Elly 101

In honour of Elliot's four week birthday (what the?! How did that come so quickly?) here are a few things you need to know about our little mademoiselle:

1. She is a champion eater, with multiple feeds throughout the day.

2. Those multiple feeds lead to multiple diapers, of the poopy variety. We're going through more wipes than I can keep on hand.

3. She's got a latch that won't quit...Those gums clamp down like a steel trap and don't let go until her belly is full. Yowza.

4. Speaking of her belly, her belly button is a swirly pattern, kind of like a cinnamon bun, which makes sense since I ate an awful lot of those during my pregnancy. You are what you eat, I guess.

5. She had two doting big brothers who cannot stop kissing her and asking to hold her. We usually comply with the latter about once a day, but I can't keep track of the number of smoochies she's been getting on a daily basis.

6. She sleeps in a bassinet next to my side of the bed. Until this past Saturday, Elly and I were bunking together on the futon in her room. But I knew that if I didn't get back into my own bed sooner rather than later, we'd end up as roomies until she went to college. I loved cuddling in the night, but I have to say, its sooo nice to be back in my own bed!

7. She likes baths. Owen and Will like to help with said baths. I'm trying very hard to let them help. So far they've been allowed to wash her toesies.

8. Elly doesn't like it when the milk machine leaves the room without her permission.

9. She smells like a root vegetable to me and has since the moment they plopped her on my chest. I find it intoxicating. Weird, but intoxicating all the same.

10. Since coming home from the hospital, Elly's been a bit stuffed up. She sounds like a pug when she breathes.

And here are some photos of the little pug herself. Pretty cute if I do say so myself.