Lucky In Love: Eli - 9 weeks old

Eli is 9 weeks old!

Sorry for the delay in posting... last week Eli and I were out of town in Gadsden, AL teaching the Varsity and JV cheerleading squads at Westbrook Christian School

Big milestone - Eli had his first road trip! Sunday we left after Eli's 11AM feeding. We stopped in Montgomery to feed him at 2, then made it to Gadsden in time to feed him at 5. The entire trip lasted almost 6 hours. And Eli was great until the last 30-45 minutes. He didn't start wailing but was fussy. So I rolled down the windows and this made him settle down.

This is what it looks like for us to travel with a 9 week old... so much for being a minimalist

Watching cartoons

Special visitors - This week I worked two cheerleading camps at Westbrook Christian School in Gadsden, AL. My best friend Haley is the coach of the varsity, and everyday after camp she would drive me back to where we were staying and spent time with me and Eli. It was so great to get some quality time with Haley! While I was working the camps from 9-3 my MIL watched Eli back at the cabin.

Weight - 12.5 lbs

Looking forward to this weekend - What Eli and I were looking forward to this week was coming home to Christian! As fun as the camps were, we missed being home! It was rough on Christian having us gone for almost a full week.

Looking forward to this week - This week I am looking forward to going to lunch with my buddies from Landrum, this will be their first time meeting Mr. Eli! My friend Laurie is moving to California so we are getting together to bid her farewell!

Special outings during the week - We were soo blessed to be able to stay at a cabin at the Big Oak Boys Ranch, Haleys parents are "house parents" at the Big Oak Boys Ranch, and they let us stay at the retreat cabin! This was so much better than a hotel!! Not only was it spacious but every morning we woke up to a beautiful view of the lake and horses. So our special outing everyday was going for a walk around the lake! We also had fun going to an ice cream pool party.

The view from the cabin

Going for a walk with Haley

While on our walk Haley's friend Trey and Ky joined us, sooo cute!! Ky asked what kind of baby Eli was, we told him a boy! lol

This is the cabin that we got to stay at

Special outings that weekend - Saturday before we left to go to Gadsden, we had lunch at the Fish House with my MIL Susan (where I had an amazing salmon salad). When we were heading home when we saw the Historic Society hosting a museum open house. We only had about 45 minutes till time to feed Eli so we quickly toured the museums and visited the archaeological dig. Very cool stuff. I love living in Pensacola.

A bicycle built for three!

Fish House with my MIL Susan, Christian and Eli

This is the salad that I got from Fish House, photo credit The Pensacola Fish House

How is nursing going - This was the first time that I had to pump... I missed 2 feeding while at camp (11 & 2) So everyday at lunch Haley drove me to her house about a 1/2 mile away from the school to pump. And then when I got out of the camp at 3 I would pump before I fed Eli at 5. This worked very well, and Eli had plenty to eat!

What our schedule looked like this week - (except for last night when he woke up at 2:30 AM -eek where did that come from?? I guess the road trip messed up his schedule)
5:30 - 6 Eli woke up to eat
6:30 - 7:30 we fell back asleep
7:30 I would get up to get ready
8:00 I woke Eli up to eat
8:30 we left the Ranch and headed for the school
9:00 camp starts
3:00 camp ends and Haley took me back to the Ranch
3:30 love on Eli and pump
4:00 take Eli for a walk
5:00 feed Eli
7:30 feed Eli
8:00 Bath time
8:15 Baby massage