Caption for photo: My husband insists that I have duvet, but I'd like to call it peach fuzz, thank you very much!!
It's been a rather productive Sunday. I've started giving reading lessons to my neighbor's daughter today. She's 4. Her teacher gives her a book a week to read. I'm supposed to read it to her and then we discuss to make sure she understood the story. I must say she's a pretty astute little 4 year old. I am really going to enjoy our weekly reading dates. After the lesson, I came home to house buzzing with commotion. My husband had started the laundry and changed the sheets, made the bed and started cleaning out the utility closet. We've become a better oiled machine when it comes to sharing the household duties. I'm almost ashamed to say that my husband is sometimes better than I am when it comes to doing things like the dishes and cleaning the bathroom. I know he's reading this so I have to say that "T'es le best, mon amour!" :) After defrosting the fridge and cleaning up we decided to head to the Korean grocery store near Opera to pick up a few things I've been craving lately and to fill our tummies full of yummy Japanese noodles. While we were in the neighborhood, we enjoyed a nice walk to Palais Royal and metro'd it home as the sun started to set.
I wonder how drastically our lives will change when our baby arrives. Or maybe it won't... I hope to be able to still do spontaneous things. I honestly have no idea what to expect. So, I guess I won't expect anything and just take it as it comes. So far, so good...
where is this store? i need to go!
Posted by: phillippa | January 14, 2007 at 19:30
They are closed Mondays but open Sundays and every other day of the week until 8pm.
Ace Mart
63, rue Sainte-Anne
75002 PARIS
tel : +33 (0)1 42 97 56 80
(M°Quatre Septembre)
Posted by: Aimee | January 14, 2007 at 19:33
My husband is absolutely better at cleaning and I'm better at straightening and organizing.
Cute belly!
Posted by: Scoutj | January 14, 2007 at 22:31
Bonjour Aimee!! I'm an avid reader of "The Bold Soul", and on a couple of Lisa's recent posts I've clicked on links leading to your blog. Now I've started reading your blog, and it's great. I love Paris, I've been there at least 44 times (5 visits in 2006), and I'm also planning to move to Paris-- hopefully by 45. :)
Posted by: Stephanie | January 15, 2007 at 03:53
Try not to change your habits too much when the baby comes. Get a nice travel system and take the baby everywhere. We did that with our baby from the first week on and now she's so well-conditioned to social situations that we can still take her with us and she'll stay at the table or entertain herself (she's 20 months old). She's also good at sleeping wherever we go. We just make sure to take the necessary time to put her to bed in a quiet corner and voilà.
Posted by: shakesrear | January 15, 2007 at 10:02
Spontaneous? HA HA! Thats hilarious. I agree that you have just get your stuff sorted out so that Baby is very portable, but still. The idea of dashing out of the house (with a mountain of baby gear), going to grab some dinner at a restaurant because we are too lazy to cook (and hoping there is room in the the place for the stroller, baby sits quietly, and is not bothered by smoke while we eat), and then wandering home at some undefined hour (did we bring an extra extra bottle? enough diapers? a change of clothes?)? I dream of the day when that is once more possible. The first couple months, its OK because really all you're dealing with is a noisy handbag. After that, all bets are off. Definitely enjoy every spontaneous outing you can right now because you just don't know what personality your baby will have.
Posted by: Nicole | January 15, 2007 at 10:23
Definitely take the little guy wherever you go, but it'll take you 20 minutes just to leave the house.
Do you have the diaper bag? Are there diapers, bottles, toys, formula, etc in the bag? Oh crap, it's cold out. Better grab an extra blanket and a jacket. Ready now? He just crapped, now you gotta change him. Ahhh.. now we are ready.
:)
Restaurants, we find, are the most difficult places to go with Logan. Some places don't have high chairs or aren't setup correctly to use them.
Posted by: Matt | January 15, 2007 at 17:56
I am so exicted for your in your pregnancy buzz--I hope that the only thing that changes for you is that that you will have a bundle of joy so cute that you might almost want to eat it!;)
Posted by: Novel Nymph | January 15, 2007 at 18:55
You look so lovely! Good luck to you...
That book is wonderful re: Natural Childbirth is wonderful, so is another that can be ordered Mother As First Guru from Australia.
I was all signed up for the ob/gyn but went natural at a birthing center in a jacuzzi. It was very mystical and I wish you best of luck.
Posted by: barefoot | January 15, 2007 at 20:14
well, Jack went to a soccer game the 1st day we had him home, and out to dinner with Poppa and Grandma Judy that same night...I found that Jack and Sarah have been much better behaved in public than my nephews....because I have always taken them, and they know I have expectations...getting out of the house quick is gone, but we do go, and now they are great at get your shoes and lets go...and geeee...I have to carry a diaper bag again...darn...I liked being done with that...hugs, off to bf class at the hospital!
MA
Posted by: Mary Anne | January 16, 2007 at 00:50
I'm with everyone else. From what I've seen, you can still get out. It will just be with a lot of accessories.
Also I highly recommend getting out with baby. One can always tell the difference between the kids who regularly do things in public with their parents versus those who don't.
Posted by: Dagny | January 16, 2007 at 01:08
I can't remember whether I've commented here yet, but I just wanted to say that I've been quietly reading your blog for a few months now, and I really do love reading about your daily adventures, your wonderful creativity, your baking, the love you share with your husband and all those around you.
You are a beautiful woman, and your new profile photo really shows that to full effect: it is truly lovely! Just gorgeous...
Best to you.
Posted by: Alice | January 16, 2007 at 11:15
Your lives after the baby is born will change as much as you let it. Of course, adjustments will have to be made, but I agree with one of your other commenters that babies are very adaptable, and it's very good for them to get used to different situations and different people.
As for J doing the housework- good for him! I am such a control freak that I wouldn't trust E to do it.
Posted by: andie | January 16, 2007 at 12:29
Yeah, your life will change drastically!!! Enjoy sex now, as it is hard to enjoy with a baby crying lol!! Spontanaity is still possible, but is a stretch. It takes so long to get the baby ready that it almost isn't worth the effort! It is worth every minute though!
Posted by: Amy Goff | January 29, 2007 at 22:58
Yeah, your life will change drastically!!! Enjoy sex now, as it is hard to enjoy with a baby crying lol!! Spontanaity is still possible, but is a stretch. It takes so long to get the baby ready that it almost isn't worth the effort! It is worth every minute though!
Posted by: Amy Goff | January 29, 2007 at 23:01