Week #7-Birthday, Reunion, and the "Zone"

Favorite things this week: All the giggles, coos, & smiles

***Since it was above 40 degrees outside this week we had a wonderful playdate with a friend & her little one.  Hazel also got her first outdoor walk under her belt. It was really nice to get some fresh air and I am now really excited for the spring weather to arrive permanently!!!!

This week we celebrated my cousin's 21st birthday.  We went to dinner and Hazel wore her little shirt for Danny.   Hazel definately wanted to get involved with the celebration and started vocalizing her excitement before dinner so this was the first time I had to nurse in the car.  It was an interesting experience but never the less it worked.  After nursing, to try to get Hazel back in the "zone" we took a drive around the block.  Hazel loves car rides and this usually puts her right to sleep.  However, as soon as we got back in the restaurant Hazel was fulling alert and ready to party.  Luckily, Nana was able to hold Hazel as she feel aleep allowing Mike and I to eat.

Little did we know but this was the start of a week trying to find Hazel's "zone"! It never fails as soon as Mike gets home and we eat dinner and little Hazy tests our parenting skills and plays "Guess what is going to get me back in my zone today."  We have already dicovered that Hazel gets bored easy and has started demanding more of us. No longer is just bouncing Hazel on the ball acceptable but now swinging her in her car seat followed closely by boucing the car seat on the ball (only after our arms were about ready to fall off with the car seat swinging) is the current tactic being applied.  However, tomorrow's game of "Guess what is going to get me back in my zone" might be something completely different.



Gettin' in the ZONE:

• The "zone" I am referring to is the calm state right before going to sleep.  We have been learning Hazel does not want to miss a thing and flights sleep like a great Roman warrior.

 Birthclass Reunion:
We also got together with the couples from our birth class.  It was great to see all the babies and hear the different birthing stories and parenting experiences thus far.