Sleep At Last!

I've gotten used to being in a constant hazy, sleep-deprived state with Kian waking up every 2-3 hours to eat at night (meaning that I only sleep in 45 min. - 2.5 hour chunks of time...and that's if I'm lucky and do not get woken up by Kian's gas-induced grunts and mid-sleep fussing in between feedings). I've heard from friends that their babies, who are a few months older than Kian, were sleeping through the night, and while I knew that our son would get to that point eventually, it seemed like it would take forever. I've wondered when I'd get to sleep for at least 4 hours straight. Is that too much to ask?!

Well, this morning I feel as if I'm on top of the world because Kian slept for 5 hours straight and so did I!!! He fell asleep after a late night feeding at 11:30 p.m. and the next time I looked at the clock it was about 4:30 a.m.! I pretty much leaped out of bed with joy to go feed him and considered blogging immediately after putting him back down at 5:10 am because I wanted to share the great news with the world....I GOT 5 HOURS OF UNINTERRUPTED SLEEP! Instead, I went back to bed and slept for a couple more hours. Hallelujah! I figured this monumental event deserved its very own post on our blog. Let's hope that the improved sleeping situation is here to stay for awhile!

Kian's "Red Egg & Ginger Party" (traditional Cantonese celebration for babies near their one-month birthday....in our case 2 months) was this past Sunday, and once we get more photos from the event I will post a separate blog entry to describe the celebration.

For now, here are a few pictures of Kian taken within the past week and a half or so....