The most wonderful thing happened today! Well, it may not seem wonderful to everyone, but it was wonderful to me!!! Derick and I came home from a birthday party today and he was WOUND up! I was not looking forward to putting him down for his nap like that.....but it was past time. So, I held him, rocked him, sung to him as usual (we have begun the weaning process and are now down to just one nursing-at bedtime). He wiggled, and giggled, and looked up at me with a smile. I finally said, "Derick, you have two choices: either you settle down with me or I'm going to put you in the crib and you can settle down on your own." He kept wiggling, so I did just that. Put him down, covered him with his blanket and told him good night. Now, in the past, he'd be crying for me before I could get to the door. But today, he just looked at me with a somewhat surprised face as I left. No peep, no tears, no fight. Just quiet. AMAZING!!! I realize this may not happen again for a while, but I think it's the first sign that we are getting closer to being able to put him to bed without alot of aids. Ahhhh, Yay for progress!

I am so happy to announce that my sister had her baby boy on Sunday! His name is Cooper Drew Kunz. Born Sunday August 12th, at about 6pm. He weighed in at 8lbs, 10oz and is 21 inches long. My sister labored over 27 hours for Cooper.....way to go, Girl! She was pretty tired that night. I raced home from a camping trip in time to be there for his birth. I feel so lucky to be sharing this crazy thing called parenthood with my sister. I hope it will help us continue to grow closer as adults. I love her so much!