O' Maui, how we've missed you. 3 years ago, we spent 2 weeks in Maui for our honeymoon and what a difference bringing a baby along can do to the type of trip we're used to. The only alone time Nate and I got was the 15 minutes we enjoyed in the pool and on the water slide. Our evenings ended quite early (9 pm was going wild) and dodging the sun for Lily was our primary activity of the day. Only Nate was able to make it out surfing because Lily decided to be a major fuss ball at the wrong time. We did manage to play some tennis, go to a luau, and celebrate a really beautiful wedding with friends. Tony and Stephanie, congrats again! Your wedding was a lot of fun.
We heard "you guys are brave" on our Maui trip from lots of people which is a nice way of saying "you are stupid" as we toted our six week old Lily around everywhere we went. Yeah, it was hard at times but overall, Lily did really well. We catch ourselves often playing the "at least she didn't do xyz" to make us get past a difficult time with Lily quicker. At least Lily didn't have a breakdown at the wedding after she had one on the flight back. At least Lily didn't poop on me after she just threw up on me.
As far as baby learning's go, we discovered that at about the six week mark, the decrease in poopy diapers is replaced with a "did that much really come out of someone so small" size poop. Lily introduced us to the "no diaper can hold this amount in" at the rehearsal lunch and my dress changed from purple to brown. I brought a change in top but not change in dress. Good times. We got longer stretches of sleep at night, anywhere from 5 to 8 hours between feedings for the first time ever. Lily is definitely awake for longer stretches during the day now and loves to look outward because she's apparently already sick of looking at our goofy faces. She can tell the difference between us sitting and rocking her and us standing and rocking her. She likes to move and doesn't care if the wind is blowing in her face. She also really likes a painted picture of a pineapple that was in our hotel room. I should've taken a picture of the picture and get it framed for our house. She would always stop her cry for a moment and smile at the pineapple, so strange and cute.
I want to leave you with a video of Lily taking a dip in the ocean for the very first time but I'm having computer difficulty so hopefully it can be posted soon. Instead, I'll just post a family pic. Check out more pics of our trip at our usual picasa link.
We heard "you guys are brave" on our Maui trip from lots of people which is a nice way of saying "you are stupid" as we toted our six week old Lily around everywhere we went. Yeah, it was hard at times but overall, Lily did really well. We catch ourselves often playing the "at least she didn't do xyz" to make us get past a difficult time with Lily quicker. At least Lily didn't have a breakdown at the wedding after she had one on the flight back. At least Lily didn't poop on me after she just threw up on me.
As far as baby learning's go, we discovered that at about the six week mark, the decrease in poopy diapers is replaced with a "did that much really come out of someone so small" size poop. Lily introduced us to the "no diaper can hold this amount in" at the rehearsal lunch and my dress changed from purple to brown. I brought a change in top but not change in dress. Good times. We got longer stretches of sleep at night, anywhere from 5 to 8 hours between feedings for the first time ever. Lily is definitely awake for longer stretches during the day now and loves to look outward because she's apparently already sick of looking at our goofy faces. She can tell the difference between us sitting and rocking her and us standing and rocking her. She likes to move and doesn't care if the wind is blowing in her face. She also really likes a painted picture of a pineapple that was in our hotel room. I should've taken a picture of the picture and get it framed for our house. She would always stop her cry for a moment and smile at the pineapple, so strange and cute.
I want to leave you with a video of Lily taking a dip in the ocean for the very first time but I'm having computer difficulty so hopefully it can be posted soon. Instead, I'll just post a family pic. Check out more pics of our trip at our usual picasa link.
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