A tearful goodbye

Goodbyes are so hard to say when it's someone you love.  My mom left today, after a months visit.  During her visit she was such a great help to us as we figured out the whole parenthood thing.  She helped us by cleaning, cooking, giving us advice, answering questions, being great company,  doing lots of babysitting(Brian and I got to go on a lot of dates while she was here), and many other things.  So, as you can see I was very sad to see her go.

As I drove my mom to the airport shuttle, she mentioned that of all of her children, I am the most like her.  I take this as a great compliment.  My mom is a wonderful woman!  She is kind, creative, always thinking of others, among many other amazing attributes.  I am truly grateful to be able to call her Mom!

While she was here we worked on some projects together, for Elizabeth.  We made a bracelet, a hair bow, and finished her quilt.  We also got things for me to make some other things for Elizabeth.  I am looking forward to make these other projects.  It has been fun getting our creative juices going.

Here are some pictures of Elizabeth from the last week of her visit.

We discovered that Elizabeth loves to sleep on her stomach.  Now this is a Safe-sleep no-no, but I feel that as long as it is only during the day when someone is checking on her, it is okay.

 

One morning I had put Elizabeth in the Boppy, and went to get ready for the day.   Soon after I left she cried out, so I quickly came back to find that she had slipped down.  Her head was where her bottom should have been.  I learned not to use the silky blankets with the Boppy.

 

On Sunday morning Brian took Elizabeth for a walk while I finished preparing for the primary lesson.  They were gone for almost an hour, and when they got back they had a surprise for me.   Aren't the flowers beautiful!  Elizabeth is learning early that her mommy loves flowers.

 

Just playing in the Boppy

 

Elizabeth is enjoying the soft quilt that my mom made for her(I helped a tiny bit)

 

This was truly a wonderful gift to have my mom come out.  She said that she rarely gets an opportunity like this to be able to leave home for this long.  I am so glad that things worked out so that she could come!