rayen!

I decided Saturday night that I was going to stop jumping up at every peep Rayen made to feed her during the night. She went from eating at 9pm, 3am, 6am, and 9am to eating at 9pm and then 6am on Saturday night and then 9pm and 7:30am this morning! Whew! It's funny how Mama always causes the problems. She's been ready to sleep through the night for a while, I think.
She loves to be bundled, swaddled, hugged, slung, and held. Ethan hated to be swaddled after about one week--it seems that Brett finally has someone who wants to cuddle as much as he does!
She loves watching Ethan. If I have her sitting on my lap, she'll turn her head to follow him as he moves all around the room. She smiles at him and keeps her eyes on him all the time. (Although I think part of the keeping her eyes on him is for defensive reasons. He can be pretty rough with his hugs and pats and when he helps put her pacifier into her mouth.)

Ethan loves her too. He tells her stories and sings songs and helps hand me things I need while I'm nursing. Such a sweetie.
We're not quite to any kind of real routine with her, but we are getting to have a good family rhythm with our new addition. Everyone is settling down and most importantly, I am much less hysterical and hormonal! I think that's the biggest reason why everyone is settling down.
PS. Ellie is now wearing 3-month-old clothes. What a fatty!