unmotivated

I'm so unmotivated lately! I have pictures I need to post but I can't make myself go through them. I'm even slacking over at pint size style.

Maybe a little of it is because Dave leaves for tour on Sunday. We are trying to spend as much family time together before he goes. We were also trying to get Elinor on a good night time/bed time schedule so I wouldn't have too hard of a time while he is gone.
Within 2 days we had her going down perfect. Since she had started crawling and being on the move it has been hard getting her to settle down. As soon as you laid her down she was giggling standing up and grabbing for anything she could. Our routine now is get home, one of us cooks while the other plays with her, eat dinner, one of us bathes her while the other one cleans, read some books, nurse her and then she passes out. She also has slept through the night everynight! Finally!
I hope she sticks to this while he is gone. I hope that I can stick to this while he is gone!

schedules

A couple of times over the weekend some friends asked us how different our lives are now with a baby. We both looked at each other and said it's not. We still go everywhere we would normally go and do everything we would normally do. Sometimes I worry about Elinor not having a set schedule.
She rarely gets fussy while we are out. She actually gets fussy when we stay home all day. This baby just likes to be on the go (unless that means being in the car). The more people around the better. I feel bad for her when we are on the train and she starts waving to people who ignore her. She stops waving and keeps her hand up in the air. Her smiles fades and she just stares at them. It is so sad! she just wants to make friends with everyone.
I was always such a believer in keeping children on schedules. From working at daycares and being a nanny I saw how good it was for kids. There were so many things I said I wouldn't do when I had babies but that went out the window. Even if you have worked/raised kids for 10 years, it is completely different when you have your own.
All I know is that Elinor is one of the happiest babies I have ever been around. She loves life. I hope the way we are raising her will make her easy going and well rounded.