6 Weeks Today

Ellie is 6 weeks today!  Supposedly they get a little easier after 6 weeks?  Hmmm... We've discovered a few things about Ellie so far:

#1 She likes to be with people, and she wants to be held... all the time.  She doesn't really have an "other place" where she will chill without big-time crying for longer than 7-8 minutes (we've timed it).  The swing?  Nope.  The vibrating chair?  Nope.  The car seat?  Only if we are driving or on a walk (maybe).  Maybe this is normal, but supposedly Nick was just like this! 

#2  She also doesn't like to sleep.  Again, there is no fail proof place that we can put her so that she'll fall asleep.  Even if we rock her to sleep, she has this "I'm not in your arms anymore" radar that makes her wake up as soon as we put her down.  This is probably caused by the aforementioned social nature of the girl.  Now, we're trying some other tactics and we shall see if they work.

Here's Ellie in her crib with a rare calm moment.  She's calm probably because she's totally exhausted, but she's fighting hard not to go to sleep.

#3  When it comes to eating, she is either totally tired or completely demanding and ready to go.  And she'll tell ya all about how ready she is, if you know what I mean.  There is no middle ground with Ellie.

In other really random news, she's liking her bath more (see pics below)!  We thought she was sleeping through the night, but we thought wrong.  It really only lasted 4 days or something.  Sad day. 

Today, I worked out hard for the first time in 6 weeks (as Ellie fought not to go to sleep in her crib) and Jillian Michaels kicked my butt.  Yes!  Nick has started physical therapy the other day, and he is - as we speak - doing the water jogger over at the gym.  I'll go back to work on May 3, and Nick will take over as Mr. Mom for a month until we move in June (most likely back to Texas!).