17 weeks and my first mother's day! boy am i behind

first, let me start this out by wishing all the moms i know a very happy mother's day. especially my mom and grandma, who lead by example every single day, and barbara, who obviously raised a wonderful boy. =D

yes, it was my first mother's day this past weekend. and it was lovely. everywhere we went, strangers went out of their way to wish me a happy mother's day, and i was just so happy. your mom wasn't just guilting you -- this IS the hardest job in the world. from the pregnancy to the birth and now, only 4 months in, i can't believe that i have been able to do all of this. i know the hardest is yet to come (though i can hardly imagine anything harder than anna's birth, but i'm sure i'll eat those words). so i'll earn my mother's day celebration every year for the rest of her life! ha!

we celebrated by ourselves, our little family of 3, on saturday by relaxing and spending time together. first i got a haircut (woohoo!!!). then we went to bklyn designs (thanks for the pass, lor!), sat outside for a while, and grabbed a burger before heading home to watch "doubt" and chill out for the evening. it was a lovely day. sunday was spent with my family, and though we had a bit of running around and stress involved in the morning (our printer died just when we needed it the most), it was still a great day. we went out to dinner with everyone, and anna got to charm a restaurant full of people and make her grandma and g.g. smile. grandma gave me a lovely bracelet with "anna jae" on it, which is just great.

i'm having some trouble keeping up the blog as often as i would like, but i'm going to try to post daily with simply the new things that anna is doing or major events that have occurred. that way i don't forget anything. because i swear, this kid does something new every day.

did i update this blog on how long she's sleeping now?! 9 HOURS!!! it's fabulous. she had a streak of wakes at 4:30 in the morning a few weeks ago, which made me very nervous. but last monday i decided not to go to her when she woke at 4am, and she put herself back to sleep, not waking until 7 -- and she had gone to bed at 10 the night before. =D she did it all week. the past two mornings she's gotten up after about 8.5 hours, but i won't feed her until the 9 hour mark, so she has to hang out by herself or spend time with daddy until i'm ready for her. it's great.

anna has her next round of shots on wednesday, her 4 month birthday. i'm not looking forward to it, of course. but i am looking forward to the ped visit, so that we know how much she ways and what to expect next. i'm especially curious to see when dr. cao wants to start her on solids, though i have a feeling that he'll want to wait until month 6.

can you believe she's 4 months already? that's insane! where did all the time go?

i have a ton of photos to go through and post up, which i will do this week. in the meantime, enjoy your day!!