The Hat Lady Who Doesn't Sleep

So first off, our little lady has amassed quite the hat collection in her few months of life.  Just in case you haven't been paying close attention, let's review some of our favorites. 

We have the bear hat, beloved gift from some of Dave's sweet high-school girls.

There's the classic pink hat, simple and understated (also comes in white and paler pink).

Here we have one of several awesome hand-crafted winter hats (this particular hat comes courtesy of one Prissy Voigt, but we also have designs from Mol Tran and Marcia Williams).

When our girl is feeling hipster-Patagonia, she dons this gift from Aunt MC.

And when she is feeling more like a Wild Thing (as in Where the Wild Things Are), she prefers this beauty from Jim Miller.

Last, but not least, she donned this hand-me-down hat from her cousins last week on a warm-weather day.  She looks ready to join right in with the candlestick-makers in Colonial Williamsburg, right?

Note that the second part of this blog post reads "who doesn't sleep."  We have been waging Sleep Wars, Part II, this week in the Berry household.  (Sleep Wars, Part I, came a couple weeks ago when our sweet baby refused to nap during the day for three days straight.  The girl was awake for 8-10 hours straight multiple days in a row before she finally caved.)  

This time around, Ev has decided to abandon the last couple months of sleeping solidly for stretches of 5 or 6 or 8 hours straight, waking only to eat and then returning to her sweet slumber for another few hours.  No, no, she appears to have decided that her parents were resting on their laurels and needed a little wake-up call (no pun intended), and has begun to wake every hour or so throughout the night.  The kicker is that she is not in pain, is not hungry, and does not need a diaper change, but rather just wants our company, it seems, and is refusing to sleep without it.  Strong will, anyone?  

Now we aren't big "cry-it-out" adherents, mind you, but we did (accidentally) have a blissful stretch of sleep last night.  After a busy day of wedding showers and family time, we came home, put Ev to bed, and then collapsed, even though Ev's bellows were echoing loudly from her room.  We aren't sure how long she held out, but we both woke up four hours later or so, feeling much refreshed, with a sweet snoozing baby in the other room.  So who knows what will happen next?  Please say a prayer for all three of us, and stay tuned for the spring hat collection, too:)