lucky number 7

we've had seven lovely cate-filled weeks. she's busy taking her mid-morning nap just now, so i'll hopefully have a chance to quickly recap the last few weeks.

• cate met the scary red nose sucker. both nostrils were completely obstructed so when she cried, her inhalation created a huge snort. she did not like big red at all. i was super hesitant with nostril number one because she was so upset, but confession: it is oddly satisfying for mommy to wrangle those little boogies. i liken it to popping a zit or extracting a splinter. i know. i am the weirdest mommy ever.
  
• little o and little c have been hanging out. olivia does such a great job playing with her and holding her.
• cousin nick came home. he looks fabulous and he's a natural baby holder. cate was very happy to meet him!
• j and i had 2 nights out. classy and pop watched little c at our house while we ran errands and grabbed a steak. aunt l'anna and uncle jeff sat with cate during jordan and alisha's wedding. they took lots of pics. how lucky are we to have lots of people who love us and cate (ok, mostly cate) and want to take care of us. lovely.
• we celebrated memorial day with the jones family. uncle dee spent lots of time holding cate. he got lots of smiles.
• cate is doing such a good job on her sleep! i hope i haven't won't jinx us by typing this, but we've had 2 nights in a row of continuous sleep from 1:30 a.m.-6:30 a.m. the babywise plan has worked really well for us overall. a huge thanks to all the friends who have shared encouragement and wisdom from their experience. we had a healthy fear about the sleep thing before cate arrived, but there is really no way to prepare for how tough it is not to sleep for more than an hour and a half at a time. it has been a huge blessing to feel like we're making progress. i'm so proud of her!
• there is total and complete cuteness going on from minute to minute every day. we're so lucky to get to be her parents!