Guess who is growing? I'm pretty sure Sophia is having a growth spurt as we speak! Stephen and I "weighed" her (aka he stepped on the scale with her and without her) just under a week ago and she was about 12 lbs. I would not be surprised if she has even put on more since then! Her diapers are getting snugger and her clothes are fitting differently. I have to admit that I love being able to put her in new clothes, but I adore some of the ones that are getting to small for her! There is one onesie in particular- a carter's 0-3 (carters runs small, so they are always the first to go) with green and white stripes and a little ballerina on the front. It is just so cute! But I shouldn't be sad, there are so many more cute clothes in size 3, just waiting for her. She has been wanting to eat all the time lately, and sleeping very soundly, when she does sleep. I can tell her little body is doing lots of work!
We got her registered in the DEERS and Tricare systems so she is now recognized by the military as Stephen's dependent and has healthcare. That all had to happen within 90 days of her being born, so even though the deadline is not here yet, I'm glad we got it done. She will be 6 weeks old on friday- I can't believe how fast time has flown!
While I am excited about so many aspects of seeing her grow up in the next few months (personality! giggling! sitting up! eating solid food!), I think I am the most excited for her to sleep through the night. I don't want to jinx myself, but last night, she only woke up once in the middle of the night. We has been on a down at 9, up at 12, 3, 6 and 9 again kind of schedule. But last night she went down at 9:45, woke up once around 3, and then didn't wake up again until 7 this morning. It was fantastic! I'm about 2/3 of the way through my maternity leave, and I've been thinking about going back to work a lot lately. I've been working on a milk stash in my freezer, and contemplating how I am going to wear heels again. But the biggest thing I've been thinking about is how our family is going to get our schedule under control. I've applied for childcare on fort hood, but there is a waiting list and if she doesn't get through the list, we'll have to make some other arrangements. Luckily, even if she can't be enrolled in a cdc (child development center- aka military daycare) fort hood has other options for us. It's just that there is a daycare just down the road from Stephen's office and it would be really convenient if he could just drop her off on his way in. Even with that convenience though, mornings will never be the same again! I'll have to wake up and get her and I ready instead of just me. (Even more reason to get a short, easy to care for hairstyle, if you ask me) But as my friend Melissa told me- women have been doing this forever, and in third world countries. We have all the benefits of the modern world, and the first world. Yeah, we'll miss our babies, but we can do this.
