Vail visit and teething continues

Eloise really enjoyed seeing her Grandma and Grandpa Vail this weekend. We ended up having beautiful weather for their stay, which was a nice reprieve from the cold of western New York.  We spent most of the time here in the neighborhood, taking walks, cooking, relaxing, and playing with the Monkey. One shopping spree to Baby Gap to use the 30% 'friends and family' coupon and that was about it for outings. It's proven to be so much easier to keep Eloise here, in her element, while nap quest continues. (and getting stuck in a funeral procession on the way home with Eloise screaming her fool head off also helped solidify our decision to stick around the house:).

Teething continues in a big way. The poor Monkey is in some serious pain. I need to call her Dr. to find out if this is it because other than an occasional diarrhea diaper, a constant running nose, drooling and hands in the mouth all day, she does seem like a perfectly happy baby.  But this weekend, she added one more item to the teething symtom bulleted list, interrupted sleep. Like every 2 hours for 3 straight nights of interrupted sleep. Seriously unreal. Mommy and Daddy are VERY tired.

Eloise has been happily sleeping through the night (both she and I are happy about this:) for 2 1/2 months and for some reason, starting Friday night, she was up more often throughout the night than when she was a newborn. Mike and I were seriously shocked. And sadly, when she got up, it was much harder to console her and put her back down. Like I said, I think the Monkey is in some serious pain, and/or she likely has a low pain tolerance like her Mommy. Add to the list that we had company this weekend. And, of course, we loved having them, but I do think this contributed to the Monkey's restless nights.

So it was a weekend full of some pretty crazy nights, which made for some tiring days but thankfully, Eloise was (surprisingly) a happy baby when she was awake during the mornings and afternoons spending time with her grandparents. She was really cute with them, giving them constant smiles, showing them her new tricks and also even adding one more to the list - she rolled back over after getting herself on her tummy. She had yet to figure out that "get back over" part when rolling. So far, she's only done this once (glad we all saw it) so with some practice, maybe she'll get this trick down pat.

Here's to a nap filled Monday and a chance at us getting back to our normal sleeping pattern tonight. Happy Monday and Happy birthday, Jody!

Pics from this weekend...