Moms Together

Last night Ellie decided she missed me and wanted to spend time with me every two hours. I do not know how people who have difficulty falling asleep function after nights like that. The last time she woke up, around 6:00, I brought her to our room until I had to take a shower at 7:15. The early wake-up time (for me) was due to wanting to be on time for Moms Together. I had the goal of actually arriving fifteen minutes early to help out, and surprisingly I was right on schedule. Probably because Ellie was a gem while I was getting ready and hung out in the boppy the whole time.

This outfit only lasted her 3 hours. 

Mom really pulled off another wonderful Moms Together. From the china dishes, to the delicious food, the adorable favor, to the engaging speaker: it was a success. Ellie and I arrived and I put her next to the wall near my table. Charlotte Grosso, who had her baby on Saturday, arrived shortly after with Hannah and she sat right next to her. Then in came AmyBeth Hanna, who had her son Adam last Tuesday (on the side of 202 on the way to the hospital). Adam was 9lb 8 oz when he was born so he looked comparable to Ellie, which made Hannah look even smaller. It was fun to see the future friends!

Adam, Hannah, and Ellie

The speaker for Moms Together was Dr. Chris Schreier and he spoke on children's physical, emotional, and spiritual health. He has such a wonderful presence and encouraged people to ask questions as he was going through his slides. After the event Ellie and I hung around and helped Mom with clean-up - at least when Ellie wasn't nursing.
We headed to Mom's house afterwards where Clark was napping. Ellie had an appointment at Iron Mountains to test out a product so we headed that way after a diaper change and another snack. The product I was able to test was really neat: it was a swing with the capacity to remove the seat that then became a bouncer. I told the engineer, JP, that I would definitely like the product since it take two separate products and combines them into one. He asked if I would like the product instead of using my swing and bouncer and I told him I didn't have either product....yet. That reminded me though that I was going to borrow Kelly's swing for Ellie instead of buying one, since babies really don't use swings that long.
Ellie and I decided to swing by Walmart on our way back to Mom's house to pick up strawberries, candy corn, brown sugar, and nail polish. It was a random list but I wanted strawberries for tonight, brown sugar for tomorrow, nail polish for life, and candy corn because it's fall. We hung out at Mom's house and actually got to hear a bit about Carly's life through Mom's phone conversation. Around 4:00 I texted Jon and asked that he stop by the Fenton's to pick up the swing. He asked if I wanted to borrow theirs or if he could just bring one home from work. I told him whatever worked for me. Apparently he asked JP (the engineer from earlier) if there were any swings hanging around that he could take home and he gave him a brand new glider swing that will be on the market in a month or two. We are cutting edge around here, folks!
Heading home we arrived shortly before Jon, in time to pull out the leftover Tomatillo Chicken (for the fourth time). Fortunately we polished it off tonight! I suppose I need to start cooking again.
After dinner I threw the dishes in the dishwasher, sliced up the strawberries, and we were off to Peter and Brittany's. Brittany had texted this morning asking if we wanted to come by for some ice cream Sundaes tonight. I am almost up for ice cream and Jon and I both enjoy spending time with those two, so it was a great way to end the week. We ended up being there over three hours before heading home.
Tomorrow is GrannyLyn's funeral. The graveside service begins at 9:00 so we have an early morning. I better pack Ellie's bag and figure out what we all are wearing!

Listening to Mimi introduce the speaker

Playing with her Boo Boo Bunny 

Enjoying her new glider swing

Ellieisms:
Ellie was tooting very loudly today in public. First, at Moms Together she was distracting some of the moms then again at Peter & Brittany's. We'll have to work on her manners.