Pilot Light

My weatherbug is telling me it's 45 degrees tonight. That's the coldest night of the season so far. I went under the gas fireplace and lit our pilot light. I've done it 5 times now in this house, and I think this time it took the longest to do it right. Seems like I would get better at it each time. Oh well. I flipped the switch right after getting it lit and just like that we had fire.

Things have been a little crazy lately. Annelise is doing great. She has gained back to her birthweight now. It's going to be a strange thing to watch her grow up. I know it will happen fast and I only pray that I will have the wisdom to appreciate each stage as it's happening rather than getting wrapped up in the day to day.

Work has been extremely busy. This is a good thing in general, I like having plenty to do. But in this case it has been a little extreme. Hopefully things will cool down for the next few weeks at least. I came home around 9:00 PM on Monday and Tuesday of this week. This is not the best thing to be doing with a new baby. But Jen is doing great with her. I try to do what I can each evening to help out.

Annelise is sleeping better and better it seems. She is already kind of spoiled. She likes sleeping on mommy.

She really dislikes sleeping directly in the bassinet for some reason. We have found a reasonable solution though. We put her in her bouncy chair and put that in the bassinet. She seems satisfied with that for a few precious hours sometimes.

We have also started taking her to the lake with Cooper. She goes to sleep as soon as we start walking her in the stroller and wakes up when we get back. She seems to love the constant moving. The stroller has a canopy that you can completely cover her with, it seems really cozy in there.

I keep getting requests for more and more baby pics. I guess this is validation that we aren't the only ones who think Annelise is cute. I'll post more by this weekend, I promise.