Time Goes By...

sleeping on her daddy

I got a little smile from her..

I havent posted anything about the baby in awhile so I thought I'd catch up. There have been many nicknames given to Laine in the past few weeks...I'll share some with you..If you know me at all I come up with extremely silly names a lot. Some I've started for Laine are: Fidgety Midget (she fidgets and moves all the time), Tic (ok, my mom actually came up with this one because she fills herself up on milk and then sits there with a big round belly), Bug (Carlie started calling her Lainey Bug when she was born and now I've shortened it to bug..no real reason)...the last one is really strange, but it's funny to call her..Freddy Mac (yes, like the home loan company..it's so fun to say and I laugh everytime I call her that). Then of course there are the normal names of: princess and missy.

This baby gets more fun as the days go by. She seems to be smiling a lot more (the first smile was at 8 1/2 weeks and now she's 10 weeks). She is still not sleeping for more than 4 1/2-5 hours, but in the book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" (thanks Paige), it says that you have to adjust for prematurity and babies really don't start sleeping longer until about 6 weeks, so if I adjust for prematurity then I still have 2 more weeks of sleepless nights. She's finally able to wear 0-3 month clothes, which means she can wear other things than Carter brand. I love Carter, but she has so many other cute clothes and she can finally wear some of them. I pretty much can't leave her alone while she is awake because she immediately starts to cry..She really likes to be held. She does this cry like "come on, Im letting you know I'm bored now pick me up"...so I pick her up. She doesn't mind tummy time and she likes to lay in her crib (but only for a minute) and listen to her mobile. It's amazing the things I've learned to do with only one hand...I can cook, clean, make a bottle, type, brush my teeth..pretty much anything...Oh the joys of motherhood.

I look at her and think what a miracle, joy and challenge she is all rolled into one. I can't explain how much I love her and how I could never imagine my life without her....Yes, there are days where I think..I dont know if I can do this, but I step back and realize that this little baby has gone through SO much in her short little life that the least I can do is do my best everyday to be the best mom I can be!