feeling better

today is a new day and we're doing much better. last night the little lady finally settled after a marathon feed - pushing two hours! thank god i have a good book! i'm thinking she must do some form of sleeping when she has those long nursing sessions, not rem sleep, but something somewhat sufficient. when she finally went down, she slept a whole eight hours! that's her first stint that long ever. i was amazed when i woke up and looked at the clock. we've had a nice, lazy day today. this morning the photographer who did the free photo shoot of elie when she was two weeks brought by beautiful birth announcements that she made. then, after a stellar baby and mama "dreamgirls" dance session in the kitchen, auntie kelli came over to hang with bucket while i wrote thank you notes. i whipped those babies out and felt oh so accomplished afterwards. we then went to lunch at scotty's with jeff's folks and auntie kelli and the bucket was absolutely fabulous. she nursed efficiently in the booth, and then sat quietly at the table like a good little lady. her gran would be so proud of her manners. she just stared and stared at the colorful stain glass panels on the windows, dazed and amused and beautiful.

these pics were taken in mid august at eliza's first birthday party. i love the one of jeff and elie sitting on the swing.