The Christmas Miracle

I challenge anyone who doesn't agree - this is a true Christmas miracle. Sofia either ate, slept or sat quietly all the way from New York to Amsterdam to Manchester to Newcastle, which was nearly a 24 hour journey. She was an angel. But that wasn't the amazing part. The best bit was that she promptly settled in at Grandma and Granddad's house and slept through the night. And if you think it was a fluke - she slept through the night the next night too! We are very proud of our sleepy chubster.

The pictures above are from Christmas day. The cute baby prom dress was courtesy of Auntie Kristin and Uncle Nick. Scrummy or what?!

All I want for Christmas...

Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

Love, Rachelle, Antony and the mini-cheeseburglar.

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Sleep at last!

Around Thanksgiving we had a lot to be thankful for: our health, family, jobs, beautiful baby and finally, a good night's sleep! At 10 weeks, she started to go from 10:30pm - 7:00am without needing a feed in between. She didn't sleep through the whole night; a favorite of her's is to wake up between 5-6am and cry because she was bored. But even that is settling down now.

Now at 12 weeks, more often than not she is sleeping through to 7am. And if she wakes up between 5am -7am she chatters, whimpers and then puts herself back to sleep.

So that makes us all very, very happy. Rest makes us better parents and makes Sofia smile. (Fingers crossed our upcoming trip to England doesn't throw the schedule out the window!)

New Photos of Sofia - 2 months old

Sofia's First Girls Day Out

Shopping is what my mom, grandma, sister and I do best. Now we have a new addition to our shopping crew. Here is a picture of our first day out.

Travelling alone with a 2-month old baby - No Problem!

Yup - I just checked her through to Dallas and picked her up on the luggage belt. It was no sweat! As easy, an illegal, as that sounds - Sofia and I travelled to Dallas and back ALONE and surprisingly it was okay. I was a very proud momma bear with my little girl sprawled out on top of me, sleeping with her mouth open and gently farting at 20,000 ft. But almost no crying, so everyone was happy.

Here's was my secret: almost starve her before the flight so she was desperate to get her lips around that bottle at take off. The Thanksgiving-style meal promptly put her to sleep and when she woke up, guess what, it was time to eat again right as we were descending.

Sounds too easy? Well that was the warm-up, the real adventure is when we take her to the UK for Christmas! Watch this space!