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| Here's Elizabeth's cherry blossom tree - with the first layer of cherry blossoms! |
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| Here's our good friend, Paul, installing our new custom-built entertainment center! He is seriously amazing with carpentry! |
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| It fit beautifully! |
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| Here's our bed in our new room! I think the hardwood stain looks beautiful, especially with our bed! |
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| Almost ready for us to sleep at the new house! |
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| Entertainment center installed! Just need to paint, and add hardware, and glass or panels to the doors! |
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| My kitchen is starting to look like a kitchen! :) |
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| Got our dining room table in, so we can sit in real chairs to eat! (As opposed to the camping chairs we've been using!) |
So what's the problem?
I miss my precious baby girl. Most nights, I don't even get to spend time with her, because we're working so hard to get the house renovations finished. Robert and I have made it a point to cuddle with her in our bed on the weekends now, and really give her a special morning on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. She misses Mama and Daddy very much, and my heart just aches when I have to be away from her.
Don't get me wrong; everyone has been very helpful and understanding throughout this entire process. We are forever grateful for people who are willing to babysit, and people who are willing to help us at our house. And by "people," I mean grandparents. It makes me very thankful that my husband does not have a job that forces us to move away from family, and even more thankful for my own job! I absolutely love what I do, and I'm so glad I get to do it to make a living.
That being said, I'm feeling very stretched. I'm tired all the time. I feel like there aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. I'm desperate for some sewing/ crafting time (that I currently don't have), and maybe even a pedicure (very selfish; I know). I want to spend all the time I have with my baby, and I just can't. It's so hard to work on our house this hard and this long - but I just try to remind myself it's all so that Elizabeth can have a special new house to start growing up in. It's a season, and it will be over soon.
And then, it will be Christmas, lol.
Speaking of seasons, I've had some questions lately about plans for Elizabeth and breastfeeding. I was finding it really difficult (almost impossible) to keep up my supply while I'm working and renovating a house. Elizabeth started on solid foods within the last month. It was really hard for me. I didn't want to start her on solids that early, but at her 4-month check-up, her doctor suggested that she was probably ready, based on what I told her about Elizabeth's behavior around food/ bottles. (Lunging forward for my food when she saw me eating, opening and closing her mouth a lot when she saw anyone else eating, etc.) She's always been a good sleeper, though, regardless of what she's getting for nutrition. She has had to have some formula recently, as my supply was low (due to a cold, I had to take cold medicine, which really impacted my supply negatively). Anyway, it's been a challenge for me to deal with it. All this to say, I was previously considering weaning her sooner than later (because my supply wasn't as high), but I was encouraged not to, and I'm not going to. It's better for both of us if I don't do it yet, and I am getting better about eating enough to actually get a good supply built up. Water (surprisingly) hasn't been an issue.
It's getting tough to be so "in between," with our house. Having all of our stuff scattered between 4 locations (our house, Robert's grandparents' house, my parents' house and our temporary storage unit), has been really trying. We emptied out the storage unit, and turned in the keys this weekend, so that's a step in the direction of getting back to one location, one home, one family together.
So, all in all, we're hoping to move into our new house this week, and I'm looking forward to being in our new place - settled, and all together a lot more often!
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