Morning Naps and Monsters

So what is going on around here? Morning naps - drifting off to sleep more or less on her own. Lucia is getting pretty good at this going to sleep thing - or we are getting better at helping her. I did a week of pick up/put down and now it is usually just a put down. And while we have gotten better at helping her sleep she is also getting better at soothing herself down. Here she is in the living room, I put her on her stomach, the thumb went in the mouth and 10 minutes later she was asleep.

And along with a sleeping beauty you must also have a monster.. doesn't it always work like that? I went to Old Navy yesterday to return some baby clothes that didn't make it to our house till they were already too small. With the store credit and only 8 dollars more we found this wonderfulness.

 Here we are on our deck, enjoying the cool fall weather, Diego in the sandbox and Lucia sleeping peacefully in a safe crib while I can monitor her on my baby monitor and the dishwasher does my kitchen chores. Today I feel very blessed.