Celebrate!

Happy Labor Day! For this post, I just feel like celebrating! All in all, it's been a great week with many things worth cheering for. There were a few rough days thrown in there, but overall life is GRAND :)

We celebrated that this little angel SLEPT THROUGH THE NIGHT last night! The past few nights, she had been eating every 3 hours, which means I slept for 2 hours at a time (apparently we reverted to being a newborn?) and then last night she slept from 10 - 5:49!! Yes, that's exact time...every minute of sleep counts, right?!

We celebrated that Kate could finally meet Grandpa!! He's been out of town since the day before she was born, so we were so happy when they finally met. It was love at first sight :)

We celebrate grandfathers in general... Something about their deep voices and big comfy chests, Kate is usually so content with them. Here, she's having a wide-eyed stare down with Pop Pop! Here are a few more precious Pop Pop pics.

 This dock has become pretty important - my labor walking here brought us our little girl, and our walks with Kate here usually bring her sleep, or at least no crying :)

Kate is SUCH a light sleeper - if it's too quiet, she doesn't nap longer than about 30 minutes. However, she'll sleep like this for hours... 

We celebrated new friends! Kate, Tilloo and their mamas spent some great time together. How beautiful are these girls?!

 Brett and I finally had a date night! My parents kept Kate for a few hours while we enjoyed a glass of wine, dinner, and then some yogurt on a walk downtown. We missed our girl, but it was wonderful to have this time together!

This is normally Kate's face (which is followed with screaming) when we put her in the swing (or anywhere but our arms for that matter) when she's awake, but we are celebrating that THREE TIMES this weekend, she fell asleep, on her OWN, in the swing! This is a huge deal in this household. Go on, cheer with us :)

We celebrated a WIN for the Gators! Kate was so excited to watch them kick some FAU butt with us. She was also happy for her Louisiana family that LSU won a great game too :)

 And today we celebrated that Daddy didn't have to work and the weather was perfect. We grilled out, because I just think that's what you're supposed to do on hot, sunny summer days.

Kate took her first dip in the pool! Of course, we have so many precious, tiny bathing suits, but I wasn't planning ahead. I was outside with her, it was hot (but she loves it), so I took of her onesie and dipped her feet, just to see. She didn't squirm or scream, she actually enjoyed it for a few minutes! Next time, we'll get the obligate cute-baby-in-a-bathing-suit pictures :)

I'm excited for the start of Gator football season, but not so much for fall. I know they go hand-in-hand, but I'm hanging on to summer. I'll keep burning our Sun & Sand yankee candle, loving this 90 degree weather, and enjoying our pool time! This summer has been incredibly special and I just don't want it to end. I'm savoring every second with Kate before I head back to work...half of my maternity leave has passed, and although I love my job, I get so sad thinking about not spending all day with my girl. We have a busy few weeks coming up, so I'll do my best to post! 

I hope you all have something to celebrate today :)