Weekend well spent

Despite a rocky start Friday morning what with overflowing coffee pots, and forgotten work transportation schedules, the weekend panned out pretty well. After some wishy washy napping on Zoe's part (usually she's good for 3-4 hours after her first morning feeding, then another 1-2 after her second) we managed to get some serious chore running done just in time to pick Dave up from work. It was actually a good mix of play and rest and productivity and that always makes this mom feel good.

Yesterday we packed it up mid-morning to meet Laura, our Realtor, and visit three houses that seemed to be good prospects until we saw them. House #1 was a great investment opportunity (aka, lots of work to make it the beauty it may one day be), house #2 was a wolf in sheep's clothing (a lovely and well-disguised cinder block home we wish the owners luck in offloading) and #3, an overpriced oddity with a sneaky peak view of the sound. Zoe was a champ through it all, either taking it all in as I carried her in the moby wrap (think new-fangled sling carrier thing) or snoozing in her car seat. All in all, it was a productive round of house-seeing in that I think we're honing in on our must-haves (good windows, hardwoods and flow) and points of compromise (some remodeling in the kitchen or bath). As a result, we've pretty much decided to give it a few weeks to get past the holiday and wait for more properties to hit the listings.

In other Zoe news, we think she might be brewing a tooth as her sleeping and eating have been pretty erratic lately. She's still generally a peach, but perhaps a less patient peach lately. She totally fought the naps yesterday while today she took her 4 hour nap in the mid afternoon. Not so conducive to the walk we were going to take around Greenlake, but oh well. We did manage to get out for a quick jaunt down the street to see a house for sale (UG-ly and too close to Aurora). Dave opted to give the Bjorn-type carrier a whirl (see related pic); I carried the spit cloth and manned Zoe's sun hat. She was great as long as we kept moving and the view was fresh. Today was Zoe's (early by 2 weeks but oh well) exposure to sun screen. I HATE the smell of sun screen, but alas, I prefer pale baby soft baby skin to a baby with sun burn. So there you go.


And perhaps most fun of all - today was also Zoe's first exposure to the dinner table. Dave and I have never been great about eating at the table together (he likes to sit at the computer, I like the breakfast bar withmy books/paper), but I figured now's as good a time as any to get Zoe comfortable with sitting in her high chair. We plunked her down and gave her a few toys, but she was fascinated with her own little table and watching the eating! She's always been a great little watcher, but man, did she dig watching us eat! I don't think we'll have trouble introducing her to food soon (esp not if she takes after me ;)). It was so fun to have such a cute and entertaining audience that I think eating at the dinner table just might stick.