To celebrate mother's day I had a little brunch with my mom, sis, and Eloise at our house. My first mother's day as a mom, surreal. Last year on mother's day we were at Good Earth and I had a teeny tiny Eloise growing inside of me. Luckily I was having a "better" morning that day and was able to eat brunch without getting sick. Love that morning sickness was really all day sickness and extended well beyond the first trimester. I digress... So we had our family favorite of bagels and lox and then some playtime with Eloise. I love my mom so much and absolutely wanted to celebrate her, I hope Eloise feels the same way about me when she's 30.
Ellie and Aunt Meredith
Eloise=Big fan of Parker.
Parker=mild fan of Eloise. He will endure some ear pulling for a few extra pats from me and Tom. I have a feeling this will all change as Eloise begins to eat real food and to drop real food on the floor.
Dad bought Eloise a new "toy" and we got a big kick out of watching her in it!!
It's kind of neat to see how she will work her way around the kitchen to "walk" over to us. It must be cool to suddenly be semi-mobile!
The 6 month photo shoot happened a little late since we had some professional photos taken too.
!The whole time she kept purposely rolling forward from her sitting position and trying to dive off the chair!
I snapped this photo and caught her just in time. How young is too young to do a somersault? I think she would really find those fun...
And of course practicing standing, it makes her so happy to be on her two feet.
We had a pretty major development last weekend. I decided it was time for Eloise to accept a bottle. The doctor had advised us before that "when she's hungry enough she'll drink" usually by the 2nd or 3rd missed feeding. Well, our dear Eloise took until the THIRD DAY to accept the bottle. I was a wreck all weekend (perfect timing for our photos to occur) and Eloise went between upset and okay. She was NOT happy about the bottle and went on a mini food strike. I did not expect how emotional I would be. Part of it was realizing that I could not nurse her and "give in" or she would never take the bottle, she would just hold out longer the next time. It really made me sad that my time nursing her was over, I didn't expect to quit cold turkey! But I don't think Eloise is open to switching back and forth from bottle to boob, so unfortunately I can't have it both ways. It's so funny since I felt a little weird about breastfeeding before she was born and then I was so happy to do it for her and then I was "stuck" since she would only nurse from me and now I'm still sad that it's over. I'm so thankful for Tom, he kept encouraging me and repeating that what we were doing was okay (and that I wouldn't stunt her growth from a few days of lackluster eating). I shed more tears than Eloise last weekend but now, a few days later, things are much better and we're working on a transition from breastmilk to formula. Glad I got that off my chest (pun intended). Since I'm in the baby-zone, this feels HUGE to me but as time goes on I'm sure I will look back and forget just how hard this was (okay, probably not for a looooooooong time but I still wanted to record my experience for my own benefit).
Moving to a lighter topic..the nature of Chanhassen continues to impress us. The other day Tom stopped home over lunch and left me a note that said "check out the box outside and then dump it out". A small part of me thought that perhaps my thoughtful husband surprised me with a cool gift (wishful thinking) but the "dump it out" part made me skeptical. I went to the deck looked in the box and one of THESE jumped up at me:
Not the surprise I was hoping for.
We are having THE most beautiful week of weather. It's comfortably warm, the humidity and bugs haven't set in, and the sun is shining. I am feeling SO lucky to be able to spend these days with Eloise. We went to my old stomping grounds and walked around Lake Harriet with some friends. I think Eloise is enjoying her first Minnesota spring too.
She seems so...relaxed.
Whew, that's all from me for now!
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