A week of new things...

Little Miss has certainly given her mom and dad a run for their money this week. She was doing great with sleeping 5-6 hours straight at night for the past two weeks, then all of a sudden, she started waking up every 1-2 hours at night, wanting to eat (I think I got up with her 5 times on Tuesday night- definitely had Mike up a couple of times that night to help!). And eat she did! She's also been fussier in the afternoons and evenings and spitting up more often.

But you'd never guess it from these sweet pictures:

Who, me? I'm perfect! I have no idea what Mom is talking about!

Peace, dude.

Thankfully, though, last night she went back to sleeping her 5 hour stretches, giving her Mom and Dad a much needed break! I think she's going through her six-week-old growth spurt (at least that's what everyone says is going on, and it does make since).

A couple of firsts this week:
- first car trip to and from Waco last weekend to celebrate Uncle Daniel and Aunt Carolyn's birthdays (sad day, we didn't take any pictures!). She did great in the car (up until we exited Campbell to our house and then we had a minor meltdown, but all things considering, she was great!)

-Lucy and I rode out the nasty storms on Tuesday night (read tornado warnings for over an hour!) by ourselves, as Daddy was trapped at DFW airport trying to get home to us. Thankfully his flight was one of the last that landed before the storms hit. He just had to wait on the valet people to go and get his car (an hour and a half later!!). Funnies from the stormy evening:
1. Trying to figure out how to best keep Lucy safe if a tornado should hit. My thought process was: "Would the car seat be safer (it's kind of like a gigantic football helmet- she'd be pretty safe in there, except what if it flew away in the storm?" "Probably best to strap her to me in the Baby Bijorn in case the tornado picks me up, at least she's strapped on tight."
2. Me trying to clear out half the garage quickly to try and get my car in to avoid hail, all the while Lucy is strapped to me in the Baby Bijorn. Difficult when there's lots of tools and heavy things in there, and hubby is trapped at DFW.
3. Drove the car with Lucy strapped in the Bijorn around me. Difficult to reach the steering wheel with the baby wrapped around you. Safety note- I only drove the car into the garage, no laps around the block or anything.
4. Trying to figure out what to put in our tornado safety spot: I ended up with the diaper bag, several blankets, a flash light, a candle and matches and water. Also the iPad. That is a must. :)

Thankfully, we didn't have any tornadoes, didn't have any hail damage, just had lots and lots of rain, thunder and lightning.

Now back to the firsts....
- We finally went back to church this past weekend. She's still too young to go into the nursery, and was quiet for most of the service. Mike jumped up when she started to fuss and kept her happy in the back of the church for the rest of the service. Afterwards we joined our good friends at Holy Frijoles and Lucy experienced her first Mexican trip outing. (and her mom got to enjoy a margarita and not have to count the number of carbs in the tortilla chips or in my Mexican platter! Oh, the joys of not being pregnant and having diabetes!).

-Lucy and I survived Mike's second business trip this week (although this one was just one night away, thankfully!) It went pretty well, except for her "Bewitching Hours" on Monday night. There is just something about him being home- he certainly helps me SO much when he's here, that when he's away, it's really hard to be alone! It's like being "on" for 24 hours without a break.

-Lucy has graduated from newborn-sized diapers to size one. She has also grown out of her newborn-sized sleepers. Sad, sad day! How is my little girl growing out of newborn stuff??

- I did buy Lucy her first swim suit this week. Let me just say it is hard to find a swim suit for a little baby. My pedi said we should go the swim-shirt route, which is what I've been looking for. However, I have yet to see any swim shirts with bottoms in her size. I have looked everywhere. I finally resolved to a regular swim suit and then I can use the swim shirt with the bottoms instead of the top. Anyway....

So that's been our week. Lots of new things!