Ah,Sleep!

Well, it's official--Eliza can now sleep through the night! I hesitated to state that she had accomplished this much-anticipated feat until she had slept through the night for several nights in a row and it's been a week, so I think we're there! HOOOOORRRRAAAYYYY! We thought she was coming down with a cold last weekend because she acted like she didn't feel too great and her nose was running. But, rather than deal with it, she gave it to me and I had my annual Bailey head cold. Thankfully it passed in a few days and I was back to normal (as normal as that is).

Eliza has started exploring the wonderful world of food as well. She's had applesauce, bananas, and pears as sides to her rice cereal and she's liked all of them so far (and no negative reactions). She's also weaning herself so we're trying to stock up on all the Similac coupons we can find. Thankfully her friend Avery in Florida uses Enfamil and Pampers (Eliza is a Huggies girl) so we're swapping coupons with her and her mommy.

And according to Daddy, Eliza has figured out how to roll from her belly to her back. Back on March 1st, she figured out how to get from her back to her belly, but kept ketting stuck on her belly. But this morning I went out to breakfast with the girls and when I got home, David said that she had rolled twice. When she was down for her nap, we spied on her with our monitor and I saw her flip from her belly to her back in her crib so she can do it. I think that she knows Mommy will flip her over so she cries until I do it for her. She's got it ALL figured out!

She's also doing pretty well sitting up. She can't do it completely by herself because she will tip to the side but she's close. As soon as she can sit up by herself, we're going to switch her to a larger car seat where I don't have to carry the seat around because it is TOO heavy with her in it. Of course, she'll still be rear facing, but her convertible car seat will do the job. It will also take a load off my back too.

Eliza does have new friends--Elmo and Sophie. She LOVES to watch Elmo on Sesame Street. We bought her a My First Elmo and she likes it (not as well as Bunny). She also loves Sophie. She's just started watching Sophie around the house and Sophie watches her too. They have a mutual interest in each other and it's cute. Of course, Sophie runs out of arm's reach so Eliza just has to watch her from afar. But it's neat to see her being observant and watching the world around her.