Houdini

Well, it's been awhile since our last post. A lot has happened , so I'll get right to it. Actually, not much has happened. Erin and I have just been trying to get some sleep, and the rest of the time we stare at Paige.

We went back to nurse's office on Monday. Sorry, no poop stories this time. I was pretty disappointed, but life goes on. More importantly though Paige weighed in at 5 lbs 11 ozs. That's right, she's past her birth weight! This is very important because now we don't necessarily have to keep shoving food down her gullet every 2-3 hours. We still need to feed her pretty often so she keeps gaining weight, but we can let her sleep a little bit longer if she wants to..........at least that was our plan.

Unfortunately, she's become a fussy sleeper. The first thing she likes to do is to break out of her swaddle (more on that later). Then she stretches frequently and makes a lot of noises which doesn't make it very easy for us to sleep. I took the following series of pictures to show everybody her different "moods" while she sleeps. She's sleeping in her swing, and since it's been warm the last few days we didn't bother to swaddle her.

In this first one she's just chillin'...


Looks like she trying to fart...

I think she's about to backhand somebody...

Aw, she's wiping away a tear...

She's definitely farting....

Here's an example of our little Houdini, she's gotten pretty strong. We've lost our mojo when it comes to swaddling. Unless you swaddle her very tightly (and Erin actually ties the ends together, which helps a little), she'll break out of her bondage in less than 5 minutes. This morning my swaddle lasted over 2 hours, and Erin's latest swaddle has now lasted 2 hours and counting. I consider that a victory. Erin did the swaddle below. It was very tight and she tied the ends to tighten even more. Here's the first stage...

After she gets one hand out, she likes to mock us by declaring victory. Don't worry readers, Erin and I won't give up.

This picture is funny because it looks like she's ready to smack anybody in the mouth who dares to wake her up. I guess she's already honing her fight or flight reflex.

These last two pictures are for the grandparents. Paige's eyes are open and in the first you can see her little hand hanging on to my thumb.



We've had a request for some pictures of Paige's room. Erin graciously volunteered to do that in the next post so I wouldn't have to describe the "cute" dust ruffle.