St. Joseph Rodzina: 4 weeks old

Anatassia had her 4 week check-up on Monday June 16. All was well. She is currently 10lbs so I guess feedings are going well and is 22in long. She typically is a happy, easy going baby but due to me being on some antibiotics for 10 days then a second round for 10 more days she has started being a little more fussy but the end is near for the meds so our happy baby is gradually returning. She sleeps like a champ (about 3-4 hour bouts) which I enjoy. When she does wake up she is quick to eat and go back to sleep. (she likes her sleep like her dad!)

We have started going to a new moms group which really shows what a good, easy baby we have. A lot of these other moms have not ventured out of the house in 4 weeks so when we went to lunch after the meeting they were nervous about how their babies would act. Well, Anastassia has had a few lunches and dinners out (as well as shopping trips ) so she slept right thru the whole event. The other babies all were good as well which I am sure the restaurant was happy about since there were 5 of us all with babies! One funny thing that happened was one of the moms had to go to the bathroom so she left her baby with us at the table. When she came back she was all flustered and said "am I a bad mom - I just left me baby with you all who I just meet 2 hours ago and I don't even know your last names". We all reassured her that we were probably the safest people to leave the baby with because we all already have one and don't want another one at this time!

We did our first 10K this weekend. Mike ran and Anastassia and I ran/walked. We made it to the 3 mile mark and had to stop for a bottle. I was able to run about another mile while she bask in her food coma but then had to walk about 1 mile while holding the pacifier in her mouth and restarting her lullaby seahorse. As I discussed with Anastassia as she sucked away, this will not be a hard time to beat next time. Mike was suppose to take the stroller at the 4.5 mile mark but was not there as we passed by so I got to do the whole race with the stroller. I found at the 5 mile mark that Anastassia likes the sunroof open (canopy pulled back on her stroller/carseat) so she could enjoy the fresh air (would have been useful to discovery at mile 1) so she was all smiles once we found Mike at 6 mile mark. We crossed the finish line to cheers from the crowd and a lot of "you go girl"s. And we were not the last ones to cross the finish line. (Really our only goal for the day)