It's been awhile, so I thought I'd stop in and let you know what's been happening. Time is somewhat limited these days, as you can imagine. But, life is good. It's very, very good. Brooklyn is growing and thriving. She's changing so fast. She's started Day Care. We're all adjusting, slowly but surely. It was rough for a while there...maybe more so on Mommy and Daddy than on Brooklyn, but it was taking a toll on her as well. She's got tons of little friends at Day Care, and so, it's loud, chaotic, and very overstimulating. She comes home exhausted, wants to take a long evening nap, and while she'll go down ok at night, at first she wasn't sleeping soundly at night. It was fitful. She'd wake up more than usual (she was JUST starting to sleep 7 hour nights and had slept through the night once... that all changed. Thanks, Day Care!), when she woke up, she'd want to be held, would fall asleep in our arms, but wake back up again when we tried to put her down. It was exhausting for all of us, and sort of lonely, as we wouldn't get any quality time with her after work. But, things are turning around. She's sleeping better at night. We started swaddling her again and that seems to help. She's discoverd that she can roll, quite easily, from back to belly. The problem? She gets stuck, and therefore, angry, because she's not as proficient at going the other way, from belly to back. She can do it, but not consistently. So, she'll be ok for a minute or two and then starts yelling for help. This was a big problem when we'd put her down in her crib for a nap or at night. She'd roll, get stuck, and get mad. We'd have to get up, rock her back to sleep, and hope when we put her down again that she'd stay asleep. This was not going over well with me at all. So, swaddling helped for awhile. Now, she can get out of the best swaddle (HOW does she do this?). The good things is that if she's really tired, she can put herself back to sleep on her own because she's realized that she can sleep on her tummy. Thank God.
Besides rolling around and trying to adjust to Day Care, she's turned into a smiling, laughing, happy girl. I used to think she was such a serious baby, and to a degree, I still believe that, but she's much quicker to share a smile with strangers than she used to be, and she smiles all the time for us. She laughs out loud, and it's the most beautiful sound in the world. She's so content... entertains herself pretty well for long stretches in her exersaucer. She loves to be outside, so we go for walks or hang out on the patio quite a bit. She's starting to pay more attention to Ruby, who's always paid too much attention to Brooklyn. She tolerates that dog pretty well... she's constantly getting a bath from Ruby's tongue... getting her feet and hands licked, getting a big kiss across the forehead. Yuck. But, Brooklyn doesn't mind. She just sits there and takes it. Yesterday, she grabbed onto one of Ruby's ears and gave it a good yank. Someday, Ruby will figure out that she doesn't like that and might start to give the poor kid some space, but I'm not holding my breath for that to happen.
Mother's Day came and went, and what a different Mother's Day it was. Last year, I was just dreaming about the day when Mother's Day would be for me as well. This year, I got to share it with this beautiful daughter of mine. We had a sweet, special day. We went to Brunch with Daddy, and then I took her to get portraits done. She was so smiley and laughed a lot, and I just loved watching her. I am so honored to be her mama! I thought about Marie a lot that day, and we did exchange a few emails. I can't tell you how much that woman means to me. How can I possibly express how much someone like her means to me? She made my greatest wish, my hearts desire, come true. She helped our family come together, and I'll forever be grateful for her. I'm constantly in awe of her strength of spirit. She really is amazing. She seemed to be doing well, and for that, I'm also grateful. We are so blessed.
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