Birth Announcement

We finally got around to sending out a birth announcement for Avery. The inside of the card explained when we adopted and gave details on her weight, etc. I'd wanted to do a professional picture of Avery, but we just haven't been able to get those scheduled, so we went with an announcement designed on our computer with pictures we've taken. In the end, I think this style of announcement matches our family a bit better than a formal one, so I'm happy with it.

Avery has miraculously managed to avoid getting sick despite being a household of sickos, me included. She had a few sniffles, but no fever and virtually no fussiness. The doctor said she's probably in the clear since it's been over a week.

She's only giggled once more since that first time. I'm so looking forward to it being a regular occurrence. Giggles rock.

Her night sleeping is going fairly well. The good news is she's easy to get to sleep and put down. Most nights she still wakes up twice. Some nights she makes it from 6 PM to 3 AM, for a grand total of one wake up during the night, like last night. The problem is that when she makes it that long, when she does wake up she, as D puts it, "is full of beans." That must be the English way of saying she's a happy, kicky, wide awake baby who wants to play! After about a half hour of playing, she was willing to be re-swaddled and put back down to sleep until 6 AM. I have officially reached the stage of parenthood where 7 AM is considered sleeping in. Anyone who knows me, knows that it's laughable for me to consider 7 AM sleeping in, but I guess your perspective changes with a baby in the picture.

Her daytime naps are starting to consolidate, which is awesome. I have a more reliable chunk of time in the morning during which I can get some things accomplished around the house ... or to blog. :)

We had a St. Patrick's Day party at the house on Friday night for D's work. They requested to use our house since it's big enough to hold everyone (though with the office growing, I'm not sure how much longer that will be true), but I didn't have to do a thing. They brought in all the food and did all set up and clean up. It was a nice change of pace not to be cooking for 40 people. I actually got to mingle and enjoy myself. Avery was a hit, of course. She made an appearance when she just didn't want to go to sleep for her Big Sleep, as we've come to call it.

Sunday we went to brunch after D ran in the Shamrock Run. The good news is that she's doing much better in the car. The key is to have her in it when she is not at all tired because the car doesn't put her to sleep, so if she's tired, she just screams. But if I get her in there when she's just woken up and had something to eat, she's pretty content as long as we're moving. Stop and go traffic is not so good.

We're really looking forward to lunch with her birth family this weekend. Hopefully everyone can still make it!