It Happened One Night

Ok, two nights to be exact.  Adalyn slept through the night again (sort of).  Allow me to explain. 

The last 2 weeks have been miserable sleep-wise.  Addy went from 9-11 hr stretches to nursing every 2-3 hours.  We decided we had enough Sunday evening and committed ourselves to a modified CIO.  I didn't think it was teething since she was perfectly happy during the day, nor was she showing any signs of possible separation anxiety.
Andrew graciously took the first night knowing that I wouldn't be able to handle it.  She woke up almost on cue at 11pm and Andrew let her cry for 5, 10, 20, and then 30 minutes while he kept going back to her crib, patting her back, whispering calming words, etc.  She woke up again around 2am, but that time it only took her 30 min. to go back down.
Last night was my turn.  And guess what?  She woke up at 3am and put herself back down 20 min. later with only a minute of crying.  I didn't even have to go to the crib to calm her down.  I heard her get her pacifier, put it back in her mouth and then fuss herself back to sleep. 
I had trouble falling back to sleep so I'm still dead tired, but I'm seeing a light at the end of the tunnel.

And to my surprise, she cut her first tooth last night!  Just the tip is showing now, so it's hard to get it on camera, but I'll share when I can.  I can't believe it.  While a part of me mourns the loss of her newborn-ness, an even bigger part of me is so joyful to see her growing up.  She really does have a personality now.  And she's so smart!  I love watching her pick things up out of her toy bin.  She knows how to empty it too  - and is thiiiiiiiis close to crawling to get it.  Oh, and her hair is getting long enough to put in a barette!

On a personal note, I finally got my website and Facebook page up and running.  It look FOREVER because well, technology is so not my thing, but it's finished for now.  The perfectionist in me will keep changing things, I'm sure, but I like it enough to share with friends.

I took Adalyn on a session I had with one of my new mom friends and her baby boy, Ethan.  These two were so adorable together.  I imagine their conversation would go like this:

Ethan:  "Mom, look! It's Adalyn!"
Adalyn:  thinking to herself. I want to eat that hat.

Ethan:  "Hey, Adalyn.  You look pretty today."
Adalyn:  "Thanks, Ethan.  I really like your hat."

Ethan:  "Thanks, babe.  I picked it up at The Children's Place."
Adalyn: " Let me see it."

Ethan:  "No, no, no, no, it's mine!"
Adalyn:  thinking to herself.  I will get that hat and eat it

Adalyn:  "Gimmeee that hat!"

Ethan:  "Hey, lady, I said it's mine!"

And they would tattletale to their mommies and mommies would take said hat.  :)