Teatopia

Baptism and Mommy Play Date

she was so good. The truth is, she was exhausted because she had a bad night last night (teething maybe?). We were worried she wouldn't let the minister hold her, but she did. She even let him walk her down the aisle so the congregation could see its newest member. She just looked up at the minister and everyone "oohed" and "ahhhed" and I was such a proud mommy! She wore the baptismal gown I found at a craft fair last October. My friend B came and videotaped it. He also took some pictures, but I turned off the flash so it wouldn't disrupt the ceremony, so they are hard to see.

Afterwards, my sweet grandma treated everyone to lunch at Johnny Carino's. After we got home, Olivia became fussy. She still doesn't nap. After only 6 or 7 hours of sleep last night (and not consecutive hours), she still didn't take a nap of longer than 15 minutes all day. Even now, when I thought she'd be exhausted, she's still up, sucking on my quilt next to me in bed. How can this child survive on so little sleep?

Tomorrow, Olivia and I are getting together with a girl (I say girl like I'm still a kid or something!) and her 5 month old son. We met through a Yahoo group for moms in my area. The group has been really inactive (it was one of the no-so-good ones I tried), so this other mom and I decided to meet by ourselves at Starbucks tomorrow around lunchtime. That's one thing I like about staying home. It's so hard to go out in the evenings with James in class and me trying to get dinner together. It would be nice to have a friend who also stays home during the day. As I've mentioned before, I am majorly deprived of mommy friends. I'm in a new stage in my life and it's hard doing it alone.