What a week!

This past week was especially busy with cousin Mary and Aunt E coming in town. They stayed Tuesday night - Sunday morning and were a huge help to me! I think Elizabeth really enjoyed holding a new baby and I much enjoyed being able to play with her baby. Mary is quite interacitve and very busy - so different than my little one!

On Saturday the rest of the family came in town to celebrate Elizabeth's 30th birthday at our house. Josephine was really pretty good when everyone was there. She was passed around a lot, but it didn't seem to affect her at all (well, maybe not until that night... she had had enough by the time we took her up to put her to bed!)

The birthday party was wonderful. Grandma and Grandpa arrived first (a little before three) and then Kirby, Max, Leigh, Lilly Grace, Emily, Annie, Aunt Therese, Uncle Terry, Evan and Lisa. (Nana came down Friday night.) Nana did a wonderful job with the menu. We had fruit and dip, salad (tons of it), Stromboli's, and some awesome cupcakes. I really really like desserts and I'm going to have to get the recipe for this dessert - it was SO GOOD! My mom made whipped cream pound cake into cupcakes and frosted them with buttercream icing. YUM! Fortunately or unfortunately everyone left us with most of the leftover food. We have TONS of Stromboli's. Chip and I have been munching away all weekend. So much for fitting into the rest of my clothes. Sometimes it's worth it though, you know?

Josephine was up a lot last night, so I thought she would sleep a good deal today - but no. Babies never do what you want them to do. Anyway, she's been wide awake since around 11:00 so I took that opportunity to bathe her. She didn't originally like baths, but she's getting much better about them. It's almost enjoyable!

She's finally drifted off to sleep which means that I am now allowed to eat lunch and clean up this mess around the house. Maybe I can get a nap too... oh, wait, it'll be time for her to eat again in about 45 minutes.

No rest for the weary.

I'll post pictures of the birthday party soon... when Josephine gives me another hour or two of good, solid sleep! :)