Latest Updates and Pics

Hana is such a big girl now!! And quite the personality. Never stops moving. Even while nursing, she's flailing. We're lucky we can get her in the car seat at all. She's doing great on the solids - so far, she's had sweet potatoes, apples, butternut squash, bananas, pears, and avocado. The sweet potatoes are her most favorite, apples her least.

Sleeping is going better. We are letting her "cry it out" at bedtime. The first night was the worst - 40 minutes of screaming. Then we had two night of 1 minute and 8 minutes of crying. Tonight was 20 minutes - but it was intermittent and, except for a few minutes, more like loud whining, not heart-breaking wailing. I let her "fuss" through her night wakings and only get up once around 1 or 2 am to feed her, then she sleeps until 5 or 6, I feed her again, and then we usually can get her to sleep another hour or two before she is up for the day. So it's not so bad. It's very hard to leave her to cry in her crib because I know she just wants to be held and comforted. But it's better for all of us if she can learn to get to sleep on her own.

We are getting ready for Hana's first Christmas. She has so many presents under our tree. I don't think I've ever see that many presents, largely thanks to the grandmas and grandpas. This is going to be one spoiled baby!