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We're Home!

We left pretty early yesterday because Olivia sleeps late, and we figured we could get most of the way home before she woke up. She didn't sleep as much as on the way down, but she did really well and didn't cry! What a relief!

I came home to a very neat house (thank you to B who watched our dogs). Everything looked great and we got right to work unpacking. We pretty much unpacked everything yesterday, so I wasn't surprised to see this when I went into our bedroom:

Today, James took Olivia to Best Buy to buy a present for B since he kept our dogs. We got him Season 1 of Queer As Folk (which James felt strange buying) and Season 1 of Will and Grace. I know he'll love them! He says he's Will and I'm Grace, so I know I'll get stuck watching it too. While they ran their errands, I hesitantly went grocery shopping without the baby (I hate being away from her). I never go alone-- I think I've been grocery shopping alone once since she was born-- and of course, I ran into co-workers and students who wanted to see the baby. Oh well. I did get the shopping done faster. I love taking my time and looking at everything. I usually don't even plan my meals until I get there. I picked up some Nescafe: Cafe con leche and I think it's my new favorite drink. It's even sweetened already. When I spent a summer at Cambridge University in England, I drank Nescafe all the time. I remember in France and Italy, they had these Nescafe machines. We don't have anything cool like that here. :-( And since I can't afford to travel now for a loooong time, this Nescafe stuff will have to do the trick! :-)

I still need to post pictures of Olivia's new clothes from Carter's . . but I also hit some baby boutiques. Oh to have like $1000 to blow in there! I did buy ONE thing from the boutiques: a kimono-style onesie made by "Tea". How perfect is that?

I'm having a real dilemna here. I always said that we'd keep Olivia in our room in the bassinet until we got back from the beach, but I'm not ready!!! She's NEVER slept in her crib, and while I want her to get some use out of it, there's plenty of time. I know the nursery is right across the hall, but I won't be able to lay in bed and listen to her breathe. I won't hear the little sighs. And there's no point of using a monitor because I WILL be able to hear if she cries. I just love listening to every little sound she makes. I get this warm, secure feeling knowing that my whole little family is in the room with me at night. This is something I'm going to have to get over, isn't it? I actually wanted to co-sleep, so I already feel like having her in our room is a 2nd best option, so I don't want to give that up. (And if you're wondering why we didn't co-sleep, I think I let my family talk me out of it, saying that she'd stay in our bed forever, which would've been fine. 30 years old sleeping in mom's bed, totally cool with me! I felt nervous though from a safety issue, so currently, she sleeps in the bassinet, and then sleeps with me for a few hours when James gets up and there's more room).

Right now, I am baking something special and my whole house smells amazing. I'll share it tomorrow when I know for sure it came out ok. Also, I have my surgery tomorrow (the cyst between my boobs is coming out), so to keep myself from complaining and boring you to death, I'll save my recipe for tomorrow.

Now, for a sneak peak of Oliva's 3 month album, which will be finished and up this evening.

Posted by Hannah at July 16, 2006 04:34 PM