and I took our first holiday together this past week. A friend of ours invited us to her cabin on the beautiful Savary Island, a tropical gem of white sand beaches in the Salish Sea. It was a fantastic trip. Hannah slept during the car rides, nursed (mostly) on the ferries in between, including the Water Taxi to the island. She cried when she had to wear her life jacket, because she felt like a doughboy.
I really enjoyed having a few days of relaxation, not TV, computer, or electronics. Simple meals, great company, some board games, and nothing to distract me from paying attention to Hannah. I'm sure she is like a pokemon, and grows faster on the days I can focus on playing with her, feeding her well, napping her up.
As if 3 days on the island were not enough, I went to Crescent Beach on Monday with my sister in law. Hannah wouldn't wear her hat, and came home with a bit of a pink head, but the burn was minimal. Mine was worse (but still barely noticeable), as I didn't have ANY hat, and she had long sleeves and pants. Hopefully she doesn't start springing up moles and freckles after this one day in the sun.
She loved playing in the sand. It was EVERYWHERE. I still see some in her nose, and when she peed this morning (or was it the poop?) there was some residual sand in her babypotty. I had to watch her carefully, as she was trying to eat lovely round sea pebbles found in the sand.
I've been putting her to bed early. Tonight we tucked in around 8:30. I gave her a 10 o'clock top up since she awoke, but this is so. working for me. If I make it to bed by midnight, I still get 8 hours, as she sleeps in until 9 most days. Except tomorrow we have to get up earlier .. and we start swimming, EEK.
Today we had baby signing class, or so I thought. I seem to have missed the email where they changed the day we have it on. Unfortunately, it's held in one of the other mom's house, so here I am walking in her front door (which was open) as if I own the place. On class days we're supposed to just come in, but .. oops. She was gracious and invited me and baby in for an impromptu playdate. I'll have to have her back to our house sometime.
I owe so many people. It seems we're often invited out, but I rarely invite back. We're just BUSY. and when we aren't, we take that day or two to relax. I'll have to have a big baby tea when my husband is out of town.
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