took those photos anyway and they're pretty funny. I haven't been around a newborn in a long time, and though I didn't get to hold her in my arms I did get to stroke her tiny head and admire her fresh-from-heaven sweetness. How can it be that I feel a slight yearning for a baby and yet am so glad it's not mine at the same time?? (It could be that they go from precious to pissed so quickly and I'm just not cut out for handling that.)
After that I dropped Landon off at Michelle's house so he could play with Lucas, and then Whitney and I headed out of our Yadies Yunch at The Outback Steak House (just a couple of girls out for a steak!).
It was fun to be out in a real restaurant (i.e., not McDonald's) having lunch with Whitney. I think she was surprised by this and was almost a little giddy/nervous about it. I had to remind her to put her napkin on her lap, but she rewarded me by saying "I know" in a way that meant she had forgotten but was getting to it (things are sinking in!!).
She told me about Madison's birthday party yesterday, showed me some of the notebooks in her purse (she carried a purse today for the first time ever, it's one of my old ones) and we played a game of drawing half of a picture and then trying to guess what the whole picture was going to be.
My steak ended up being undercooked (ew) and had to be sent back, and she decided her fries and steak were "too plompy" and didn't end up eating more than a couple bites. %$#@ She loves steak, so I thought she'd be thrilled to eat there, but she said "It's not like our steak" to which I replied, "I know, it's even better!" She didn't believe me I guess.
When the server asked if we had room for dessert she happily said "Yes!" I had to laugh because I was sickeningly full and annoyed at her uneaten plate full of food. We did NOT get dessert. She immediately started negotiating for a future ice cream cone, and had to be firmly told to "knock it off or we're not getting one".
We then ran into the Distribution Center to get a few things I needed for Primary and ended up having an interesting time there. She was looking at all the pictures and came across one of The Crucifixion and said so seriously, "Why did they do this to Him?" It was one of those record-screeching to a stop moments of parenthood where I had a very small window of time to explain. I really hope I said the right things.
She picked out a little picture of the Mt. Timpanogos Temple and a picture of Joseph Smith because she has a vision for how she's going to frame these (involving magnets and toothpicks).
We then foolishly braved the mall. I had some ill-fitting jeans (the girl has junk in her trunk) to return to The Children's Place and somehow had duped myself into thinking we could run in there quickly. Duh! It was crazy at the mall today...like Christmas-time crazy. We walked into the store, looked briefly at the line to pay and at the jeans then turned around to leave. Whitney was confused and when I explained that it was too crazy in there she didn't agree, but suggested we return to Build-A-Bear because she only has 2 of them! Yeah right! (She had dragged me in there to look at them before we'd gone to the clothing store, it was crazy in there too.)
We got an ice cream cone from McDonald's on the way home and then I crashed onto my bed. I have cramps real hard and am still recovering from my 5:00am bedtime the other day. I'm out of sorts for sure, but still need to prep my Sharing Time and Teacher Inservice stuff for tomorrow. Send good vibes my way please oh please.
Now I'm off to Target to buy Michelle's lipstick tip of Revlon's Colorstay lip liner (she gets "Nude") so that at least my lipstick will good for Sharing Time tomorrow. I'm grasping at straws here.
**What's your take on newborns?
Do you enjoy a Yadies Yunch?
Can you handle a crowded mall?
What about Build-A-Bear?
Do you have a cure for cramps?**
Do you enjoy a Yadies Yunch?
Can you handle a crowded mall?
What about Build-A-Bear?
Do you have a cure for cramps?**
19 comments:
build a bear- big rip off. Only fun while it lasts if you ask me. My sister LOVES it.
I have cramps too!! AARGH
I still need to get to target for the same lip treatment... I am hoping for a miracle here. My lips are almost non existant.
I love yunch with yadies!! fun- all my kids at whitney's age did the same thing in restaurants like that except they always wanted to eat off the adult menu- whine & cry- if I gave in they never ate it all??!!
I'm afraid I would gladly get up at 2:00 am for the rest of my life if I could have a teeny newborn forever. I really REALLY love those newbies.
Steak, not so much.
Oh Jill, this "they go from precious to pissed so quickly" describing newborns made me laugh. You see things in such a funny light.
Hooray for you for exposing Michelle's long lasting tip.
Get uncramped soon...
My take on newborns had better be positive, since I've got one in my immediate future. Gulp. Thirty-six is too OLD for all-nighters!
I do love a Yadies Yunch. (a great phrase...not as great as "gymalicious," but nothing will top that) I think you're a fab mom for doing Yadies Yunch with your girlie! Good trend to begin :)
I love newborns. Newborn cries don't bother me at all. Newborns are just pure magic in my eyes.
I've never shelled out the cash for a build a bear. I think it is a great idea, and would totally love to take my kids to do it because they'd just love it, but once you have the toy, stuff it, add a heart, put in a voice, and buy the clothes, it is way too expensive for me. Not going to do it.
Hope you feel better soon and that your primary goes well.
your description of a newborn is PERFECT- then they grow out of it and return right back to it as toddlers, apparently. :)
i'm afraid my little one will never have a civilized lunch date with me- he's more excited to jump and toss things than actually sit and chat and eat. maybe it's a girl thing. :) whatever it is, i think it's a great idea!
oooh- cramps. so the biggest remedy i've found is running- and i didn't fully appreciate that until i wasn't able to run b/c of an injury. so then i fell back on just the right combination of really dark room, really hot bubble bath, diet pepsi, midol and inordinate amounts of chocolate. that works, too, and is immensely more wonderful in the short-term than running. :) and sadly, my thighs agree with me right now.
i hope you're feeling better soon!!!
Poor Jill...I sent a small package your way earlier this week and hope it brightens things up for you! Cramps are the worst..all I can do is curl up on my bed and instruct my husband to take over :)
Whitney is too cute and "grown-up" with her purse!
I love newborns and think that they are the easiest age to take care of (one of my kids--my four-year-old STILL doesn't sleep through the night so that part of newbornness is nothing new!).
Hope you feel better soon!
I love build-a-bear which is very weird because it does not seem like me at all. We don't spend much time or money there, though.
I use a color-stay lipstick sometimes, but it dries out my lips so I really only use it for work so that my lipstick doesn't rub off inside my mask.
I could use a mother-daugher yadies yunch. I have been doing a lot of laurel-yw prez yadies yunches which are also fun.
That's so cute that you took Whitney out for a "yadies yunch!" I always loved doing that with my mom and still do.
The newborn pictures are so cute! I am always shocked at how completely tiny they are at first.
I like to do "Yadies Yunch!" Also heart Build-A-Bear! Guess it's cause I have always loved stuffed animals. My daughter must of picked out the same gene on that- her room is over flowing with them. yet, anytime we are at a store, she will find the stuffed animals and ask for one, evening this evening in a craft store she asked for one while holding her hippo she had brought!
What sweet photos of that newborn. I love newborns.
Great idea to do a Yadies Yunch with Whitney. Too bad she didn't go for the food so much. Outback always tends to undercook the steaks I think.
I really dislike being at the mall when it's crowded. And I always go out of my way to avoid Build-a-Bear. I've been dragged in there a few times, but we've managed to come away unscathed (so far).
As for cramps - midol, sleep, curling up in a ball with a good book.
I absolutely "yove" a good "yadies yunch"!
there are few things i enjoy more than yadies yunch...
Now B-A-B, not so much.
That is too cute that you and Whitney had a yadies yunch -- my favorite part is that she brought "her" purse! I do enjoy a yadies yunch, but not so much buying food that my kids don't eat... maybe we'll be waiting a good long while.
I love it when those parenting teaching moments come up like yours at the Distribution Center. Did you just want to hug her? (I also love McDonald's ice cream cones.)
Cure for cramps...pregnancy or menopause! Sorry!
My baby's pictures with her brothers were very similar to what you experienced with this sweet newborn...she wanted to be done! But one of my favorites is of her in a frilly little dress and screaming her head off!
What's your take on newborns?
Do you enjoy a Yadies Yunch?
Can you handle a crowded mall?
What about Build-A-Bear?
Do you have a cure for cramps
I love newborns...my husband and I laugh about this all the time. I love the baby stage..and he gently reminds me about how hard things can get by asking..Do you want another human or do you just want a baby?
Sounds fun to do a Yadies Yunch..I will have to do that with our daughter.
Can't stand a crowded mall, and have never taken my kids to build a bear, although it sounds like fun.
A silly trick for cramps..(actually a silly trick that we used to tell me sister, who always over exaggerated everything) Cheese and peanut butter. IT worked for her everytime!
That is such a cute idea that you and Whitney went to a Ladies Lunch. One time Olivia went with me and a friend to Malaysian. Luckily, they have egg rolls! That was the only thing she would eat but it was fun for her to feel like she was out with the girls.
I avoid Build a Bear at all costs! Only when I know we are buying something (like we have a GC or we're getting a gift or something). Why was the mall so crazy? I am surprised you went in the first place!
I know what you mean about newborns. Sometimes I think, "Aww, maybe just one more" then I quickly change my mind! I am glad to hold other people's babies though. I get my fix.
A Yadies Yunch, sounds so fun! But, like you, I hate it when the kids don't eat what they ordered, than amazingly have room for dessert???
I used to get cramps soooo bad, but since being on the pill I don't get them so bad. Thank goodness.
I love newborns, for their smell, their softness, and their snuggliness (is that a word?), but I don't like the getting up at all hours part.
I hope Michelle's lipstick tip worked for you!
Crowded malls are never fun!
i love taking the kids to lunch one at a time. i haven't done it at much now that ethan's been born, but you've inspired me to start again. newborns make most women feel the same way. my theory is that child birth and raising them are so hard that women have a deep hormonal desire to have more kids, even when our brains know that we're DONE. if we didn't feel this way, we wouldn't ever have more than one. that's my take.
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