Sometimes it just hits me that I’m a Mom.  And that that is pretty darn cool.  Being a mom is much harder than I thought it would be, but I think I’m doing a good job just like I thought I would.  It comes pretty naturally and is pretty fantastic.  And I read the blogs from Kelli and Katie talking about their own moms, and it made me realize that it’s a pretty big honor and responsibility to have that kind of influence on shaping a young life.  Luckily, really I don’t have anything big to worry about right now, basically just love Stella and take care of her basic needs, but it’s exciting to think about what I can do with her once she forms memories.  I was really close to my Mom growing up (both my parents really, except when my Dad and I fought about Math, grades, politics, etc.), I even considered her my best friend, so I hope that Stella and I will have a similiar close relationship.

Stella had a big weekend this weekend.  We had Anna and Sean’s baby shower Saturday afternoon at our house, and then Saturday evening we went over to Tara and Jeff for Tara’s birthday party.  Little Stella behaved beautifully at both places, mostly just sleeping. But that’s great!  She also went nearly 6 hours between feedings Saturday night!  When I woke up, I was like “something must be wrong with her!”  I figured she was just tuckered out from all the excitement.  But then last night she went 6 and a half hours!  I’ve consulted the books, and it seems like this is perfectly normal, although not sleeping that long is just as normal.  I cannot express how wonderful it is to get 5 hours of sleep in a row!  It is actually good quality sleep.  I don’t feel like a zombie anymore!  I just hope she keeps this up. Of course, I just nursed her for an hour and 15 minutes, only an 2.5 hours after she’d eaten the last time, but I’m willing to do a little more daytime nursing to get that high quality sleep at night.  It’s fantastic!  She’s such a wonderful little baby, we’re really lucky.  Although everyone tells Tim that the first one is the good one to trick you into having more, then they turn into hellions!  But luckily we have a few years before we have to worry about that:)