Current Cateastrophes: Halloween Weekend

This weekend we decided to head to my parents' house to celebrate Halloween and our one year wedding anniversary. It's always nice to visit and as much as we love Rosie, having two extra sets of hands is amazing. The drive was prettyuneventful but we do have to work in a bit more time whenever we go somewhere because someone gets hungry.

(Not pictured: My glove compartment of snacks).

Saturday morning was pretty casual, I did some work and had some assistance.

She's got her diapers in one hand and a laptop in the other. No one can stop her.

The big event was a trip to Target where my mom and I picked out some new formula for Rosie to try. I've been really lucky because I haven't had to use straight formula yet ( not that formula is bad - I just want to keep up my milk supply so we don't have any problems when we go back to exclusive breastfeeding). We just mix less than a teaspoon of formula into 2 oz pumped breast milk and use that to supplement after a breastfeeding session. Only it seemed like even that tiny bit of formula was not sitting well with her, so I decided to try a different brand. I wanted to use the Honest Company formula from the get go but we decided to be cheap asses instead, my apologies Rosie. I should have known my daughter wouldn't be happy with run of the mill formula. So we picked that up Saturday morning and it seems to be much better on her little tummy. Or it's all in my head, who knows.

Even though she wasn't trick or treating we got our little monster a costume when we went to the Disney Store during our Chicago visit. It's sully!

The cutest monster in town.

Sleepy monster.

All about dat hoodie life.

In the afternoon Devin and I went up to Naperville and left Rosie with grandma and grandpa so I could buy a baby scale from a person off Craigslist. Given this whole weight issue I just know I'll feel much better being able to monitor her progress at home instead of painfully waiting for our doctors appointment each week. Plus it was only $15, which was a great deal! Then we went to a local sausage shop called Kreger's where they make all their sausages in house and got a few to stash in the freezer for a special occasion (you know - like a Tuesday night). Then it was back to Plainfield where we realized we hadn't had lunch yet so we stopped to grab a few Chicago dogs. Our final stop after lunch was at a local bakery, Millete's, where we bought everything under the sun. For real. 4 cupcakes. 1 giant cookie. A pumpkin pie cheesecake square. 2 kolachkes. 2 buckeyes. A fudge brownie. An apple toffee bar. And some other random cookie. I think that's it. Ok so it was a lot but hey it was our anniversary weekend and we were sharing with my folks.

Speaking of our anniversary,part of the plan of coming to my parents was to go to a fancy dinner on Saturday night while my parents watched the baby. Only Saturday turned out to be a miserable rainy day and the closer it got to our reservation time the more I just wanted to stay in pajamas. So I asked Devin if he thought it made us totally lame for not going out on our first anniversary, and he said no it's lame to do things just because other people think you should. So it was decided - no dinner. I canceled our reservation and instead we ordered pizza from my second favorite pizza place, Giordanos, and had a family dinner at home with my parents and brother and our plethora of desserts. It wasn't glamorous, but it was us.

We didn't exchange presents, or cards, or spend hours reminiscing about the past year. Instead we asked each other what the best part of the year was and our answers were identical. Rosie. There will be plenty of time for celebrating as the years tick by and our achievement in marriage grows greater but for now the most beautiful thing we have accomplished together is our daughter.

And if that means we're too tired to get all dressed up for a nice dinner than pajamas and pizza it is.