No new big news these days. Lacy is doing really well. Outside of a day earlier this week when she was up for 26-27 straight hours, with only a few 20 minute naps, everything has gone really well. So far Katie and I have been extremely lucky. We take Lacy out with us all the time, including to restaurants and other places, and she never acts up and actually seems to like it. Early during Katie's pregnancy we decided that we weren't going to let having a baby stop us from doing the things that we've always done, with few exceptions. And so far this strategy has worked well for us.

We have been determined that if we are going to go somewhere so is she, as long as it doesn't infringe upon others or cause her real harm. This seems to be paying off. As opposed to being stuck indoors all the time the four of us have enjoyed being able to spend time together doing the things we love. I've got to say that I have yet to feel "trapped" by having the baby. I know that there are some things we just can't do quite as easily as we used to, but we still try to do them. I tend to find myself politely smiling and nodding when someone comes up and says with what seems to be regret "You can forget doing 'this' or 'that' now that you have a baby", however I don't really feel that way and hope I never do. Case in point: We've been to three football games with Lacy so far, people somewhat scoffed at our plans to do this before she came but we've found that we really have enjoyed it. Now we haven't stayed inside the stadium for an entire game yet, but we're getting there.

My point is this, why change everything that you've done before just because you have a baby. Why not embrace the baby and make her/him part of your daily routine and life. I don't intend to stop going to football games, stop going to restaurants, stop living life because Lacy is here. I intend on sharing all of these things with her. Lacy isn't holding us back from anything, she's only enhancing the things that we do.