Do we do too much?

I don't do well with sitting around, watching the clock tick. Don't get me wrong - I love a lazy day on the couch, eating my popcorn and watching a movie or some tv. I can't sit at home all the time though, I need to get out and talk to adults and leave the laundry behind. However, I'm learning that Courtney needs some time at home, watching me fold the laundry and eating my popcorn.

Saturday our bestest friend Caroline had a Valentine's Day Party. Courtney was allowed to attend and as the only baby there, she was the center of attention (I mean, she's SOOO cute!!). She took a nap on the couch, her beautiful angelic self, and people looked at her and wondering if she was real. We passed her around a little bit and held her for a long time and we left when she started to get a little crabby. Sure enough, Saturday night she was a MESS. SCREAMING her little head off and refusing to go to sleep. I don't know if she was over tired or over stimulated but she was OVER something!! And wouldn't you know, the next 3 nights were all bad nights. She screamed 2 of those nights and slept terribly all three of those nights. As a result, so did we and we were tired. I think Courtney was tired too because last night she slept for TWELVE hours!! TWELVE!! It was awesome.

Sadly, I don't know that we'll have that 12 hour window again. I don't know what it was that finally put her to the 12 hour mark so I'm not sure how to duplicate it. Maybe we need to do less during the day and get her more on a schedule. We're pretty busy people. We go out to lunch with people, we run errands, we go visiting, we go walking - we do do do. Maybe all that doing is too much. We're not really on a schedule at the moment but I think we're at the point where we can start. Courtney will be 3 months tomorrow and I think she's big enough where we can get on some sort of schedule. I'm ready. I hope she is.