Jet-lagged

We made it to the north east, specifically my Grandmother's house in Rochester, NY. The journey here was exhausting! We left Colorado on a red-eye flight out of Denver at 1am. Kelly was pretty wound up at the airport and continued to terrorize her Uncle Dylan for the beginning of the flight. Layla and I sat in the row ahead of my Mom, Kelly and Dylan. I nursed Layla and she fell asleep, and then so did I until I heard the captain announce the decent into JFK airport, at which time I gently woke up Layla, nursed her again and waited to deplane the aircraft.

The entire 90min layover at JFK is a huge blur. I have no idea how we got to the next plane, but obviously we did. Then we landed in Rochester, on time and my Grandma and Aunt Liz picked us up. Once we got to my Grandma's house we ate some food, not sure what, and after One Life to Live, Layla and I took a nap. I expected her to do her usual 30 min catnap, but she surprised me and let me sleep about an hour and 20 mins. Then my mom took her nap and we eventually went to my Aunt Martha's for dinner and to visit with my cousins. Again, the whole thing is a blur, I was so tired.

Thursday my Mom and I went running through her old stomping grounds, passed her highschool Mercy, where we knelt down and said a prayer on the grotto, and continued our run. The best part is that I also lived here, at my Grandma's house, so I know the area really well too, and used to run through all the neighborhoods, so it was good. I like running with my mom, especially because it doesn't happen as often as I would like and won't be happening for a long time. The cool down we walked with my Aunt Liz, up to St. James and all around. Total it was over 7 miles!

Thursday night we went to my friend Kim's house for playtime and dinner. She has a daughter 6 weeks younger than Kelly and a son that is 6 months. It was delish! Salmon, salad, fresh fruit and strawberry shortcake for dessert. Kelly had a BLAST playing with Bre and all her awesome toys! And I had fun catching up with an old nursing buddy from Strong. She is the one who came out to visit us in North Carolina last summer.

Friday I ran with Layla in the phil&teds while Kelly played with my cousins (her second-cousins) Sarah and Caitlin. We had a good 4 miler. It is SO much easier only pushing one baby and at sea level, and with like no hills! Having Caitlin and Sarah around was nice because Kelly had lots of entertainment. They did her hair and nails too, things she does not like me doing. That night we (Aunt Martha, Megan, Amanda, my mom, Grandma, and my girls) went to dinner at the Wintonaire and listen to music on the jukebox and drank some beers. A good night.

Saturday I ran with both girls all around, probably 3-4 miles, then we got cleaned up , Kelly took her nap and Layla and I went to the Eastview mall to meet up with Aunt Martha and Megan and Amanda and I finally bought some cute outfits to wear to Aaron's graduation. I still need to get shoes though. We also had really delicious frozen yogurt. It was the first time trying it and I got a chocolate mint Froyo shake. Very Good!

Saturday evening we went to St. James Catholic Church for mass. It was really nice, the last time I had been there was for Kelly's baptism on her 4th day of life! Nothing has changed, except the Priest, which was a bummer, but they are all good. That night we went to dinner with Aunt Martha and her kids at Taka House for some of the best SUSHI. We love it!!! In fact I am craving it right now! Afterward we stopped off at my Great-Aunt Puggy's house for some chit chat.

Today (Sunday), my Mom and I went running with the girls, I needed to buy diapers, so we ran to the East Ave Wegmans ( I LOVE Wegmans), and then all around coming home. Probably 3.5-4 miles? Idk, it doesn't really matter. Then over to  my Great-Aunt Jackie's to see her and my Great-Uncle Mike. My Great-Aunt Suzi and her hubby my Gerat-Uncle Jerry also stopped by, so that was fun to see them.

All in all, things are going well and I am really just trying to enjoy myself here. I kind of wish I was moving back here, instead of North Carolina...but I would miss my husband too much, so clearly that would never work, haha.

I didn't realize how much stuff I just left here when I moved out! There is crap in all the rooms I have to deal with before I leave, ugh! Unfortunately most of it is going to goodwill. The idea to hook a trailer-hitch thing to my Grandma's car is not going to work out apparently, so I can't bring my bed or her treadmill home with me :( I am totally bummed out about this, my bed is the-most-comfortable-bed I have ever slept in. I am making room for my grandma's sewing machine and one of her Kerby vacuums and probably her counter mixer (as long as it works)...and hopefully my mom's old vanity (she really wants me to have it, an Kelly would like it) and maybe a couple other things other than all the other stuff like our suitcases, jogging stroller, etc. She drives a 2006 Honda CRV so not an extreme amount of space or anything.

So, other crappy things. Layla has been giving me such a hard time when I nurse her! She is all gassed out or something??? It is so frustrating!!! A couple times I gave up and pumped and gave her a bottle. And when we go out I don't even bother trying to nurse her, I either feed her before we go, or try then end up pumping and taking a bottle. If we go to someone's house I will go through the fiasco of nursing her, otherwise if its to a restaurant, I bring a bottle (of breast milk). My stress level sky rockets! Which I know just makes it worse. I am hoping, once we are home in NC, after some R&R we can get back on track. The idea of just bottles won't fly for me because she is still waking up at least once, sometimes twice at night, so to warm up bm its just silly. When she is sleepy, she's doesn't care and just nurses no problem, but during the day, its nightmareish. She still isn't taking good naps, just short little 30, sometimes 45+ mins, and she stays awake between 2.5-3 hours at a stretch, so, idk. Maybe, hopefully, when we are back in NC and settled she can be on more of a schedule? ugh...

We are leaving to drive down on Aug 3rd (Wednesday) and hoping to be there on the 5th. Aaron gets home on the 6th, and the graduation is the 12th. My mom will probably leave to head back up to Rochester on the 10th or 11th. That is going to be a really hard good-bye. Everytime I think about it I cry :( Then the weekend of the graduation Aaron's parent's rented a condo on the beach in Wrightsville, NC and his brother Sam is flying in, so Friday night, Saturday night, and Sunday night, that's where we will be having fun. Then finally some down time, I think. I hope.

Alright, pictures are coming eventually, for now I must go to bed.