It’s been a while since I have blogged and things are rapidly getting in the way of blogging, however, I will not fail at this!!! Life is good in the Briones house, and Baby Tressan, while entertaining us with random smiles and coos, is growing like a weed and still continues to amaze us with his antics. Here are some highlights, I will elaborate further down below, but continue reading at your own risk. Meals on wheels, the art of swaddling, the special dog, and Mom and Baby alone for the weekend.
We have been blessed to have an awesome group of friends and family helping us out over the past several weeks, most certainly with the meals. So far we have had some great pasta dishes, several vegetarian meals, a couple of ethnic creations, and one “scrape it off the floor” lasagna. I came home last week to find one of our meals in the garage, I was confused, and convinced that Mandy still had some pregnancy brain and left it in the busyness of getting all the stuff out of the car. I was just thankful that she left the food in the garage and not the car seat with Tressan….two points for Mandy!! I graciously grabbed the bag and walked inside and said “Did you forget something” her response, “no; I left it because the bag was leaking, and I was going to get it shortly.” I carried it through the house and seconds before I reached the counter…..out pours the lasagna onto the floor. Mandy was right, the bag was leaking, and it was a paper bag, and it was only right that we would have pasta spread throughout the kitchen. Luckily at least 60% of it was salvageable and Lucy dined on the rest. Out of all the meals received I have decided to give out a few awards…. Best Entrée – Sarah Berry and her “Woody B’s Pulled Chicken/Veggie Enchiladas” Very very tasty!!! Best Starter – Jason Osterberger and his “Sensation Salad” Lemme just say…it was Sensational. Best Dessert – Again, the winner, Sarah Berry and her Squirrel Sugar Cookies. Looks like Sarah is following in her dad’s footsteps and is a Master in the kitchen. If you have never tried her Dads BBQ, it’s worth the drive to Richardson…..see here.
In the first few weeks, we thought we had our baby pegged and figured out…in that he wanted his arms free to flail around and punch….. I guess we thought we would let him express himself. O Contraire…..the art of swaddling has been a saving grace and that boy is not allow to sleep without his little arms tucked tightly at his side. Its either swaddling or the sleep sack, either way…he’s in “straight jacket” stance for sleeping hours, otherwise, he finds ways to fling his little arms all around and tends to wake himself. Sorry Tressan for sanity in our home…..you are tied down….plus, you like being snuggly!! Lucy has been doing well, she has become accustomed to Tressan and they are now buddies. She definitely senses that she’s not alone in this house, and ponders “why doesn’t this new person go away” however, I think she is getting the gist that he’s here to stay. Lately, she has been able to scoot right next to where he is lying and rest her head, just a few inches, on the blanket. Her instinct is to protect, and we are starting to see signs of that. Tressan scares her at times too, check out the video below where Tressan is wiggling and Lucy doesn’t know what to do, she immediately goes into hunt mode.
Finally, Mandy and Tressan had to spend Labor Day weekend alone as I had to go out to Shreveport for Ryan’s Bachelor party. Ryan and I have been best of friends since college (a mission trip to Honduras in 2002) and I couldn’t miss it and wanted to be there to celebrate with him. Sooo…..we loaded up on Friday and drove out…..leaving mom and baby to fend for themselves for 48 hours. They did great. Mandy would send me regular updates and pictures. Luckily he was a great baby while dad was out, sleeping often and for lengthy periods of time. My mom came and stayed on Saturday afternoon to help with getting to mass and stayed the night. I on the other hand was probably getting less sleep in Shreveport than I would have gotten at home. We had a great time, enjoyed many hands of blackjack, great meals together, reminiscing with old college friends, and a round of golf, where yours truly busted out his first window in a home!!!
All in all I had a great time. I returned on Sunday just in time for mass and our baptism class. Bob and Colleen Gothman babysat for us, Colleen didn’t want to give him back!! She practically had to beg us to choose her as the babysitter, she was excited and we were more than willing as she has raised 6 boys herself (with the help of Bob of course) so we considered her a boy expert!! Back to work on Tuesday and business as usual for the week. Overall the past 6 weeks have been a blessing, full of joy and excitement. We both agree that Tressan is a little treasure and brings us so many smiles and laughs and we cannot wait to see what’s to come.
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