date night

Carmen offered to babysit so Matt and I took advantage and went to the Rainbow Lodge for appetizers and wine. It was a perfect evening! I must admit that I was quite crabby before Carmen arrived. I had not showered and had dried baby spit-up on both shoulders. Rainbow Lodge is very close to our house and has a beautiful deck with landscaping that shows off the sunset. Matt and I shared a bottle of wine and tried each others appetizers. I ate foie gras, bison and blue crab and half a bottle of malbec wine from Argentina. Delicious!

Carmen is a coworker and friend of mine who always brings Bella the cutest little outfits! It was so thoughtful of her to offer to babysit. She is our first real babysitter (besides my mom). Carmen was wonderful and Bella was just fine with her. A couple of weeks ago, I lost my wits and drove to UH to get out of the house because Bella was crying and crying. Carmen immediately picked up Bella and calmed her down. She was (and is) such a life-saver! Thank you Carmen! Bella is in good hands with you!

After my 2 glasses of wine, we tried out the milk screen test to see if my expressed milk had signs of alcohol. Unfortunately, 2 hours after drinking 2 glasses of wine, my milk showed a dark beige color (meaning it contained over .02% alcohol) so I get to pump and dump while Matt feeds the stored milk.