AAAAs and zzzzs

We had a list of things we wanted to accomplish today, but baby had her own idea of how the day would go. It started slowly -- we stayed in bed until late morning, after several hours of Petey and baby trading shouting spells. Baby's behavior was a sign of things to come.

Once we were up, she went down for a bit. She even remained splayed out on the bed long enough for Summer to take a shower.

But before Summer could get dressed, baby stirred and then began to shout. Most of the day went that way. She would feed, calm, fall into an apparent sleep, and then shout seconds later before her eyes even opened.

Of course, most of the day means not all of it. Baby paused for games and smiles from time to time. Her smiles are hard to capture because she tends to be very active when she's happiest, but Summer aptly snapped the following shot.

We also managed a walk to the mailbox, though the home stretch was interrupted by baby's frequent complaints.

For a while, Summer spirited baby to a back room to tend to her feeding and fussing needs, while I tried to do some overdue cleaning around the apartment. We both wound up exhausted. Not baby, though. She was still squirming and shouting away.

Finally, the sun went down and our lights followed. We wrapped baby in a swaddler, and she seemed to follow the sun and the lights.

But, of course, the calm was only temporary. It took another feeding to convince her that she was ready for sleep.

Given all the feeding and fussing, not to mention the extra heft we feel when we lug her around, it seems likely that baby is having another growth spurt. Then again, it could be that the cause of baby's many AAAAs was tonight's super full moon. Whatever the reason for her rowdiness, now we're happily entering zzzz mode for the night.