Anniversary Celebrations

On July 29, Gary and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary!  Gary took the day off from work and we spent the day visiting Eliza's future day care provider (she starts Aug. 15) and the pediatrician for Eliza's 2-month well child visit.  I'll give a full update on the 3rd in Eliza's two month post, but she's quite the string bean!  At the appointment, Eliza got her first major round of immunizations.  That was rough.  She got stuck in both thighs and had to drink a vaccine as well.  She hated it and screamed and cried.  Mommy cried, too.

Eliza has never cried that hard before, and it was so difficult to experience.  :(  There's a huge tear on her cheek in that picture.  Poor poor baby.  We had a bottle ready to go though, and were thankfully able to calm her completely down in about 5-10 minutes.  She wasn't too cranky the rest of the day, but we did give her a small dose of baby tylenol at the pediatrician's suggestion.

Later that night, Eliza went to visit with cousins Amanda, Quinn, & baby Gia and Aunt Jill while Daddy and Mommy went to Ruth's Chris for an anniversary dinner.  We stuffed ourselves and had a great date!  At the end, we enjoyed complimentary chocolate-covered strawberries and champagne.

Today, Grandpa and Granna Troutman are visiting to celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary!  We went to Harry & Izzy's for lunch.  All but Eliza and I enjoyed the famous St. Elmo's shrimp cocktail.  We all stuffed ourselves again!  Mom and Dad (Granna and Grandpa) received a free dessert for their milestone.  We visited Nordstrom's for a quick look and the men kept Eliza entertained.

It's been a fun-filled weekend!