4.5 months

So I thought I would give a mid month post because so many exciting things have gone on! First Delaney has been going swimming & she LOVES it. Shes a little water baby just like her daddy and me! Also since Delaney attends daycare on base and they are government funded they have to adhere to certain guidelines like at 4 months they start feeding the infants rice cereal UNLESS you have a note from the Doctor. So we had her 4 month appointment last Friday.. She weighed 14.8 lbs and is 26 inches long! Childs gonna be long like her Daddy! Anyway the doctor and I discussed it and there is/was no reason for Delaney to start the cereal so she wrote a note for daycare BUT I guess she forgot to put it in with the rest of my paperwork and so when Monday came I had no note and I knew that daycare would feed her the cereal so when we got there I asked them to please not feed her that I wanted to do it and video tape it so they said they would wait til today. So last night she had her first bit of rice cereal mixed with breastmilk of course, and she loved it! It was all over the place but we had a ball! She reminded me of a little baby bird craning her neck and opening her mouth trying to eat and of course she tried to hold the spoon herself. Ah another bittersweet moment... which leads me to the biggest news of all. Delaney is sleeping in her crib. The first night was the roughest and Delaney won the battle and actually wound up sleeping in the bed with me all night but the 2nd night she slept great. SHE slept great and I.. I laid there imagining someone breaking in Delaneys window and stealing her.It was rough but I managed and I think she got up twice and then every night since she has started off in her bed.. some nights.. okay most nights by 3 am she is in bed with me but we are working on it and its progress! 2 more weeks til we are Augusta bound! I am so excited.. nervous about making a trip like that by myself with the dogs and the baby but excited! I started dental laboratory yesterday and that marks 10 weeks left of school before externship. Holy Moly. Anyways see ya at 5 months!