It's hard work being a housewife with a baby. Today is Stepan's birthday and I wanted to make dinner for him (something I hardly ever get around to doing). I was able to get everything together and in the oven at a reasonable time - it all even came out fairly well - but I'm exhausted now. While Magda still doesn't do much these days, she is awake for longer and longer periods of time and is only willing to entertain herself for so long on her play mat. I know that in some respects it will get easier once she is mobile, but in other respects it will get tons harder.
In any event, today was Stepan's birthday. I sang the birthday song for him this morning and discovered that Magda enjoys the tune as well (she was giving us such beautiful smiles, we had to sing it a couple of times). For lunch, we took him to Z Tejas, a restraunt we enjoy greatly but often forget to go. As mentioned earlier, I cooked dinner (meatloaf and potatoes gratin - not very fancy, but not very difficult either). I'm going to try to make a birthday cake this weekend. For presents, he got framed pictures of Homer and Magda for his office and a really cool teapot. He says he's had a good birthday. I certainly enjoyed the day (I would like to start cooking more).
Posted by jfer at March 17, 2005 11:03 PMThat is indeed a very cool teapot. Good find.
You are right on the money about some things getting easier but others getting harder. I definitely advise babyproofing every room she might be in so that you don't have to constantly be watching her, and it's okay if you go in the kitchen for a minute to get a drink or something and leave her out in the den or in the dining room. It will make quite a few changes to your house--but it's only temporary (well, maybe a few years depending on how many kids you ultimately have, but you will get your house back one day).
Z-Tejas sounds lovely. I never get to go there either as Dale's not all that wild about most of their entrees. Glad your home-cooked dinner turned out well.
Posted by: Elizabeth on March 18, 2005 9:59 AMThe teapot is absolutely beautiful - it looks like a work of art!
Posted by: Leah on March 18, 2005 12:39 PMThe tea-pot is indeed cool looking and I love the fact that it's got a huge tea strainer insert which allows the loose leaf tea to spread out. It also pours without spilling a single drop.
However, the handle makes it amazingly difficult to pour in boiling water from our (and probably most other) tea kettles, since the kettle handle bumps against the pot handle. It's doable, but you're in danger of scalding yourself.
Posted by: stepan on March 18, 2005 1:29 PMI am looking forward to a visit and having some Aveda tea in your beautiful teapot. It's cool looking. I had only a sip at your house on our way out of town after Magda's baptism.
Jenny, the greatest part of having child(ren) is you get tons of opportunities to flex your flexibility. Change is inevitable, but the older they get, the longer you will go before you experience the next "change."
Posted by: Stepan on March 18, 2005 5:15 PMOOPS! The posting by "Stepan" was actually made by me...
Posted by: Kathleen on March 18, 2005 5:15 PM