Even though Kaitlyn is 2 months old, she still hasn’t been able to sleep through the night yet. I think the longest she has gone for without waking up is 4 hours. She seems to have a very sensitive digestive system & sometimes has a hard time pooping. So she ends up with painful gas & that sometimes wakes her up in the middle of the night. And when she’s up, she gets hungry. When she’s hungry, she can’t wait.

Last week, I had to get up at around 3 o’clock in the morning to feed her. Everything was routine. However, it only took about 30 minutes for her to finish almost 6 oz. of formula. It was kind of quick, since she usually falls asleep in the middle of early morning feedings. So almost an hour after finishing her bottle, she was still wide awake, making sounds, refusing to go to sleep. It was almost 4:30 a.m. & I was a bit frustrated. I missed my blue blanket but she was staring at me with those big bug eyes, as if she was saying to me, “Neh-neh-NEH-neh-neh!”

I stopped rocking her & decided to just put her down on the couch, hoping she would get sleepy on her own. Instead, she burped & spilled milk all over her one-sie!

Arrrrrh!

I was tired, so I just took whatever I could find & just put it on her. I then put her down next to me on the couch. She began smiling & making faces at me!

Bored, I took out the camera & started taking pictures of her. Then I remember one time there was a conversation with Keith, my bro-in-law, about how all kids have a dorky picture at some point in their lives.

Ah-HAH!

Realizing that Kaitlyn was wearing a pair of pants that was a bit too long for her, I decided that it was time for her first dorky pictures. I pulled her pants up higher and, “snap!”

With me taking pictures of her pants up to her chest, it didn’t take long before she realized she was messing with the wrong parent. She started fussing & soon after she felt asleep.