A Post Office Easter Surprise

You may recall that back on Valentine's Day,

Piper found a heart-shaped lollipop in our mailbox at the post office.

She was tickled pink

and the ladies at the post office were so pleased

that their little act of kindness was so appreciated.

Well those kind ladies struck again!

Or was it the Easter Bunny??

Either way,

Piper is one happy and lucky little girl!

xo

xo

The Easter Bunny knows our PO Box number! 

A certain little girl was very excited to have 'mail'!

"Chocolate Mommy!!!"

Little Miss Elliotte is very happy to know
 what surprises her future holds at the post office!!

FYI

Elliotte is now eight weeks old (which I cannot believe) and is acting more like an eight YEAR old!! LOL. Last week, she rolled over from her belly to her back! Already!!! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it with my own two eyes, and wouldn't expect anyone to believe me, except that my mother was there to witness it! We were both speechless when it happened. Holy smokes baby girl. Don't grow up too fast please. 

Also, I went to a breast-feeding clinic last Wednesday, April 16th and had Elliotte weighed. She was just under TWELVE pounds!!! I think Piper was six months old before she weighed that. Haha. What a little porker she is! 

And they're right. Good things do come in threes. 

Elliotte is a wonderful eater, a wonderful pooper... and hence, the best of all... a wonderful sleeper!! Since she was only a couple of weeks old, she has been going to bed at around 9:30pm and sleeping until between 3-5am. She is awake for a feeding and a diaper change and then back to sleep until around 7-8am. She is seriously the best baby ever. 

I'm ashamed to say it, but she's so good that sometimes I forget that I have her! I actually check my rearview mirror to make sure that I actually put her in the car and sometimes panic in my house because I will realize all of a sudden that I haven't heard a peep out of her for hours. It's the same thing for nighttime. I should be getting long stretches of sleep, but I'm not. Instead I wake up every hour or so wondering why my baby is so quiet. Ummm... because she's SLEEPING! Something that Piper didn't do until she was ONE! (With the exception of a couple of months when she was 3-4 months old.)

Elliotte is just wonderful. She only cries when she's hungry or has a dirty diaper. What more could I ask for?? Now we just need to get her little rash under control. Thankfully it's not so bad on her face anymore, but she still has a little rash on her cheeks, chest and arms. I cut dairy, citrus and eggs out of my diet to see if she had some sort of intolerance to those foods. The rash improved, but didn't disappear. I've since reintroduced dairy and will watch to see what happens. Fingers crossed that it is just her little body's way of learning new foods and the environment and will adjust and clear up soon!

Thank you for being such a little dream baby Elliotte Paige! Piper, you were a dream come true... but goodness, you didn't let your mama dream for a very long time. :-) Either way, either baby girl, I wouldn't trade either of you for anything in this world. xoxoxox