Finally, we've regained some of our sanity!

Okay, I know this sounds crazy, but we are just barely getting Ava into her own crib at night (on a consistent basis) and keeping her there all night. We've had a full week of peace after 8:30ish and she usually gets up around 6am for breakfast with Daddy, then a nap quickly thereafter. I feel completely relieved because with the new one coming, we were wondering how the heck we were going to fit two babies in our bed? Hahahaha....

She usually starts out like this....

and ends up like this.

Jon and I both agree, there is nothing more beautiful than this peaceful sight (other than Lauren sleeping in a crib)

Around the 5th night, she always gets pretty rowdy, so by this picture we can tell she was standing up in the crib before she slid down and fell asleep (this isn't as bad as when she would fall asleep slumped over in a sit/standing position).

She is getting used to the routine, now that she is starting to really understand the stories we read to her, I think bed time is becoming more enjoyable for her. When we told her it was bed time, she used to run to our room, and on this night she finally ran into her room. But when she arrived, she realized what she had done and looked up at us, with the most pathetic puppy dog face, and started to whimper. Jon and I stood strong and put her in bed and read her two stories and she barely let out a whine at the end when we left the room.

SUCCESS!