. . . by special request of Aunt Claire. Sorry it's a bit blurry--our camera battery was just about dead. I charged the battery, so I'll have to try again tomorrow. Faith is 3 weeks old now, and she is staying awake longer, to the great delight of her siblings. She is still a very happy girl, who rarely fusses, even when being passed around to various sets of arms. We got the crib gym thing out of the basement for her to lie under, and she's been enjoying looking up at the dangly things. She's been sleeping really well at night--I've been feeding her around 10:00, and she'll go until around 4:00, and then until after 8:00. Now I just need to go to sleep as soon as I put her down at 11:00. Unfortunately, I'm always trying to do just one more thing, so it's later, and I'm always tired the next day. Tomorrow Mom and Dad are driving back to Ohio. We will be very sad to see them go! It's sooooo nice to have the extra help, as well as the extra company throughout the day. The nice thing about this time, though, is that Bob gets paternity leave! Sometime in the last 18 months, the Air Force has instituted a new paternity leave policy, which says that the dad can take 10 consecutive days of free paternity leave anytime during the first 60 days of the baby's life. Bob started his 10 days Monday, so I won't be the lone adult when Mom and Dad drive off! That will give us another week to get back into a good routine before he starts back to work.
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Well go Air Force! That's so great to hear, Matt had to go back to work the day I came home from the hospital - the breaks of military life. Glad the AF has changed their policy! The picture is so cute :-)
Thank you, thank you! It is a precious pic of Jonathan and Faith! You have warmed my ♥ today! Love to you all, AC
Wow, isn't the AF just getting all progressive on us now. LOL. I never would have believed that would ever happen. Hope things continue to go well.
Yes, Ted found that out recently, and we are both SO thrilled that he'll get some time off!! Because of that, my mom isn't coming until April 7...now, we just hope Baby J isn't a week past due, LOL!
Eric looked into the paternity leave thing and he was told no. Hmmm, wonder if it wasn't in place yet or if he got bad info. Oh well, he always has plenty of leave! So glad Bob is home with you all. Have a good time enjoying your family! :-)
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