Funeral and Weekend

Thursday afternoon, we headed up to South Bend for my great-grandma's viewing with the funeral being set on Friday. It was an interesting trip up in the fact that we had a dog, a cat, my sister, Bobby's co-worker's daughter, a baby (Natalie), Bobby and I. Talk about a packed car for a 4 hour trek! We first had to drop Amanda's car off in Greenwood since she would be riding back with her fiance. We hit Indy right at rush hour, but amazingly didn't have any stopped traffic, just slow in spots, but to be expected at that time of day in Indy. The drive felt like it took forever, but that could just be because we were all so cramped.

Natalie was hungry during the ride, and instead of stopping to feed her since we were going to be cutting it pretty close on time for the viewing as it was, I fed her while she was in her carseat. The bottles we use aren't really conducive for that, but we managed. Of course that meant no burping was allowed, which I am assuming caused her fussiness at the viewing (or at least was part of it).

Once we arrived to the funeral home, we had about 30 minutes before it was over. Natalie was not having any part in it! She was super fussy and wouldn't take a bottle, wouldn't burp, and for sure didn't want anything to do with the funeral home!  I think part of it was how cold it was in the funeral home and she was in a summery dress, and being a bad mommy, I forgot to pack a blanket since it was in the 90's in Terre Haute! She was fine outside (with a TON of mosquitoes) where it was warm and it was almost as if as soon as you would pass a certain door inside the funeral home, she wouldn't go any farther and would start screaming. Nothing like causing a grand entrance!  My mom discussed this ordeal with her pediatrics professor the next day at clinicals and the professor thought it had something to do with the "extra sense" babies have (thinking Natalie could sense something bad or sad at the funeral home). The professor suggested we talk with Natalie prior to the funeral on the following day about how the funeral home isn't a bad place, etc...which I did (anything can help) but we also brought a blanket, so I'm thinking maybe she was just too cold for the viewing.

We dropped the cat off at Bobby's parents' house for until we move into the new house, as well as kept Rusty (dog) at my parents' house until we move. It will be much nicer not to have animals or animal hair when we are showing our house! It has been different without a barking dog at the house for every person, animal, or car that goes by. We definitely miss Rusty, but I can say I don't hardly miss the cat! I think the squirrels in the yard even know Rusty is not home, because today we watched 5 of them chase each other around the yard...it was so funny to see. Usually you're lucky to see more than 2 because they are always waiting for Rusty to chase them I believe.

The funeral went well and dinner afterwards was good. The best/fastest service I have ever seen at a restaurant with a party of more than 20, all on different bills! The drive home was uneventful...I slept, Natalie slept, and Bobby drove. Again, Natalie wanted to eat, but luckily this time it was when we weren't too far from home, so burping her once we got home wasn't a problem and she wasn't fussy.

This weekend was mostly devoted to organizing and cleaning up the office and random other stuff in the house to get it ready to sell. I think we have most everything put in storage that we wanted out of the house, so now we just need to get the carpets cleaned, vacuum, dust, and straighten up and it's ready to be on the market! I really hope it sells quickly! I don't see why it wouldn't since it's in a great neighborhood and in my opinion we have one of the best yards since no one is behind us. We will see!

Natalie has been a little fussier than normal during feedings and only eating 2-3 ounces at a time during the day, but early morning and late at night she has been doing her normal 4-5 ounces at a time. It is almost like clockwork for her to wake up at midnight to eat, be changed, then go back to sleep. She had slept earlier in the week 10 hours, 10 hours, 11 hours, 8 hours, 6 hours, and 6 hours. Unfortunately, I think she is getting away from her 10 hours (which was quite nice) and is trending toward the 6 hours (which still isn't bad). She now has a Bumbo seat (thanks to Aunt Kristen) and seems to like it for short periods of time. I am slacking in the picture department, so I'll try to get on top of that!