HELP!!!!!!!!!!

first of all, i have no pictures to upload yet...i'll understand if you stop reading. :)

i have just 2 (maybe even 1...that's a story for later) weeks until i got back to work. lana has all of a sudden decided she hates the bottle. WHAT?! NO! this can't be happening. we're regressing. how in the world am i supposed to pass her off to a daycare when she refuses the bottle? about a week ago, she started this. she would just gum around on it, then eventually suck. but this morning she cried hysterically when we tried to give it to her. she's never been picky before...i could easily be the one to give her the bottle and she'd take it in 5 seconds. we started her on the bottle/breast combo at 3 weeks, so we didn't wait until she was too old to have a preference...so then WHY does she all of a sudden have a preference? i'm reading up on any tricks there are to get her back on track, but if anyone has a tip, PLEASE SHARE! by the way, she's still not taking a pacifier...every once in a while, but not enough for it to be a comfort to her. ugh.

lana is still sleeping through the night....usually around 8 hours, so i have that to be VERY thankful for. her best naps are in the mornings, but she goes down for any nap with great ease. we've had her in her crib sleeping since day 1, so i think she really finds it a comforting place to be. she doesn't cry unless something is really wrong (gas, hungry, diaper, super tired) so it's easy to know what's going on with her. there have been times when she's just laid in her crib looking around for 45mins because she didn't want to go to sleep. but she didn't make a peep! she's a very easily trained baby and we're so lucky. she likes her schedule...or has adapted to it very well. wakes up on the dot for her feedings every 3hours. it's nice to not have to set my alarm...i know she'll wake me up! but she wakes up so happy to see us...and we love seeing that huge smile she gets when she finally notices us peering over her crib!

other than that, not a lot going on. i'm trying to make the rest of my doctors appointments and run my final errands before i head back to work. i'm still a wreck at the thought, but a lot of prayer is giving me some peace...for the moment anyway. :) i'm so grateful to meghan for covering the whole department while i've been on leave! THANK YOU!!! (i know you're reading this! haha) but i'm certain i'm gonna have no clue how to do my job when i get back. 13 weeks is a long time to be off work! hopefully my brain will be up to the task.

so, it's friday! and we love friday here in the libby house...even when i'm not working. and it's going to be a fun weekend--my mom is coming over for lunch tomorrow. i think it's supposed to storm, but we're gonna cook out anyway! hope you all have a super fantastic mother's day...and really...i need some bottle tips!