longest sleep stretch ever so far!

wow. last night little baby girl slept from 8pm to 4:10am! that's an over 8 hour stretch! i woke up a couple of times, anticipating her waking.. and at 3am.. had to go into her room to make sure she was still breathing :-). let's hope this becomes a trend... now - how to get you to sleep later.. waking up at 5:30/6am is too early for mommy... i'd love for you to sleep til at least 7am! you used to go 7:30 to 7:30.. but then again, you'd get up 10+ times between those times.. so i think i'll take the 5:30am right now.. ;-)

back from LA!

ah.. gone only for 2 nights.. but so glad to be back home! had dinner with tom and amy, and met with some people about getting some print/commercial gigs for little baby audrey :-) they said they like her cheeks (daddy!) and ears (mommy!). well.. we'll see if we can get any gigs... if so, we'll be back down in LA lots lots more!

in LA for the day

jason and i flew down to la for the day... had dinner with tom and amy tonight to celebrate their engagement.. greece in october - yay! baby girl really is a good little baby... sleep is hard... but she's pretty mellow. she slept most of the plane ride... then during dinner (at a restaurant that doesn't even have high chairs or booster seats!) she held out so well.. eventually fell asleep in my arms she was so tired... oh, and today for the first time, she started sucking on the pacifier! kinda late to start a bad habit... but hey, if she wakes up multiple times at night, and keeps on biting me when she nurses.. then she's not hungry and just wants to suck... so i'm all for the pacifier! anyhoo... now i'm in the eensy weeny hotel room with baby in the crib in the bathroom while jason is out drinking with his bud..

First Night Out w/o Baby!

6 1/2 months after baby.. jason and i have our first date night... on valentine's day! i can count the number of times that baby has been with just daddy on my fingers.. but she's never, ever, ever been without the both of us at the same time! i was dubious. my parents came over, and jason and i had dinner reservations at the early bird hour of 5pm. not that we don't love our little munchkin, but what a nice night to be able to enjoy dinner by ourselves :-). of course, i wanted to call and check in.. but jason wouldn't let me. we left a bottle, and all sorts of different baby food. we got home around 7:30.. poor little munchkin was tired.. but doing just dandy in my mom's arms. nothing to worry about. and i thought she would be screaming for mommy.. ;-) the tears started when we got home though.. i think it was - 'where were you? why did it take you so long.. i'm tired and wanna go to bed!' now jason wants to do this every week! :-)

turkey day tomorrow and misc

tomorrow will be your first thanksgiving! daddy is basically single handedly preparing the entire meal for a dozen people. we're bringing out the fine china..and have been prepping since tuesday! daddy always loves looking for new recipes to create each year's thanksgiving feast.

we went to try to take holiday pics today... alas- no success. you cried and fussed and wouldn't smile for the camera... you'd only cry! :-( well.. we rescheduled.. mommy really wants some cute photos of your for holiday cards.. your little outfit is so cute!

you've given us some of the roughest nights we've had so far in the past several days... of course, there was one day that was the best we've had... you only woke up 4 times!! then yesterday, i think you cried and woke up like a dozen times! mommy always hopes for a good night each time we put you in the crib... please let it be a good night tonight...! we realized that some of the roughest nights were due to your teething... you're not even four months yet.. but you're definitely teething! poor baby girl.. first you have a cold for almost a month.. and now teething... it's no wonder you haven't been sleeping well...

on that note, you were pretty funny last night! you normally fall asleep while nursing.. but yesterday, you seemed wide awake! you would pull off and look at mommy and just smile. :-) then daddy took you to try to get you to sleep... but you'd just smile and laugh at him too! well.. at some point, daddy decided to put you in your crib wide awake... and then of course.. do the daddy thing.. which is to turn on every gadget in the crib.. you got the mobile going.. the vibration.. heartbeat sounds... and lo and behold.. you fussed for a few seconds.. and then closed your eyes and went to sleep! wow! mommy and daddy were stunned. of course.. you then woke up an hour later.. and then every hour after that for the rest of the evening... bleh. :-)

it'll get better.. i know it will...

you rolled over!

mommy decided to play more tummy time with you... i haven't been working your developmental skills much by carrying you around all the time, or putting you in the swing or bouncy seats! mommy put you on your tummy.. and guess what.. you rolled over! you did it a few times today... sometimes with some help... and i caught a couple on video for daddy to see when he comes home.. yay! :-)

the magic 3 month mark...

you are three months old today! so many people talk about the 3 month mark... you are smiling more.. you are starting to grab at things... you love watching tv! everyone says you are such a beautiful little baby... and so alert for 3 months. sleep is still challenging.. but you've been sick. looks like you caught a cold back to back.. and have been sniffling and sneezing for what seems like several weeks already. mommy is so sad to hear your decongested breathing... and it's not like you can blow your nose to feel better. :-( i think that's why you've been so sleepy these past couple of days.. you've been sick. you slept a lot today as well. we just bought some vaporizers that will hopefully clear your breathing at night. and mommy is hoping for a repeat of last night... let's get some long sleep stretches baby girl!