Um...where do I start to get back into blogging?

Been busy - not much else I can do, but just try to jump in and try to keep up again... I don't think I can think of everything that's been going on over the past 2 weeks.

... my grandma passed away on July 14 and we went up to be with family for that whole week. Laura was so well behaved the whole time. Even with minimal naps, she wasn't a terror. I just loved how everytime her great grandpa would see her he'd get a big smile on his face... in fact, she brought a lot of smiles to lots of faces the whole week.

This week we were all trying to readjust to being back on a schedule. I didn't do so well with getting up in the mornings. Usually laura is up at 6am... many mornigns this week she slept past 6:30 - one morning she fell back asleep at 6:30 ON ME and slept until 7... who was I to wake her up? So, I dozed to sleep too. Needless to say - I worked a little later those days to make up my time spent lazing in the mornings :P Laura didn't do so well at daycare this week with her naps. They were sporatic in length. And she was back in the bouncy chair - argh. ... the girl just has a rough time falling asleep in that pack-n-play.


Overnights:
About a week ago, I let Laura nurse at 8pm and then gave her a 2 ounce bottle (only because she had started it earlier and I didn't want to dump it out)... well, she slept past midnight! Woohoo! I figured that if I'm not going to bed until later, I'll "top her off" with the bottle at the last feeding before I go to bed, not the one where she actually goes down. The next night I gave her a 3 ounce bottle after nursing at 10ishpm and she was out until like 4 something! It's been good like that all week (Shhh... I don't want to say that too loudly or she'll be awake all night tonight!)
She doens't take a pacifier much anymore (it's been over a week since she's taken it)... and she goes to sleep either nursing or just hangs out in the crib babbling to her zoo of animals and passes out with her butt in the air. It was a long time coming, but I'm so glad she knows how to get to sleep now without HAVING to nurse or without having to cry for more than maybe a minute or two.

A picture from this week...
Look what Laura found! (I'm surprised it took her this long!)