love.

i don't have too much new to report. just the fact that we love her so much. we sit and stare and tell her how perfect she is all day long. she's going to have a huge ego and i'm okay with that. :)

last post was about a rough night we had. luckily since then we've figured things out. that little booger was getting too strong for a regular swaddle and hated the sleep sack, so we've moved to the miracle blanket. it is nothing short of a miracle. ever since then she sleeps 6- 6.5 hrs in a row. every. night. then back down for another 2-3 hrs. so we put her to bed around 10 and she gets up around 4 or 4:30. it's pretty awesome. we've now moved her completely to her crib. insert smiley and frowny face. i loved having her in our room, but it's time and she's ready to be in her crib so she's there now.

the other night though one of my fears came true. it was one of her first nights in her crib all night and i got up to feed her at 4:30 then went back to sleep. i woke up at 7 and thought it was eerily quiet (normally i'd hear her sound machine at least) so i checked the monitor and it was off. the battery died. we plugged it in and when we turned it on she was screaming. i don't know how long she'd been screaming, and i know she's not going to starve to death or lose trust in me that fast, but i still hated it. brandon insists she hadn't been crying that long. he's the rational one and i hope he's right.

needless to say we're in love with her and couldn't have asked for anything more. she coos a lot more now so she's certainly finding her voice. she also thinks she has complete control over her head. i can tell when she's tired b/c she'll just rest it on my shoulder instead of looking around with those big ol' eyes. AND she's starting to smile more and more. now she smiles a lot at her mobile. i  can't get a picture fast enough, but don't worry, there will be tons once we can catch them.