baby steps.

-cutest picture ever. yes this is my facebook picture too.

-fat smily face

-first date night! looking forward to adult conversation w/o diapers and fake crying. violins would be music to my ears...right?

-it was cute at first

-um, no.

-he was basically sitting on my lap singing to me. it was ridonk.

-seriously.

-i lubs grannie and gramps

-keya: dang gurl birthday parties are da bomb, i cant wait till i have one. im gonna ask for a pony.

-keya thinking christmas tree shopping is the bees knees

this week was a long one. keya had a new trick up her sleeve and decided to sleep all wack for 3 days straight. just when i was trying to find the return label to ship her back to whereever she came from, she started sleeping normal again. thank goodness. we decided to kick her booty out of the snugglenest. see ya kid, you are out. her weird et phone home sounds and manly grunting were NOT working out for us. so now she is 2.5 feet away in the pack and play. baby steps. i felt super guilty but quickly got over it when i actually got some sleep. at some point jakey sensed (or figured out when i tearfully said i was moving to ohio to live with my parents) that i was tired and frustrated and surprised me with a massage! it was just what i needed. the massage chick said that she had never seen so many knots. awesome. after the massage, jake and i actually went on our first date since the kid. it went like this:

me: silence
jake: silence
me: yawn, this is nice.
jake: sigh. i know.
me: i miss the baby
jake: i wonder what shes doing

baby steps.

we got to the restaurant (kirches on lake como, os)and were surprised by a highschool orchestra that was serenading all the patrons. we were like, omg this is so romantic. we got seated in a separate area and we were like omg this is so romantic. then 10 kids walked over to our table and started playing for us. we were like omg this is so romantic. we clapped as they walked away and were about to open the wine list so we could finally relax when...more kids came. and played. and then they walked away. and then more kids came. and played. IT WENT ON FOR A FREAKING HOUR. at one point, they were on their knees singing to us. 6 INCHES AWAY FROM OUR TABLE. they were good, but seriously? an hour? i wanted to walk out, but they had us barracaded and quarentined in this separate area. it was horrible. i mean, i seriously was super stressed out. i felt forced to smile at all these kids and i was too scared to eat my bread bc i thought they might judge me. what if i got something on my face? do i look skinny? i hope they dont notice my outfit is from target. it was horrible.

we quickly made up for it though by one spoon of the lobster bisque. delish.

today we went to cousin joel and cindys house for ellens 2 year old bd party. keya behaved for the most part, except for when we tried to put on a hat on her small head and she freaked the freak out. cindy made a yummy cake, and it was fun to hang out with family. then we went to steins and got a fake xmas tree. keya was SUPER excited...until we tried to put her hat on again. she is crazy.

now, she is upstairs sleeping while we are downstairs. this is the first time we have done that. i am slightly freaking out and have the monitor one inch from my face in case she makes a single sound. maybe i should check on her? what if she fell out? what if she crawled out? sigh. motherhood is stressful.

happy bd momma ash!

-keya giving grandma her card. too bad its almost as big as her.

-happy birthday grandma!
today is my awesome mother in law's birthday. she is such a nice person, an wonderful cook, and very fashionable. andddd on top of that, she has a ridiculously amazing body. we got to see her today at ellens birthday party and we will get to see her a lot this week because thanksgiving is coming up. yay! happy birthday to keyas grandma!

one month old!

-keya innocently sleeping. her arch nemesis, The Bear, has arrived with sign in tow.

-keya: what?

-keya: what? who is this soft fellow?

-keya: HIM AGAIN??

-keya: THIS IS THE WORST!

baby keya is one month old already. so crazy. a small human being has totally ruled our lives since the day she was born, but we wouldnt trade it for anything! we are officially over the "what the heck are we doing" phase and more into the "ok, this baby is for real". shes my little dumboface baby and shes so sweet and so cute and is such a baby diva. i loooove her.

pics of the week

-smiles

-bean maushi got her a baby beer mug from prague and keya passed out with it. what a crazy day.

-burrito face

-keya finally decided she would accept the binky. she still acts dramatic when she doesnt want it, but when she does like it, she looks so darn cute with it.

more visitors for kbo

-uncle dick and kcar

-keya with her aunties and uncle richard

-auntie svish. even with her loud voice, keya slept the ENTIRE time sheethal visited. crazy!

happy birthday mom!

quick post to say happy birthday to my mom! she is awesome!

i will post pictures from this weekend tomorrow when the kid is napping- keya got to meet auntie svish, auntie rita, auntie nas, bean maushi, and uncle dick. she had so much fun.

keya also celebrated her one month birthday (with her arch nemesis The Bear) and we went on a bunch of walks and did a bit of shopping (where kbo slept the ENTIRE time - holla). my inlaws came over yesterday and we had some yummy food!

in other news, i am not at pre pregnancy weight. big. shocker. in different news, i am dining on a delicious brownie. yum! FINALLY, we discovered rosatis pizza. all the rest of the pizza places in this state suck, so it was a happy day.

ps it was sorta snowing today. its gonna be a long winter. sigh.

reality

-keya in her bear outfit after a nice walk with ajoba

-keyas zoolander/chumbu face. she does this all the time.

-keya with her grandparents on diwali

-keya getting bathed by her grandparents - her favorite thing right now

-keya on a walk with ajoba. they had a good time

reality set in on tuesday when my parents left to go back to ohio. my mom stayed with us for a month and was a HUGE HUGE help. i dont know what we would have done without her. she cooked, cleaned, did laundry, bathed keya, watched her when we napped, etc. it was awesome! now its time for us to be parents...for real. we are trying to figure out a good schedule for keya while trying to manage the sleepless nights. i always knew, but never realized, how hard it would be to do simple things - like take a nice long shower, make dinner, or go out of the house. it will get easier, and we are still enjoying ourselves - and learning.

on friday, keya will be a month old. i cant believe it! shes such a little burritohead fruitrollup.

visitors!!

-us with the new addition. jakes no longer the favorite. ha!

-forcing baby keya on uncle arun. he was rull terrified.

-alka auntie!!!

-neha maushi came to visit from atlanta!


-keya thinks her aajis are too loud


-meena aaji with baby keya

this week was really fun with a lot of visitors to see kball. first meena aaji came to visit from dc. she gave my mom company and was "on duty" to watch keya in the morning hours. my mom and meena maushi talked and laughed nonstop and made fun of me mostly. awesome. then the day meena maushi left, keyas aunt neha maushi came to visit. old soul lives in da atl and is getting her masters at emory. we had fun chillin and relaxing and going to target o. we celebrated diwali by going to the mandir on friday and having dinner with grandma/grandpa ash and great aunt susie on saturday. it was fun! then today, alka auntie and uncle arun came to visit from chicago. as usual, it was really nice to hang out with friends and chill. all in all, a great week.

my parents are leaving in a couple days after being here for the past month. its gonna be so weird without them, they have been a tremendous help. boo.

random pictures

-my bubs and i

-keya smiling

-keyas chumbu/derek zoolander face she makes every morning for one hour

-keya "holding" her bottle. and yes, thats a stardust magazine on the couch. im a major closet fob. holler.