TGIF

It's Friday! It's kind of silly for me to still get excited about Fridays for the next few weeks, since every day is a Friday to me. It means that Vic will have the weekend off though, so that is what keeps them exciting. 

Even though we did zero planning for ho we were going to spend the holiday, yesterday turned out to be a pretty great Fourth of July. 

After spending another two hours at the furniture store (they were having a big Fourth of July sale) we decided again to not replace our couch. We keep wanting to and then going to the store and deciding that nothing we find is worth the money, so we still have our same old couch. After the time at the store we came back home where I took a nap with Ryker while Vic got to spend some time playing Gears of War with his friend, Danny. 

After we got up from our nap, we packed up and went down to downtown Norfolk to get dinner and watch fireworks. Vic's parking garage at the building that he works at was right next to where they were setting off the fireworks, so we parked there and wandered over to get dinner before the show. We tried to eat at Joe's Crab Shack, but the wait was over an hour and a half! We got a beer or two (don't worry, I pumped right before and had bottles ready for Ryker) and then we walked over to the festival to see if we could get food there. Of course the lines at all the food stands were super long too, so in the end we just went back to the car to watch the fireworks from the top of the parking garage. I LOVE fireworks, so it was pretty great to sit up there with Vic, some music playing and cuddle the baby. He sleeps through everything (except the night) so he had no idea the fireworks were going off over his head. Overall, a wonderful way to spend the night!

 Ryker and I have kind of figured out the whole breastfeeding on our side thing, I can lay on my side with him facing me on his side while he latches from there. It makes for a much easier way to rest while feeding him as long as it isn't one of those days where my nips are super sore. Yesterday I was actually able to feed him from myself more than he was fed from a bottle, which was pretty exciting. Usually he'll eat from me and then lose it like ten minutes later and want a bottle. But none of that yesterday! I think that as he is getting a little older he is getting better at being able to latch and actually stay awake. His latch was never really our problem, he would always fall asleep once he got on there. But, I think things are getting a little bit easier!

Time to try and get some stuff done around the house while my little man sleeps, we still haven't unpacked from our trip to CA. Have a great weekend!