(Note: We’re still in the process of packing, cleaning, fixing, and moving. Unfortunately, this means blog posts are going to remain a little sporadic while we work everything out. Still, I want to keep our friends and family up to date.)
Parents love milestones, seeing their children do something new for the first time is an exciting experience. Even if it’s a simple thing like staring at their hands, it’s still fun to watch. However, some milestones are shared by parents and baby, and we experienced one last night. We slept for seven hours. In a row, with no interruptions. People without kids may not think this is something to celebrate; after all it’s still only seven hours. Not us, we’re going to the store to buy streamers. The Aggies could have won the National Championship this year, and it would have paled in comparison to a seven hour sleep.
I think this is even more momentous because we spent a month with a baby crying non-stop until 4:00am. When the colic ended we were afraid Ashlyn would have a difficult time adjusting to sleeping at night, and we were nervous about Heather going back to work with neither of us getting sleep. Luckily, Ashlyn came through in fine style; she’s sleeping great and smiles all the time. Sure, she has her fussy periods, but these are not the norm. She’s playing more, making more noises, and doing all the things that babies are supposed to do.
All in all, life is good in the Flinn house. I’ll do my best to have more frequent posts over the next few weeks, but I can’t promise anything. For now, here’s a dumb little video I created. I’m helping some people create a 20 year anniversary video at work, and I was playing around with some video editing software. This is Ashlyn grinning at the thought of Mack Brown being upset when they were losing to Oklahoma State a few years back. Yes, it’s cheesy, but it’s still funny to me.
Ashlyn grins at an upset Mack Brown