Pics of the last few days

Emma was hilarious today...must have been all the sleep she had throughout the day. She took 1 morning catnap, a 40 minute nap in the car on the way to buy formula, then slept on the way home from that errand for another 40 minutes. All afternoon she was smiling, clapping, shaking her head and blowing her lips...the more we laughed, the more she blew her lips. I even received 2 unsolicited hugs and a few arm pats.

We didn't allow a mid-late afternoon nap and kept her going until 7:30pm. After dinner we went to Symmes park for the first time and she fell asleep in the swing after about 5 minutes; we took pictures, then made her wake up and walked her to the pond to see the ducks, which she loved. The park was a great "keep her awake" diversion for about an hour until bath and bottle time. Doug got her to sleep within minutes and she's snoozed out now.

She is still wanting to party at 3am, but we get her back to sleep around 5:30am and she has slept until almost 8am the past two mornings, so she is getting the 10 hours she needs, but with a mini-break. During the time she is awake, we keep the lights off and refuse to engage her or make eye contact, which she is perfectly content with as long as you don't leave the room. Last night was the first night she didn't wake up hysterical, just whiny and we hope that continues.

Doug and I are both over our jet lag as of today and we've made a pact to get at least 30 minutes of exercise everyday. He ran 30 minutes with Emma using The Bob stroller today and I did Pilates while they were out. This really seemed to help both of our energy levels, plus Doug took over the "party hour" around 5am last night and let me sleep until 8am, which was just what I needed to overcome the jet lag.