What? I have been busy :)

Ha! I hope that you know when I don't write that I am just too busy to bring myself to the computer. Writing a blog is kind of like always writing emails to people who don't respond but it's also like writing a diary. Once I take a few days off then my head fills up with tons of unnecessary information and I shut down.

So hear is the 'clean out the house' post.

What's new, Belle is still teething with zero teeth to show for it and a whole lot of tears and not a lot of sleep. I swing back and forth from giving ibuprofen and the all natural teething tablets and sometimes I just cry with her!

I just need to get over her and the whole teething thing and I still have a strong dislike for mother's who say that their children never noticed teething.... very strong dislike.

Good news is that we are venturing out more and more around town. I have given up on leaving her at home to go to the supermarket and I just drag her along. She needs to learn these things and how to act in public. The old school shopping carts without a baby seat are a problem because I am constantly trying to get her to sit in the cart, or stop from knocking everything off the shelf, or holding her squirmy little booty. All in all though it's getting easier or it's the same and I just don't notice. I really wish Brazil had a seat in the cart! It would make such a world of difference.

Playgroups among the gringo group are picking up because schools is back in session so nobody is traveling. I have met a few other mom's that are also in the health care profession so it's nice to talk about our glory days.

The past weekend Nate and I had a date day and night. We had Rosa come to the house at 3pm and stay the night with us. (it's safer for her to stay the night then to be traveling late at night) We went out to eat and tried to have somewhat of a normal conversation. We still traveled home to help put Belle to bed, since she was fussy and of course teething, and then ventured back out to a friends house for a cookout. It was nice to get out but the next day is always painful.

To my surprise when I woke up with Belle the next day so did Rosa. She told me to go back to sleep and she would play with Belle!! I gave her some money to walk to the little bakery in our neighborhood with Belle and get some breakfast. I promptly returned to bed and continued to drool on my pillow.

Nights and morning like that are rare and I am so thankful that we can do them every once in awhile. Maybe we will start doing it once a month but for now I still feel like I am recovering.

That about catches things up a bit. Hope everyones week is going as great as mine!

Tchau,
Sara