my best day yet
this morning i got up early enough to get a shower before j. needed to start getting ready for work. what a difference that makes. i think i need to make sure to do this every day. maybe even get up a bit earlier so that i can also get some breakfast (which i ate around one this afternoon).
after i fed ella, she and i had fabulous alert time. she sits on my knees in the glider and listens as i sing my way through the Sound of Music and all the Beatles songs i can think of. really likes Hey Jude, even though i know i botch the words every time. she loves looking out the window behind my head. i noticed she was staring at the bookcase intently, so i grabbed Mother Goose off of the shelf and started reading. i have this great illustrated copy with lots of both colorful and black and white pictures in it. she looked at the illustrations as i read for at least ten minutes! i was so amazed at how interested she was and how closely she studied the pictures.
she's a smart one, no doubt.
when she started to get tired i fed her once more and then put her in the snuggly and walked out the door. called e. at ebscoland to see if she wanted to meet us for a walk, and she did so we went to my favorite graveyard and climbed the marble steps up to the top of the hill where we could look out above the town. it's a really beautiful october day. very warm and sunny with a cool breeze. all of the trees are turning to reds, oranges, pinks, and yellows. love new england.
ella and i stopped at the green grocer on our way home so i could get some greek yogurt and a plum for breakfast. the owner called out "congratulations!" as we walked in the door, and everyone in the store stopped by to look at the precious three-week-old. two of the women in there said "i wish my children were that age again" and i said "but it's so exhausting!" and they said "even so..."
when we got home i rocked ella and sang my way acapella through a dione warwick tape i used to have.
elenora is sleeping again. in her crib. i pumped while eating my yogurt because you never know how long until she wakes up and you have to optimize every moment you have.
i love this girl, and i feel really sane and happy today.
after i fed ella, she and i had fabulous alert time. she sits on my knees in the glider and listens as i sing my way through the Sound of Music and all the Beatles songs i can think of. really likes Hey Jude, even though i know i botch the words every time. she loves looking out the window behind my head. i noticed she was staring at the bookcase intently, so i grabbed Mother Goose off of the shelf and started reading. i have this great illustrated copy with lots of both colorful and black and white pictures in it. she looked at the illustrations as i read for at least ten minutes! i was so amazed at how interested she was and how closely she studied the pictures.
she's a smart one, no doubt.
when she started to get tired i fed her once more and then put her in the snuggly and walked out the door. called e. at ebscoland to see if she wanted to meet us for a walk, and she did so we went to my favorite graveyard and climbed the marble steps up to the top of the hill where we could look out above the town. it's a really beautiful october day. very warm and sunny with a cool breeze. all of the trees are turning to reds, oranges, pinks, and yellows. love new england.
ella and i stopped at the green grocer on our way home so i could get some greek yogurt and a plum for breakfast. the owner called out "congratulations!" as we walked in the door, and everyone in the store stopped by to look at the precious three-week-old. two of the women in there said "i wish my children were that age again" and i said "but it's so exhausting!" and they said "even so..."
when we got home i rocked ella and sang my way acapella through a dione warwick tape i used to have.
elenora is sleeping again. in her crib. i pumped while eating my yogurt because you never know how long until she wakes up and you have to optimize every moment you have.
i love this girl, and i feel really sane and happy today.
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