Last week Jon and I took the baby and the dog down to Maryland to celebrate my mom’s birthday.  My parents had made reservations at Range, a restaurant owned by Bryan Voltaggio who was runner up on Top Chef (coming in second to his brother Michael).

Bryan is from my hometown and has three restaurants there, which are all amazing.  So when my parents made reservations at his fourth restaurant Jon and I were game.  The only snag in the plan was we had a baby and no babysitter.  My mom insisted that we bring her along, so we agreed.  Not to brag or anything, but Adelaide is an amazing baby.  She really only cries when she’s hungry, and even then it’s the tiniest little cry.

She slept the entire dinner in her car seat, waking just as dessert was finishing up.  That’s when I realized she had a major blow out and there was no changing table for a baby in a fancy restaurant.  Luckily I had my mom to help me juggle that catastrophe or things could have gotten ugly.

I even had one pregnant lady tell me that she and her husband called me her idol for successfully taking a baby out to dinner.  I’m not going to lie, I was scared to take a baby to dinner.  But at some point I’ve got to start getting out there and stop letting the “what ifs” and the fear of the unknown keep me in the house 24/7.

Yesterday I pumped for the first time, and Adelaide took the bottle with no problem.  It was such an encouraging day, that I could pump and that Adelaide wouldn’t refuse the bottle.

Big things are happening for us!

My mom and her twin sister Aunt Joan were here last week, and they were seriously angels.  They cleaned the apartment, made me meals, walked the dog, shopped for groceries.  They poured me wine when I asked for water (honest mistake, right?).

You name it, they did it.

I’m so thankful they sacrificed their spring break to come up and help me.  Or rather, spoil me.

They calmly walked me through new experiences (hello first bath!) which I noticed had a calming effect on me, even after they left.  Adelaide and I sure are lucky to have the twins.

I was a bit terrified to give Adelaide her first bath.  There seemed to be about a million different ways to mess it up or make her upset.  I may have even watched YouTube videos on how to give a baby a bath.

Luckily my mom was here to hold our hands through her first bath.

Jon and I bought this tub from Puj after reading a bunch of reviews.  Also because it’s the smallest option out there and we have no room to store some massive baby tub.  We also got this hands free towel which turned out to be a lifesaver.  Do you know how slippery a baby is??

Overall the first bath was only slightly traumatic.  I’m so thankful my mom was able to calmly walk me through her first bath, because the very next night Adelaide peed all over herself and we had an unplanned emergency bath.

Being a mom is so glamorous.

Friday after work I drove down to my parents in Maryland for my baby shower.  There’s really no better way to make you feel like a million bucks than to have a room full of people you love gathered to celebrate you and your baby girl.

My mom and I spent a good portion of the next day washing and folding the tiniest little clothes, as it sunk in that in seven weeks I’ll have a tiny human that will actually fit into them.

This whole baby thing’s starting to seem pretty real.