Adam is rocking her to sleep tonight. I have a few minutes to myself, but I can't stop thinking about what is happening in her room. I can hear his voice carry through the slight crack I left in the door and down the hall. He is singing to her and it is one of the sweetest sounds. My heart melts. Instead of soaking in these moments of "me time" I'm picturing him holding her tight to him, rocking back and forth, her eyes fixate on the circles of her curtain and then slowly close. She must be sleeping now because the singing has stopped. All I can hear now is the hum of the refrigerator and the tap tap of my keyboard. I bet she looks so beautiful laying there in his arms. And I bet that he is thinking the same thing.

I'm seeing improvement

Claire is in day 10 of RSV. It's waning, but we still have a ways to go before she's back to normal. To help her breathe better I've been putting her in the bathroom in her swing while I take a long, hot shower. The steam does wonders! I heard her talking to herself as I lathered up and the next thing I knew there was silence. Yea! Asleep! I hurried through the rest of my shower routine and exited in perfect silence. I cleaned the kitchen - still sleeping. I dusted the whole house - still sleeping. I swept, swiffered, and scrubbed the floors in the kitchen, dining, stairway, downstairs, and laundry room, then folded 2 loads of laundry - still sleeping. I even talked to Melissa while all this was going on. She napped for 3 hours! I haven't gotten a gift like that since November. It was wonderful, but there was a price to pay. She woke several times before I could get her buckled into her bouncer. Then woke at an average of every 1 1/2 throughout the night. I was quite cranky this morning when she decided to wake at 7:00, which would have been normal and perfectly acceptable except that she needed so much from me all night long. Granted, she is still sick. Today has been a great day of napping. After waking so early she fell asleep nursing at 7:45. Woke 30 min later. I rocked her to sleep at 10:45ish and she - get this - slept for 1 1/2 hours! Another wonderful nap. I put her down for another nap at 3:30 so I have about 5 min before she wakes. Better get going to make dinner. I'll add to this if she happens to go longer, but I am perfectly ok with seeing her cute smile in a few. Thank you God for making my baby sleep longer - it is a huge blessing!

Peaceful Slumber

She makes my heart melt! Wrapped in a fuzzy pink blanket is a great dream come true. She's mine...I watch the slow, rhythmic rising and falling and know that all is right in my little world. After a few moments in which time seems to stand still, I sneak out in absolute silence; torn between the notion of having "me time" and scooping her back up to cuddle until the little eyes flutter open again.