it's been a while...

So what's new with us? Mara sleeps for 8 hours IN A ROW at night! Wahoooooo!!!! She's been doing it for the past week or so, and can I just say it is the most amazing feeling in the world to sleep that long! After eight hours, she eats and then falls right back to sleep for at least three more hours. I feel like a new person. She started doing that at 7 weeks. She randomly will only go 6 hours, but for the most part she will go 8.

Her colic has improved TONS! Which is nice to not hear screaming all the time, but mostly nice because I get to play with her! She is so much fun. She talks and talks (well coo's...but you get the picture). Now that she isn't crying all the time she is almost always smiling, which is the cuttest thing in the world! She started smiling at 5 weeks, but that was only in between screaming fits...now its all the time.

My favorite time of day with her is in the morning. She is so fun when she wakes up refreshed from an awesome nights sleep. And so are her parents! We just put her in bed with us and play for a little while until daddy has to get up and get ready for work.

She loves her little play gym. She bats at the toys hanging from the top. Although she doesn't know what she's totally doing yet with her hands, it's still super cute. She loves to look at herself in the mirror as well. She also loves her stroller. Which is awesome for me because I love to take her on walks! We try to go everyday weather permitting.

Mara was blessed on Sunday. It was a beautiful day. Sean did an awesome job. He was quite nervous about the whole thing, but he was amazing. Mara even slept through the whole thing! I was very suprised! We were very lucky to have lots of family there to support us. We thank them for coming so far to be with us! I'll post pictures of her in her super cute dress later. I don't have my camera with me and I'm at my mom's house.

I must say that I love being a mom. It was so hard at first, but the older she gets the funner it is. It was just a huge adjustment at first. Especially with all her hospital drama! I am so lucky to have such an awesome husband that works so hard so that I can stay at home with our little girl. I'm pretty sure Mara likes him the very most. The other day I was holding her on the couch and she was just starring at Sean (whenever he is in the room, her eyes are glued to him!) he started walking away and as soon as he was out of her line of sight she started screaming! He came right back and as soon as she saw him again she was fine! He left again, and she started crying again! He came and picked her up and she was all smiles! What a silly little girl.

Being the first grandchild on my side of the family, she is already terribly spoiled. She gets so excited when we come to grandma's house. Probably because she knows she's going to have all the attention she has ever wanted!

Well, I think that's enough for now. I promise I will post pictures soon!