The Veldmans: Our little sleeping beauty

Our little sleeping beauty slept through the night for the past two nights and we are so excited. Nate woke up Sunday morning and asked what time Ava got up in the middle of the night. When I responded, "she didn't", he jumped up to run into her room and tell her what a good girl she was (she was obviously awake at this point). I of course had already gone into her room twice to make sure she was still breathing. Last night she slept from 11-7. This time I got up only to pump at 5:00. My only concern with her sleeping through the night is that she spends 7-8 hours on the right side of her head, flattening it even more. I'm going to call the clinic today to see if our pediatrician is in this week (she's heading to Europe and I can't remember when she leaves). If she's in I'll talk to her about maybe starting therapy early and see what she thinks.

We had a busy weekend yet again. Friday evening Ava got to meet Kari, Andy, Julia, and Brynn. They came over for dinner and hung out for a while. They live in WI, a suburb of Madison, so we don't get to see them very often. The girls were so good with Ava. I'm sure that Julia is a wonderful big sister, as she stood over Ava saying "hi" and asking how she was. Then there is Brynn who seems to constantly have a smile on her face. It was great seeing them and we thank them for taking time out of their schedule to spend time with us.

Saturday we were hoping to take a family outing to the TCF Stadium for the Gopher's spring game. Mother Nature had something else in store for us since it rained all morning. Nate was still up for going, I on the other hand didn't think it was very appropriate to take our little peanut out on such a dreary and wet day. As I told Nate, we don't need a soggy peanut! Nate ended up going to Golf Galaxy to meet up with Wes to look at clubs. He was nice enough to take Ava so that I could get a little nap in. That evening we headed down to Chaska to see Josh and Jenny. They had been wanting to meet Ava for so long and we finally found a time to get together. I had not seen their place yet so we headed down there. It had been so long since we had gotten together, it was so great to see them and catch up a little bit! They are expecting in Oct. and we couldn't be more excited and happy for them!

Sunday was a pretty low key day, but very nice. We started out the day at church and then went over to Grandma & Grandpa Veldman's. Grandma & Grandpa watched Ava while Nate and I went and ran a few errands. You can run errands so much faster when you don't have to load and unload a car seat and stroller! Uncle Wes joined all of us in the afternoon and we had a delicious lunch/dinner. Ava had a great time and even chatted a bit with everybody while flashing an occasional smile

There's nothing too exciting on the agenda for today. We've already had story time (which she actually sat through) and some tummy time. We're hoping the sun will peak through this afternoon and we'll go for a walk. It's just Ava and me this evening since Nate has his golf league on Monday nights. We'll do a bath tonight and just snuggle in together. Have a great day!