Ericksen Family: Happenings of late...

So I haven't been great at keeping this updated, so here is a long post, mainly with pictures and what's been going on.

So from about 5 weeks old to 9 weeks old, baby girl was sleeping quite well, averaging 6 - 8 hour stretches at night. On days she got a good sleep, she is a delight in the morning:

When she wakes up early, she'll often take a quick nap after breakfast.

I really think there is something magic about her changing table, she is so happy; she is definitely her father's daughter and loves to be clean.

So lately, baby girl has been very stuffy and congested, I think it is affecting her ability to sleep as she has been struggling to make it longer than 4 hour stretches, which while she does look and act ridiculously adorable, this was the 3rd time she had woken up this night:

It's like she is mocking me with her cute little smirks.

Ironically, though she sleeps at night she pretty much refuses to take naps, other than the short morning nap (1-2 hrs) she will not take a nap in the afternoon.

Again, at least she is darling and happy. I think it looks like she is trying to laugh in some of the photos.

Just in case anyone out there thinks we have the perfect baby who sleeps all night and is happy all day (we KNOW she is perfect for us, but we are biased), don't worry,we also enjoy screaming starting around 6 pm lasting off and on until she finally goes to sleep around 11 pm (which may be why she is so tired and can sleep all night). We've started to try to get a night time routine in place to help her understand and get more ready for sleeping. She has started to really like bath time so we do a bath to calm her down.

Happy Buddha baby only lasts a few minutes though, and shortly deteriorates into this:

To bad there is no sound to this photo, but I am sure you can imagine...

Other than terrorizing our sleep and night time routines, baby girl is also getting used to tummy time. She is getting really strong and can hold her head quite steady and is able to roll over onto her back when she gets fussy. I don't think she knows exactly what she is doing, and it scares her when she rolls over, but she is getting stronger and kicks happily and often talks up a storm on her tummy.