Great night! Wonderful morning!

Yesterday was Monday - Trevor's busy day. On Monday's he's home for 45 min to 1 hr for lunch (around 1:00) The rest of the day (the entire day, from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.) he is in class or in the library studying). So last night, I gave Kinley a bath by myself. Her cord stump fell off last week, so the doctor said we could switch from sponge baths to real baths. She seemed pretty content in the water once she settled down from the initial shock. I was letting her adjust to it and splash around a bit when suddenly I noticed a little fountain ... of pee :) so my thought was to just move the water around and dilute it a bit. And then there was a rumble in the water, and ... yes, she pooped in the tub! So I quickly lifted her out the water and ended up giving her a sponge bath anyway - which she hated! Bummer!

I comforted the poor, traumatized little princess, fed her, and put her to bed at 9:00. She went down pretty well - not asleep - but quietly content in her bassinet. Around 9:45, right after Trev had arrived home, she started fussing. He asked what he should do, and I suggested he go in and give her the pacifier (which she loves). Well, 30 minutes later, after I noticed that his bowl of soup had been forgotten on the kitchen counter and was now cold, I walked into the bedroom to find him rocking her and praying over her. And my heart melted!

Well, she slept pretty well after that. I fed her at 11:30, just before we went to bed, at 4:00 a.m., and at 8:30 a.m. Then the 3 of us snuggled for an hour! I like Tuesdays a lot better than Mondays! Trev doesn't have class until 10:00, and things are pretty lazy (and really nice) around here in the morning.

Well, that's just a little glimpse into what our evenings and mornings look like. Kinley's getting into a pretty nice routine. She's more alert and awake in the afternoons and evenings. That can also mean she's a little more fussy at those times. During the night and into the morning, she goes 3-5 hours between feedings (I never let her go more than 5). In the afternoons and evenings, she starts acting hungry only 2 hours after the last feeding. It's a good schedule, though, because we manage to get the recommended 8 feedings/day in, and I'm not forcing her into a strict three-hour schedule. At first I found it frustrating that she would sometimes go four hours and sometimes only two. But now that I can predict it and know it's just her routine, I'm handling it a lot better.

I'm working on three posts presently that should be ready soon. The first is Kinley's birth story. Warning: it's long! The second is a collection of random memories I have from pregnancy. The third is a photo slideshow set to our new favorite song! Of course, tomorrow is wordless Wednesday (which I'm actually going to try to post) - so look for some pictures here in 24 hours or so.