Hurrah!

We sign today! To celebrate (and to get Heather off my back), here is a video. Not much going on here but, as you can see, she sits up now (and farts very well). Mom, I hope this cheers you up in gloomy southern California. If this video works well, I'll post another this weekend of her using sign language. Are you on pins and needles?

Last night...

... she slept for 6 and 1/2 hours straight! While I slept! We put her down at 7:30pm (she falls asleep on her own now!), she woke briefly when we came to bed, so I fed her and put her back down and she slept until 5am. That means I had uninterrupted sleep for over 6 hours. A first. I actually woke first and wondered if she was okay. Seriously folks. This methods works. If you've got a baby (older than 4months please) who's waking every hour for comfort, let the baby fall asleep on its own (when drowsy, with clean diaper, and full). The idea is that the baby knows where he has fallen asleep, so when he wakes up at the end of the sleep cycle he's not startled by no longer being at the breast (or wherever). So simple!
Had enough? Probably none of you even have young children. Oh well, I'm excited.

Bingo!

Seller agreed to fix most of the stuff!

We tried the cry-it-out method of putting Isabella to sleep for two nights in a row and it's worked! She's slept longer and more soundly. I'm amazed. Hopefully our good luck continues and maybe she'll sleep through the night soon!

Updates

Quick updates:
Isabella is healthy and happy but really frustrated that she can't get around now now now. She is also being introduced to fruits and vegetables which is having an interesting effect on her bowels (yeah, you really wanted to know, didn't you?).

This is out of focus but shows one of her common expressions these days.
The inspection on the potential house went well and now we are bargaining over what the seller will fix (or how much money he will give us to do it). We'll let you know how it goes!

Finally, fall has begun. Becky and Mike, you guys were wondering what it was like here in the winter? Check out the photos at http://www.katu.com/weather/cameras every once and awhile. They are posted daily I think. Learn to love the rain! I know I do.