Grandpa Rich was in town, after spending time with Amanda and Jenn in Seattle. We had a lot of fun together, even though it took Rachel about a day and a half to get used to him (by Saturday afternoon she let him hold her in his lap; by Sunday he was watching her while she played on the living-room rug). Saturday was rainy and crummy, so we hung around the house while Richard watched the UConn basketball game (it's basketball season? I thought it was baseball season...) and Rachel napped on my chest. Then we went to a local brewpub where Rachel sat in a restaurant high chair for the first time! I think we're pretty much done with confining her to her car seat at restaurants.
On Sunday, we grabbed the sunshine and went to Tryon Creek State Park, a lovely enclave that borders Lewis & Clark College. When Rachel got fussy, we hopped back into the car, drove home, grabbed the Ergo baby holder and then went to Forest Park. I ended up napping in the car for two hours while Drew, Rachel and Richard went hiking. When we came back home, I spent two hours roasting a chicken and potatoes, creating a salad and baking pound cake (after one disastrous attempt) and chocolate sauce for dessert. Richard was kind enough to hang around to eat it before he had to leave to get back to his hotel, as his flight back to the Outer Banks was something like 6 a.m. this morning.
Unfortunately I seem to have caught Rachel's cold, and after two days of sleeping through the night she is back on her old schedule of waking up at 2 a.m.
Sick and sleep-deprived is just not a good combination to start the week.
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lisa, I wish both of us could just sit in front of the fireplace and drink coffee and tea and not have to worry about that next story. i hope you feel better soon!
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