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Gosh, has it really been 2 weeks since my last post?  Geeze Louise!  Here’s what we’ve been up to:

• Last weekend we made the trek down to Orange to celebrate my sister’s baby shower!!  I am so excited, our nuggets are going to be just 6 months apart.  She’s having a boy and the cousins are going to be BEST FRIENDS FOREVER.  Duh.  My strong sister is looking bedrest straight in the eyes and is determined to have a healthy thriving baby in mid December!   If you know my sister, you know that bedrest is just about the worst thing you could ever suggest.  She’s staying positive & sparkly though and of course has the most supportive husband she could ever ask for.  That baby is so loved, his parents are willing to drop everything in order for him to be happy.  Lucky boy!  Here they are pre-bed rest in Sequoia National Park.

• Tilly has been enjoying the baby bjorn so much more lately.  She rides facing out now and loves to look at the world as we walk the dog every day.  I’ve discovered that if you have a baby, it’s completely okay to dance and sing as you walk down the street.   I mean come on, try as we might, we are the least freaky people in our neighborhood.  Also… doesn’t her head look bigger than mine these days??

• Last week Tilly & I had a playdate with our friends Shari and Jade!  They live about 20 miles south of us, Josh works with Jade’s papa Bryce.  Jade is just 1 month older than Tilly and even though they still don’t acknowledge each other much, Shari and I had a great time connecting over new mama stuff.  Oh and we traded some books that we’ve gotten tired of so far.   I never knew babies would be into books at 4 months old but honestly, Tilly is entranced every time we read to her.

• Oh, AND… my friend lindsay miraculously acquired 8 box seats to this year’s Bridge School Benefit concert, so Saturday night Bryce & Shari babysat Tilly while I got to enjoy the show!  It was like a dream come true.  Josh was out of town for work, so he missed out big time.  I wanted to get this awesome Shepard Fairey designed poster, but it was 50 bones and I couldn’t swing it.

• So Tilly is 4.5 months old now.  She has only rolled over about 4 times, but she’s starting to enjoy tummy time more and more.  She is starting to put more weight on her feet but still can’t totally stand.  Our dr. said we can start solid foods at 5 months, so that should be a fun post to write!  I’ll try to record it on my phone for your viewing pleasure.  :)

• Our sleeping has vastly improved over the past month!  Tilly goes to bed at 6pm every night, isn’t that heavenly?  Then she wakes up for 6oz of food at midnight, then again at 6am or so, and then sleeps until 7:30 or 8.  In order to cut out the 3am feeding, we started cutting her food portion back, and once we were at 1 or 2 oz, she just stopped waking up at that time naturally.  We were prepared for her to give us more of a fight, but she did it on her own!  Bless her.