we are on night 4 of bachelorettehood. things are going well so far, it’s pretty easy since mallory is on a decent schedule. friday night my dad came out for dinner; saturday we took coops for a long walk in the woods with his friends CJ & fenway, and then mallory headed out for her first sleepover (i had a late hockey game saturday night and early hockey practice sunday morning, so rather than disturbing my sister’s household late-late saturday and early sunday, we decided i would just leave mallory there all night).
i got to emily’s with enough time to give mallory a bath and nurse her to try to put her to sleep before i had to meet up for my game. but being in a strange house was throwing mallory off her normal good bedtime routine so unfortunately i had to leave emily with an unhappy baby. luckily my sister is an overachiever so even if mallory had been horrible all night, screaming, etc, emily would never have called to tell me to come pick her up! but regardless, i was surprised that i didn’t get a phone call. so after my hockey game, what with being husband-free and child-free for the night, i treated myself to a large draft labatt blue light at banfields. i came home to just the dog, who was a little confused that i was empty handed, but happy nonetheless to be the center of attention again. i’m sure he was hoping the situation was permanent. i fell into bed and let coops cuddle with me. i knew he was in heaven when morning came and he wasn’t in a hurry to move, even if it meant breakfast. and it being a year since i’ve had a large draft beer (or a large alcoholic anything), i was suffering from a mild hangover this morning. sort of embarrassing. oh, we won our game by the way.
exhausted from her big sleepover, mallory fell asleep in the car on the way home, and took a huge 3 hour nap.
i have her birth story written up but i’ve been spending some time lately (usually when i’m sitting in the lactation room, pumping during the day at work) reminiscing about the past 3+ months. i want to remember every detail i can about her birth and our first days home with her. about how clueless we were about everything and how it seems so easy now compared to 2 months ago. she fell asleep in my arms tonight for a quick nap – it made me remember the early days when she’d pass out on my chest after every meal. i can’t believe what a little pumpkin she was, because she’d slouch down into a little tiny ball, much like how she was in my tummy, i think. i’m starting to miss her more and more during the day now that she is getting so big.
she is so perfect and beautiful; rick & i are truly the luckiest parents on earth. we love her so much.