I had a fun time with my little chubbo but she is quite a demanding little baby. We have definitely spoiled her. The first night I had a hard time getting her to sleep. Took me 25 minutes to get her to sleep. She was screaming and yelling in my face. I think the problem is normally when she gets that way instead of having me take care of it Natalie always takes her. So Natalie wasn't there to take her. But once I got her to sleep she was fine.
Saturday she got up nice and early for me. She kept me busy all day. The only time I could find to take a shower, clean up some dishes, do some laundry, etc, was the time when she had her naps. I would give her a 1/2 - 1 hour nap after each bottle and then get going on some chores. Other than that she wouldn't let me put her down. So after spending the morning in the yard I decided to take her out to Flamingo Gardens. Adri loves the gardens. She stares at all the flowers, especially the red ones. Her favorite color right now is red so I had to stop at all the red flowers for her. Of course she was turning everyone's heads there at the park and everyone wanted to take a look at her. I took her inside the aviary for the first time and we walked right up to all the injured birds (it's a sanctuary). I bought her a big stuffed bullfrog, Jeremiah, he has a tag with a name on his leg, and she loves Jeremiah. He has something inside him that rolls and makes a croaking noise when he gets moved. Right now Jeremiah is her favorite stuffed animal and she immediately grabbed him and started shaking him and sucking on his face. After we left there we went to the nursery next store and got a plumeria and then went home where we spent the rest of the afternoon in the yard.
I learned something Saturday about my Chalupa, and even Natalie learned something from it. Adri loves being outside. She would get cranky on the couch but if I took her outside she would just sit there forever on my lap looking around. And she loves it when I walk her around the yard and show her the flowers. The kid gets really mellow and she's so easy to deal with. Saturday night she was easy to put to sleep. No fussing, no tears, nothing. Just went right to sleep. Sunday and Monday were the same thing.
Anyways I proved that weekend that I'm not an idiot and I can take care of a baby for a weekend. I think it was a good weekend for me and the Chalupa because I was the only one there for her. She couldn't cry for anyone else, she only had me. She got used to that really quick and she has been a lot different with me since then. Not like I didn't give my baby attention before, but after having no one but me all weekend she just acts different. I thought she would be a little harder to take care of but it didn't seem to effect her that Natalie was gone. I don't think she was really aware of it. She did try to grab the phone when Natalie called, and she would get squawky and excited, but she didn't have any tantrums and give me hell over it.
And since then, Natalie learned that she can learn something from me. She now takes the baby outside more. Saturday she even setup a blanket on the yard and let Adriana play with her new friend, Jeremiah.
Adri loves her bouncy chair
My little monkey
Naptime for Chalupa
Adri checking out her new friend Jeremiah
Adri, Jeremiah, and Natalie having a picnic Saturday morning by the canal
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