growing and sleeping....

Sydney is now up to 9 1/2 pounds as of Wednesday. It's hard to believe that she's growing SO fast. She still feels so tiny! This has been such a good week of getting into a rhythm/"normal" life. She is finally starting to sleep a little bit more regularly. And that is ALL thanks to this magical swaddle blanket. We borrowed it from our friends Greg and Carolyn who have a daughter, Elisa, that is 2 weeks older than Sydney. This blanket has done WONDERS for us!! Seriously, she slept for 5 hours during the night twice this week!! When I woke up it freaked me out and I had to make sure she was still breathing. Once I realized she was sleeping soundly and enjoying it as much as we were, I considered it Christmas come early (or late) got a bottle ready and enjoyed a few more minutes of peace and quiet before she woke up.

Speaking of sleep...man, I cannot wait until I get to really sleep again and this week has been a little light in the darkness showing me that you CAN sleep more than 2 hours in a row when you have a baby :) I truly never knew how little sleep you could get and still function and never really appreciated how amazing a good cup of coffee was until now. Kudos to all the moms out there, this is tougher than it looks :)