Our plans were to go to Prague to visit L, her newborn and the rest of the family ~ then we remembered... Alexander doesn't have his passport yet! Bummer! We're so used to getting up and going!
So then we thought, why don't we go to Switzerland? And maybe make plans for Russia?!! Well, as you can see we have short term memory. So we "decided" to stay local.
This turned out to be great! Frankfurt has had a bout of fantastic summer weather and the weekend was perfect. On Friday we had Y&S over for dinner, on Saturday we spent the day with J&S and had delicious BBQ at theirs. MMmmmmmm! On Sunday we vegetated at home and on Monday we had brunch with friends to celebrate Y's birthday. We were busy to say the least.
We are still learning how to be social and how to manage our expectations of outings with baby in tow. For instance: My brain is split about 70/30. I am constantly trying to keep one step ahead of what Alex might need (food, diaper change, general comforting and all the accessories that come each). It's certainly a good thing when he sleeps through a social event and if he wakes, when he's in a good mood. The other options are certainly less desirable until I learn to deal with them confidently. So, I look for that perfect shady and cool place where the noise level is constant. I wiggle the carriage when sudden noise stirs him, I'm making sure he's not too hot or cold.... I am that mother!! Yikes! Well, we don't always get the ideal scenario and are learning to manage with loud and sudden laughter, bar tenders whacking coffee out of the machine, a dog barking and the summer heat... This is the 70% of my consumed energy. The remaining 30% is used-up trying to keep in time with the conversation ~ not get too far behind. I'm not sure how I'm doing as I am rather divided and lean towards the needs of my son first (as I should). I guess it's a matter of time.
So in this sense, Saturday was perfect. We went to J&S's place and they too have a young baby. We took the babies out for a stroll, came back, ate yummy homemade ice cream, lounged around all afternoon playing with the babies and talking then had BBQ yumminess. I must say, I stressed in the evening as we'd never done the bed time routine away from home. Under these circumstances, everything worked out quite well as our gracious hosts were perfectly equipped for all things baby.
Over the weekend we also managed to get some mundane stuff done (chores etc.) but even more excellently mundane, watch some movies! What bliss!! 2/3 movies were completely uninterrupted and we enjoyed our great luck.
Lastly, it must be told... we ate a lot of chocolate. MMMmmmmm!
Overall, a very, very nice Easter!
Love the updates! And I know exactly what you mean about trying to follow a conversation. It really makes you feel so lame when you have to ask "what were we talking about?" every 5 minutes...
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