The Big Move

Well, last night was a big night. Now that Hayley has turned 6 weeks, we really wanted to try to get her into a good sleeping schedule. At least at night for starters. She has been going to bed between 8 and 9 and waking up between 11 and 12 every night. Then waking up at 2 a.m., then again between 5 and 6. This has pretty much been the pattern. Well, the 2 a.m. wake up has been the one that is killing me. She doesn't want to go back to sleep, and usually by 3:30 I'm on the brink and ready to lose it and lately have been having to wake up Dave to handle getting her back down. So my desire is to drop the 12:00 feeding and get her to only was at 2ish and this would stop happening. I spoke to my neighbor Sarah and she assures me that this will soon happen, so we decided to help it along, and to help us, we would do the big move. We moved her from the bassinet to the crib. I honestly think it was harder for me then for her. She fell asleep at about 8:30 and woke up at 1. I fed her and she went right back down. Then woke up again at 5:00. Well, I'm not sure if it was the big move that worked or if it was just coincidence, but we'll see tonight what happens. In the end, we all got much better of a night's sleep and I'm glad to have made the move. It just seemed to work. I'll be sure to keep everyone updated on this possible coincidence/change.

Also, I had my breastfeeding group yesterday. Last week, I gave Cara my email and phone number and she invited me to join her little group of new moms. We all got together after our support group and I got to meet a bunch of new moms and new babies. Hayley is the only girl and the oldest of all, but only by a couple of days. I guess she's got her pick of the litter when it comes to boyfriends now. Between Sam across the street, Ty and Cooper (Dave's godsons), and now Greyson, Dylan, Miles, and Cole, Hayley is the only girl around. She's gonna be fighting them off with a stick! If she were a teenager I think Dave would flip out. But for now it's so fun, so we'll enjoy it.

I also weighed Hayley and she's up to 11 lbs 13 oz and in 3 month clothes. When I get the time I'll have to make the dresser transition and pack up all that newborn and 0-3 month stuff already. So sad! She only got to wear some outfits once! Oh well, I guess that happens. Now on to the cute 3 month outfits!

I also was feeling very crowded in the living room with so much baby stuff everywhere. Since the basement is pretty much finished, just empty because we were yet to buy furniture, I pushed to have the huge TV moved downstairs to make more room upstairs. After telling Dave that there was no way he would be sitting in this tiny living room all day to watch his football on Sunday, I think I convinced him it was a good idea. After hours of work and troubleshooting, he and Pops finally got it working downstairs. So perfect! We now have a TV in the basement and nothing to sit on to watch it. So, on Monday we went to Raymour and Flanigan and got us a new sofa. So exciting! It will be here on Friday and I can't wait. After all, it makes more sense to put the TV down there. If we did get a new TV like we had planned - it makes more sense to put it upstairs then down in the basement anyway. Like Dawn says, basements are for hand-me-down furniture and old TV's. The hand-me-down furniture would never fly with Dave, but at least we got the TV down there now. (Don't get me wrong, I like the new stuff too!!) It's all very exciting to have it finished, too. I really love it. I also am enjoying the quiet and peace upstairs - for now. We'll see how long that lasts until I go insane.