Happy 2015!

Our first Christmas with Berks went well. We did some traveling to see family over Christmas and Berklee got to meet a lot of my family.  She got some books and toys and lots of love. We spent the New Year at home. I was asleep by 10:30. Matt was awake until 1:30 binge watching The Wire.

I celebrated my 29th birthday yesterday doing things I love: spending time with my little family, volleyball, and eating. We went to the grocery store to get food for the week and, of course, Berk went with us. Well she had not pooped the day before, first time ever the girl had not pooped. So we were a bit nervous of when the big poop debut would occur. Sure enough in aisle 8 , the grunting and red face began. Not 10 seconds later I could smell her; probably the smelliest poo she has ever had. So here I am pushing a stink bomb around like a mad women knowing that this poopy diaper is a messy one. I would have changed her but I did not have a spare pair of pants (bad mommy- Rookie mistake).   I knew she needed new clothes because I asked Matt to check her, he hand checked under her bum and felt the wetness.  We get to the check out line and this high school girl is checking us out, she looks at Berklee and says "ah cute"; but then the smell must have reached her because she hardly looked up at us afterwards and only said thank you at the end. I am not exaggerating people, this was a bad one. We get home take her up to the bath, car seat and all. The poop was everywhere in her car seat , on her blanket, all over her leg, but magically hardly in the diaper. Hmmm. It was a two person job undressing her,  wiping her down, putting her in the tub, rinsing and washing her car seat and clothes.  This did not phase Berklee, she was cooing and trying to play with the wipes while we were wiping her.  Matt and I were laughing and in between the giggles I was gagging. It was the smelliest/messiest explosion to date. Happy birthday to me :)   But later that evening I got snuggles from Miss B.  Not the snuggles where I wrap her arms around me and try to push her head on my shoulder and hold her there. I mean the active snuggles where SHE nuzzles her head in the crook of my neck and stays there by CHOICE. That my friends, was a first. So overall a fantastic birthday.

I hope you all enjoyed the holidays and here's to 2015.