Week with the Crums

We had a great time with Conan's dad and Chevon last week. We got to doall sorts of things in NY that we hadn't done before. Chevy's birthday was on Sunday, so we all ate a yummy Italian restaurant. Christopher got a little antsy before dinner came and I could tell we were getting a few looks. When I left to take him on a walk an older guy said, oh he's probably teething. It was funny to tell him that he's only 2 months- oh how I love the parenting advice of strangers. 

Conan had to work on Monday, so Christopher and I hung out with his fam. They were staying at the Palace hotel, so we got to have a nice lunch there. It was entirely too fancy for a baby, but there weren't many people in the restaurant so it was okay. It's fun going places with Conan's dad. He had so many kids that he had babies for 8 years of his life, so he'll take them anywhere. That's how 

we ended up at the Dinosaur Imax at the Natural history museum on Tuesday (picture huge dinosaurs making loud roars in surround sound with a 2 month old). Christopher did surprisingly well- probably because

 I fed him during the whole thing :-).   The

 history museum is amazing, we got to

 see crazy dinosaur bones, animals from all over the world and tons

 of cool Indian artifacts. That afternoon we went to Mickey Mantel's restaurant for lunch. Christopher even had his 

Yankee's onsie on- it was adorable. After that we all got in a cab to go to battery park, but little guy remembered he's terrified of cabs and started screaming. He and I got out and did the normal routine- a change and feed in the middle of Central Park. We still took a cab home, but he only screamed through about half of it- I think we're improving. 

To avoid the cab problem, Christopher and I walked to their hotel and back

 (30 blocks each way- totally worth it to avoid a crying baby) on Wednesday. We had a great lunch at the Fig and Olive. Best salad I've ever had and the place was so cute. It had little baby Olive trees all over and lots of wicker- I loved it. We got to meet up with Conan for a little bit after lunch since we works so close to where they were staying- it was a great surprise. 

It's amazing how much the little guy changes. I took him back to story time on Friday and it was so different. Last time I just held him. This time he sat in my lap and smiled

during some of the songs. I had so much fun with him. I think he liked being around all of the little kids. I felt like he was just staring, taking it all in. It was adorable. The picture of him with the toy in his hand was on his 2 month birthday. There are all of these developmental milestones that you start to obsess over once you become a mom. Well I read that he should be grasping a toy- so we tried it and he held it right away- and then flung it across the room. He just makes me laugh out loud all of the time now. He does this things where he's sitting in your lap and all of the sudden he starts fussing and the only thing that will make him stop is if you

 put him on his feet so he can "stand" (with us holding on to him for dear life). He gets this look in his eyes and I think he's concentrating so hard that he forgets that he was upset earlier. I can't help but laugh. He also imitates our faces now. If you do a coo face he'll pucker his lips and he'll stick out his tongue a little when you do it at him- and of course the smile is still the best

 thing in the whole world. 

We had a great weekend with him. Conan got to hang out with him the whole day on Saturday. That night we walked across the Brooklyn Bridge. It was perfect weather and the view is amazing- you can see

 the whole city. There are these man made water falls that are out right now, so we got to see all of them. We tried to eat at Grimaldi's pizza because one of Conan's coworkers recommended it to him. When we finally found it there was a line all the way across the block, so there was no way we could wait  

 in it with a baby. We ate at a little Asian restaurant near by (hence the sad face in the picture- we were so excited about pizza). We got some Mr. Softee at the end of the bridge, so that made up for it. 

Conan had to work on Sunday, so Christopher and I went to infant CPR at the YMCA. I had meant to take it before he was born, but things got busy. Every time he does a big cough when he's eating I say to myself I need to take CPR, so I finally signed up. I'm so glad I did, I learned a lot- even though it was terrifying practicing on a dummy that was the size of my baby. Our instructor was awesome, he was great at explaining things. I think this must have been a side job from acting- he was very dramatic- I felt like it was the Broadway version of CPR class. Oh NYC...