ZZZZZzzzzz.....

OK, so I have no pictures from the actual occasion to accompany this post, but posted sleeping-baby shots anyway...last night (7.20) at only 3 weeks old, Elizabeth slept for 6 consecutive hours!! Then she was up for a while, but slept again for 3.5 more. That means I only got up 1 time!!! This is truly amazing to me, and might have just been a fluke, but i've got my fingers crossed. Up to this point, she has been having one longer stretch at night, lasting from 4-5 hrs on average, but this 6hr stretch was awesome!! Let's hope it's just the beginning of a good sleeping pattern. :)

*Disclaimer:since this happened, 6 or 6.25 hrs has been Elizabeth's max nighttime stretch. Some nights are great like this one with only 1 waking for me, and other nights, like 2 nights ago, drag on and on with 4 or 5 visits to her room! Basically though, she is pretty consistent with one long stretch of 4-6 hrs to start and then 3 hr chunks until around 6 or 7 am.

I also wanted to add a few other things before I forget them! Elizabeth started tracking objects (My face, a toy, etc.) between 3 and 4 weeks. Though AJ's usually very jealous of her now, he likes to bring toys to her and helps pat her back with me when I burp her. Today (7.29) she was crying and he brought her the schnulli (our word for the pacifier). She usually does not like it, and Andy and I have been trying and trying to introduce it with no real success yet. Well, AJ stuck it in her mouth and she started sucking away! Then I laid her down in her crib and she sucked herself to sleep with it! Amazing. And ironic! OK, that's all for now.