Watch Us Grow!: Gettin' Christmasy

CeCe and Christmas preparations have kept us pretty busy lately, causing a delay in blog postings. While our little girl may not realize it's the holiday season, having her around has made her mommy and daddy a bit more festive than usual.

On Tuesday we took Cecelia Christmas shopping. Daddy proudly carried her in the Baby Bjorn most of the time. She was so good and thankfully slept most of the time, allowing us to get nearly everything on our list. On Wednesday, Oma came for a visit and the four of us picked out a Christmas tree. St. Nick stopped by later that night and brought CeCe a book with Christmas stories to read each night in December. On Thursday mommy and daddy spent the whole day decorating the house. Mommy wore Cecelia in the carrier while decorating the tree. Holiday preparations are certainly a lot more work when you have an infant in tow!

Since we last posted, Cecelia has been smiling a lot more. We're sure it's just gas but it warms our hearts nonetheless. Bath time has also become a regular occurrence and she has grown to love it more and more. Night time is still a struggle; CeCe wakes up hungry every hour and does NOT like sleeping on her back. The car seat works a bit but she's happiest when she's on one of our chests. However, we're determined to get her used to sleeping independently and therefore bought a Miracle Blanket - a swaddling blanket that is guaranteed to make babies sleep better. We tried it for the first time last night and ended up getting one chunk of consistent sleep - a whopping 2.5 hours. We're hoping she'll get more used to it and sleep better and better.

Tonight CeCe and mommy are getting out of the house for a bit. We're going to a get-together at Dana's house while daddy gets some much needed guy time with Jason. As for the weekend - we've got nothing but R-n-R planned.