A Visit From Beeba

Throughout the pregnancy, my mom had planned to come help us after our first week home.  Because of the amount of vacation days she had left for the year, we decided Wednesday through Sunday would maximize our time with her.  Aaron went back to work on Monday, but only worked a half day because Zoe had her first doctor's appointment and I still couldn't drive.  So Monday went ok.  Tuesday, however, was a different story.  I had several meltdowns, Zoe cried, Wally wanted attention and barked.  I was just overwhelmed.  Needless to say, I was full out bawling by the time my mom got here that night after work.

Having her here was absolutely amazing.  I feel incredibly blessed that she was able and willing to take vacation time to come help us.  She did so much, I know it really wasn't a vacation for her. She cooked dinner every night, made us freezer meals for this week, cleaned our entire house, changed all the sheets, did every one's laundry, and helped out with Zoe.  I honestly have no idea what I would have done without her.

Saying goodbye was very difficult on Sunday.  So far, we are doing ok.  I was able to shower (even though Zoe was screaming by the time I was finished), eat breakfast after she calmed down, fed her, and ate lunch before noon.  And now I'm even able to type out a few blog posts while she snoozes before her next feeding.

I will admit, it's a little lonely without anyone here to talk to.  Well someone who talks back too since I do talk to Zoe :)  I know that will get better once we figure things out more and we get out of the house and I'm able to do stuff.  But I have tons of DVR'd shows and we upgraded Netflix last night so that we have unlimited streaming for me during the day.  Thankfully, Aaron is very supportive of breastfeeding (which I will be posting about those challenges...by far the HARDEST thing) and hasn't once asked what I did all day.  I would lose my sh*t if he did :)

And being super Beeba that she is, she offered to come back this weekend and do it all over again :)  Friends will be in town on Saturday and she offered to get all of the cleaning, laundry, and loving on Zoe so I can sit and chat and not have to worry about getting anything else done.  She definitely spoils us!

We love you and miss you tons already Beeba!  Thank you for all of your help and support through all the tears.

She made/attempted to make several hats for the whole family (only Zoe's worked so far).
And yes, we are now like 70 year olds watching Wheel of Fortune every night :)
It really made me feel like I was living back at home again.  It
was a staple at our house every night after dinner.