Stay at Home Mom - Day 1

Today was Ryan's first day of work....which means my first day at home with Kherington. For the record this will be the longest I have ever been left alone with Kherington....I know, kinda crazy. So how did the day go?

• 5:00am - I woke up and looked for housing in Belgium (we are provided with a real estate person here to help, but I need to become more educated about pricing and the areas and such)
• 7:30am - Kherington woke up cranky.  She went to be the previous night around 11pm and slept through...with a bottle sometime during the night, but never left the bed. She played with dad a little and crawled around whining.
• 9:00am-12:30pm - Kherington slept. I looked at more housing and tried to figure out how to do the basics here (shopping, banking, garbage, etc) and did part of the first Rosetta Stone French lesson. La fille boit (the girl drinks)...getting good.
• 12:30pm-2:00pm - Kherington played, ate some mac n' cheese (that we packed with us), took a bath, dressed and got ready to head out.
• 2:00pm-3:00pm - We went shopping (there is a grocery store right next door so we didn't venture far). Kind of a long shopping trip...we explored all the different foods. I said bonjour just fine when we checked-out then it was all downhill. The checker asked me a question in French, then I messed up on the thank-you and said gracias instead of merci (oops...hopefully I get better at this).
• 3:00-3:30 - I got the jogging stroller out and found the path to a park I was thinking we'd go explore...Kherington had other plans
• 3:30pm-present (currently 6:15pm) - Kherington is sleeping. I joined her for a while, but figured I could get some stuff done if I got up.

So not exactly the fun packed day I had been anticipating...maybe tomorrow. Kherington has had a little cold and is still adjusting to the time change so I'm glad she's sleeping (hopefully catching up on the last 8.5 months when she though sleeping was overrated). I was hoping to put her on a schedule that included 3 meals, 24 ounces of formula, sleeping through the night and 2 naps during the day. However I wasn't planning on those naps each being 3 hours long.

Here she is in all her glory:

Highlight of the Day: I bought chocolate hazelnut spread (not the nutella brand, but tastes just as good). It costs less than peanut butter costs in US (including the dollar to euro conversion). Yummy...I'm thinking once we have a oven (right now it's just a microwave and stove) and some cooking ingredients I'll try substituting it in a peanut butter cookies recipe!