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What a difference three months make. Nathan has now outgrown the kitchen sink and I'll start using the plastic tub.

Also, I don't know if it is Murphy's Law or the mean sleep deprivation fairies or what, but since I posted that Nathan started sleeping longer at night, 5-6 hour stretches, he hasn't. For the last couple weeks, Nathan has been back to his approximate 3 hour long sleeps at night. Last night was tough, with two 2 hour stretches. It makes me really tired.

Gary and I hosted our first poker party "post-Nathan." Overall I think it was a success although at times it was a bit stressfully trying to host, take care of the baby, and play a decent game. Nathan, as well as the other three babies present, was pretty wired and didn't fall asleep until after the party ended after midnight.

I am happy to say I won the tournament, coming in first place out of 15 and winning $90. It is the first time I've even placed at one of our poker parties. Hmmm ... I wonder if my needing to take care of Nathan, which necessitated leaving the game for 10-20 minutes at a time and automatically folding for several hands, actually helped me. Taking forced fold breaks may be a winning strategy for me.

Silly bubbi

Although my mom has been a ton of help with Nathan, I think she is starting to forget which end the diaper goes on.

I find the story of Liviu Librescu, the 76 year-old Holocaust survivor who was shot and killed in the Virginia Tech massacre, so amazing. Reportedly, he was shot while holding off the gunman at his lecture hall entrance so his students could escape out second story windows. Oddly, he was killed on Shom Ha Shoa - Holocaust rembrance day.

STTN

I am very pleased that Nathan has finally started to sleep longer stretches at night. He usually falls asleep around 8:30pm and will stay down for about 5-6 hours. Then he normally sleeps two more sessions of about 3 hours each. Of course, he doesn't do this everynight, but it allows me to feel much more rested and I often don't even need to take naps anymore.

Second Babysitting

Today I enjoyed some time to myself while Nathan spent the morning with Gary's parents. This is the second time the baby has gone to Irvine to visit his grandparents. I get to sleep more and also get some exercise, while he gets to have fun with Grandma and Grandpa - we all win.

Mallory visit

We were luck enough to have Mallory spend some of her spring break with us. I took advantage of her baby sitting experience and she got to know Nathan. It was a very nice visit.

Also, I wanted to point out Brandon's blog about his adventures in and around Koreatown.

Dad's 60th

Happy 60th Birthday Dad :)

Happy Passover. Monday night we went to my parents house for first night seder. Gary, Nathan and I went over early to help set up. As usual the evening went on too long, but the food was great. More photos of seder are online.

My lack of sleep was temporarily combated when my wonderful husband, Gary, went "on duty" Saturday night. That meant from 10pm to 8am I was able to rest. Of course it took me a while to fall asleep, and some moron called late at night to try to order pizza, and I had to get up and pump at 3:30am since my breasts were so full. But overall it really helped. Thanks Gary!