I’ll always love you and make you happy

by chuckofish

Wearing an outfit made by her Aunt Lauren

After a long weekend, this work week is kind of doing me in. Katiebelle has been a little off with her sleeping (which is to say she’s been a totally normal baby — she just tends to spoil us with solid naps and nighttime sleep) and it makes for a cranky mom. Not leaving for work in the morning or coming home in the evening can be so brutal. On fun days it’s great (I get to play with a baby whenever I want!) but on cranky days, there’s just no transition from one challenge (Zoom fatigue) to the other (witching hour).

Wearing a dress made by her great grandmother Mary and bloomers from her Mamu

But enough of that. I have zero actual complaints. The precious babe continues to be precious. She is still working on all of her skills that will soon lead to rolling (we think). She seems to be growth spurting amidst all of this development (hence the fitful sleep, perhaps) and is now up to 14 lbs and 26 inches (by our own measurements, anyway). She is a little bit chunky in all the right places! (Is that the most embarrassing sentence a girl could ever have written about her?)

Here she is with one her favorite new toys, a bag that crinkles when you crush it:

Then again, who needs toys when you can stare at your own two hands?!

*”You Are My Sunshine,” a lullaby we sing before naps and bedtime, but which is totally not a happy song. How did I not realize this? Katie better not leave me, shatter all my dreams, etc…!