We had a party at my Aunt Dar's house to welcome Elora into the family.
I've been awake since about 4am when Elora woke up and was fussing for two hours before she finally burped so loud my dad heard her in the kitchen and then she was fine.
I still stayed up getting things ready, making favors, washing her new dress (on sale $6 at Target! Love that store!!!), and attempting to make myself presentable. I've been feeling kind of blah aside form the fact that I adore my daughter. Guess I'm sort of stuck in a rut. It's getting better though.
The party went really well. My Gram behaved herself. She didn't push my buttons about Elora's "father" and as far as I know she didn't make Kaitie and Colin uncomfortable. Though Kaitie handles her really well so I could have just missed it. I'm betting she used me as a cautionary tale at least once.
Gram... I love her... but she really doesn't know when not to talk... or what subjects to not bring up because they might hurt someone's feelings or just be inappropriate to talk about with... pretty much anyone alive ever lol.
The only sucky thing was my Aunt Carole was her normal self and kept asking me about Elora's dad until Aunt Dar kicked her under the table. Really hard lol... It was okay. I handled it pretty well I think. Just kind of brushed off her questions and said it didn't matter at the moment. What matters is that I have a daughter that needs me to love her. And I do. So it's all good.
I'm just gonna relax, get something to eat, and upload some pictures that I took over the past few days.
I take a ton of pictures of my daughter lol.
We went to visit Valerie.
Ginger... she seemed to be confused by the baby and generaly ignored us... She snorted at me when I first got there like she always does and then that was it. She does seem a lot more active though. I'm glad she's feeling better.
Sir Winston was NOT a fan of Elora. He freaked out when I came in with her mostly because I'm a new person in his house. Then Valerie held Elora. He kind of tried to eat her. But Valerie and I both busted out the "Mom Means Business" voice and he behaved himself after that. Came and snuggled with me on the couch and stared at Valerie like a jealous boyfriend lol. It was cute.
This is officially one of my favorite pictures of two of my favorite people.
Apparently the Nuns on Valerie's boobs are worthy of a snuggle.
See this? This is what I was talking about in my last entry. She's always snuggled with someone... but I don't really mind all that much. Grandpa looks pretty comfy.
And Elora looks super comfortable.
My Gram... Elora's Great-grandma Shirley (hereby know as G.G) and my cousin Mitchel. It's really cute. Mitchel can't seem to get enough of watching Elora do pretty much anything. He was distracted by the fact that the Smiths ( thats who's house we were at) got a new dachshund about two weeks ago.
I love how alert my daughter is. It's almost like she's posing.
Aunt Carole can be a little insensitive sometimes but Elora seems to like her.
See? She's super chill when Aunt Carole holds her.
Grammy (AKA my Mom ) and Uncle Colin (Little Brother)
She's all sleepy from all the fun we had at the party
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Oh could she get any more adorable! She looks such a beautiful, content little girl. She's just gorgeous!
