Have We Turned a Corner?

Last night was pure bliss...as far as nights and newborns go. Nolan went to bed last night around 11, Dan and I raced to get ourselves ready for bed and were upstairs happily climbing into the slumber sack about 4 minutes after Nolan was down. Typically Nolan wakes up about 3 seconds after we get into bed so we were completely prepared to be up again immediately. Nope, the darling little munchkin slept until 1!! We got up, Dan changed and fed the baby, I did my best to stay awake while I pumped and we were all back into bed in under a half hour! Success! And, the best part? Nolan went right back to sleep! Nolan was up again at 3, same routine, same outcome! He went right back to sleep!! Awesome! Then he was up at SIX! That's a THREE hour stretch ladies and gentlemen! Can I get a "HELL YAH?" Anyway he ate and then was back to sleep and slept until 9!!! The big boys slept until AFTER 8 so it was an AMAZING night had by all!!! It seems like a switch went off in Nolan yesterday! He was so awake and alert albeit a little crabby yesterday!! He had one decent nap in the morning and then a pretty awesome one in the afternoon, so he was definitely sleepy by bedtime! I'm hoping hoping hoping that he starts to sleep a little bit better from here on out! We tried giving him a little formula last night thinking he'd sleep longer. No dice. As soon as the nipple hit his lips he camped them tight and that was it. Apparently only Mommy's Finest will do for the young lad! Whatever man, as long as he sleeps at night, he can sip on whatever the heck he wants!

So in other news, Nolan started smiling yesterday! OH. MY. GOODNESS. Is there anything that can melt a Mama's heart like her babies first smile? I'm gonna go with NO on that one! I had Nolan laying on my bed while I was digging around finding a sleeper for him to wear. He started to fuss a bit so I went over to talk with him a little and out of nowhere he was smiling the biggest toothless grin EVER! LOVE IT! He continued on in that fashion all day long!! Kid is gonna get whatever he wants in this life. He's the baby of the family, AND he smiles at me like a crazy man! Perfect!

Anyway, he's snoozing on the couch right now and sounds like he may be trying to wake up. Better get up and ready for him!

Happy Friday!