my itinerary and other things

first of all (any boys who read this can disregard), i got my period today after more than a year without it. not something i'm terribly excited about, and i'm hoping that doesn't mean that my milk supply has diminished a lot. elenora is eating a lot of solids now, but i'm still nursing her a lot.

time for some b.c.

here are the solids ella is eating:

rice cereal

peas

carrots

sweet potatoes

prunes

apples

the last few days i've been trying to introduce her to those gerber puffs, just so that she'll have a food she can snack on in the car.

oh yeah. we got a ticket and fly out on May 9th. here's the itinerary:

• May 9th-May 12th: stay with my brother and his family (they've never met elenora, and it's been a year since i saw my now 3-year-old niece).


• May 13th-May 15th: stay with momby's cousins mona and willis (i can't make that up) since my brother's family gets shipped out to live in japan. momby arrives the night of the 14th.


• May 15th: travel as far as we can get before we need to stop for the night (i'm going to try to keep elenora on a somewhat regular bedtime routine/schedule). probably end up somewhere on the other side of WA, like spokane.


• May 16th: travel from wherever we get to Yellowstone National Park. see as much of it as we can.


• May 17th: travel from Yellowstone to cheyenne WY.


• May 18th: travel to lincoln NE to stay with momby's sister and to see a lot of j.'s cousins. this will be a great time of rest and fun. everyone in NE gave me such a lovely baby shower last summer, so now it's time for them to meet ella. plus, i get to see c. and her family. yay!


• May 22nd: travel from NE to naperville IL to my uncle's house. i'll see my cousin there, who is getting married a few weeks later. i won't be able to go to her wedding because i'm doing this trip, but it will be great to see her and i'll probably get to spend more time with her this way.


• May 23rd: not sure. we might travel again, or we might stay another night. have to see how we're feeling. if we travel, we'll head toward cleveland OH.


• May 24th: either travel to OH or leave OH for the fingerlakes region of NY. hopefully get to see that area a bit, as they have beautiful wine country there.


• May 25th: either leave OH for NY, or travel from NY to home. we'll probably want to just get home and see j.


• May 26th: either travel from NY to home, or rest at home on Memorial Day with j.