It's a big weekend in Ohio - OSU is playing USC as we speak and since it's mandatory if you live here, I'm on the bandwagon. O - H - I - O! Tomorrow the Browns face the Steelers (which for you Denver folk it's equivalent to a Broncos/Raiders game) Justin personally made sure Bella had her Browns cheerleader dress ready...
We did the Race for the Cure this morning. Technically it was Bella's second race because I was about five weeks pregnant last time we did it. It was a little rainy out but it didn't stop us - Justin made a cover for Bella's jeep stroller out of a hanger and a trash bag (a perk of marrying an engineer!). I think this is going to be a tradition for my family... one of my best friend's mom had breast cancer (she's officially a survivor - SUCH a champ!) and it's something cool I like to do for them. plus, secretly I love pink. haha!
At the mall today I was giving Bella a bottle in the family lounge and this woman plops down across the room and starts breastfeeding her baby. I'm still breastfeeding Bella, I have nothing against women doing it (even in public if necessary - I've done it), but I do think it was a little unnecessary to do it in the open lounge when they had two rooms specifically for nursing moms. In fact, a man walked in with his stroller, saw her, apologized embarrassed and walked out. I believe in a woman's right to do it, but when a place is provided, it bothers me she didn't take it. Plus, I knew Justin was on his way in with Starbucks for me and it would make him uncomfortable to see another woman doing it, and it just irked me. If anyone's going to make my husband feel awkward, it's going to be me! haha! Seriously thgough, the room was less than five feet from her! Plus then she insisted on carrying conversation, and I just wasn't feeling it. Basically she didn't go behind the curtain because she's a social feeder - I just think it's inconsiderate to others.
Speaking of being irked... I'm going to make a public service announcement for Cleveland drivers: just because you flip on your blinker - you DO NOT have the right of way! every day without fail I'm cut off by someone on my drive to/from work. It makes me daydream about my dream car again.
We finally found a church that we like! It's a solid drive, but at this point we're willing to drive to Colorado each weekend if that's what it takes to get us to church each Sunday.
update: I'm not sure I'm good at even being a bandwagon fan - I laughed through the entire game through each turnover and missed fieldgoal of the OSU game... but I still cheered and high-fived my husband (yeah, unfortunately we're high-fivers) at each first down.
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Hi Dana May! Sounds like you're still your FEISTY self! I LOVE IT. can i tell you the multiple times i've had to laugh to myself at the uncomfortable places that women in foreign countries decide to whip it out and feed their children. but then again the guys here will pee on any street corner as well... so what can i expect right?? :) haha. Anyway, are you going to be home for Christmas?? I'm COMING HOME!! I really want to see lil' Bella Bail. Love you girl
ahh, dana! you still crack me up and we aren't even roomies anymore. and i'm with you: i'm fine with people nursing in public, but if there's a place available, use it for the sake of other's. get this though: i was in target when bria was just about a week old and she was hungry, so i went to the dressing rooms and asked if i could feed her in there...the lady gave me a LOOK then proceeded to say "you're not supposed to, but, uh, go ahead!" i can GUARANTEE you that if i would have nursed her in the store without trying to be discreet and respectful to others, i would have been asked to go somewhere else. :) we can't win. ;)
I understand the whole feeding in public deal, but I could never get myself to relax enough to get the job done. I was always too paranoid of everything around me, which always made the baby a little ancy too.
Grandma /Grandpa Robinson:
Big event!!! Bella makes her first "turn over"! Congratulations!
Nice site! Thanks for updates!
It sounds like a little trip to Colorado to church. Maybe have a second one closer to present home.
We have done that - church in Ohio and one in FL. Our love, hugs and prayers continue for you three.
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