sisters & the sleep question

Awwww...nothing's sweeter than Ellie and Zoey hanging out together.  When I say "hanging out," I mean Ellie literally smothering Zoey with kisses, hugs, and sweet words of love (and an occasional, accidental, elbow to the head) while Zoey gets progressively freaked out by her big sister's imposing presence (possibly due to that elbow to the head thing.)  The following video displays a typical interaction between my two little girls, with the usual conclusion - Zoey in tears:

Sisters hanging out (10/12)

On another note, the inevitable question moms of infants are asked is how their little ones are sleeping.  Well, sleepless nights are still had in the Smiddleton Middlewartz household, but things are getting better.  Lately we've bee getting some long stretches at night (7 hours or so) and remarkably, we're usually down to one middle of the night feed.  This feed, however, is often followed by a very, very wakeful baby Zoey, so it sometimes takes a good two hours - and a lot of tears - to get her back to sleep again.  I still count my lucky stars that she sleeps so well at this point, and I hope it lasts!  As for Elliott, naps these days are hit or miss, but she's always a stellar nighttime sleeper, even with those jarring middle-of-the-night wails emerging from her little sister in the next room.  Here are some sweet pictures of the girls napping (but not at the same time - never at the same time, much to my dismay!)

Don't call Child Protective Services on me for letting her sleep face down -

it was just for a few moments after an exhausting tummy time!