sisters!

Since Dave was out of town this weekend, my sister came to visit and help out. She came to meet me at work on Friday. The first thing she did was grab Ellie and gave her all the kisses. She ended wearing her in the moby the whole day. I really think half the time Ellie thought she was me. Her son used to confuse us when he was little.

We had a great girls weekend! We ate a lot, shopped and gossiped. Elinor ate a lot, slept and got more cute clothes. It makes me sad Ellie being so far from all of her family but lucky we have been able to see at least one of them once a month. I want her to know her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins!

Thanks for coming Courtney! We miss you!

our first week

I'm finally getting caught up on sleep and not so much in a daze. The last couple of days just blurred together but it has been amazing. We were so lucky to have my mom in town to help followed by Dave's mom. Today is the first day it is just me and Elinor. Dave went to run some errands and we took naps and she ate ALL morning. I'm still pretty sore but I've given in to motrin and tylenol which helps.

Yesterday we had our first outing, just to babies r us. I had to get a couple of things and since they have the mothers room I thought it would be a perfect place to test going out incase she needed to eat. Dave suggested taking the moby wrap instead of the stroller which was a really good idea. I just transferred her to the wrap from the backseat and she never made a peep. We even took the scenic route so we could show Dave's mom around a little.

Dave took pictures of her yesterday for her birth announcements. I thought of the idea of her in one of her cloth diapers under the tree. A couple of days before I had her Annie sent me a package of hair clips of Ellie. As soon as I saw the one she's wearing in the pic I knew it would be perfect for this. Thanks again Annie (open an Etsy shop!) I'll wait to share the real birth announcement picture until they are mailed out but here is a peek..