Out to eat

Spontaneously, the three of us went out for dinner for the first time tonight, since we walked through downtown on the way home from work - and there were no meltdowns!  Then, once we got home, I had some extra milk on hand from this morning (I'm trying to get an extra 3oz per day), so husband fed her a bottle, I pumped again, and now I'm enjoying a wonderful beer as I'm *done* with feedings for the evening.  What a perfect night, we should do this more often :)

Here are some photos, starting with a really sweet one that husband took of Maya and me the other morning.  My hair is a disaster, but I really love the composition on this one!


For the record, she's in a snowsuit because it's super cold again today, and Maya and I walked to campus and back.  She fell asleep on the walk to dinner, and there was no way that I was going to risk waking her up by getting the snowsuit off of her!  But she overheats if we leave her in it when indoors, hence the unzipping….



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  1. LesleyMarch 25, 2014 at 6:45 AM

    It's tough to stay on top of the milk supply-- good for you for pumping early. I was jetlagged and confused before heading back to work, so had to frantically pump the dregs for 2 days, to get enough for Eli to eat on my first day back! I'm having trouble getting in the positive, as he always eats everything I pump the day before. So YES!! And yes to beers, too :). And dinner out-- that's huge!

    The first photo of you and Maya is gorgeous, I agree.

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