while ella sleeps

ella's been asleep on the couch for a good hour and a half or more. her little face is so peaceful.

j. took down the bins of my winter, pre-pregnancy clothes and i am happy to report that i pulled on some pre-pregnancy jeans and buttoned them right up. i feel so good and healthy in these jeans. it's good to know i stayed that healthy throughout the pregnancy. when you're at 25 lbs past what you normally weigh you sort of wonder how it will all shake out after the birth.

elenora is one week old today!

the nursing is going much better. i feel like she and i have got it down as far as being in our own home and knowing what to do here. as soon as she shows signs of being hungry i take her to the couch and put her to my side on the boppy, and she seems to know at that point that i have her needs in mind and they are about to be met, because she often calms down at that point and knows what is coming.







i'm still very unsure about how i would nurse elenora out in the wide world without a comfy couch and a boppy. how do you learn these things?