Parish Brewing Company is doing great! Andrew's beer has been for sale at appx. 6-8 bars/ restaurants in Lafayette, LA since the end of June. People seem to really love his beer! The last weekend of June was very busy for Parish. A launch party for Parish was held in downtown Lafayette at the Greenroom, and his beer was featured at a beer festival in Lafayette called Gulf Brew. His Canebrake seems to be the favorite and will likely end up being his flagship beer. Andrew's sights are now set on expanding his operations so he can supply more than just a handful of bars/ restaurants.
Parish Brewing Company debut at the Greenroom (Andrew with owner of the Greenroom)
His beer sold out!
Mom and Dad at Gulf Brew near the Parish table
People waiting in line to try Parish beer at Gulf Brew
Our precious baby, Corinne, is getting cuter by the day and is now 10 1/2 weeks old. At her 9 week appointment, she was 10 lbs, 11 oz and 22 1/2 inches long. She's essentially completely average for weight and height. Her eyes are still kind of blueish and seem to look gray-blue. I still think they'll probably turn brown, but we shall see. She absolutely loves to practice standing, and she loves to stomp her little feet! She's not really interested in being on her belly very much. She also loves these black and white photos on our wall of cane field workers and an old man shucking oysters. She starting to smile a lot! For the most part, though, she's a very pensive, serious baby. We're also trying to get her into more of a loose routine with her eating and napping during the day. She can sleep about 6-8 hrs at night now! She'll cry a little at about 2am, but I just rub her back a little to get her to fall back asleep. She's also been sleeping in her crib for a full week now! I miss her being next to me at night, but I think she was ready for her own room.
I started working again 4 weeks ago when Corinne was 6 1/2 weeks old. Thank goodness for my mom coming to stay with us a couple nights a week to watch the baby during the day. I'm just working Tues-Thur. all day right now, and my mom is watching her while I work. Corinne will start with a babysitter at the end of September. Her babysitter, Mrs. Martha, is an older lady who lives WAY on the other side of town but came very, very highly recommended. Mrs. Martha will be watching Corinne and one other baby, the 5-month old son of an attorney I work with. It has been extremely difficult to juggle work with taking care of a baby. I feel so exhausted during the week. Pumping at work is also one of the most miserable things I've ever done. I have to pump in what's basically a freezing-cold closet filled with old computers.
Here are some photos of Corinne over the past few weeks:
1 week old (our tiny, skinny baby; I was so worried about her)
2 weeks old (jaundice getting better)
3 weeks old (sponge bath time; gaining a little weight)
4 weeks old (enjoying her bouncer; starting to really gain weight)
6 weeks old (a little personality!)
8 weeks old (pretty eyes and button nose)
9 weeks old (after watching Saints pre-season game)
10 weeks old (happy baby!)
In conclusion, here are some things I've learned since becoming a mom:
- Breastfeeding is incredibly challenging.
- My husband is an amazing dad.
- I'm so lucky to have a mom who's willing to help so much with our baby.
- I have wonderful mom friends.
- The years of late nights during law school and working as an attorney did not prepare me for the sleep-deprivation that comes with taking care of a newborn.
- Being a working mom is stressful, exhausting, and empowering.
- I never knew I could love a little helpless baby so much.
- Things get easier after 10 weeks.
Time to clean the house after yesterday's birthday party!!
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