Central Park Zoo and other Disasters...

I think I can say that our overnight trip to New York City was an unmitigated disaster of epic proportions. My husband had to give a talk at NYU on Wednesday afternoon, so we thought it might be fun to tag along and hang out in the city, spend the night and go to the Central Park Zoo yesterday morning.

Well, we went to the zoo and that's the best I can say about it. Piglet woke up at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday with a diaper disaster, took a terrible nap in the afternoon, and so was cranky and slightly naughty all day. Boo was in a mood and spit up copiously almost constantly for most of the day. He went through two onesies by mid-day. We couldn't find a lunch place that we could all eat at (I have a lot of allergies; my husband was observing the Wednesday fasting rules, and Piglet was too tired to eat properly). We met my brother-in-law for supper Wednesday night at a Greek place near the hotel, which was fine, but Piglet was slightly naughty and, while he did eat, he wasn't on the usual good behavior he exhibits in public places.

Thursday morning, Boo woke up just before 5:00 to eat, decided he was going to have a nursing strike instead, and started screaming, which woke up Piglet. So Piglet was up for the day at 5:15 and so was I. I took Piglet down to the lobby after Boo went (virtuously) back to sleep so that nubby could keep sleeping. We had an early breakfast at 6:00 a.m. and took a walk in the neighborhood after that. We did go to the zoo a bit later than planned, but by the time we got on the bus home, I was pretty shot. The cherry on the cake was hubby leaving the diaper bag (with my wallet, camera, and epi-pen kit) in the trunk of the cab as it drove off. I just lost it at that point. We were supposed to go out to dinner and I was just not in the mood at that point. Boo was screaming and refusing to nurse, Piglet was cranky and naughty, and I wanted to run away and never return at that moment.

We tried calling the cab company, but they couldn't reach the driver for about an hour, during which time I think I took about 5 years off my life and earned a few more gray hairs. Finally, the cab company called back and the driver returned the bag to us (whew!). So we ended up going out after all and had a nice time. We went to a sushi place in the neighborhood called Umai, and then out to Naked Chocolate for fondue. Mmm. So the day kind of repaired itself by the end.

For our friends, due to have their third girl in early October.

Today, I thought I'd share some of the baby thank you card sets I've made as gifts this month for various friends and family that have had or will shortly have babies. The card above is a congrats card that accompanied the thank you card set (pictured below).

This card and the one above were inspired by a card I saw on Wendy Hawkinson's website.

For my grade school friend, who had twins in early August. I made 20 of these, so that was a lot of onesies to cut out!

For my cousin's wife, who had their third baby, at the beginning of August.