Maci's Dinner Party & First Time to Church!

This was a super fun and busy weekend for Maci!  On Saturday, Clint and I decided to bring her along for about 3 hours worth of errands.  At many of the stops one of us would stay in the car while the other one ran in but Miss Maci did get to go to Costco, Rainbow (our grocery) and lunch at Bruegger Bagel.  She was in her car seat sound asleep at all of these stops but it was nice to get out and about as a family.  We were still extremely cautious keeping her little blanket covering her from any strangers' germs but it was a nice step in the social direction :-)  Later Saturday night the Brubacher's came over for dinner and some Wii Bowling!  Lori was one of Maci's first visitors before we put the house on lock down after her RSV but Trip had yet to meet our lil lady.  Trip and Lori are two of our great friends in Minneapolis so it was nice to finally get to hang out with them again!  I especially enjoyed adult conversation and beverages as well as some fun competition with the Wii Bowling!  We look forward to seeing them again once they get back from their wonderful tropical vacation!!

Today we had planned to go to church as a family for the first time since Maci was born.  I was a little nervous about potential sick people sitting near us or lil kids peering in her car seat ;-) but Maci was great and once again slept through the whole thing.  Our church has a lot of young families with kids so fortunately the coos and occasional cries of little ones isn't very uncommon.  After eating a late breakfast/early lunch, mommy and Maci took a nice Sunday afternoon nap in our living room while Clint and Boomer went on a much needed walk.  Maci and Mommy cant wait to join them on more of these walks once it is warmer out!

Tomorrow is also a busy day for us!  Maci and Mommy have their first Mommy and Me class.  We are excited to see how many Mommies and Babies are in our class and to get to know some new friends!  The class lasts 6 weeks and a good friend of mine is in the class currently with her lil one and she says it is a great way to get to know other moms and have some fun outside of the house.  In their class they have gone as a group to Panera for lunch, pedicure/manicures with the babies in tow and even mall walking at Mall of America.  We cant wait to socialize as I am sure Maci is an extrovert like her parents =)  After our class ends tomorrow, we have a quick break and then we head off to my 6 week post delivery check up.  With us keeping up on Maci and her progress, I really haven't paid attention to my own status.  My scar from the C section is feeling better so I hope everything has been healing as planned and I am almost back to normal!  As a quick update on Maci, we have a weigh in "peace of mind check" Wednesday afternoon and we are excited to see how much bigger she is now!  In addition, we have the evaluation with the orthopedic doctor on Wednesday morning.  Clint and I are anxious to meet with the Doctor to see what she has to say and to get her in her brace sooner rather than later so we can get it off that much sooner and let her move on!

Lots of Love,
C, K & M