Sunday, December 21, 2008

december visitors: round 1

we're geared up for a month of visitors. our first house guests were jesse's parents this past weekend. we had fun sharing our daily childcare responsibilities with gammie and pappy. lots of dirty diapers and bad naps aren't so bad when someone else is helping!



jacob is just getting over a stomach virus- which started with a day of throw up, followed by 6 days of yucky diapers- so glad to be done with that! here he is in his first bubble bath (don't know what took us so long to do a bubble bath, but he hated it) and with pappy and his new hat...



kate continues to be a social butterfly by refusing to nap. she just wants to be held all the time and is the happiest baby if she gets her way! she's had only 3 or 4 naps in the last 2 weeks that have been longer than 45 minutes. she just doesn't want to stay asleep. we've tried lots of "sleep props" but what really seemed to work for her 3 hour nap yesterday was sleeping on her belly...the only position in which she can't startle herself awake. she still sleeps great at night, and actually went 8 hours between feedings a couple nights ago....maybe again someday soon??!



she is filling out in her face and thighs, like a chubby baby, and continues to bless us with her adorable smile.


this weekend we are enjoying time with my mom and step-dad, who are visiting us briefly on their cross-country drive from pittsburgh, pa to colorado springs, co.

3 comments:

wabisabigirl said...

8 hours! What a good girl! :) Asher has that same problem waking up 45 minutes (I think that's when they shift into their light stage of sleep) into his nap like clockwork, but he seems to be able to settle himself back down to sleep again when I pop his pacifier back in!

The Lady of the Holler said...

8 hours -- I'm so jealous!! :o) The longest K has slept at one time is a little over 2 hours (even at night). Sigh.

At any rate, I don't know if this will be helpful or not, but these posts talk about the "45-minute intruder" naps.

the Pie family said...

yea- we are aware of the 45 minute intruder....but can it really happen EVERY nap?? :) and alas...the 8 hour night was a fluke- hasn't happened again yet.