An Eventful Weekend

On Friday Ridley went to stay with Elena for the first time. It was only half a day, but I think Ridley enjoyed herself. Except, of course, when it came time to take the bottle. We got the Adiri bottle in the mail that we'd been waiting to try, but Ridley refused it from Elena. However, after coming home with Philip and spending the afternoon with him at Grandma's house, Ridley actually took some milk from Philip without protest! He said he let her get really hungry before he even offered the bottle and when he finally did offer it, she took it down. She only drank an ounce and a half, but that's because Phil is in the habit of only putting a small amount of milk in the bottle so as not to waste it. He said he thought she would have taken more if it were in the bottle, but by the time he went to make her another bottle, she had fallen asleep. Here's hoping this is a good sign of things to come!
On Saturday we went out and had brunch as a family and spent the day relaxing and enjoying Phil's last day with us. He has work in California for the next couple of weeks, so we won't see him again until the end of the month. But Ridley made sure his last day was memorable. At bath time, while I was holding her and we were waiting on her bath water, she took the opportunity to pee on me! Urine was all over my stomach and pants. She even got a bit on the kitchen floor! Phil had a real good laugh about it, and Ridley also seemed to get a big kick out of it. She laughed her first real audible laugh. It was hilarious. Serves Mom right for holding a naked baby! Phil told me later he was sorry for laughing so hard, but I told him not to be. If it had been him I would have laughed even harder!
Sunday morning Ridley and I dropped Phil off at the airport and said goodbye. We'll miss him and can't wait for him to come home, but we know he's going to do great at his job. Ridley seemed to know he wasn't there to give her "Dad's Special Burrito Swaddle" at bedtime, because she just did not want to stay asleep last night!
This morning I dropped her back off with Elena. She was in a very good mood and I hope that Elena has some success with Round 2 of the bottle feeding. It was a little harder to get to work this morning than it has been the last couple of weeks. I guess because Ridley isn't at home with her dad. I have 100% confidence in Elena, but it was somehow different taking her somewhere and leaving her before heading to work.



Here's a cute picture Phil took of Ridley on Sunday morning with his Ipod: