My Kind of Town

Well, it has been awhile. And, a lot of fun stuff has happened. A few weeks ago we all flew to Chicago as part of Claire's World Tour '08 where she met all the Aunts, cousins, friends. She was a rockstar for the flight and earned her wings by sleeping the entire time. We bought a box of ear plugs for the entire plane just in case, but we didn't have to use them.

Then, she met Grandpa and Nana Carol the next week and we had a fun visit with them both. Yesterday, she turned 3 months old! That is an exciting milestone because she is getting bigger and is a ton of fun. She smiles and talks and is grabbing everything.

Last week Bruce returned to Detroit for business so it was a chick fest here and things went pretty smoothly. Tonight, Claire is gearing up to meet Grandma Alves who arrives soon, and Leslie, Andy, Erin and Fletcher will be here as well. Next stop: Steamboat for some winter fun and a visit with the cousins. That's about it for us; hope you are all doing well.

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Unbelievable. Since the day Claire Prior was born, she has not liked to sleep. This girl is awake! She wakes up about every three hours during the night and takes little fifteen minute cat naps throughout the day. In fact, last Monday night, after feeding her, I starting the bedtime routine at 8:00. She didn't fall asleep until 11:00. Then she was up at 1:00 and then again from 4:45-7:45 (by which time I wanted to shoot myself). I thought she would sleep all day yesterday. No such luck. She had a few quick cat naps and slept for about 1 hour total (I think she was excited that it was Super Tuesday).

We went to Colorado's caucus until about 8:30 p.m. and she was still wide awake, smiling, talking, kibitzing. Finally, last night at about 11:30 (after a few meltdowns on everyone's part and Bruce's uttering of one important word: Ferber) she fell asleep and slept until 6:00 a.m. in her cosleeper (in other words, not in our bed)! At 6:00 a.m. she started stirring and I gave her the pacifier and she was back asleep until 7:30! Then, I nursed her for about 15 minutes and she fell back asleep. I'm stunned. She's asleep right now and it is a wonderful thing. I think she's making up for all the sleep she hasn't gotten in the past eleven weeks. Obviously, I would love it if this was her new thing, but even if it's just a fluke, I am thrilled. I'm happier than if today were my birthday and Christmas and Halloween.