Martha and Ray came over yesterday afternoon and left this afternoon just so they could see Eisley. That was very nice of them to drive all the way to Austin to do that for one day! Plus, it's always nice to see them.
As I had mentioned -- I think -- I noticed recently that I have zero clothes that are good for nursing! Not to mention, my bras were killing me. I was pissed about being a 40B -- gross. Anyway, Martha, Ray, my mom, and I were sitting around the table last night chatting and my mom mentioned that I didn't have anything that really worked. Martha called Motherhood Maternity and asked a bunch of questions, then decided we should go to the mall right then and buy me stuff.
I passed Eisley off to my dad -- she was pretty much asleep -- and we headed off to the mall. Once at the store, Martha started grabbing a bunch of tops that would work for nursing and the sales lady measured me for a bra. Turns out I'm not a 40B...
I'm a 36D! Yikes!! No wonder my bras were so tight.
I felt like a total dope to not know my bra size. I grabbed a few bras and took all the tops Martha picked and headed to the dressing room. It took forever to try on the bras because I had to take them off their little hangers, change the length of the straps, then put them on and snap the snaps and wriggle around to see how each one felt. When I finished, I just put them on the hanger, and didn't adjust the straps back because it was taking too long. Then I tried on the tops. There were some really cute ones, plus some that were comfy, but they were quite unflattering. I ended up getting 5 or 6 tops and 4 bras -- it was buy 3, get one free.
I could actually only find three bras I liked enough, so I got two of the same kind so I wasn't wasting a free bra. We spent $200, but Martha paid half. She offered to pay for all of it (before we were checked out), but I couldn't let her do that. Half was more than generous.
We got home at about 2115. Our total trip took an hour -- it was the first time I'd been out of the house without the baby, since I'd delivered. At least now I don't have to wear the same thing for days on end! I passed out as soon as we got home.
Eisley only woke up once last night, but was awake for three and a half hours -- from 0130 to 0500. Ugh. When she woke around 0800 or so I fed her, changed her, dressed her in her frog outfit, then took pics. When people were up, I took her into the kitchen, gave her to my dad, then went back to my room to pass out!
I woke up at around 1130 and Martha and Ray were getting ready to leave. However, they got a call from Ben and decided to wait until he arrived. We sat around and chatted and I fed the baby. Then they left at 1400. Ben stuck around for another hour or two before heading out, himself.
We were about to do some tummy time with Eisley and my dad laid her on her back on the play mat and she played with the panda hanging from the play mat! She would bat at it with her left hand -- it was on her left side. We think some of the hits were accidents, but it seemed like others were intentional! It was quite impressive. However, we had to flip her over for tummy time eventually. She wasn't as happy about it as usual. Eventually she pooped and I figured that was what was making her so unhappy. We changed her, then took her back. She cried more, but turned her head a couple times and I recorded her crying and sent it to Ty.
When tummy time was over, she was tired and took a nap on the play mat and I started napping next to her. Unfortunately, she needed her hands held down and I couldn't do that while sleeping, so I gave her to my dad while he watched tv and I went to my room to pass out.
As I laid down in my room, I got a text from Ty! Ugh, he has terrible timing! I want to chat with him so much, but he seems to only be available during the few hours of the day when I am sleeping. We texted for a few seconds and I went to sleep. He told me he had 8 hours in which to sleep! That's impressive -- I really hope he used them all to sleep and didn't mess around. He's going back to days, so we may have more of an opportunity to chat now. We'll see. I certainly hope we do because I miss getting to talk to him.
I woke up at 1830 after two hours of sleeping. I woke up because I was so hot and sweaty. It drives me nuts how much I sweat. I wonder how long it'll take me to sweat off all the extra fluids my body accumulated while preggo... Hopefully not too much longer. I still can't believe I am 20 pounds heavier than my initial weight. That's so much weight to lose! It took forever just to lose the six pounds that took me from 134 to 128. There's no way I can be back in shape by the time Ty comes home... especially for R&R. He'll be all superskinny and I'll be all gross :(
Sadface, indeed.
Anyway, I ate dinner after my nap, then brought Eisley back to the nursery to feed her. After I fed her, I could no longer stand the way she smelled, so I had my mom clear the kitchen sink and my dad and I bathed Eisley. She cried the whole time! We brought her back to the nursery to dress her and I put baby oil on her to keep her skin from being too dry and I wondered if it was a baby oil smell I had smelled and didn't like (pre-bath). I guess I'll find out. If it is, then I'll have to try baby lotion, instead, to keep her skin moisturized.
As soon as we got her warm from the bath -- dressed, diapered, hatted, and socked -- she passed out.
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