Life is finally beginning to settle down in the Donlan household. The dark rings are diminishing from under our eyes, our conversations no longer resemble the grunts of cavemen, and we can think of things other then how soft that pillow looks.... Baby J is becoming manageable!
These last 2 1/2 months have been quite the roller coaster. As we look back on them, both Chris and I can say that it was some of the toughest moments we've ever had to face. There were those nights where J was screaming for hours on end, and Chris and I just passed her back and forth, tagging each other in after an hour or two. Or those phone calls I had to make to Chris saying only one word " help". He would come rushing down from work to give me a break from the crying. I remember one morning, around 4:30am, after a particularly rough night, that I looked at him and said " what time can we call the Grandmas, because if they want a grandchild, they need to get in here."
Without each other, I'm not sure how well we would have done it. It makes me really respect single parents, or those parents that have to do it without the support of their spouse. Chris has been amazing- and my love and admiration for him, both as a husband and as a father, has grown even deeper then I could ever have imagined.
But now that those times are (hopefully) past us, things are going much smoother. At the moment, J is taking a long nap (between 1-3 hours) in the morning, and then after each bottle, another 25-45 min nap. We have been putting her down at night to sleep around 7:30-8 (the putting down part can take anywhere from 1-2hours with her finally falling asleep around 9:30pm) and has been sleeping until 5-6am. We were able to cut out the 1am and 3/4am feedings by simply putting her Binky back in her mouth (and I say "we" loosely- she sleeps next to Chris's side of the bed, so it's really all him.)
Baby J's personality is also showing itself each day. She is smiling more often- esp in the mornings when I go over and pick her up. The other morning I was laying in bed just listening to her "talk" to herself for about 5 min. (it made my heart melt!) Then when I went over to her co-sleeper to pick her up and began to talk to her, she got this huge grin on her face as she recognized who it was (my heart melted further).
She has also discovered her legs about 2 weeks ago, and now loves "standing up" She is able to hold her head up almost completely, so she loves looking around, practicing holding her herself on her legs. J is still content laying in the swing and bouncy seat, but I don't know for how much longer- she gets antsy at times and wants to just stand and look around (and not at the 4 walls, thank you very much. Take her outside or onto the balcony so she can actually see people and things!)
My mom came for a visit yesterday and at lunch she was holding J so she could see all the people walking by us through the window- happy as a clam! When the people stopped walking by, she gave this little shriek to kindly ask them to keep entertaining her! What a pip!
We did a little photo shoot to follow up on the one that Karen did at 1 1/2 weeks. So amazing to see the changes! 
J has just recently really found her hand. She seems to want to suck on her thumb or a finger, but can't figure out how to seperate it from the rest of her hand. So instead, she just sticks the whole thing in her mouth. Self soothing!
Love those rolls! 
Smiling!
Loves to look at lights, windows, lamps....
Her sly grin
Enjoying her visit with Mima
Daddy is rocking the sling!
Our little Inuit ready for her walk
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