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Cannon went to bed at 7:30 last night because he hadn’t had a nap. I was afraid it would be like old times and he’d wake up at 12 or 1 am, but he actually stayed asleep through the whole night and woke up at 8am this morning. I’m so glad his schedule is on track for the first time in his life.

Lorelei also had a pretty good night last night. She woke up to feed a few times, and went right back to sleep. Normally she has an awake period but she didn’t.

I am still ultra mega tired.

Jacob and I actually slept together TWICE this week so far. That’s more than we have in the past… five months? I don’t know, but it’s good for us. Sex still doesn’t feel great for me, but my baby is only seven weeks old so I shouldn’t expect things to be completely back to normal yet. With my first, it took a long time to get back to feeling normal.

I pushed myself really hard yesterday and I’m feeling quite sore, so I’m taking today off of working out, but I want to get back to it tomorrow.

Cannon has been making small progress with his speech, just not with words. He has been saying new sounds and imitating us a bit, so I’m glad for that. He’s also doing awesome with turn-taking, and he holds our hands for long periods of time now! No baby leash required.

He does say “ta-da!” and I’m not sure where he picked that up.

He had a pediatrician appointment on Wednesday and he’s in the 48th percentile for weight (up from 30th) and 18th for height (down from 20something). He’s short! People always say he looks tall, but he’s actually not. I’m 5‘3”, so maybe that’s where he got it. Poor guy.

Lorelei has been smiling a lot, and trying to “talk” with me! She smiles in the morning when we first wake up and I talk to her, and she smiles at the moving ceiling fan, and at the birds on her bouncer. <3 She can also get her legs under herself during tummy time. Her eyes are a striking blue-grey color. Just gorgeous. I’m not sure if they’ll change more or not. She still has a lot of hair too.

My soon to be sister-in-law posted a poem on her Facebook page about babies growing up and how someday when you pick them up and put them down it will be the last time, and blah blah. I was nursing Lorelei when I read it and I DIDN’T WANT TO CRY TODAY, MAN. WHY DO YOU GOTTA DO THIS TO ME.

I don’t want anymore kids, but I’m SO SAD at the thought of them growing up so fast. I just want to snuggle my babies. ;______; <3