hide-n-(sensory)-seeking

What is a best friend? It's the one who wakes up thinking about you, and then let's you know that by sitting on the other side of the baby gate meowing for you to get up so you can snuggle and play together. It's the one that greets you with happiness so loud it sounds like a motor humming away.  The one that wants to spend all his free time hanging out with you... The one that knows all your inside jokes. Likes to visit and hang out on cold mornings. Is always game for hide and seek. Or building a clubhouse. Or dumpster diving. Or doing a little shopping! It's the one, when you dump blueberry yogurt on his back... ...is like, "it's ok Boo, it's my favorite flavor." It's the one who'll watch the same movies with you over and over. It's the one that you fight with, but always comes back, no hard feelings. It'...

Ever since our youngest was born, sleep has been one of our biggest challenges. After months and months of two steps forward one step back, and trial and error (oy, lots of error!), we can finally say we are making some progress. Baby and Daddy still sleep on the couch. Every night though, for about a month, Daddy gets her corner ready just how she likes it. Then she cries because she doesn't want to be apart from Mommy. But then he says its time for a story... She quiets down, settles in and waits. Then, every night, Daddy tells her a story using signs. They are usually about a baby, and a daddy, and going outside. And when Daddy forgets a sign or doesn't know one, he asks her...and she always knows, and shows him. She listens, she smiles, and she signs along. When they finish, Daddy says a prayer with her, lays her down, and covers her with her weighted blanket. And for the first time in her life, she falls asleep by herself, without nursing, being held...