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Celebrating Ellie making it to 2 months

To celebrate Ellie making it to 2 months, Martina and I went to have some dinner and a glass of wine. Without her.

Ok, so it might not have been with the express intention of celebrating this milestone, but it happened to fall on the same day, so we can at least pretend that we’re going out for a reason other than to enjoy some time without her!

In all seriousness though, this is the first time that Martina and I are going on a date together since we had Ellie. Oma was kind enough to look after her, now that she’s taking bottles with ease. So we’re taking advantage of it and going to enjoy dinner and a few glasses (bottles) of wine together.

Tiny fingers

It took us a while to even get a photo like this, but here are Ellie’s tiny fingers wrapped around my index finger.

Tornadoes

I just got scared because I thought that was a tornado. I don’t even have time to deal with a tornado right now.

My favorite time of day

My favorite time of day is whenever Ellie has just woken up or she has just been fed, and she’s in a dozy, comatose mood and she just wants to snuggle right up to you.

Week 7 photo round-up

Here’s a selection of photos from the last week or two

Stop making breastfeeding weird

Even before I left the UK, people were starting to get a bit weird about breastfeeding in public, but it was still fairly commonplace.

After moving to the States, I’ve realised that it’s an action which is much more taboo on this side of the pond, which infuriates me to no end.

Martina showed me a blog post about it recently that sums up exactly how I feel about it, so I encourage you to read it and actively support breastfeeding mothers and stand against bigots who see naturally nourishing your child as some sort of shameful act.

Read the blog post

Gym membership? Pffft!

Thinking of improving your upper body strength? Looking at joining your local gym? Save your money. Have unprotected sex instead: you might not notice much change in the first 9 months, but you’ll get pretty buff between months 10 & 12.

Chilling with Daddy after her bath

I love it when Ellie has a bath, or a really good feeding, and is just so content, that she snuggles right up to me. Best.

Marti’s first trip out of the house

Yesterday, Martina got a rare treat. For the first time since Ellie was born, she managed to get out of the house without Ellie for an hour. She and I took a trip to the library and to get some more tea from Hooker Tea Company. In her own words: