We Have Been Let Out!

So, I started another blog after I forgot the password to this blog, then I forgot the password to that blog, remembered this one again, and now I am back. Bella is now 11 weeks old...12 weeks on Wednesday. I still just can not believe how fast time has gone. Again, I am hoping this blog helps me to be able to look back and see how much time has passed and all of the things we have done. Today we had the end of a bad snow storm...we had about 24 inches! I can not wait until Bella is old enough to play in it! I took some pictures today and will try to remember and come back to post them.
As of last time I wrote, Bella and I did not even leave the house yet to do much of anything other than going to the Dr. and my parents house. Well...against Dr.'s orders, I could not take just being in the house anymore, and honestly I think it was making Bella stir crazy as well. So, I bundled her up and off we went to Babies R' Us and the supermarket. No, not the most glamorous of places, but it made both of us feel better and it sure made the day pass by a lot quicker. You realize how difficult it is to really get out of the house now with a baby. Long gone are the days of just jumping in my car without worrying about heating it first, and jetting off to the store. Now, I must do the following: Step 1. heat up the car, Step 2. get baby bundled up in car seat, Step 3. grab diaper bag, Step 4. realize you forgot to pack clean binky and enough diapers so put baby down (baby begins to scream) grab what you need and get baby...oh, forgot to change baby before you went out...go back a couple of steps and repeat from step 2.
Not easy! Anyway, our trip to the store went well, until Bella started screaming in the middle of the supermarket and people give you one of "those" looks. Give me a break! Overall, I was very happy to get out of the house.
I joined a website called meetup.com, and found a group of moms from Long Island. I actually met up with one of the moms from the group at Borders on Friday. She was really nice and her baby was so cute. I hope we can get together again soon! It will be nice to start to get to meet more people around my age who have babies around Bella's age. Oh, I forgot to mention, while at Boarders, when waiting for the girl to show up, Bella started screaming and these old women playing cards started giving me the most nasty looks...it was very hard for me to keep my mouth shut! Then again, pre-baby if I was out, I know I was one of those women thinking in my head, "control your kid lady!" I learned my lesson...you have no clue until you have your own children! Bella is the boss, and I would not have it any other way :) Oh!! I almost forgot to mention, today was the first day Bella laughed! It was the sweetest sound <3 I am so proud of my little girl.