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  • Another picture heavy post, because ack! I have a baby and I think it's the cutest! Also she took a three hour boob break today which made me feel awesome! I completely re-organized the Ribbon Jar side of the basement. Of course Bj had to do this the whole time:
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    But you know, I think that's a fair trade off. My little girl was so much happier after some rest.
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    And so were we!
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    (I solved the no pants fit problem… these are supposed to be shorts.)
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    Check out those booties (thanks again Stacey). I want to see if I can whip up a pair in time for her to wear them to a wedding we're going to Saturday.
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    Variations on the theme of "I can't believe she fits in the chair this way and I know she won't for long"
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    In my defense grandparents do read this blog ๐Ÿ™‚

    Oh and Bj learned something by watching that video yesterday:
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    Calmness my friends.
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    Telling her secrets. I did over hear him saying that he would buy her a pony if she was quiet in the middle of the night a few nights ago.

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  • Apparently no one told Tuesday that newborns are supposed to get lots of sleep, I think my daughter actually might be allergic to it. No, no, this isn't a case of doesn't-want-to-sleep-at-night-its, this is a case of went from 7:15am – 6:45pm WITH OUT A NAP. Is that crazyville or what? She filled her time by nursing and being extremely cute.
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    And staying awake through walks and everything, just looking around.
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    She did have a couple micro naps (30 minutes and less):
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    (napping after I showered, she's fine in here while I shower if I talk to her the whole time). I figured this out on accident and have never loved my hairdryer so much.
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    There is one problem, you know that whole nap when they nap thing? I'd like that nap to be a little earlier than 6:45, but I did take it when it came (and slept until nine, this brings my daily total to almost eight hours!).

    Bj just went to the library. Now to watch this, or this? Hmm….

    Oh and the cottage just keeps moving along:
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  • Wow, thanks for the wonderful response, I didn't really know what to expect. And to backtrack some thanks, I loved all the comments from when we first posted her picture and stats. I read them all night long on my iPhone while figuring out the breast feeding thing. Oh and thanks for the name love, I wish I could take credit, but Bj came up with it (kind of on accident). Until we had the name we were calling her everything from Princess to Cliff! But it only took four days which I think is pretty good considering the lifelong commitment! The middle name is mine, and my father's, so I thought I'd carry on that tradition.

    Last week went so quickly. Tuesday had all her grandparents visit, which was exciting, and our bestest friend from Vermont, Ceara. As well as another high school friend of mine, Erin. We still have the construction crew around too, but outside:
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    Just waiting for the inspector to show up so we can finish it. The house will look hodge podge for a while until the spring when we can side the whole house and put in the new windows downstairs.

    We've taken lots of naps:
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    my little sweet:
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    and worn lots of hand knits, obviously.

    We've gone on walks:
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    our first one
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    with V:
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    (yes in Portland, we're so adventurous!)
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    Dressed as a bear. Oh how we love this hoodie.
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    And this bouncer. Yeah to my husband for picking it up.
    We had our one week check up. Little sissy is back up to seven pounds!
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    Today we have a busy schedule of wearing even more hand knits (and maybe starting another tri-peak hat as papa wants to put little else on her sweet head).
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    Then it's a walk with our neighbor and her three week old. Then grandma is coming to visit and help with Ribbon Jar (mom I can not thank you enough for this!). I still have so many things to blog about. I have thank yous to write (Stacey those booties are so cute!) I would also like to figure out how to explain to Tuesday that 1am is NOT daytime. ๐Ÿ™‚

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