Becoming the Paparazzi

Like I mentioned before, Colin and I are leaving on Sunday for a week, so this week I've been like the flipping paparazzi with Crosby. I want to make sure I have plenty of pictures of the little man to view while we are away, plus I'm make sure my sister sends me a daily pic as well.

We'll miss you Crosby! See you in a week Tater Tot!

Leaving on a Jet Plane

Colin and I leave for a much needed vacation on Sunday, however the kiddo is staying behind! I don't know how I'm going to handle a whole week away! It will be great to just get away and be with Colin, but will definitely feel weird with no baby.

Crosby will be in good hands with my mom and sister for the week. I've given Crosby specific instructions that he can't do any big "firsts" while we are away and told my sister that she has to document his every waking moment so I know everything I missed.  Thank goodness for modern technology and the invention of Skype!

I'm looking forward to some much needed R&R, lots of tropical cocktails, and of course plenty of sunshine!
 

Turn up the Tunes!

From his days in the womb to his days spent with Grandma each day, Crosby is constantly listening to music.

Crosby's current playlist:

                                                  

Van Morrison "Real Real Gone"

This song was on a CD in my car and I'd listen to it on my commute from work while pregnant.  Crosby would go crazy in my belly. After he was born, he was crying in the car on day, so we turned on this song and it calmed him down right away. He still gets really excited whenever he hears it!

Elizabeth Mitchell "Little Bird, Little Bird"

I received her CD as a gift and thought heck, let's give this a try. While I'm not a huge fan of "kid" songs, I feel in love with song and so did Crosby. Colin and I even find ourselves singing this song around the house to each other.

                                                         

  Bette Midler "Baby Mine"

I played this song quite a few times while pregnant and now I sing it to him right before bed. I however, don't sound this good when I sing!

Looking forward to finding more of Crosby's favorite songs!

We are not quite ready yet.

So, this week we decided to try out rice cereal with Crosby and I think this video does a great job of capturing how it went:

I need to cherish these everyday moments because this whole thing is going to fly by way too quickly.

All Smiles

We definitely got lucky and Crosby is pretty much all smiles! (By writing this, I just jinxed it!) Like my sister said, "It's too bad your kid is never happy!"

Anything but Crosby

When Colin and I were deciding on our son's name we went back and forth on what it should be and finally decided on Crosby, however, since his birth he is probably called that only one out of every ten times! Around our house he's known as either Tater Tot, Tater Tot Man, The Crosinator, Cros-e-b, Budtee, Monkers, Monkey Meat (Auntie Kelly's favorite) or CPP.

It will be a shock if he actually knows his name because Colin and I never use it!

Oh the things you find yourself doing!

When you become a parent you find yourself doing anything and everything to keep your child happy or laughing no matter how obnoxious or annoying. You find yourself making the silliest faces, weirdest noises and dancing around the living room like a complete idiot. Now I am not saying that I didn't do these types of things prior to Crosby's arrival, but I think with a child you  just notice it even more.

Here is a prime example. Last week in trying to capture Crosby laughing on camera, I whipped out my man voice (one of his favorites).

It worked and he of course loved it! My mother on the other hand, who you hear in the background, wasn't as big of a fan!

Cubeland

This week my office moved from Minneapolis to Saint Paul. To me, as with a lot of people I know who live in Minneapolis, Saint Paul is a completely foreign land, even though it's right next door. I definitely know Saint Paul people and others who are Minneapolis folks. Coming to this new building meant a total adjustment.  A new commute to work, new lunch spots to try and now a new workspace to get accustomed to.

While in Minneapolis, I had a cozy little office and I mean coat closet cozy that I shared with an office mate. For the past two years, we made it our own space. It felt a bit like a dorm room decorated with lamps, Christmas lights and political signs that we had collected over the years. Even though we were packed in our office like sardines, it was still our little home and saying goodbye was really hard. I said goodbye to my office and hello to my cube!

Cube life is definitely different; more noise, more distractions and less privacy. Yet even with the downsides, I was looking forward to making this new space my own.

On Sunday, with Crosby in tow, we ventured to Saint Paul to set up my new office. He wasn't much of a helper, but he was quite popular with my co-workers so it allowed me to get it all set up.

By the end of the afternoon, my cube had gone from drab to fab! (Ok, not complete fab, but had a little more personality!)

Coming to work on Monday really felt like the first day of school. Working in Cubeland will definitely be an adjustment. Like with all moves it will take some time, but I love having a new space work in and looking forward to calling this my "home".

Flying Solo

This weekend was the first that I was with Crosby solo. Colin was in Wisconsin for a bachelor party, so that left a full 48 hours of just me and the tater tot! While, I was a little nervous about how I'd handle it, I was looking forward to stretching out and sleeping across our bed, catching up on reality tv and most importantly snuggling with Crosby all weekend long. By the end of the weekend I was determined to make sure that Crosby viewed me as the number one parent.

Crosby was a battling a little bug/cold, but we still found time to hang with Auntie Kelly, relax, and have tons of fun! More importantly we survived!
 

I'm not going to lie.  We missed Colin a lot over the weekend and when he is home things are definitely easier, but I was glad to have the weekend to be on my own and prove I could do it every once in a while solo!