LOOK AT YOU... YOU HAVE A BABY... IN A BAR

                       

I have always been amused by this quote. Maybe it's because I like Reese Witherspoon... Or maybe I just thought how incredibly absurd it was to actually have a baby in a bar! 

Well, I must admit - I was that mom. Now of course there's no smoking inside anymore and almost all restauarants in NYC turn into bars at night. But either way, I was very amused to find my little family sitting in the middle of a quaint SoHo bar a couple weeks ago. Better yet... I nursed Bentleigh while eating appetizers in the middle of this bar. 

I went into the bathroom to get her "situated" and then traped right through the whole restaurant to find my seat and enjoy a night of delicious food and conversation. No one could even tell I was nursing (due to the potency of their drinks or my superb discretion, I don't know). This was the first time I felt like a real life superwoman (well, I've made dinner from scratch while nursing since then... which totally beat out this moment!).

                                   

(I know there are a million mom's who can move mountains while juggling multiple babies. But this was my first moment, and I felt invincible with my baby. And then literally I saw this picture come across my newsfeed a couple days later. Boo. Well, at least Ben and I got a good laugh!)

Side Note: You see, there's no backseat of a car or back corner of a huge coffee shop to duck into while nursing and exploring the city. It was also FREEZING outside... so a park bench was off the table too. I typically go into the lobby of Ben's dental building, but it was clear across Manhattan. And technically it's not open to the public, but I've rudely rehearsed my "the tuition I AM PAYING right now, is funding your salary" speech, if anyone so much as blinks in my direction. Talk about mama bear (insert bulgy-eyed embarrassed emoticon). Sheesh. Luckily, there must be something about breastfeeding that is keeping the 20-something year old security guards from approaching me haha.

                                         

(My little bald baby and I hiding in a coffee shop from the cold!)

Anyways, as I was sitting at dinner with Ben and our friends, I laughed to myself as all I could think about was that silly quote from Sweet Home Alabama. I was being way more classy though, right?

                                   

I was so proud of Ben and I for attempting to keep a glimpse of our adult lives in tact - especially with it only being several weeks since we brought her home. We know we can't do this forever. When this newborn becomes a squirmy baby - or when 1 baby becomes 2. Our flexibility like this will definitely take a shift. But since we can do this now, we are thoroughly enjoying it! And luckily, baby B likes being Bentleigh in the City... She gets all kinds of attention from anyone and everyone, and she naps better in the stroller than anywhere else! Woo HOO!

This picture is not from the same day, but oh my... I just had to share!!