April 30th, 2011

The past couple of days have been awesome.  On Friday, my neighbor Tatiana came by to visit Mason and I.  She was so sweet and brought Starbucks and a breakfast sandwich.  Tatiana has two kids, Noah, 3 and Chloe, 9 months.  Noah was at pre-school but Chloe was in tow.  Chloe is just the calmest and coolest baby!  She's really relaxed and just happy.  She's content in almost any situation and just a doll.  They came to visit at 11 and left around 4. . .but the time flew by!  We just chatted and hung out and it made my day!  Tatiana is the type of person that although I just met, I feel like we've been friends forever.   It was awesome having her over because all my worries were gone and Mason and I were just going with the flow.  She also gave me two great tips!  1. Use the nursing pad to catch the leaking while nursing.  Just fold it over, kind of slightly tucked into the bra and it catches everything and there is no need for towels and your clothes don't get all wet!  2. At night, don't turn the overhead light on in Mason's room, turn the light on in the bathroom and crack the door just enough so I can see but the room is still dark.  This will help Mason realize it's still night time.  Two tips that are amazing and seem like common sense but really weren't and have made a big difference!

I've really found over the past week that I either need to get out of the house or have visitors.  It helps me not worry so much about Mason's schedule.  Next week, my best bud Tab is on break from school, so I pumped about having her around. . . unbeknownst to our husbands we are hitting up the nail salons and going shopping!

Later that night we went to Tito's for dinner with all our good friends - John, Tabitha, Pam, Brian, Kayla, Tatiana, Joe, Cody and Delana.  I was excited for this dinner because it was going to be the first time for me to have an adult drink in almost a year.  Of course I only drink half of a Margarita but it was good!  I was planning on giving Mason a bottle, but I fed him immediately before going out to dinner and by the time I nursed him again, it was completely out of my system.

This morning I let Carter feed Mason a bottle so I could get some extra sleep.  Mason was up every two hours to nurse - I think he is going through a growth spurt so I was pretty exhausted to say the least.  Carter then ran off to Home Depot to buy some bushes for the front.  He's been dying to start the landscaping and was determined to start today.  While he was gone, Mason and I woke up from our nap and headed next door to John and Tab's so I could have John make me a cup of the world best coffee.  You see, John is a connoisseur of many things, coffee being one.  By some bizarre chance, John has been grandfathered into this elite coffee club in downtown Nashville.  I can't really remember how he met this man, but I think he is the father of this guy who owns this coffee shop that is a member only secluded place where celebrities and people with tons of money go for coffee.  Apparently they own the machine where the best coffee in the world was brewed from (or something like that - I know I am getting details wrong, but you get the idea.)  Anyways, John, the smooth man that he is, goes there weekly and has coffee and gets all this coffee stuff from this guy.  This week he got some special white chocolate syrup.  So John being the great neighbor and friend that he is, brewed me an amazing cup of coffee to start my day off right.   It was DELICIOUS! 

Later on, we headed to the Main Street Festival in Downtown Franklin.  It's something we do every year, and I was excited this year to be pushing my son around in a stroller.  We didn't stay very long because it was too hot.  We ended up getting Mason naked (down to a diaper) while we strolled him around.  We stopped in the shade several times out of the crowd to get some fresh air and feel the breeze.  We met up with Carter's family (his parents Kermit and Melinda, Aunt Janet and Uncle Lynnwood and brother Dawson and his wife Liza and their son Pierce.)  After spending some time with them we headed home.  We then had my parents over for dinner and let them goo goo gaa gaa over Mason.  We attempted to do one of those baby hand print molds where you stick your kid's hand in plaster - but it was total crap and didn't work.  What a bummer.  Then my mom and I decided to give Mason a bath since he was over due and we have church tomorrow and my church baby shower.  My mom taught me an amazing trick for bath time - give the pacifier during the bath!  It seems so simple, and I have no idea why I didn't do it during his first two baths but what a difference!  It was like he enjoyed the bath this time!  He was so chill!  Duh!  It so funny how simple things you just don't think of.  It really helps having people around that have kids and can offer advice.

Alright well it's 10pm and Mason has been asleep for almost an hour so I'm going to bed.  Let's hope all the nursing he did last night has him enough milk drunk tonight to let him sleep for longer stretches tonight.  Mommy needs good sleep if we're going to make it to church at 9am tomorrow!