Sleeping better, squealing more

The holiday season has kept me from making blog posts as regularly as I would like. Every week there are changes in Ena. She has begun sleeping for longer periods at night again. She gets herself back to sleep at night after she has woken up. E has had a cold the last five days or so and she was startling every time he blew his nose but now she takes it in stride. Yesterday E heard her let out a sound of shock or surprise when she was awoken from her nap by a noise he had made. She sucks her thumb more regularly now. She likes bath time. She has gotten better at putting things into her mouth. She squeals more. And she is putting more effort into her vocalization.

Though I am still very tired I woke this morning with an overwhelming feeling of love and thankfulness for Ena. She has changed our lives completely, made it impossible for us to get anything done, and caused us to be constantly overtired (which in turn has made us each as grumpy as can be!), but there really is nothing better in the world than having her.