Weekend survivor

I can honestly say I, or rather Eli and I, survived the weekend alone: all four days of it! DH was away on a conference sponsored by the Seminary since Thursday so Eli and I had four days ALL to ourselves. And let me tell you, I was not really looking forward to it as Eli had been going through the growth spurt-teething stage, not being happy, was very clingy all the time and stopped self soothing and falling asleep on her own which she had been doing for four months now.

The first two days were tough: she kept waking up during the night and kept being really difficult when it came time to nap and sleep. I was on tears a couple of times out of frustration and when DH would call, I think he could notice it on my tone. That is how I spent Thursday and Friday. Thank God for Friday evening when a very good friend of ours, who also lives in NJ, called me to invite us for the fight on Saturday night. I gladly accepted the invitation. It took me three hours to get everything ready and head out the door, but we did it.

Saturday and Sunday were better because I had a lot of help, but she was still waking up twice or three times during the night. Up to that point, I had been sleeping about five hours straight -I had been sleeping a good eight hours each night since Eli was sleeping 11-12 hours- so it was heaven when my friend offered to help me Saturday night so I could sleep. I still woke up a few times to check up on them, but it was much needed rest!

And finally Sunday, our little pumpkin turned six months so we had to do something to celebrate: I baked a half Red Velvet Cake for her Half-Birthday! (the other half we used it to celebrate Eli's half-birthday the next day with DH). Still can't believe how fast she is growing up!

Her half cake!

 

 

She is 6 months! We love you