In a hunt for easy recipes, I of course took to Pinterst and found these buffalo chicken tacquitos. They looked easy to make and we had almost all of the ingredients already in our fridge. I made them during the day and refrigerated them until Jon got home from work, then we just popped them in the oven.
You can see the original recipe here.
They were easy and delicious.
Also, these pictures are making me hungry.
I took an unplanned break from the blog last week and used the time to get in some extra snuggles with Adelaide. At six weeks old both she and I are starting to get a hang of this whole thing. Each day seems a tiny bit easier.
We went to visit my parents last week and I spent a good amount of time driving around and enjoying some of the pleasures of living in suburbia. Like parking lots and Target.
Except I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to get the car seat into the base, and almost had a meltdown in the parking lot of Target. But by the end of the week I had finally mastered the challenge that is the carseat.
City girl problems…
I’ve been so lucky to have a baby that sleeps. Adelaide only wakes up once a night, feeds immediately and then falls right back to sleep. But while she’s feeding I turn on the tv and catch the occasional infomercial.
Last night we woke up for our 4am feed and an infomercial for a workout video came on. If you know me at all, you’d understand that a work out video would probably be the last thing I would ever want to buy. But you should have seen those before and afters!
So this morning when Jon got up I told him, “Babe, I found a way to get us beach ready. I bought a work out video at 4am.”
Jon: You did?
Me: Ya, it was only three easy payments of $19.95. BUT WAIT! If you bought within 30 minutes they’d slash that by 75%!!!
Jon: And charge $20 in shipping?
Me: No. $7.95 AND they’ll upgrade you to free express shipping.
Jon: Looks like I’m going to be beach ready.
I should probably keep the tv turned off during future 4am feeds.
Yesterday was such a beautiful day, so I decided to take Adelaide on a nice long walk. Since the weather has been getting nicer we’ve been trying to get out everyday for walks around the neighborhood. I’ve been wearing her in a sling up until now, sort of afraid that she’d hate her stroller, but she loved it! She was wide awake and looking around the entire time.
It’s so great to be able to get out of the house each day, even if it’s for an hour. Days like these make me fall in love with New York all over again.
You may remember that Jon and I are huge Mets fans (don’t ask why, they always let us down). Remember when we took Brady to his first game?
Jon had about the best week ever- Game of Thrones premiered and baseball season started. He may or may not have gone to three games in the last week. Adelaide and I went along with him to the Saturday game. Adelaide even sported her adorable “My First Mets” tee from Kristin.
I unfortunately couldn’t wear any of my gear since it’s not very nursing friendly. I’m still working on finding things to wear that aren’t nursing tanks. When I figure it out I’ll let you know.
Adelaide was a total champ. I wore her in a carrier which she slept in for most of the game.
And The Mets even won, which was a lovely change of pace. I’m so glad the weather is getting nicer so we can enjoy more days like this outdoors.
Last weekend Adelaide was getting some good snuggles with Jon so I decided to sneak out and take Brady to the dog park. It was my first time leaving her, so I was pretty excited to see that Jon had gotten a few sweet photos.
Happy Friday!!
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.
Yesterday we had some friends over to celebrate Easter and Jon made the most amazing brunch. Huevos Rancheros (with homemade salsa!), chocolate chip pancakes, thick cut bacon, cornbread, pour over coffee and mimosas. I’ve got to give it to him, everything was beyond delicious. Not to mention that he also did the dishes.
Swoon.
Adelaide was adorable (of course) in her Easter dress my parents picked out for her. She’s still so tiny that she’s only ever worn footed pajamas, so this was her first ever dress.
She was a perfect baby all throughout brunch, then as soon as our guests left she started wailing. And then refused to fall asleep for the next six hours.
Six hours.
Do you know how long that is? It’s basically ten years in baby time.
Kid has one sick sense of humor.
Jon is officially smitten with Adelaide. In fact, he told me if Adelaide and I both said we needed new shoes he would buy hers first.
Now that’s crossing the line.
