This was a great week for us. It was sad when Grandma went home on Thursday. Brad dropped her off at the airport early that morning and said our goodbyes. We'll be happy when she comes back for another visit.
Sweet baby L went through a pattern of sleeplessness earlier in the week. She just basically went on strike around Christmas Eve. She stopped eating more than two ounces at a time, stopped sleeping for more than two hours at a time, and started drooling even more than she normally does. I even noticed her bottom gums were getting white, but in true "when you think they're going to do something they do something else" fashion, the teething has cleared up and she's saving it for sometime later on.
Depsite the not sleeping at the beginning of the week, we're settling into the best routine we've ever had (I know how it goes, you think you've got a schedule and next week it'll change). Sweet baby L is taking great naps during the day, getting up twice to eat after she's gone to bed (and only one of those is actually while we're sleeping), and going down in her crib for naps and for bedtime by herself (she would only nap in the swing previously). I have to say that the current trend in sleeping has made me very very happy and very very well rested.
Thursday evening we went to the Festival of Lights. I've heard such great things about it, it's free, and lights are sweet baby L's favorite Christmas decoration. She loved looking at the lights and we got to try out some of the settings on our camera for night photos.
Sweet baby L had fallen asleep on the way to the festival, so even though she woke up when we put her in her stoller, she was very still and just letting it all soak in. It was so amazing to watch her stare at all of those lights and enjoy herself. It was a great time and I'm sure we'll go again next year.
We got to see our friends Darius, Sherrie and baby K again. Sweet baby L and K laid on the floor and just stared at one another. I think this is the first time that L has really "checked out" another baby like this, she looked at him for a long time trying to figure him out. They spoke a little "baby" to one another and had a good time being cute.
I think that Brad has enjoyed his time at home, and I really have to. It has been so nice to have him here during the day. I think I've gotten to used to it and I'm not sure what I'll do tomorrow when I can't sleep in or shower when the mood strikes me. Sweet baby L will help me get back into our regular routine.
This week has really been anything but normal with all of the activity going on, but we've managed to relax a lot more than usual and enjoy each other's company. Sweet baby L has hit a lot of milestones this week (especially nice since Brad is home to see things). She's almost rolling over. She'll get her legs up and go almost over and roll back onto her back. She's been grabbing her feet and rocking back and forth on her back, which is awfully cute. She's started grabbing objects (on purpose) and even spent one morning transferring objects back and forth from hand to hand. Woohooo!
We've started signing with her. Grandma got some videos for sweet baby L to help us get started. We've already learned a lot. I'll try to get some photos of that to post soon.
Hope everyone has a wonderful week and a happy new year!
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