All is well with the McNelson's

It's been a while since our last post so here's a little family update :)

This past Sunday was Tim's first Father's Day. We had a nice relaxing day starting with brunch at JS and MC's place followed by some lounging at home.

Napping with Dad

As for updates on lil' half Nelson, she seems to be growing like crazy. Every time I go and get her in the morning I swear she's bigger than when I put her to bed! We're still having a bit of trouble with the whole sleeping deal, but I'm told there is "light at the end of the tunnel" so I'm remaining hopeful. At least we've moved past the waking-every-hour business, however.

I'm not certain, but I think we might be in the midst of teething. I can't see any teeth poking through the gums quite yet, but there are little bumps. The past few days have been difficult for little Amber, she seems to be miserable quite often and is constantly chewing on anything she can get a hold of. Yesterday was particularly bad. For whatever reason, I couldn't get her to nap on her own for even a minute. We would rock her to sleep and then as soon as she was lowered into her crib her eyes would pop open and she would refuse to go back to sleep. By the end of the day I had managed to get her to nap for about 2.5 hours total! Needless to say it was extremely difficult to get her to go to bed last night, but by 11pm she was finally asleep......and stayed asleep until 7am this morning! Woohoo! I'll admit, I've had to give in a few times and give Amber some Tylenol. I always feel instantly guilty when I give it to her because she thinks it tastes awful and makes faces until it's all gone. I thought that Tylenol would make her drowsy and help her sleep (and help me sleep!), but so far it doesn't seem to have much of a sleep effect on Amber.

Today has been a much better day. Amber is back to her happy self and doesn't seem to be in pain....at least for the moment. To celebrate this pain free day we decided to walk to Granville Island with Amber's "bestie" Morgan and her mom Kate. Here's a picture of the girls sharing a moment in Amber's stroller :)