12 weeks and going back to work!

Gabriella is 12 weeks today and our little girl is growing by leaps and bounds. She is such a happy baby and really brings so much joy to our lives. She is squealing with delight and constantly smiling. She's become somewhat of a crappy napper....she likes to only nap for about 25 min at a time, but we're working on it. I think we have a new bed time routine that is working well for us. Usually Gabriella would get her 2nd to last bottle, then a little playtime, then bath, nap, last bottle, bed. However, Gabriella is always super hyper and active after she eats. So, I have started to give her a bath about 30 min after her 2nd to last bottle so that she gets sleeps about 30 min later. Then I swaddle her and put her in her crib like its bed time. I let her sleep for about 25-30 min (just shy of when she would wake up on her own) and then wake her in her crib and do a no nonsense nighttime style feeding in her own room. After I feed her, I change her if needed, if not she gets wrapped right back up. I've tried this the past 2 nights and its worked pretty well. She'll wake up and spit out her paci 3 or 4 times within the 1st 30 min, so I have to be close since she'll start to cry, but otherwise its working well. Friday night she slept from 9 till 7 (with the last feed around 9.30) and last night she slept from 9 (feeding at 9.45) till 8.30!

While I am bummed to leave her, I know I can't stay home. So, I am actually kinda excited to go back to work...get dressed nice, actually wash my face, do my hair, etc. Tomorrow is my 1st day back. We have some exciting stuff coming up in September. My sister is visting us for a week on her way back from Europe before she goes home to CA. That'll be on the 10th. Then, on the 18th Chris' brother and fam, including Gabriella's adorable 5 month old cousin will be visiting.

I leave you with some recent pics of my cutie :)