As Time Flies...

It has been quite some time since my last blog. Life has been going by fast and the days have passed quicker than I can count. We have had a few visitors over the past two months and most recently Tomasz and I took our yearly anniversary trip. After we went on our Honeymoon, we decided that each year instead of gifts we would take a trip together. Just like with children, time flies and life is too fast that as spouses we forget how we started our family...With each other. So we decided Paris! 4 days in Paris all to ourselves...Great once I got there. Last year we took our anniversary trip in September instead of May because Ela was still little. We just left for two days and Ela did great. We were very encouraged this year as Ela was a little older. I was a NERVOUS wreck! She would be staying with both of our families who raised us and whom she loves. The only difference this year is that Ela now has food allergies as well as pet allergies(we are a very pet friendly family). In case you forgot check out My Sweet Tomato. Both of our families were great with my instruction manual and menu. :) --I openly admit I might be a paranoid crazy mom. After grocery shopping, the purchase of benadryl and Epi Pen training for all we were on our way.... an 8 hour flight to do nothing. What was I going to do with myself?

The trip was great! We had alot of fun. ALL we did was eat, sleep and drink. It was so nice to be able to talk to each other, relax and sleep. Really sleep. We got to Skype Ela each day and she was excited to see us. Check out a few pictures.

It looks like Ela had a great time too while we were gone...

Flash forward to end of our trip. Ela did great! She had a great time and other than a few tanturms was an angel! We flew down to Atlanta, picked up Ela and headed home with our sweet family. Boy did we miss Ela! I intentionally took off two extra days to recover from Jet Lag. What I did not expect is that Ela had a Mommy/Tata lag that she was recovering from. On the flight home, we would kiss Ela. She would pull our faces together to have us kiss and then giggle. She loved having us together again. We got home late, put Ela to bed(I wont even describe the horrendous flight home) and Tomasz went to work early the next morning. I made Ela lunch and got ready to take her to school. As soon as we walked up to the door of school Ela said "No mama No". I was shocked Ela loves school and her friends. She cried(screamed like a drama queen) when we walked in and the teachers made me leave as it was worse with me there. She has NEVER cried when I dropped her off...only sometimes when she does not want to go home. I called 1 hr later and she was not crying but had a hard time. I eventually went to get Ela at 1:00pm, when her teacher called and said she would not eat or play; they thought she was sick. I picked her up that day and she would not leave my side. She was all giggles at home. She kept kissing me and I even cheated and let her sleep with me that night.

What I realized is that Ela truly loves me and Tomek. Time has flown by so quickly that it is hard to believe my baby is a toddler that now has feelings and emotions.  All the hard work of being parents, is all forgotten when you realize how important and needed you are. I always knew Ela loves me, but coming home from our trip for the first time I realized she understands what love is. It is an amazing feeling to be loved like that from the little girl we made together. I thought the first day that I heard "mama" was the best...Hearing "I love" is even better. (She can not say "you" yet)

Countdown until Ela's 18 month birthday = 8 days!