thursday afternoon, she and i loaded up in the car to bring liga to the mall, so i decided that since we were already out, we might as well meet up with our friends' thursday baby happy hour crew. it was a beautiful evening, and emme loved sitting outside and watching the big kids play. i missed the window of when we should have left by about 5 minutes, so she wasn't crazy about the ride home, but we handled it and she went down pretty easily. her bath always makes her so happy, so she was able to reset from her car ride fussiness before bedtime. i was optimistic that i'd be able to get some rest too, but the dogs had other plans for me. ollie kept trying to jump in bed with me (he has never really been one to want to sleep in bed, so this was ultra weird), and etta paced around the house in circles for pretty much the whole night. add that to emme waking up at 12:30 and my poor decision to bring her into bed with me (where she spent the rest of the night with either her hands or her feet in my face), and it was not the most restful of nights....
friday, i made it to work and it was an ok day. by friday afternoons, i feel like i have ants in my pants i'm so desperate to get home to hang out with the little monkey. we do get a decent amount of quality time during the week, but i just miss being with her all day by the time friday rolls around. when i got home, she and i went to the grocery store and had a low key night together. she woke up a couple of times in the night, and again i brought her into bed with me, so i didn't sleep a ton friday night either, but it's ok. i need so much less sleep now than i used to, and she is always so happy to see me when she wakes up in the night that i can't possibly be upset that my rest is being interrupted. i am a little curious as to why my miracle child that was sleeping through the night at 8 weeks is now suddenly deciding that she's nocturnal, but i feel like we will work it out.
after emme went to bed on friday, i got the house cleaned and prepped a few things for baby brunch on saturday. i thought it would be fun to host my (and emme's) yoga buddies while justin was out of town, so mina&rex, erin&vincent, and erin&eleanor came over saturday morning. everyone brought something to contribute and i made quiche and roasted corn grits and we got to watch all those cute babies play. they were all SO good - at various points, every single one of them napped, pooped, and nursed. it feels like just days ago that we were all super pregnant, waddling to our tuesday night yoga class....
saturday night, auntie wendy and her friend ashley came by to visit. by that point, i was pretty busted, i must say. emme's spit up has been worse than usual these days (i've read it's worst around 4 months, so i guess we're in that time period...yeesh!), and i hadn't had a chance to shower since late thursday night. gross. she spewed several times for wendy and ashley's benefit - such a show-off already. wendy is almost 8 months pregnant and she was bending down trying to help me wipe it all up. sorry about that, wendy! anyway, it was pretty hilarious. right before they left, i thought it would be a good idea to strip emme down to get ready for her bath because she was starting to get a little fussy and naked time can delay crankiness for a while. we were saying goodbye and next thing i know, there is pee all over me and the floor. anyone who doesn't think motherhood is a dirty job should have stood within 5 feet of me on saturday night. yuck.
anyway. e went down perfectly and i got to take a super long shower and it was awesome. i also wised up and just nursed her and put her back down in her crib when she woke up at 2:30 or so. sunday morning, we went to mass and she was perfect in church. then we had our yoga/lunch date with camo and alison, which was a blast as always. this bunny loves yoga time - she is mesmerized by me bending and moving around her and she adores the singing/baby playtime breakdown.
sunday afternoon and evening, we wound it down. i tried to finish up laundry and cleaning stuff. emme was not interested in napping, so she struggled with going to bed. she was finally asleep around 9, but woke up at 2:15 and talked in her bed until 5:50 or so when i finally brought her to bed with us. justin got home from new orleans, so everything in our little lives is back to normal, i think. i'm kind of a zombie today, but e and i get to take our first trip just the two of us this friday, so i have that to look forward to (and some incentive to try to get caught up on rest!). my cousin robert is getting married, so we will be there with bells on. we also get to meet up with uncle joey on our layover in memphis, which will be super fun.
oh, also, my friend gabby is supposed to force me to start going to the gym with her tomorrow, so we shall see how my starting an exercise routine pans out....
note: i apologize for the quality of these photos - i don't know how to adjust the white balance on justin's camera, and the others were taken with my phone because i was wielding a baby more often than a camera this weekend....
I remember the first trip patrick made out of town and left me alone with baby. We survived. glad you had a great weekend with other moms. it's great to have friends who understand exactly what yo are going through.
ReplyDeleteHope to meet this little munchkin soon. We have a wedding in Ausitn in August, so if we don't meet her before then, we'll definitely catch up then. Maybe if patrick leaves to go out of town again, i can just pack up and come to austin :)