Things have been going very well at the Kirk household recently. We just had Mackenzie's second birthday party a week ago, and all went off without a hitch. After learning how to host a party in our new house the previous weekend, we gave our new party strategies a test run on Saturday for the first time. Mackenzie seemed to really enjoy the day playing with her friends and getting more presents. Apparently she didn't get enough clothes, large, loud toys and things to draw on our walls with. I think she has enough now...at least for a while.

It seems like the past month has just been a complete blur with all of the holiday traveling, New Years and then Mackenzie's birthday. It was a lot to pack into a short amount of time. Emily and I have seemed to make it through in one piece thanks mostly to the amazing sleep patterns that Delaney has started. Basically from the beginning, Delaney has slept pretty well, usually only requiring me to get up once per night - usually around 3-4 - to feed her. Mackenzie required two feedings per night for the longest time, so this was a welcome relief. She has also been incredibly cooperative about going BACK to sleep after the night-time feeding. Also, very appreciated.

A couple of weeks ago, however, she got a little restless at around 11:30, which was very rare. I spent about a half hour trying to rock her back to sleep, but to no avail. It was nearly time for her to eat again on her 3 hour schedule, so I fixed her a bottle and fed her. She went right to sleep, and didn't wake up until 6:30. Her first official full night of sleep!

Since that night, Delaney has only awakened three times before 5:30, which makes everyone in the house happier. Unfortunately, there's a catch...she's sleeping in her car seat. Just like her sister did. And we didn't get her out of it and into a real bed for months. As cooperative as she's been so far, maybe we'll try her out in her bed this week.

Or maybe we won't...I like sleep..

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