Marliene's Miracle Blanket!

I got 8 nearly uninterrupted hours of glorious sleep last night. I fed Ben at 8:30PM, then put him down to bed around 9:30PM. He has come down with cold #2 and has been feeling a bit under the weather, so he is sleeping a bit more than normal. I crawled into bed about 10:00PM, and didn't fully awake until 6:00AM!!! Andy did have to get up at 10:15 or so to put the pacifier back in, and Ben woke up about 3AM coughing, but went back to sleep on his own. All in all that makes 8 hours of mommy laying in bed, not getting up at all! I am chalking this up partially to his cold, but mostly to a flannel blanket that I made, patterned after my daycare provider's swaddle blankets. My little receiving blankies just aren't cutting it any more - Ben can bust out of even the tightest swaddle because they are just too small and he getting too strong. This awesome new blanket is simply 2 large pieces of flannel sewn together, and I am kicking myself now for not making one earlier.



Here are some pics from the backyard today.