I can't believe she is a month old!

I now see why parents get so sappy and talk about "time flying." This month really has gone by fast! I am so happy to report that we have now gotten three nights of good sleep in a row. If you have talked to me at all in the past two weeks, you have heard what trouble we were having getting Saylor to sleep at all at night. But I think she is getting the hang of it (hopefully!) and deciding to have mercy on her parents at long last. She is sleeping 4 or 5 hour stretches in her crib. Imagine that! We were having to bribe her with the swing or literally let her sleep on us so that anyone could get any sleep. We were pretty much walking zombies for a two week period! I now feel like we are starting to get into somewhat of a routine and having a lot of fun together. Here are a few more pictures...I need to get better about taking more of them.


One arm escaped from the swaddle...looks like she's going to a toga party!


A common face we see from her.


Trying to sit up!


Mom, stop kissing me all the time...


Watching the Superbowl with dad.

Isn't this the scariest thing you have ever seen....?

It's a picture of a helium balloon - in process of deflating. Let me explain. One night a couple weeks ago, I woke up to Harry making a strange noise. I sat up in bed and realized he was cowering next to my side of the bed on the floor...looking nervously back and forth from me to the door of our bedroom. My first thought was worry that someone was in the house. I got out of bed and went to the hallway, but didn't see anything or hear anything unusual. I turned around to wake Matt up, but Harry beat me to it - he JUMPED up into our bed in my spot and laid down right next to Matt. Harry knows he is not allowed on furniture and never tries it, so I knew something was amiss. Matt woke up, startled, and we eventually figured out that it was this helium balloon that was scaring Harry! Ha! It had floated towards him in the night as it deflated, and apparently that is just too much. We put the balloon in the closet and Harry went peacefully back to sleep. Seriously, how can such a big dog be such a big baby??!!!



Here he is...happy again on his bed. :)