Friday 23 July 2010

7 weeks: Smile, darn ya, smile!

Well, we just had Ailsa's 6-week follow-up today (and mine too!) - she's 22 inches long and 9 lbs 10 oz... just a little bigger than her big brother was at this age.

I'm back down to my pre-preggers weight and almost shape (but with less muscle) (and 2 more inches to go on my waist) - I have no idea how I pulled that off. Must be the no sleep/no time to eat or even drink water diet.

The sleeping (ha ha! What is this "sleep" of which you speak? She's averaging 2.5 hours between wakes at night) is still a struggle, as is coping with the screaming, but each day we're getting a little bit more quiet alert/happy time.



Speaking of happy, perhaps you should watch this one with the sound off...





I'm holding up "ok" at best, especially the days when Vaughn is cranky too, but I just keep telling myself that this will get better. Sometimes I repeat that into my pillow, sometimes into a glass of wine...



Good thing she's cute.


Some fun pics:

Another great shot of my two little stinkers angels.

Ok, who gave my son a gun???

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Her smile looks very much like her big brother's! Want to see more of that, and hope she catches on to this sleep thing real soon....
Mommmmmm
p.s. eat something - your mother worries!

Cathy said...

Very cute smiles! I can feel you with the lack of sleep...Chase is going through a growth spurt and is up every 2 hours during the night to eat. After about 4 nights of 6 hours in a row (before the spurt), going back to 2 hours has been torture! Le sigh.

Cathy

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