I learn new mommy lessons every day...

We had a very busy Sunday this past week. We woke up early and headed out to a Christmas tree farm to cut down our tree for this year. We bundled Gabrielle up in a snowsuit, hat, and blanket and carried her through the trees until we found the right one (in all actuality it is a little skimpy and not so perfect - but it's here and decorated). She started crying a little bit while we were waiting for Nick to cut it down, but the rest of the time when we were walking she was out. Mission accomplished - three weeks old and went to cut down her first Christmas tree!

So after we got home from the tree farm, we quickly decorated the tree, got ready, and headed up to Midland for our friends Neal and Katie's baby shower. They are due with a little boy in about six weeks (we were 9 or 10 weeks apart in our pregnancies). Gabi had her first big car ride (2 hours each way) and party. She did well in the car, as expected, but I was dreading taking her to a social gathering especially by myself. She surprised me again and did very well. She slept through most of the shower and was pretty well behaved even when she was awake. After the shower was over and everyone was standing around talking, I was holding Gabi and all of a sudden everyone around started to gasp...she had pooped through her onesie, pants, and dress and it was now running down the front of my shirt also! Nick quickly grabbed her, I grabbed a receiving blanket and her bag and we ran to the bathroom. We took everything off her and used an entire travel box of wipes to basically give her a bath (poo was up to her neck and down to her feet) and clean everything off.

Mommy tip #1 - always bring an extra outfit with you wherever you go.

Very luckily, I was ahead of the game on this one and had thought before we left that maybe I should put an extra set of clothes in the bag since we would be gone all day. Thank goodness for that or Gabi would have been sporting a diaper and wrapped in a blanket for the car ride home.

All in all, it was a good day!