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Since I last posted, we have had several good nights here. I'm still only sleeping 3 hours at a time (maybe 4 if I'm lucky), but I've taken some steps to make is easier for me to cope with. Starting at about 7 pm, we now work to keep Ellie awake until between 9-10. That way, when she finally falls asleep, she sleeps for about 3 hours and I don't have to get up again until midnight. For whatever reason, it's much easier for me to get up if the first time I try to lay down, I'm actually able to sleep.

We had a nice First Father's Day here today. We made lots of special food for Joe (popovers, eggs and sausage for breakfast, lasagna for dinner). I gave Joe some cute framed pictures of Ellie, the dogs, and me, and two really cute Daddy-oriented children's books. One is called "I Love My Daddy" and is about a baby and daddy bear and the other is by Eric Carle and is about daddy seahorses and other fish that care for their baby fish. He is going to read them to Ellie tonight. I'll record it and then I'll have 6 books recorded to play for her over the next few months. Probably will make that part of our bed time ritual as we develop one.

Joe is leaving Tuesday. I've been trying not to think about it, but it's sort of unavoidable.

That phrase popped into my head last night as I was trying to find a comfortable way to sleep.

So far, Ellie is a pretty easy baby. She hardly fusses and has been sleeping in 4-5 hour stretches at night. I stay up with her until around midnight (and doze when she sleeps) and then Joe has been taking her from around 4-5 am until I get up again. So far, it seems to work well. I catch up on my FL and b.org at night while I'm waiting for her to be truly asleep enough to lay in her bassinet.

She lifted her head up this morning as I was burping her. Of course, it got a big reaction out of me. She seems to be eating well and nursing is going okay, despite the pain. Also, yesterday we finally found a baby sack that was only semi-huge on her. so she now has graduated to clothes.