paella and then some

bryan made me paella for dinner last night. i had mentioned that we hadn't had it in awhile, and it was sounding pretty good. as we had pretty much ALL the ingredients save the shrimp just lying around, paella it was! it turned out fantastico, as expected. bryan was not stingy with the saffron, so the rice turned out a brilliant golden yellow. there's not much left over. what can i say? it was good.

the rest of the weekend went swimmingly. the company i am contracting for officially offered me a permanent position on friday, so that was pretty exciting. it wasn't the initial position i had discussed with my manager; after finding out more about it and some deep personal reflection, i determined it was far too much to take on at this stage. it's definitely a goal for the future, but considering i have only been here for a few months and i have a new baby, i didn't want to get in over my head or commit too much personal time. still, i am happy that i am coming on full time. i really like it here.

oliver let us sleep pretty well. he's moved to sleeping 6 hours after going down for bed, which is awesome (and only 2 hours from sleeping through the entire night). saturday morning, he even went down well after his 4/5 am wake up call, and we stayed in bed past 8! we enjoyed a leisurely morning with a smiley baby. i made bryan a super simple and totally delicious lunch of bean tostadas, with hot sauce, raw onion, and shredded lettuce (i am sure i had awesome breath after that but man it was good). after getting a few things done around the house and running a few errands, oliver and i spent the afternoon hanging out with mom and katie. bryan stayed home to watch football and eat pizza, which helped me avoid having to watch tons of football, so that worked out alright. we did turn on the packers game at mom's house, though i wasn't paying much attention. katie's friend jessie came over for a bit, and has offered to babysit ollie. woohoo! mom, kate, ollie and i then headed to singha thai for dinner. this place is a favorite. best spring rolls ever, i am pretty sure. even though the orders are huge, we had to get 2 to make sure the 3 of us had enough. ;) i had the garlic pepper pork, which was sweet and delicious. katie had the peanut chicken, which was good and spicy. mom had the spicy catfish, which was delicious. i'm definitely getting that next time.


sunday was spent sitting around the house in sweats for the most part, attempting to make oliver smile and laugh. he's definitely got the smiling thing down. he got a mohawk too, as you can see. bryan let me off the hook for awhile, and i took a 2 hour nap, which was heavenly. mom and katie came over for a visit, so katie could say goodbye to us and the baby, but mostly the baby. she can't get enough of him. :)

no grand plans for this week. my main goals include trying to not let the house get too messed up, getting some newly printed pictures hung, perhaps getting the painting adrianne gave us for christmas framed, and holding my baby as much as possible. pretty normal week!

in other news, i am desperately craving a chocolate shake, made with homemade ice cream (bittersweet chocolate ice cream with honey). it's now moved up to the top of the "Thing I'm Going to Gorge Myself On When I Can Eat Dairy Again" list. goes well with cheeseburgers (2 birds, 1 stone).