girl cousins!

Ryan, Trisha, and Kilee came for a visit last week. It was hilarious watching the girls together. They never acknowledged each other, but would take turns wacking each other in the mouth and then eating the fist that was doing the wacking. They kept falling over too and by the end they started getting frustrated. Kilee is only 2 weeks older than Ellie, but a ton taller as you can tell from the pictures. And Kilee loves sticking out her super long tongue. I'm sure she'll be able to touch her nose with it before long!

she's 2 months old

no pain no gain right?

so i finally got to the hand specialist this morning. it pretty much went exactly like i thought it would. the nice doc said i have what i knew i had (de quervains) and then i got a shot of steroids in each wrist. it burned quite a bit, but hopefully it will resolve the problem. he said he sees a lot of women after delivery with the same issue. how come i never heard of it? anyways, he excused me from work for at least another 3 weeks until i go for my follow up appt. so i am submitting another short term disability claim, heck, i might as well get paid right! so i'm at least off work until may 16!
ellie spent the morning at her aunt's house. she seemed happy when i returned to get her and then once i picked took her out of her aunt's arms she started crying. what is that for? it was kind of funny though. she didn't sleep much for her, so once we got home she took a 2 1/2 hour nap. i was so happy to get about an hour and 15 minute nap myself. when i woke up i felt so rested. ellie will go to her aunt's again tomorrow. we're testing the water to see if this 2 mornings a week babysitting will work since her youngest cousin over there is still only 6 months. i'm hoping it works so i can have a few hours a week to get things done, plus it'll be good practice for ellie once her aunt starts watching her overnight near the end of summer when nate and i work the same night.
nate's at work. ellie is finally asleep now at 9:15 pm, so i'm wrapping things up and going to bed myself. i love going to bed so early now. no more late bedtimes for us!

they're SUPER!

we were given this supergirl outfit by our sister in law who knew that nate loves superman stuff. we finally made time to take the picture. aren't they so cute, my super family! i especially love the expression in ellie's eyes in that last one.

good idea? bad idea

so i thought that since i really needed to vacuum anyways and ellie was getting fussy, i'd kill 2 birds with one stone. well, it worked great, she fell asleep pretty quickly and i got the entire house vacuumed and dusted. but now i can barely move. i guess bad body mechanics or something. now i need to schedule with the chiropractor, good thing i cancelled friday's visit with him since i just have to go in ASAP.

ellie's head

ellie leads a double life: part skinhead part beautiful brunette! i'd be happy with either but both looks so funny :)

6 weeks and counting

Ellinor is getting more fun each day. It seems as though she smiles now in response to our faces, talk, etc. Her reflux is getting milder, hallelujah, but we're still trying to convince her she really does want to sleep more at night! or maybe that's just us :)
supposedly my maternity leave is over May 5th. Where did the time go? Unfortunately, my wrists are still quite the problem and I'm waiting for a referral to the hand specialist. As of now, my wrists would not let me do my job, heck, sometimes I still have difficulties picking up Ellie. Guess we'll see. Maybe I can just get some steroid shots in my wrists and that will clear up the problem. But, at least if they don't get better by May 5th I can start another short term disability claim and get paid to stay home longer with Ellie. While that is VERY tempting, I really do want my wrists back to normal.

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