Thursday - Maci and I did the mommy & baby massage class at Blooma in St Paul. It was a fun time and very informative. However, when I scheduled the class I had no idea what lil Miss Maci's schedule would be. The class started at 1p which is usually when Maci eats so she let me massage her legs and feet and then MELT DOWN!! Fortunately it is a class where the instructor is quite use to crying babies. The rest of the class I listened to the techniques while Maci had her bottle. Fortunately they give us a print out with the instructions of all the massages. We also got some coconut oil so that we are all ready to do baby massage at home - Yay!
Friday - This was our mall walking day with our mommy and me class! We went to Southdale Mall in Edina to meet at 10a. It was a GROSS day with freezing rain when we arrived. Maci did a great job with the walking part as I talked with Kelly and her baby Hank. However, once we finished the mall walking portion and I attempted to do some shopping with Halston and her lil baby Harper, Maci had other plans =) We did great at Gap when I got yet another adorable top for Maci. Yet, once we got to J Crew where Mommy could finally do some shopping for herself after 9 months of wearing maternity clothes, Maci wanted none of it!! She had a total MELT DOWN in the J Crew dressing room. Fortunately Halston was with me as another mom with a 7 week old and she knew how I felt. I finally got Maci calm, bought my two tops and we left the mall. I hope Maci learns that when we shop, we buy for her and mommy!!! That night we went to the Eden Prairie mall with Daddy and Maci did much better!! We thought to bring the baby Bjorn carrier vs the stroller and she loved it because she got to lay on daddy the whole time! This family is ready for spring and warm weather so we can walk around lakes and not just resorting to indoor malls :-)
Saturday - Maci made up to mommy for her two melt downs in public by doing a great job of sleeping in her crib Friday into Saturday! Maci was in her crib when she first came home but once she got RSV, we had her sleeping in our room in her bouncy seat since it was upright and helped with the congestion. However, she had gotten quite use to this chair and it was time for her to get back in her own room and use to the crib. Maci only woke 2x for her standard two feedings at 230a and 7a. Here are some great pictures of Maci in the morning on the monitor that Grandma & Grandpa Mondell got her ;-)
Sunday - Happy St Patty's Day!! Maci didn't sleep near as well going into Sunday but that was ok because I was way too excited to put her in her St Patty's day outfit for church! Check out this Cutie! She got lots of attention at church and then the Mondell family had a very lazy Sunday since no one got much sleep the night before! At least mommy was able to have a green beer on Saturday night! This was a far different St Patty's day than last year when Clint and I went out bar hopping starting at 1p with our friends Trip/Lori and ending the night in St Paul! We will get back to those kind of parties one day too but we loved our low key Patty's Day this year with our lil part Irish lady ;-)
Monday - It was our weekly Mommy & Me Class Day!!! This was week 3 so we are 1/2 way through, so crazy how time flies! It is also crazy to see how much all the babies are growing each week. This week we learned all about sleep and different tips and tricks to help our babies with sleep. I was happy to hear we are doing most of the tips already and Maci is a fairly good sleeper :-) We just want her to start going for longer than a 4 1/2 hour stretch at night but this is pretty good for a 7 week old!! Maci loves going to class to see all her friends too. Check out this picture to see just how happy she was when I said it was Mommy & Me Class Day!!! Needless to say her smiles are still sporadic but are getting larger!!
Finally Today! My friends from Cargill who I met 2 years ago during a HR Development Program are coming over! We try to do a monthly happy hour and tonight we are hosting so that they can meet our lil miss! Daddy will miss the fun because he has his own happy hour with his work crew. We are quite the busy family today! Maci really helped me out by taking two great naps in her crib so that I could tidy up for our guests =)
We cant wait to share more fun happenings in the coming days!
Lots of Love,
C, K & M
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