WOW!!!!

Mommyhood is much harder than I expected. If I am not doing laundy or sterilizing stuff, I am trying to catch up on sleep. It is certainly a shock to the system.

Eli and Olai visited this weekend and we had a GREAT time. I knew that Liz was waititng to hold and bond with Mia, which I hope she feels like she had a chance to do. Nicolai was wonderful and so caring (and secretly, I think ADORABLE) with Mia. They both saw Mia in her good times and bad times (none of which are REALLY bad) and helped me out a lot. For all of you that know me well, Liz and I are extremely different, however, I could not imagine my weekend without her. Liz is one of the most generous, loving people I know and seeing her with Mia proves it. She is wonderful and can't get enough of her niece. I love that she was here this weekend and I can't wait for her to come back.

Josh's parents are going to St. John (USVI) at the end of the week. We were supposed to join them but chose not to because I was due on January 3rd and not going to be able to travel. I am going through a bit of a period of jealously b/c I hate the cold weather and can't imagine anything better than a tropical beach. Next year we will be there with Mia and I can't wait. Paulie and Donna better watch out.

PC is coming to visit on Thurday - and honestly, I cannot wait. I have called him out- I think he will show.

Will try to post again before X-Mas. Please pray for my little friend Ava. She is not feeling so well these days.