Fall Weekends

It's been a busy couple of weeks in the Miller household! Besides Ellison breaking her clavicle (which she seems to have already completely recovered from...babies are so resilient!), we have had a few action-packed weekends in a row. We spent one weekend up north at the Miller cabin with Jay's parents and two of his three sisters and their families. Ellison's cousins are 5 year old Logan, 2 year old Ethan, and almost 2 year old Isabella (plus one more on the way!). It made for a VERY noisy house!!! The main goal of the trip was to help get the cabin ready for winter (aka rake leafing...I don't know if I've ever seen so many leaves in my life!) but we also went to a pumpkin farm while we were up there. It was so different from the ones down around Milwaukee! Much less crowded and more "real" farm-like. We didn't get pumpkins again but we did go for a wagon ride, which we didn't get to do when we went to Swan's because it was so cold. Ellison and I didn't have to help rake this year...but maybe by next fall she will be wanting to help!

This past weekend was busy as well. My aunt Jeana and cousin Kara came in from California and Florida to visit and go to the Packer game. Kara's fiancé Kyle plays for the Jaguars. Besides the game on Sunday, we went and looked at wedding dresses for Kara at two different places. Ellison came along and was such a good girl! Saturday night we dressed her up in her elephant costume and took her to a couple houses during my mom's neighborhood night trick or treat. She looked adorable, but it was pretty cold so we didn't stay out long.

Sunday was the Packer game. We were all so bundled up when we left for the game and ended up taking off the majority of our layers because we were in the sun the entire time. It definitely did not feel like it was 46 degrees! Ellison stayed with my mom and Ron and wore a million different outfits, including a jaguar themed one from Kara (I figured it was ok to wear something non-Packers for one week!) and an adorable Halloween tutu. I felt like we were running non-stop all weekend, but we had a lot of fun!

Ellison is moving around like she feels completely healed already, which seems crazy. It has been one week since we took her in and found out she had a fractured clavicle. I was worried that her broken collarbone would slow down her development because she wouldn't want to crawl or pull herself up to stand, but she only seemed bothered by the break for the first day. She does have a little bumpy area from the break that I assume she will have forever. We are back to chasing her all over the place and trying to make sure she doesn't crawl over things that might hurt her. She has been pulling herself up on her new musical table toy, so it seems like no issues with that either!

One day post-broken collarbone

Four teeth have now popped through on top. We have had a few rough nights lately where Ellison doesn't seem to be very interested in sleeping, but hopefully that will improve soon. It was honestly easier having a newborn who ate every couple of hours overnight than it has been having an 8 month old who is teething (or maybe having a growth spurt?!)! It's hard to get anything done anymore between chasing her and being so tired that I need to nap when (or if) she does. I don't know how other people get everything that needs to be done, done, but it is a struggle for me! Working full-time and having a baby is no joke! I am just trying to remember the good, smiley times when the witching hour comes at night or I get frustrated because the house is a mess. Ellison is growing and changing so fast, I don't want to spend all my time worrying about what isn't getting done. My little girl is happy and healthy, and that's what REALLY matters!

Hope everyone has a HAPPY HALLOWEEN!