We think Eden is our little Froggie. Or maybe our monkey. Eden curls her legs up into her chest in a great frog pose. Most of the time she manages to work her legs free of her sleeper so the sleeper legs hang limp. She doesn’t look like she has legs anymore. It’s the most comfortable fetal position for her. She also has really long arms, so we call her our monkey. She also makes a great elephant sound when she is starting to go to sleep. I looked it up online but I couldn’t find anything about other babies that trumpet like baby elephants. Everyone must see the little video where she is a squeaky little mouse too. But she is also our rag doll, because she goes so floppy and limp when she relaxes. There is nothing to add–but that we love her and she makes us smile and laugh a lot.
The other day Jenny Tomlinson came over to take some newborn photos of Eden. We undressed her and tried to get some good pictures of her little naked baby body. She started to cooperate by relaxing and taking a nap. I held her all scrunched up on my chest and she let loose. There was a nice constant stream. What a girl!
We cleaned her up and continued shooting the photos. Later she was curled up on a scarf laid over a beautiful antique chair. This time we were blessed with more than a sweet little stream of fluid. We couldn’t stop laughing and Jenny was such a good sport.
Yesterday we had a whole day adventure! All of us (Mom, Gramma, and our little fam) took the train to Glarus. Jenny Tomlinson had arranged for us to then be transported to a little village to see the cows come down from their six-month stay in the Alps. They say the altitude makes the milk better. Some friends of Jenny’s were bringing their own cows down the mountain as well.
We all waited around and then heard the bells coming. The traffic was stopped in both directions as the cows came around the bend in the road and headed for the pastures. It was SO loud. We were all shouting over the noise to each other. Eden was sound asleep the whole time! Good thing we already know she has excellent hearing or we’d be worried. The cows were decorated in flowers and big, heavy bells. The farmers had to wrestle the cows to undress them.
The day got a little long for Eden. We were away for 8 hours in all. Considering her age, that was 3% of her life up to this point.
It was an experience that I am glad we got to have. Truly Swiss and great timing for having Mom and Gramma here. I could tell it was just perfect for Mom. She was having a blast and did her best to get right in on the action of wrangling the cows.
