Back on Track!

Looks like I already broke the cardinal rule of blogging by my lack of posts in the past 2 weeks. We've had lots going on lately, and to be honest, I sort of hit an emotional wall last week. Remember when I said that sleep is supposed to improve at about 6 weeks? Well, it didn't. In fact, just before Ava turned 6 weeks old, the nights were worse than ever! She didn't sleep. At all. We had about 4 sleepless nights AND days. I think I figured out why (I went against my own advice by googling like crazy and diagnosing my baby's sleep problem); the sleeplessness happened right around the same time she started to smile and interact with us. Apparently, during this stage of development, babies fight sleep just so they don't miss out on the interesting world they are starting to discover! Anyways, I was so sleep deprived that I caught some sort of bug. I was miserable! But then, on the fourth day in zombie land, we decided to move Ava into her own room. We put her down to sleep at about 10pm and didn't hear a peep until 3am. After a quick feed, she went back to sleep until 7:30am. 6 nights later, she is still on a roll and I feel human again! Aside from this little setback, we've celebrated lots of milestones recently. Ava had her very first Thanksgiving! We enjoyed good food and great company all weekend. We also celebrated my husbands 30th birthday! I threw him a birthday party only to learn that throwing a party when you have a 7 week old baby is a little tricky. Not only did I miss half the party because of Ava's frequent need to feed, it ended at the ripe old hour of 7:30pm. That's right, the party is over when the baby says it's over... not when the wine bottles are empty... Despite the fact that the party was so short-lived, there was nothing we would have rather been doing than cuddling as a family and singing silly songs on that rainy Saturday night. WAY better than polishing off a bottle of red.

Happy Birthday, Emreh. You are the most amazing husband and daddy. I couldn't be more proud of you. Love you forever and always. xoxo

Ava is growing so fast. She is doing something new everyday. She is smiling all the time! As you can see in the photos, she'll shoot us the occasional grumpy face too!

She is also able to hold her head up on her own, and LOVES tummy time. She's just started to enjoy looking at her toys and makes the most hilarious faces when she's trying to focus on something colourful!

I'll leave you with a video of her on her play mat, which she loves so much. Her little sneezes at the end are the cutest!

Thanks for your patience as we get back on track with life! Next up, Ava's nursery tour!