8week upd8...it's gr8!!

Houston....we have sleeping through the night!! well, almost...we would have if I didn't make sure she was breathing at 5 am and woke her up. Just like the book "Baby Wise" says, she will drop a night feeding at week 8 if you follow their regime...and.... Viola! I am still curious if she would have made it to her 7:30am feeding if I didn't stand there like a stunned mule staring at her. She could just feel it too...she sighed in her sleep, knowing my presence....and then...wakefullness.

"Mosaic" is a cultural event here, where for one weekend every year, all the national clubs rent a venue or open up their own venue to the public, with food, crafts, events and entertainment according to their culture. There are buses running between them, all around the city, and almost every citizen takes it in. We dressed up our little princess last night and took her to the Irish Pavillion, where I danced for 8 years. I'm not Irish, but I had to learn that style of dance - it's a total rush. I last danced there two years ago, and miss it remendously. You can't beat 4 seasoned dancers meeting every Saturday morning, coffee in hand, in a sunlit dance hall the size of an airplan hanger, hashing out "Lord of the Dance" type music and steps. We created many of our own dances and preformed them. We couldn't keep the group going, but it was the best time of my 'dancing' life. Here is a shot from a performance, 6 (OMG) years ago.

Anyways, we had Livi there last night, all decked out in a white denim skirt and silver sandals and ran into so many people we knew, dancers and friends alike. It was so much fun to get out and show her off. I even had an IVF chat with a lady I used to dance with. Turns out she got my blog from a mutual friend and has been following. She is going to the Seattle clinic this summer. Good luck B! It was a great night of running into old friends and reliving old memories. All the way there, I kept telling Livi that someday she'll come to watch mommy dance. I hope that's true.

At our 8 week check up at the doctor, we got the low-down. She has gained 4 lbs and grown 3 inches since she was born. Turns out she's in the 70% percentile for weight and the 75% for length. No wonder she's already outgrown her 3 MONTH jammies! 75% of the kids in this world are shorter than her! and other than my dad, there are no height genes in the family, so it's very interesting. Anyways, all this growing has her tuckered out at the most hilarious times.
Here she is, in the midst of introducing herself to Mr. Sunny Lion

And her doctor asked if she's smiling yet. Well, you be the judge: