Ella's room is almost finished! I still have a couple of things to finish - curtains of some sort, better baskets for the change table and a couple of pictures for the walls. What a change from the Navy blue this room was before. Jack painted this in no time...thanks babe. You cannot tell, but the flowers above the change table are paper so it gives a cool 3D effect. So, I thought I would try Ella out last night in her crib for the first time. I figured it would be a huge struggle getting her to sleep and she would likely be up for most of the night. Up until this point she has either been in the Bassinet or, as of late, sleeping next to me. She fell asleep in my arms around 8:30 so I put her in the crib and Kailey flipped the light on and was talking 90 Mph so I figured I would just let her wake up in there while I put Kailey to bed...nope...she stayed sleeping until 5am!!!!! 8.5 hours. I was so shocked and so were my feeders...yowza. She ate and I changed her diaper and I assumed she was going to be up for the day, but she was getting cranky so I layed her in the crib awake around 6am and she is still sleeping at 9:20...wow. So I guess it was me who needed her next to me more than her needing me :-(. I was up a ton in the night as it felt like I was missing a part of me not having her close. I was probably keeping her awake or responding to every change in breathing pattern when I shouldn't have been. I am thrilled she is getting a better sleep, but sad that she is growing up so fast as of late.
