Last week was a pretty busy week. I had to go on an interview and it was also Sy's birthday. It's crazy how much harder things are to do when you have a baby.
Because I had an interview on a Wed, Sy had to take a day off from work in order to stay home and watch Emily. And then Thurs, Sy's birthday, I spent every single minute of Emily's naps to prep for the family dinner I was making. It was exhausting not having a single break to just sit down and relax. The party ended up getting cancelled, but I didn't feel sad or frustrated that I had wasted the day cooking and not working on finding a job. I was happy bc we got to spend Sy's birthday just the 3 of us - a first birthday for either of us as a parent. Sy said he was so happy to just be with his girls. Again, another reminder of how different life is when you have a baby. He was content to just see Emily wear a special outfit for his birthday and have a big smile on her face. No need for fanfare - just our little family.
The biggest update for this week was that Emily got her first real cold. She started having a runny nose on Friday, but she seemed fine mostly. I thought maybe it was just one of her weird nose issues like she had in the summer - when it was constantly stuffy. But then by Sat, I started noticing that I felt sick. And then Sunday, Sy and I were both full-blown sick. We must have gotten it from Emily bc that girl just rubs her face all over you and you end up covered in mucus. Plus, Emily loves to stick her fingers in my mouth. So obviously, I was going to be the first to get sick.
Luckily, Emily has been such a good girl despite being sick. She seems to still have her normal amount of energy. She's still smiley and happy. The only difference has been that she has been shrieking at the top of her lungs if she's frustrated or unhappy. It's been legitimately painful to listen to. My ears physically hurt from the loudness and shrillness of it. I genuinely hope this is a phase and will end once the cold has left her body.
Overall, Sy and I have never been so painfully aware of how difficult it is to care for a child when you're sick. On Sunday, we both felt so crappy. Weak, fatigued, sore-throated, no energy - and yet we had to take care of our energetic and somewhat miserable baby. All we wanted to do was lie down and rest for ourselves, but we couldn't. You always see those commercials where parents tell their kids, hey, I'm taking a sick day today. And it's funny bc it's not realistic. But we lived it. And boy, is it realistic. I wanted so badly to just drop Emily off at his mom's and just lie down in bed. This should be a thing - get free babysitting when you're sick. We should look into developing this.
In other news, Emily has been working on her standing. She wants to stand so badly that she's constantly trying to get up. The only problem is that she doesn't know how to. She usually burrows her head into your body to try to get her legs in the standing position. But then she doesn't know how to get the rest of her body upright. It's funny to watch her learn. She's getting pretty good at pulling herself up when she's in the seated position. Just not when she's lying down on her belly.
Other than that, it's been life as usual for Emily and for us. While it was a busy week bc of interviews and Sy's birthday, the days still feel so long as I'm with Emily all day. On Sat night, Sy and I got our first real date night for his birthday. This was our first date night that wasn't a wedding or a concert. But by the time we left his sister's house at 8:30pm after putting Emily down, we were just so exhausted. We went to go get korean bbq bc that's one food you really can't eat out with when you have a baby. We had thought that maybe we could go watch a movie afterwards, but then we cancelled that idea bc we would get back to his sister's way too late. I had suggested we get a nice dessert bc that's also something we haven't been able to do with a baby. But by the time dinner was over, we were so stuffed and so tired that we just wanted to go home and sleep. It was literally an hour and a half. We ended up getting decaf coffee and an ice cream from Dunkin Donuts and sat in the parking lot of Burger King to eat it. That alone was nice bc we didn't have a screaming Emily in the backseat to worry about. Man, what a difference a baby makes. Our simple pleasures now would seem so bleak to our non-baby selves.
Here's to hoping we all survive this first family cold quickly!
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