Trading Up

Alyssa is growing like a weed. She's eating like crazy and growing a pound a day, it seems. The bassinet we've had her in keeps getting smaller and smaller, and harder and harder to get her out of. So this week we traded up to more rooms sleeping quarters for her. We set up the playpen, which has a crib attachment. Now it makes her look really small. But that's probably a good thing - she looks like a Buddha baby when she's sitting up.

This is one active baby. Here she is practicing her "walking." It's just standing, really. She only naps an hour or two a day, but she sleeps like a rock at night. She's usually up twice each night to suck down another bottle, so Mike and I trade off to preserve our precious sleep. This morning, she decided it was time to get up at 4:30. She sucked down a bottle and was back in bed by 5:00. Since my alarm was set for 5:30, I figured I should just stay up - it'll be harder to wake up if I go back to bed for a half hour. I have a meeting with some other teachers after school, so it's gonna be a long day. Here's to going to bed early on a Friday night! Man, I really am becoming a boring old married person.

After all that hard work walking, standing, sitting up, kicking, and batting at the bouncer elephants, it's time to relax. Daddy loves to cuddle, so in the evening he sits on his "man island" (aka the lazy boy) and cuddles with two of his ladies (the dog is a girl too), while his main squeeze is usually working on the couch writing a lesson plan. Lesson planning NEVER ends. EVER. Ok, maybe in June, but we have a whole bunch of weeks to get through before that comes. Hooray for only 80 more days of school after today!!!